The Wall

OH what an album. It is a vast monster. My first exposure to this album and Pink Floyd was from my high school English teacher. It is a masterpiece. It's also very long and so not a one sit listen.

I thought I like'em but the whole album is too much

For such a classic I’ve only listened to this album a few times but it’s really pretty incredible and I think I’ll only grow fonder of it the more I listen to it Right now it’s sitting at around a 4 for me Favorites: goodbye blue sky, young lust, in the flesh, pretty much the whole 2nd half

Growing up I had this on LP but only the first half. There was a hole in the 2nd half, so Comfortably Numb was unheard to me. Anyway, I loved side 1. Thought Mother was an amazing way to close it. Eventually I flipped it, and found it all pretty bleak. Even as a 14 year old in 1996, I thought side 2 was too depressing to listen to. When I finally bought the CD, I was a bit let down. Hey You was nice, and obviously Comfortably Numb is one of the all time greats.. but it's surrounded by what feels like filler. So much that by the time I get to The Trial I am like "I am second hand embarrassed to be listening to this." Roger Waters, please go to therapy. Blah blah it's got some really really good tunes but as an artistic statement it took a life of it's own and now it's kind of defined who Roger Waters is and maybe also Pink Floyd too. And that's a shame because there are at least 5 PF records better than this one.

не мое

This album reminds me of when my stepdad was having a drug induced menty b and required this album on full ball to fall asleep to. My mum HATED ‘One of My Turns’— to quote “I’d finally fall asleep and that f***ing song with the glass breaking would wake me up”. 3/5 for the album. But going to take a star away for mum’s lack of sleep.

I was surprised with how okay this album is.

Rich guy whining about his early life in the face of a drug rockstar. 1/5

Легендарное музыкальное полотно. Мне лично больше нравится их Wish you were here, но не могу отрицать величия Стены

I prefer The Dark Side of the Moon, but this is almost as good.

I love Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon, and Meddle. I never got into this one (partially because of how silly the movie is). There are some hits, and there are some conventional (in the PF sense) soundscapes that dont stick for me. I guess I could “unlock” them with repeat listens… but I’ll just stick to the brilliance of the other three. 3.5 stars

Very good album, knew a few songs and the ones I didn't were very fun. Very interesting listen and a great time. Oddly enough though no takeaways for me I don't think. While good songs, I don't think they're anything I'd add to my playlist. For that reason alone I think I have to go with 4.5 album rating.

Just a classic. Great album to listen to when ya just want to relax and turn off the world.

No notes needed. 10/10.

Auf jeden Fall...gehört unter die top10

This is tagged as art and progressive rock, two of my highest rated categories. But Pink Floyd for whatever reason just never did it for me. I remember being sixteen and a friend of mine dragging me to her place to literally just sit and listen to the dark side of the moon. It just never clicked. The wall in particular is just not all that interesting for how long it is. I don’t get it

Ei edes tarvi perusteluita

Tämä on yksi parhaista albumeista mitä olen kuullut. Loistava albumi itsessään, mutta tasoa nostattaa vielä konseptialbumi. Tämän tasoinen albumi itsessään tapahtuu kerran vuosikymmenessä, mutta konseptialbumi tätä tasoa on aivan uskomattoman harvinaista. Elämää mullistava kokemus ja ehdottomasti yksi albumi minkä jokainen tulee kuunnella ennen kuolemaansa

Nothing to say

A masterpiece

Класіка

Now this is how you keep a double album enjoyable and engaging. Favorite track: Comfortably Numb

The beginning of the end of Pink Floyd

Tedious overly long boring prog rock album. Pink Floyd are over rsted. There, I said it.

The album rounds off the zeitgeist of the 70s, a bit whacky, a bit groovy and sometimes serious. I have to sing my praises for the most iconic songs: Comfortably Numb, which despite its name, takes you through a reckoning of different emotions: (dejection, hope, despair and rage); the Wall, a long standing commentary on authority and the sad truth we’re part of a big societal machine. I was pleasantly surprised to have found new gems such as Goodbye Blue Sky, Lust Girl and Hey You. But there were some songs I felt like I was waiting a while to make its point. Overall a solid album of its time

Eh. Just didn't do it for me. So long. Not a huge Pink Floyd fan in general honestly.

Overly ambitious theater rock, still great though

Favorite Song: The Trial Least Favorite: Is There Anybody Out There?

This is a notorious album that is stated to be a 5 star. I like it. And i get it's impact, but I'm not sure it will hit as far as 5 stars for me. It has some amazing songs, but in comparing it to other albums that enthrall me of similar genres like Led Zepplin, it just misses that final mark. Still an amazing album though.

Two songs in, I can't listen to this. It reminds me of my dad and my former psychologist, who both love Pink Floyd. And I don't like my dad, and I don't wanna think about my psychologist.

This album is ridiculous and goofy and overwrought and I love it anyway. It’s the album that finally got me to love Pink Floyd, probably because of how bombastic and over-the-top it is. “I know writers who use subtlety and they’re all COWARDS” - Roger Waters, probably

This must be, by far, the most bizarre album to have sold this magnitude of copies, 30M according to the internet. What pct of buyers have listened to it attentively all the way through? You know what’s great about side 3? Yes you do, Comfortably Numb. You know what’s bizarre about side 3? The entire rest of it, submerged in Gunsmoke and Gomer Pyle. This album blows through theatrical and is thoroughly cinematic instead. THIS is a rock opera. I don’t know if anything else is; but I’ll admit Tommy on an honorary basis. Tommy is 1/100 as operatic as this thing. Let’s see: It sucks to be a rock star, because I am a paranoid introvert, because I saw what rock music did to my friend Syd, and my dad died in the war, and something about my mother, whom I may have tried to replace with my wife, and when I fantasize, I do so about the fascist power of me being a rock star. That sounds weird to me! 30M buyers are OK with it! Dark Side of the Moon is not like this! It’s chill and wise and not fashy-curious! Sooo, it’s cool that We Don’t Need No Education, and the planes fly over trippy like in On the Run, and the two solos in Comfortably Numb are brilliant and generous, but what an incredibly bizarre popular record.

First one I've got on this site and also one of the most famous albums in the world. So it's hard to listen it "from scratch" to have a weighted opinion. The idea of exploring the solitude, social distancing etc... I guess it was cool and fresh in the end of 70s. But it feels now that Waters actually did not have that much to say, to turn it 1 hour 20 minutes statement. Some of the tracks are more like fillers. But the sound design is cool and smart.

Elsker pink Floyd men ikke deres bedste album

Despite his recent political symbolism, the truth it's The Wall as a record didn't started that way. After being despised by audience in Montreal during the Animals tour, Roger Waters felt like they were not listening and they were too far. The crowd attacked with firecrackers, Gilmour sitted down and refused to play an encore leaving Snowy White a session touring guitarist playing a Blues. With Gilmour and Wright recording their solo albums in France and Nick Mason producing the album Green for Steve Hillage, Roger decided that what happened in Montreal, being spitted and insulted by the audience was a turning point and expressed his desire of building a wall between the band and the Audience. The result it's one of the greatest concept albums. The wall it's an Opera-rock about Pink, a rock star tired of being idolized and praised that decides to build a wall of social isolation, retreating from everyone and everything. The Main Character it's based in the ex member Syd Barrett in songs like "Nobody Home" and with songs like "Comfortably Numb" inspired by injections for Hepatitis during the In The Flesh Tour (another name for Animals Tour, hence the name of the song.) "Another Brick in the Wall" and the theatrical effects that almost put the band in debt, this one is a record that you NEED to hear if you wanna explore the descent into the madness that comes with fame, fortune, and glory.

some really excellent songs, and parts of songs. but overall, too many weird annoying noises... which i get it, concept album, but i'm sensitive. 2nd disc more enjoyable overall for this reason. until the trial. yeesh.

Very surreal, kinda the album you play instead of a movie because of how dense it actually is

Great album but a bit too much filler for 5 stars

3 of 5. Some classic songs. Enjoyed Disc 2 more. Could be a bit higher if you think through the story it tells. As an album/work of art, maybe higher - as music that I enjoy, 3 is about right.

did i just get hate crimed?? 😭

Disc 1 was consistently OP - every track serves a purpose and is quality Disc 2 was still at a good level but nowhere near Disc 1 for me - still reckon it's a 5/5 for me even with it being a marathon

This is where I check out. Every Floyd album up to Animals has something to love about it but this is just wall to wall miserablism. Damn you Roger Waters. The sad thing is that it's so well known that it forms many people's impression of what Pink Floyd are, discouraging them from looking back through the rest of the discography.

Sure, it's overstuffed. Sure, it's the beginning of Roger Water trying to take over the band. Sure, it's preachy. But by gosh, there are so many incredible songs. Gilmour and the others had just enough influence to stop it from becoming a Waters solo album.

4/5

Easy 5 stars. I always said there's only one perfect double album and this is it.

If there’s an album deserving of the title of this book is this one. Truly one of the most iconic albums of all time and hard to argue this is not a masterpiece in the way it tells a cohesive story throughout the songs.

Primetime

Impressive and theatrical, but simultaneously contradictory, "The Wall" is both overblown and maximalist, and emotive and soulful. True, it can be criticised for a lack of conciseness, but at the same time it wouldn't quite hit the heights it does if it didn't have that fullness of sound and scale in the first place.

I love the transitions.

All and all it’s just another brick in the wall

It's a good one

Classic, great album.

It’s a pity about the ‘concept album’ aspect because if they’d abandoned that and cut out those songs that serve only the concept this would be an easy 5/5, the good stuff is absolutely sublime.

The Wall - some of it it is a bit heavy and prog-rocg, the rest quite interesting and melodic. Plus the classic tracks are classic

I love this album

Too theatrical for me. Leans heavy on Brick. Also fuck Roger Waters.

Not a top 3 Pink Floyd album and yet it’s perfect. One of the few double albums to justify its length - so much variety and so many great songs. Love when it goes musical theater at the end.

got this for valentine's day when i was 10/11, together with michael jackson's off the wall, funny coincidence. mad props to my dad for allowing me to have it (i am still haunted by the image of the guy's 'bits' showing). Profound influence, total fascination - I am still mildly obsessed w floyd and Syd, still have a massive crush on Dave and this album is still a masterpiece at almost 48yrs old

This is like being deep in thought. It feels like dropping into the ocean and sinking slowly down until there’s no sound, no sight and you are absorbed in your own subconscious.

My first job was at Chick-fil-A located in the Town Center Mall in Kennesaw, GA in 1986. The mall was a 20 minute drive from my house - though i was known to make it in 15. When I started the location was somewhat remote but that was changing - rapidly. There were two Waffle Houses flanking the mall. A third would be built a few years later. I made $3.35 cents an hour. My Manager/Operator - Ralph - was a decent enough guy if a bit fluid with his christian beliefs - he was overall good to me and cut me and a few of the other weirdos - we listened to strange music and read books that weren't assigned in school - some by authors with strange sounding foreign names - some slack. An avid hunter who knew his way around a racist (even for the time) joke - Ralph had two kids and a nice house on the other side of the county. If memory serves Ralph was 28 when I started and had already worked at CFA for 14 years. He taught me about being a good employee and I retain that initial instruction of how to butter a Chick--fil-A even to this day. Thanks Ralph. Sorry for the shade - I appreciate you. The point of all this is to contrast the insular world of CFA with our competition across food court...Wendy's. Where we had uniform checks and I was asked on several occasions when I was getting a haircut - no such criteria was apparent at Wendy's. Nice enough guys but they mostly just didn't care. Not that we did either but we were orders of magnitude busier than Wendy's and had managers and owners onsite who did definitely care. They cared enough that if there was too much bufoonery taking place in the back where food prep was happening and said shenanigans were shielded fort he public - the boys in the back would be all sent up from to work the registers - see the cute girls worked up front because they were just better at interacting with the public and pro active selling with their southern accents and the boys were better suited to handling mounds of raw chicken, getting splattered with hot grease and cleaning out used fryers (yuck). The avaricious owners did not care that this move would hurt their bottom line if it made their point. So diabolical . I never had a sense of who was in charge at the Wendy's. This became especially clear after closing. We were like a machine - trying to get out of works as quickly as possible because homework often awaited - or at the very least sleep. We would pre clean and bust a** to make wrapping up 30 to 40 minute process. And when we left we would look over and the Wendy's boys (all boys - long haired, shirt untucked boys) were still wondering around aimlessly or just zoning out. Their go to "clean up" soundtrack was THE WALL. After hitting a joint behind the dumpster they would return and take the entire ride. And since this album doesn't ever seem to end - why hurry like the squares over at the Chick-fil-A. I was there on more than a few occasions where our accelerated departure did not work as sometime customers conspire and arrive a two minutes closing and ruin the best laid plans. It is on those occasions where I first learned the unique power of the guitar of David Gilmour. I had heard this album and that sound countless times on the radio. Hearing the solos to Comfortably Numb ring out at full volume into the boundless expanse of an empty suburban mall at in the waning hours of the day - that is really something. Something i will not ever forget - stopped in my tracks leaning on my mop - the dream indeed is gone. But the feeling in those notes is not. Slogging through this album i am reminded - why does it take so long to get there? I have never connected with this album - some songs sure - but the album is just too much and not enough at the same time. ABITW, Young Lust, Run Like Yell, Goodbye Blue Sky and of course the aforementioned Comfortably Numb are all killer - cause they're actual songs as opposed to the various song ideas that populate this album. The Chick-fil-A in Town Center Mall closed earlier this year after 40 years of service. Ralph still operates a number of CFA restaurants. And i can still hear the ring out David Gilmour's guitar through the corridors of Town Center Mall where there is no longer a Wendy's.

Some excellent singles but dragged a bit

pretty big name here, out of at least 2-3 other big names for pink floyd. this is pink floyd's eleventh album release, a double-album rock opera which was conceived shortly around the band touring. the album centered around themes of isolation, with a big symbolized wall surrounding the main protagonist of the story. the album tells the story of pink, a rock star who's going through more than enough trauma, having such a long episode that it's infinite. the last track of the entire album leads right back up to the first track, pink essentially going through it again and again and again until he croaks. initial critics felt that the album was pretentious, but now it's known as one of the most famous concept albums ever recorded. this album is a freakin' trip. i've never listened to it in full before. yes, i sat down and listened to the entire thing in one single sitting, brain affected by edibles. call me crazy, i don't care. between the lengthy runtime spanning both levels... somehow, some way, there is a wall. a wall that's slowly but surely closing up around you. a varied museum of rock music, sound effects, dialogue... all of this and more is jam packed in one big fat audio experience, creating this mesmerizing story about ol pink and his life. the album gets a little ominous and uncomfortable... as someone who has more than enough manic episodes, the wall's strongest point is perfectly encapsulating and creating that slow, slow descent into utter madness as that wall only inches closer and closer. "another brick in the wall" essentially serves as the central promenade, and each song is a scene or memory. it's the progressive rock equivalent of "oh god. haha, oh god. oh sweet jesus. help me jesus".

One of the most amazing guitar playing by David Gilmore. You could literally feel the band falling apart due to Roger Water’s ego tripping. Some great tracks in here but very pompous at times.

5 sterne

Not a big Pink Floyd head

YES It's not even my favorite Pink Floyd album, but still five stars.

I like a concept album. This is a good one. Not my favorite PF album, but it’s got some good songs. Dark Side of the Moon is a 5….this is a 4. Solid - just not epic.

This was a great listen and incredibly produced. I anticipate this being my fave of the rock operas on this list, but also, I’m already tired of rock operas.

This was my favorite album in high school. I must have listened to it 1,000 times, and I even saw Roger Waters perform it in full live. As a quiet kid just beginning to understand the world, this story of emotional isolation resonated with me personally (although I probably should have listened more closely to the second half of the album which discusses the negative ramifications of such behavior). Back then it felt like Waters could do no wrong. Of course, as I got older I began to notice this album's flaws, the most prominent of which is that it is an extremely self-centered work written by a profoundly narcissistic individual. Despite its conceptual flaws, the execution Roger's somewhat dubious vision was near perfect. This is the sharpest Pink Floyd's writing ever was as they abandoned their usual drawn out instrumental style for a more hook heavy approach that generated some of their most notable singles. The lyrics are sharp, sarcastic, and effective. The instrumentals from all four members were masterful, but it was clear David Gilmour was operating on a different level for this one. After having primary songwriting responsibilities stripped by an egomaniacal Waters, Gilmour responded by pouring all his creative energy into the guitar parts, which still remain some of the greatest solos ever written. The wall represents one of the rare moments in musical history where an artist's most self-righteous and delusional visions actually come perfectly to fruition and become a masterpiece.

What a delight. I had so much fun listening to this - I forget how nice it is to listen to an album that is designed to be listened to front to back, to appreciate the transitions and the story. Such a great blending of different musical styles. And great utilization of guitar solos when they count - using the instrumental breaks to elevate the songs and further the story of the album rather than pause it to play guitar for a little while.

Pink Floyd! The Wall. One of my favorite album. Their creativity left a mark on the music world. A very good album.

Bounced back and forth between 4 and 5. Some of their greatest hits are quality staples of the album. There were times where it dragged a little due to it being an 80+ minute double album, but definitely among the better concept albums I've heard.

Solid.

Честно, не очень зашло. У песен крайне странный посыл, а самый популярный трек про учителей и учеников вообще как будто в текущих реалиях звучит смешно. Конечно лайк за связанность песен и достаточно приятный инструментал, но лично мне подача, голос и тексты не зашли. Не хотелось бы судить достаточно старый альбом по меркам настоящего, но с другой стороны существуют Dolittle и Nevermind вышедшие похожее время и которые до сих пор звучат и слушаются шикарно. Поэтому с оглядкой на взгляды прошлого я ставлю 4/5

It's a great album, though not my favorite from them

Good but a bit long, some excellent prog parts but it also have some really slow bits

Pink Floyd is far from my favorite band, and this album has many properties which I don’t really like either. But the album still feels so right to me. Yes it is bloated, overly complicated and too long, but it works. Somehow. 4/5

wow that was long and weirdly screamy? Luckily I could jam to a song every 4 songs but wow that was just too long.

Nice

The concept is the strongest thing about this album. It follows a rock star who isolates himself from the world, building a wall of trauma, fame, control and emotional shutdown. The story is clear, ambitious and consistently developed from start to finish. That part is genuinely impressive. As a pure listening experience it only reached “ok” for me. Pink Floyd have always felt overrated, and this record shows both their ambition and their limitations. Some sections are powerful and well constructed, but others feel drawn out and overly theatrical. The drama sometimes outweighs the actual musical impact. The production is clean, large and carefully layered. Every sound is placed with precision, and the album has a big, polished scale that matches the concept. Technically it is very well made. The Wall is a good album with a great concept, but it never became more than okay for me. Strong idea, mixed results.

I like other records better. Watching the movie for the first time was formative.

The highs on this are high but good gravy the lows are low

It's a good album..but too long - needs a bit more variety in it to hit the 5.. a solid 4

Very surprised. Great album superb lyrics and cool guitars. A bit long but happily got to the end

Masterclass in album storytelling, not my my favourite Pink Floyd album, but it’s still a Pink Floyd album

Loved the laser show!

I remember Brinc in the wall being in the charts when I was 8. I remember the video being vaguely disturbing, but the tune was catchy as hell. And 8 year onld me loved it. Yet I never listened to the album until yesterday. THere's some filler and some dullness, but it's excellent for the most part. I didn't make it to the end of side 1 because it's so long, but I will be playing side 2 in the near future, and adding this to my keppers list

Fantastic sound !!! All, the voices, the music, the lyrics are heavenly good. This album is worth a big 5*

Favourite songs: - another brick in the wall, pt. 1 - another brick in the wall, pt. 2 - goodbye blue sky - one of my turns - another brick in the wall, pt. 3 - goodbye cruel world - hey you

HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING IF YOU DON'T EAT YOUR MEAT!

Yea of course love it but I do think there’s better Pink Floyd.

Please don’t hurt me. This is how I feel. I just can’t bring myself to give it a five. Every single song on disc one is a five. Easily. I was entranced by the atmosphere disc one created. I’ve only listened a few times all the way through, but coming back to it now I understand the appeal…. Except for disc 2. Yes, comfortably numb is one of the best rock songs of all time. In the flesh is amazing, but also lives on disc one. Besides those, and maybe hey you, I was frustrated. I get that there was story building and hidden meanings or whatever, but the music didn’t do it for me. For that, I must sadly keep it at a 4.

It insists upon itself

Easily my favorite Pink Floyd album that I’ve heard, and nobody home is among my favorite songs ever. At times it can drag, as any concept album

war is bad, rip roger waters dad, we live in a society 9/10 best song - run like hell

sooooo long and also way too pretentious. i feel like to get anything at all out of this album you need to get into the concept, which i honestly just don't care enough about it to want to do. music itself is fine but unimpressive other than the singles

Almost but not as boring as everything else from this band. Not a bad album.

Another classic

Don't need no education

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