The Wall

Already knew it really well

it is 18/4/25. i am 15 years old. my junior cert is coming up. i could be studying for them, but instead i am here listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979). here are my thoughts TRACK BY TRACK 1 IN THE FLESH? this song is fantastic. it's a fantastic opener and it's also just a fantastic song. it's everything floyd are great at in a painfully short 3 minutes. it has a (short but effective) buildup to start it off with, a great guitar riff, a very memorable vocal melody and hard ass lyrics to accompany the epic riff pounding into you. if only there was a sequel. 10/10 2 THE THIN ICE. it opens very slow and gentle, and its short runtime makes you think it wont really progress very much further. but it does. i love the section with the piano, but that gets pushed aside by yet another signature epic guitar section. at this point its getting cheesy but it's hard not to smile every time it happens. 9/10 3 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 1. pretty cool, it obviously seems more important the further you get into the album, which i know because i have already listened to it. as a singular track there isn't much to say, but it plays its role perfectly. it gives the impression it is building to something, which it is. the guitar is very cool (once this word enters my brain, i can't not use it) and the panning of the twangy guitars that comes in every now and then is very cool. overall, very cool. 8/10 4 HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES. abusive teachers are troubled? thats crazy. anyway this song is pretty important in the whole theme of the album. musically it is structured as a vehicle for the lyrics, so not much to say about it. i like the climax a lot. 8/10 5 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 2. yo i know this song!! cool, groovy, classic song. it continues the theme of the previous song, utilising a children's choir to push the point forward a little. i heard somewhere that floyd were suggested by their producer to add a bit of a disco flavour to the song in favour of commercialism, and you can kind of tell. cool guitar solo though. 9/10 6 MOTHER. 🌬️pink looks to his mother for advice and comfort. gilmour cradles waters. i don't know it's a very nice song and the lyrics are just about vague enough to mean something. majestic song. 9/10 7 GOODBYE BLUE SKY. this song was in rick and morty. it somehow manages to be both ominous and majestic. very vague lyrics about something to do with war, but they certainly work. i'm going to run out of things to say about 26 tracks. 9/10 8 EMPTY SPACES. here we have something slightly different. floyd's classic guitar buildup, but this time alongside a darkwave-ish instrumental. it would be a lot better if it wasn't 4 seconds long. 8/10 9 YOUNG LUST. pink freak 😈😈 in this song pink is looking for a dirty woman, but he will admirably settle for a dirty girl. this shows pink's strength and development through this war ridden wall. cool song, cool guitar, epic lyrics. 9/10 10 ONE OF MY TURNS. to get through his cold bleak life, pink submits to culture and commercialism. despite these attempts, his dirty woman runs away. 8/10 11 DON'T LEAVE ME NOW. wow this song is dark. the atmosphere on this thing is unmatched when it comes to floyd's discography. the anxious feeling during the first section, with his wails and the dark organ. and then it comes together. just an incredible song, at this point in the album it rivals in the flesh. and it had to be the song about a wifebeater. 10/10 12 ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT 3. the writing on the wall!! yo!!! to be honest i don't know what the point of this installment is. maybe if it were the second part and then the second part came third, as this would build up to it. but no, here we have a slightly heavier version of the first part. it just seems weird to place it here. 7/10 13 GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD. pink seems to be leaving. this is odd as we are roughly halfway through the album. at first glance i thought he was leaving his woman but maybe he is leaving the world? i don't know who he is talking to but maybe pink is trying to kill himself. who knows, but it's an appropriate place to take a break as i have to leave. 7/10 14 HEY YOU. you're losing you're losing your vitamin c! no, wrong song. reading the lyrics i think this song is about oppression, but i'm not sure. i hope this project will help me analyse lyrics a bit better, without genius' help of course. great song though, not all that much to it, just good melodies and a good structure. 9/10 15 IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? pink wonders if there is anybody out there. then pink gives us some nice strumming of his acoustic guitar. this song really just moves the album forward but the acoustic guitar strumming is so nice it gets an 8/10. 16 NOBODY HOME. beautiful piano ballad (?) that conveys loneliness and dissatisfaction very well. i may be in the minority when i say that i like waters' vocals possibly more than gilmour's. this song contains many of the best lines from this album, so i'll just list some of them: "I got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from," / "Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains". melodrama and great writing aren't always mutually exclusive. 8/10 17 VERA. usually on an album comprised of mostly two minute long songs (this one's only 1:33) i would complain about the lack of length but this album's got so many memorable ones. this song is just roger waters yearning for the whereabouts of the woman who sang "We Will Meet Again" yet he makes it so compelling. great strings too, they should be at the forefront more often. 8/10 18 BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME. uh yeah war man. those kids man are out on the field yknow fightin and stuff. it's awful. god man i wish my huge fortune was any use dude. anyway here's a dramatic fanfare. 5/10. man this album must be taking a downward turn. 19 COMFORTABLY NUMB. i thought this whole thing would be better were this my first listen of the album but holy shit this song still hits every time. it sounds cheesy but the minor chords the song starts out in sound like dark clouds and the chorus sounds like the clouds opening up into sunshine. it's hard to say if it's their best song but it's definitely up there. 10/10 20 THE SHOW MUST GO ON. i mean maybe if it kept the quality of COMFORTABLY NUMB. but not if it turns into operatic beach boys. 6/10 21 IN THE FLESH. oh woah there's a sequel man i didn't know that let's go man. it definitely gets you back into the groove of the album; i could understand being pulled out as soon as the epic climax drops into a fucking choir, but it's still IN THE FLESH. i prefer the opener, but since it's only a few details in difference and that they're virtually the same song, it's a great song. 9/10 22 RUN LIKE HELL. i feel like i'm in a stadium. i don't view this as the highlight other people seem to, it sounds like the other two installments of ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL that people don't listen to, just a little bit better. nonetheless a song, to say the least. 7/10 23 WAITING FOR THE WORMS. i can't help but like this goofy mess of a song. doo-wop, hard rock, worm... it doesn't know what it wants to be. in all honesty i haven't a fucking clue what he is talking about. following worms and whatnot. 8/10 24 STOP. all of a sudden we're in a show? the first side of the album it was a war and now we're in... a musical? john pink gets it twisted. whatever this song is like 20 seconds long. 25 THE TRIAL. this album went from being a concept album about the injustice of war to a rock musical taking place in a worm court. 6/10 26 OUTSIDE THE WALL. yeah this is the closer to the album. isn't this where my dad already had this album on vinyl so it became the first floyd album i knew well. it's an overblown pretentious rock opera that i listened to in the exact stage of my life where that kind of thing might seem epic. there's some good music in it though. this was possibly the worst entry into this project as i had already heard it and it is a huge double album of 26 tracks that i made myself review one by one. i'm looking forward to seeing what's next though. overall this album is a strong 8. BEST TRACKS: COMFORTABLY NUMB. IN THE FLESH? DON'T LEAVE ME NOW.

A classic

As a new listener to Pink Floyd, this album was surprisingly a vibe. I came in with no expectations and felt throughly entertained throughout. I think the highlight for me was “another brick in the wall pt.2” for this album to be made in the late 70s this sounded very relevant in terms of messaging and sound. Great album to put on and just let roll, with a good mix of uptempo and smooth interludes. The 2nd part of listening to the album was accompanied by my restless 3 week old newborn and it quickly calmed his nerves. Transcends generations! 4 out of 5 stars

This is definitely a classic, it has so many good songs and has great atmosphere!

the another brick in the wall music video used to be a recurring nightmare of mine as a child, but - apart from leaving me with scarring memories - i have no trouble understanding why this album is considered one of the classics 4/5

I LOVE PINK FLOYD 4.5

Landmark album. Some great songs on here and the concept is very ambitious overall. However, I feel this album is a bit too grand and over the top at times. There's also quite a lot of songs that feel like filler and don't really add to the overall experience. It's an amazing listen and an amazing journey but it's noticably more flawed than the previous 3 Pink Floyd albums.

already in my library

awesome, not the greatest of all time as some might have you believe, but awesome

Drugi dzień z rzędu Pink Floydzi. Ta płyta jest lepsza, bo jest albumem koncepcyjnym, jednym z pierwszych i najlepszych. Lubię jak coś tworzy spójną, przemyślaną całość. Nadal uważam, że ten zespół lubi przekombinować, przedłużyć, przeintelektualizować swoje utwory, ale ta płyta to mocne 7.5/10

4.7

Pretty good

Was expecting a bit more but was still great. Think I preferred side 2.

Classic album, I've heard it many many times. Very chilled out and easy to listen to. I remember listening to this in the basement of my friend's house while we smoked cannabis and talked about dumb stuff. Good times.

Classic Floyd. Great concept but also not short of great songs too.

Overall: 8/10 I have incredibly mixed feelings about this album. I'll start with what I enjoy: lyrically, it's a masterpiece. The story is cohesive while still leaving room for ambiguity. While this is Roger's baby, I consider Richard Wright's work on the keys to be the highlight of the entire album. Now for the negatives. I enjoy Roger's voice in small doses, but he sings on a good majority of this thing. This thing, by the way, is so overbloated and full of itself. That would be fine, but this feels like an album you need to listen to all at once and it's not as easy to set aside almost an hour and a half (!) of your day for one album. Despite my complaints, I truly do think this is a great album. I wish it was shorter and I wish more of the songs worked on their own. There's maybe 6 tracks on this 26 track album that I ever feel like listening to. I honestly would probably give this a lower rating but I do enjoy listening to it on occasion (usually when I have a full day to myself). This is an album that everyone should definitely listen to at least once in their lives and I know I'm in the minority with my complaints. Fav Song: Hey You Least Fav Song: Is There Anybody Out There? (Should this count?)

Fine fine fine

Classic Floyd. Loved this album years ago and still enjoy it today.

This is the album where they gained massive popularity and lost their underground edge. The songs are more ordinary, lacking the tense suspense for which they are renowned. It's OK, but it's far less impressive than TDSOTM etc

Self-indulgent, bloated, grandiose, yet still impressive. Quite an achievement Mr Waters, and still not PF's finest hour (or two with all the extras that have been tagged on over the years). Gerald Scarfe's artwork is cool as well.

Quite a good listen

Not what I was expecting having never heard it, quite the odyssey of an album 4*

It's a classic for a reason. It felt a little long in my opinion, but I also don't know where I'd trim anything off.

The transitions are amazing

One of the greatest albums of all time

Could be a 5* if it wasn't bloated with random sub 2-minute songs that no one listens to

A classic. Great storytelling, amazing music.

- First half is a solid 5, despite the fact that I hate the children singing in "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2." Engrossed and terrified by "Goodbye Blue Sky." - Second half is solid at moments, but goes off the rails. Although I appreciate the anti-fascist commentary, it is a bit too tongue in cheek. And "The Trial" feels ripped out of a musical (and not in a good way). - Enjoyed this more than The Dark Side of the Moon. Sue me.

A very ambitious album. Pretty impressive to get several singles out of a concept album like this. I didn’t totally get the narrative and had to google it but I did keep me interested throughout and had me thinking about it throughout the day. Also liked how they had the same riff popping up in different songs throughout the album to help it all hang together. I don’t think I’ll come back to it very often but 4 stars considering the degree of difficulty

While I'm not that interested in the concept, the album is still great. Probably their weakest of the 70s.

mi manca il lessico musicale per spiegarmi bene come vorrei. basti dire che è oggettivamente un capolavoro, ma nei giudizi che diamo deve rientrare anche il gusto personale. quattro stelle mi sembra adeguato nonostante la solita sensazione di disagio come se stessi commettendo un crimine non scegliendo tutte e cinque le stelline.

look it's such a long album. I listened to most of it. it's solid

Obviously tons of classics. However some of the journey getting to them I felt dragged on.

8/10 Great

This album has stood the test of time a little too well, if possible... I think I'll need to come back to this one, it hasn't quite clicked with me instantly.

Great album. Puts you in a whole other musical world.

8/10 I liked this way more than I was expecting. The album really worked for me. Preferred the second half to the first, but I suppose it is the payoff for it. Second half was more interesting judicially with more intricacy and orchestration. But the first half had its moments. Not too much silly stuff for a concept album, barring the Trial it was pretty consistently good. Best: Nobody Home

Gut!

I listened to this before, and it was really out of my circle of music. I think it is a really good album, and in most parts of it, you enjoy it. Maybe the final part of the album is not as solid as the first, but I think it is a good album from Pink Floyd, but not THE BEST ALBUM OF PINKFLOYD. Fav tracks: . Comfortably Numb . Young Lust . Another brick in the wall

I’ve never been a huge fan of Rock Operas. Houmous & Chutney have always said we’d never release one. Len wrote a solo one. It was also called The Wall, released in 1975. It was about the trials and tribulations of being a bricklayer! Even had a track called Uncomfortably Numb - all about a bricklayers hands during a slow, cold winter. Pink Floyd always said it was just a coincidence! 3.6

Like most rock opera albums I think it’s a bit bloated, but overall it is a masterpiece. While I won’t be listening cover to cover on a regular basis, comfortably numb and brick pt2 will forever be in the rotation.

Now I can hear the influence of Pink Floyd all over the place. I had only ever heard the singles from this album before, so I didn’t really get it/them. I liked this much more than the triangle rainbow one, and it would almost definitely be a five if it weren’t for the horrendous singing on a third of the tracks.

A classic.

4.5 stars. Epic rock opera. Standouts are "Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2" which has a very anthemic sound and "Comfortably Numb" which is a masterpiece. "The Trial" is super weird.

This is probably sacrilege, but it's a little long...

🌟🌟🌟🌟— (4 out of 5 stars) Quite cinematic; Ordered Quite well, i like how the flow between songs went, however there’s a lot of filler to get through just to get to the more iconic songs (The first disc was really whack imo, second disk leveled out a bit more) The ending is quite nice, sounds like I just got transported into a musical. There’s a story behind this album: But I wasn’t really invested in it cos I wasn’t listening to it hard enough (oopsie) Fav Songs: Hey You, Comfortably Numb, Brick in the Wall (Pt. 1)/Happiest Days/Pt. 2 Least fav: In the Flesh?

Yup

love a rock opera

Very interesting. I think it would be 5/5 if it were shorter. I did not enjoy all tracks the same amount but I enjoyed some of them a lot. Concept is fun. Standout Track: Is There Anybody Out There?

More of a musical than an album.

banger

i can see why this is considered a classic it does kind of annoy me how "another brick in the wall" is so commonly misinterpreted as "school bad" when it's about his personal experiences with abusive teachers. on the other hand, I had to google this so perhaps it's a reasonable interpretation. overall enjoyable but there are too many short songs that kind of end up feeling like filler imo favourites: another brick in the wall, young lust, one of my turns, the trial

Pink Floyd does “concept album” better than anyone. Some of their absolute best and most famous tracks like “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Hey You,” “Is There Anybody Out There?”, “Comfortably Numb” and “Run Like Hell” are on this double album. The album is grandiose, utterly transporting and enveloping as is Pink Floyd ‘s way. Still, I haven’t seen the film, and I didn’t feel some tracks stood on their own as masterpieces, especially those that seemed most tied to advancing the narrative. Due to that, I’m giving this a strong 4.5 stars, rounding down to 4.

Love the synth on Goodbye Blue Sky and the bass on Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 1.

This was an ambitious project and, in a lot of ways, it realized that ambition. Starts off great with a cohesive narrative and takes you on a ride. But it starts to lose momentum in the second half of the album. But that first half, though... Terrific. 4/5

I don't think I'm alone in the idea that you have to be impaired in some way to enjoy Pink Floyd. This album requires the least amount of impairment. There's good songs on here that everyone has heard multiple times on multiple classic rock radio stations. It's not the genius album everyone thinks it is, especially the diehard Floyd fans. It's good, but not that good.

Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell

I get why this album gets the praise it does. It is a wee bit bloated but as a front to back experience it’s pretty magnificent

great rock album but is it the great masterpiece that everybody says? not to me

I checked out after in the flesh which is also this albums best song. Great road trip album, bad ADHD chill and listen album.

I guess I've probably never listened to this whole album before (and maybe with good reason). It's a real mixed bag here. There are a bunch of songs on here that I'm familiar with, and they all hold up pretty well (shocker: the popular songs are good). The whole concept album thing doesn't totally work for me, though. This was pretty long, clocking in at 26 songs and 80 minutes, and I was fairly glad when it was done...which is not something I expected going into this. A pared-down version of this would fall somewhere between a 4 and a 5, but then it wouldn't be this album. Hard to rate this one. I didn't dislike all the stuff I'd never heard before, and I can't fault artists for being artsy, so I guess this ultimately gets a 4 as the good outweighs the bad...but barely. 3.5

Standout songs: ABITW part 2 (obvi), i didn't realize part 2 was right after part 1, I assumed it came later in the album. God it's just so long, I can't give it under 4 stars, but I'm not happy about it

Not my favorite Floyd album but still awesome.

Some of my favorite Pink Floyd tracks exist on this album, while not my favorite as an entire work it's still a success. Feels disjointed if you're trying to find some common thread throughout the album the same way some of their earlier more condensed stuff does, but this one loops back on a big number of ideas by the end of it. Really awesome, I had never heard it all in one go before.

A classic that trancends all cultures

Great album with some iconic tunes - love the concept

Το εχω ακουσει 3 φορες. Καποιες πολυ πολυ καλες στιγμες απλα σε καποια σημεια ειναι αδιαφορο σε αντιθεση με το προσωπικο αγαπημενο DSOTM. Θα το ξανακουσω για να δω μηπως αξιζει 5 αστερια αλλα προς το παρον 4.

Another epically long album, but this one holds up. Almost all of these songs are great. Solid record.

Pretty nice. A bit too long for me

Fav: Comfortably Numb Least Fav: Bring The Boys Back Home Honestly I love everything about this except for the transition songs, I get why they exist but they’re pretty bland. Scrap most of them and you get a 5/5 album

Ett av de bästa albumen någonsin.

I hate when I agree that a highly lauded album is brilliant because I love being a contrarian.

Love the bluesy sections. Highlights are Comfortably Numb, In the Flesh, Another Brick in the Wall.

Pretty trippy- an iconic cultural moment but not really for casual listening

Better than the Beatles

4.5

'No dark sarcasm in the classroom' - that'll stay with me, as will much else. But. This is a sometimes pretentious, not always profound, album with quite a few unpretentious and profound songs. It was conceived ambitiously, so it ought to be judged that way, and I'm not moved by its conceptual frame. It can be puerile, it can be surface, it lacks intellectual stamina. But it has 'The Thin Ice,' 'Mother,' 'Hey You,' 'Comfortably Numb,' and some others ('Goodbye Blue Sky'), that are permanent and real expressions.

I was familiar with several songs but this might be my first time actually listening to the album start to finish. Also it's my first time reading the backstory, so it's interesting to learn about the band's situation at the time (financial trouble, inner conflict), and it's interesting to understand the concept of The Wall and how it all started (Waters being agitated at his rock star situation, to the point where he spat on fans during a show, and subsequently wanted to isolate himself). The album has nine songs I tagged as great songs, which by itself would be a 5-star album. Of course, it's a double-album so it has 17 other songs that are quite good but not that good. That plus the fact that I have a hard time rewarding artists who bemoan their struggle means that I ultimately settle on a 4-star rating. But it's a pretty strong 4-star album.

This album is definitely an experience. It’s not one I listen to often, it’s been 10+ years since I last listened to it in full. In my opinion the best way to experience this album is at a laser show, but at least listen to it in the car or on headphones. The studio trickery needs stereo sound to get the full effect. I honestly don’t know how to rate this album. It is a classic and it is awesome. However, it is bloated, and there’s a lot of filler songs that, while they somewhat contribute to the album as a whole, are not good songs on their own. I still think it’s a great album that I won’t listen to again for another 10 years, save for some of the hits that stand on their own.

Another classic.

I have heard a lot of Pink Floyd growing up, including all of the hits on this album. I appreciate the work that went into this album and the tough topics it addresses (isolation, nuclear war). But ultimately it didnt really connect with me- I found the transitions between hits to be dissonant and not pleasant on the ear. I understand it's probably the effect they were going for, but it just wasnt particularly fun to listen to. The hits on the album, however, are very strong, and serve to break up the themes of the transitions. Overall- probably around 3.5/5 or 4/5

Pretty great that this averages to 4.08 for a double album.

I may return to this with a five. I might just do it. I’m not sure. It’s grown on me hugely over the past two days. My first meaningful engagement with a PF album and I suppose it came at just the right time. I was far more “up for it” once I’d read the Wikipedia and understood the concept. Musically, I hear the influence this has on some of my favourite albums (Tranquillity Base…) and many, many others besides. Compelling.

This is admittedly the first time I’ve listened to this album, and it is quite a behemoth. This one needs to sit with me for a bit. But it’s easily *at least* 4.5 stars because, despite its length, it’s a really tight album that flows together nicely for a great listening experience.

How does one even begin to tackle 'Roger Waters and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?' I'll keep it succinct. Pink Floyd was in a weird place; now under the control of Roger but with enough space to contribute enough to be a band (Unlike the Final Cut). Animals (my favourite PF album) had done well, and the tour did too, but also clearly had done a number on everyone. Oh, and they were being embezzled from and owed the tax man a lot of money. So to come out with such a big album as The Wall, and continue to be popular (with an unexpected disco christmas number one) was a surprise. It's also pretty divisive, given its status as a double-length concept album. Me? It's a game of two halves. The first disc is great: everything builds up in the story in a comprehensible way, and the music itself fits. It still feels like Floyd, especially when Dave and Rick get to do their thing. And I like the overall concept of the dangers of getting disaffected with and isolated from the world. The second half though? It's just... weird. Synthy Fragments, one of Dave's best songs, then a few songs that were meant to be satirically anti-fascist but a lot of people didn't get it, topped off with a bit of musical theatre and an ambiguous ending. It's getting the 4 because I still think it just about sticks the landing, but feel free to dock it 1 to 2 stars if it doesn't for you. Tangent: Roger once joked that he'd wanted to end the album (and the live show)after the Wall had gone up, and while that's not borne out by the demos it may have been better if he had.

There are some undeniable bangers on this. But unlike Dark Side of the Moon this overstays its welcome. Way too many songs that feel more masterbatory than essential. Still, I can’t deny that when it’s great it’s fucking great. 4/5

Some real duds mixed in but absolutely classic in the way the Mona Lisa is classic but not my favorite art. Also why did I hear Billy Joel on the back half of ‘One of my Turns’?

quite mixed in my opinion. some of them sound like songs from a musical, which I really don't like. But on the other hand there are some songs which are probably some of their best. Favorite songs: pt2, mother, comfortable numb, in the flesh. Overall around 7/10

Two simultaneous truths: The Wall needs all of its tracks as a concept album, but it's also a bit bloated. There are fantastic hits on here, and yet it's one of Pink Floyd's weaker albums.

Dark Side of The Moon var ju ett mästerverk. Hade höga förväntningar på den här skivan och det visade sig var helt rätt. Det här var nästan lika bra som Dark Side. En riktigt stark 4a. Möjligen lite lång men inte avgörande för betyget.

I stora delar är den här skivan så jävla bra och man vill ju att ett så här grandiost projekt ska vara en femma, men det blir liiite för mycket utfyllnad här och var för att vara perfekt. Stark fyra dock.

The marmite album that split the fans. It's become better over the years but as there are so many versions of it now either live or reassured it's hard to find the definitive version

Gran disco... lo he escuchado varias veces.

Funny how this used to be my favourite Pink Floyd album. I still love it of course, but definitely a bit less than a couple years ago. I think it is just little bit bloated, with a few moments going on for longer than they need to while not really going anywhere. But it is undeniably worth it for the epic moments here. This album is still fantastically theatrical and a beautiful concept album.

Pas eu le temps de tout écouter, mais ce que j'ai entendu m'a beaucoup plu.

Great

This album is 45 years old and I have never listened to it. I like it and that surprised me.

I’ve never listened to Pink Floyd very much at all, but I really liked this album. Pretty good.

Well that was long wasn't it! I'm not so familiar with the wall. Enjoyed a lot of this. But some of it dragged on

Есть феноменальные песни. Но конечно очень длинный альбом

Very good. 4.

Fantastic album. Listened to the whole thing straight through twice. Perfect length for a double album. The songs kept moving creating a cohesive through line. Loved all the iterations of Another Brick in the Wall. This is the Pink Floyd album. Worth so many more listens.

Enjoyed listening to this the whole way through. A big long and dramatic at the end, but overall very good.

Ahh... just the ear bleach I needed after that Fairport Convention nightmare. Seriously though, the first time I heard this album I was much younger, and I didn't get it. But after seeing the movie and letting the music sit with me a while, I've come to appreciate it more.

Kind of nervous returning to this - haven't listened to it through for around 30 years. But the remaster sounds fantastic, and I'm relieved to find I still love it. Yes, it's overlong and uneven, particularly losing momentum in the second half (picking up a bit again after Confortably Numb), but as a concept album/rock opera it stands up, with soem amazing heights. It'll never be my favourite Pink Floyd, but it was great to spend the weekend listening to it again. So close to five stars that this rating feels cruel.

I've always had a contentious relationship with Pink Floyd. Most of my musical taste came from my dad, who is one of the biggest audiophiles I know. The man could give you the history of everyone from Sinatra to Outkast and listened to them all. Despite this, for some reason, he haaaated Pink Floyd. I never really knew why because he seemed to like a lot of similar bands but outside of Wish You Were Here he would turn the channel every time they came on the radio. I followed his lead for the most part when it came to music. In a way, I used him as a judgment on whether music was "good" or not so for the longest time, I considered Pink Floyd to be overrated. Then around college, I finally listened to DSOTM for the first time, and like every college student was absolutely blown away by it. I tried listening to the rest of the Pink Floyd discography but never really got into it (I was not a good listener then, and still probably not great now but whatever) I'm glad I finally really listened to this album because while I always knew about the story of "The Wall" and the general concept I hadn't actually gotten able to listen to it fully and as someone who truly loves to listen to and hear stories in albums, it was great to here one of the best concept albums in full for the first time. I said a lot without saying much, whatever 8/10

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There is a baseline level of enjoyment that I’m going to get out of a Pink Floyd album. This one does all the really cool Pink Floyd things plus a really cool concept album to boot- but for me I couldn’t help but walk away longing for something to really put me over the top and I never quite got there with this one to call it a spectacular album.

8/10. Classics. Comfortably Numb and Another Brick in the Wall both amazing. Album as a whole very good but not super consistent for me.

This was pretty good but like 10 tracks too long. I liked most of the songs though, apart from The Trial which I kinda liked but also kinda hated because it went on for 2 long. Not bad though very creative and interesting listen

its really good but too long

Excelente album, tanto en melodia como concepto.

I’m not a huge fan of these rock opera or concept albums. However, there are some great songs on this album, so I am going with a 4.

So it's a good album and an interesting one too and it sounds good. It just so. freaking. long. Way too long. Too much. Not a fan of that. This is why so many concept albums fall flat. They're too much.

Nice

Awesome prog rock

Obviously great

I never listen to it all the way through, but it’s kind of all over the place with some brilliant moments. I might come back to it again as a full album.

I've heard it said before, 'The Wall' is a lot. I really enjoy the music, and I'm a huge Pink Floyd fan, but to an outsider this album can be very difficult. Everyone should listen to Comfortably Numb though, that's the best song in Pink Floyd's discography

A great album from one of the bands that I never understood the insane hype about. The music is great, but I’m not a fan of all the other bells and whistles. It is veeeery long.

Some epic songs, but could have done without a few of the bricks. We get it - it's a concept album.

4.5

Would definitely be a 5 if the album ended with "Comfortably Numb", but the 4th side is largely forgettable. Even "Run Like Hell", which was the second single from the album, is just okay. Lot's of awesome highlights otherwise, including "In the Flesh?", "Mother", "Young Lust", "Hey You" and the aforementioned "Comfortably Numb". 4.5 stars.

I really appreciated how this album flowed. It was a pretty welcoming listen. I definitely want to hear it again.

There are some really cool songs on here but they are sandwiched in between a bunch of weird pretentious nonsense that I don’t have time for. The good songs are almost enough to make up for this album being firmly in Tommy territory. Which is quite an achievement because Tommy sucks.

Liked more the experience than the movie version.

Me and my mates played this to absolute death when it came out! Listening to it now there are some excellent tracks on there but as a whole the album is rather depressing really!

I kind of don’t know what to make of this album. On the one hand it has Another Brick in the Wall, which is an absolute classic, and I loved the repeated use of the melody throughout the first disc of the album. But the second disc got kind of weird with songs I felt would be out of place in Oliver! the musical, which took me out of the album as a whole. So I’ll split the difference and give 4 stars.

great rock opera

Never disappoints.

Extremely important as a work of art. As a piece of music it is bloated, and would be a much better listening experience without half of the tracks. But the other half contains some really brilliant songwriting, and one of the best songs ever written in Comfortably Numb.

This was a classic album that was good to listen to as a full album and not just the hits. Spotify wouldn't let me listen to Disc 3 so I am focused on 1 and 2. One weird observation The Trial sounds like Jack Skeleton! His lament song had to have been inspired by the Trial. It sounded just like it could fit perfectly into the Nightmare before Christmas! There were the obvious classics that were great (Run Like Hell, Young Lust, Another Brick in the Wall, Mother). I also really liked Goodbye Blue Sky and it was one I never heard before. I also liked some of the middle songs that transitioned between and gave you a better idea of the entire feel of the album. There were a couple that I did not enjoy or were just out there (Empty Space and Vera) but overall it was a great album, and really should be included on lists like this one. Didn't like Empty Spaces, Vera Obvious ones I like Run Like Hell, Young Lust, Another Brick in the Wall, Mother I couldn't listen to the majority of Disc 3

Based on the other "prog rock albums" or even "iconic, classic albums" I've listened to on this list so far, I was expecting to either hate or be absolutely bored by this. I actually thought it was fine - I wasn't totally blown away by it, but I thought it was interesting and had great ideas. It helped that the instruments sounded cohesive, unlike some of the other albums on this list. It's obviously a little bloated and self-indulgent at 26 tracks, and of course I couldn't really understand Pink's story on my first listen. But I'm looking forward to listening to this a few more times, and maybe I'll get it one day.

Childhood nostalgia probably plays a part here. There were quite large segments that seemed bloated and unnecessary but when it hits...

Will listen again, there were songs I knew already but the context helped

I have a feeling this is the last Floyd album on here. It’s a doozy too. All the classics are here like Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Hey You, I also have always been a fan of Run Like Hell. Not every song works and it’s fine when the album is as long as this. But it’s still a feat to behold all together.

Starting to get the idea, that Pink Floyd is the real deal. This album, like a few others we've had, is fantastic. So many great tracks (more that I recognize than I would've guessed), and it's got a great connected flow throughout. A bit long if I had to complain, but I really don't have to. I'm not sure how I'd rank it against Wish You Were Here, but it's got some undeniable heat. These guys were the real deal, huh? Favorite tracks: Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Another Brick in the Wall, Thin Ice, Goodbye Blue Sky, One of My Turns, Run Like Hell. Album art: It's a white brick wall with the text in a sort of blood font. Extremely simple, but it sticks with you so easily. 4.5/5

I love Floyd, but it's been a loooooong time since I listened to the wall, I used to find it quite dark and very convoluted. It's still a bit of both, but I enjoyed it much more musically this time around. It's no Animals or DSotM though think you 100% need the visuals too.

Classic album!!

Just for legacy purposes this is an automatic 4/5. However this is probably one of the only 4/5s i will never come back to listen to (besides maybe the jazz ones?) Theres just something about this album, that idk, feels quiet to me? This is the chillest "rock" album I've ever heard. But the musicality is insane and should be recognized. Its great don't get me wrong, but I just would go to so many other albums or bands before thinking of going to this one. Songs of note: Another brick in the wall pt. 2 Goodbye Blue Sky Hey You Is There Anybody Out There? (strictly only bc it sounds like it would be fun to play on guitar) The Trial I'm also gonna use this album to note other albums that need their rating changed/updated. "Peter Gabriel 3" 3 -> 2 "Since I Left You" 4 -> 5

I listened to this year's all and it didn't really click. I have it a good try this time and I think I need to spend some more time with it. There's a lot here and I think I'm only starting to scratch the surface. 4.5/5

4.25

There are some absolutely brilliant tracks on The Wall. If you distilled them all onto a single album it’d be 5 stars all the way. But it’s a double album… A bit uneven in places and over long. For all that still exceptional.

There are several rock classics on this one, as well as some neat ideas. If this had been edited down to about 10-12 tracks, then it's probably 5 stars. The filler tracks knock it down to a 4 in my book.

Ein absoluter Klassiker. Für mich der Einstieg in die Welt von Pink Floyd und in die Gedankenwelt der Konzeptalben. Nicht alles auf dem Album geht ins Ohr, aber insgesamt hat es mir wieder neue Türen in der Musikwelt. Danke, Pink Floyd oder Roger Waters

Good album. Nice one to start with

I get that they are telling a story here, but there is to much of it. The songs are mostly good but there is too much down time.

So nice of Pink Floyd to write an album about Mark Wahlburg!

Classic.

Tough call. I remember getting this as a birthday gift when i was in middle school, and being disappointed with it. Now that I’m older I can appreciate the genius. But still there are swaths of it, especially on the second disc, that I don’t enjoy musically. Would give it a 4.5 if I could. There’s no denying I have listened to Dark Side of the Moon over and over again and this one, not… but is it fair to ding it for being over-ambitious and more challenging?

pretty heat

In the Flesh? 4.3 The Thin Ice 4 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 3.8 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 3.6 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 4.4 Mother 4.2 Goodbye Blue Sky 3.8 Empty Spaces 3.8 Young Lust 4.2 One of My Turns 4 Don't Leave Me Now 4 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 3.7 Goodbye Cruel World 3.5 Hey You 4.5 Is There Anybody Out There? 3.7 Nobody Home 3.6 Vera 3.8 Bring the Boys Back Home 3.7 Comfortably Numb 4.7 The Show Must Go On 3.9 In the Flesh 4.1 Run Like Hell 4.2 Waiting for the Worms 4.2 Stop n/a The Trial 3.8 Outside the Wall 3.7 Score: 3.968

i wouldn’t listen to most of this for fun per se but it’s objectively very good

Takes you on a journey. Really puts you in a different environment. I always have to be exclusively listening to them whenever I do.

Clasic Rock

Overall, It's a great experience more than it is a collection of individual great songs. I'd have to say that Wish You Were Here was better able to find the happy medium between valuing the experience (like The Wall) and individual tracks (like DSOTM). Still incredible, but doesn't lend well for casual listening outside of a few huge hits.

Rock classic. Great album front to back, but I prefer pink floyd’s more experimental records. 4.3/5

Some things become so iconic that you assume they are overrated. The Wall is like that. It’s not their best work, but it’s good. Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Another Brick in the wall are fantastic. The concept is simple and clear, but it’s tooooo long 8.6/10

okay

Auditory insanity, it's pretty much impossible to describe this album in any succinct way. Definitely one to listen to a few more times to try and properly absorb the lyrics.

This is a very good album full of soft music that I was able to vibe to.

One of the major albums by famous rock band pink Floyd, considered a masterpiece and a must listen. I quite enjoyed the album and thoroughly liked some of the songs , though I thought it was a bit on the lengthier side for a project that is not a double album.

Great album.

Groupe connu, album et film connus. Musicalement je préfère les albums plus anciens de Pink Floyd, plus planants et novateurs. Mais le film est véritablement un plus, c'est une expérience à ne pas manquer. Donc pas loin de la note maximale. => 4.5/5

Part of my musical DNA but not as much as The Dark Side of the Moon or Woods You Were Here!

First listen. Been on the list for some time. Pretty good.

It's Pink Floyd's The Wall what else do you need to know. Classic rock opera not going to list all the great songs but her is a few. Stand out tracks: - The thin ice - Another brick in the wall pt 2 - Goodbye blue sky - Young lust - Don't leave me now - Hey you - Comfortably numb - Run like hell - The trial

A little long winded at times, but much of this album is great. Kind of an experience more than just an album. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

This is probably the only rock opera or rock concept album that I think really sticks to its guns the whole way through. That cuts both ways, as the second LP is a bit more challenging and disjointed, but by design. This album remains challenging and deliberately off putting at times.

oh, yeah i know this one

87% Best: In the Flesh(?), Young Lust, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, The Trial Must-Hear? Sure

Great album

There's no album that sounds like this one. Each song flows together and connects together creating an entire narrative. The guitar on this is also really good. The issue is some songs individually aren't very strong. It also sounds pretty dated in areas. Really good album but not all of it is for me.

I don’t know enough about music to know why this is allegedly so awesome. But it was very good.

A good album with some classic Pink Floyd songs, Another Brick in the Wall, Is There Anybody Out There and Comfortably Numb are always favorites of mine.

It took me a couple of days to get to this because it's just so long and I knew that as a rock opera/concept album breaking it up into shorter chunks wouldn't be ideal. I've heard it before, so there weren't any surprises. This was my first time listening to it with headphones, which made for a fun new experience. It's long, and it drags in spots, but the overall concept and music are solid. "Comfortably Numb" is obviously the standout.

Amazing

Pink Floyd, baby!

4/5

Some artists write 40 minute albums that get boring 10 minutes in, Pink Floyd wrote 80 minutes that were engaging the whole way through. Comfortably Numb is an absolute masterpiece. 4/5

4.

Great album. The whole thing flowed very well. Definitely an album to listen straight from start to finish.

Too long, self indulgent, self pitying but the tunes and production carry it and I was indoctrinated to it at 10 years old. What the fuck did I make of it all at 10?

Great album, though I don’t particularly care for the storyline/concept Roger Waters put together. But there’s some fantastic songs here, beyond “Another Brick in the Wall” and “Comfortably Numb”. It contains some of the best instrumental moments in Pink Floyd’s career, like “In the Flesh?”, “The Happiest Days of Our Lives”, and “Run Like Hell”. I think I prefer The Wall to some of Pink Floyd’s more highly praised and/or technically impressive albums like Wish You Were Here or Animals.

Confession: I am not a Pink Floyd fan, nor a Prog Rock fan. However, I do really appreciate the flow and composition of this album. While I'm not going to throw this on for a listen, I'll give respect where respect is due.

Still good but not as good as DSOTM. It’s a bit bloated as an album.

Is it great? Yes. Is it a masterpiece? I'm not so sure. There are a heap of classic songs on here but at a certain point it's almost like it's reputation precedes it and you go into it assuming it's an all timer. It's simply too long and seems like it veers into too much of an "art project" for lack of a better description. 8.5/10 (4.25/5)

For what it is, the rating is strong. I don’t typically go out of my way to listen to Floyd, but I respect the influence and staying power Waters and the boys have given us. True legends in multiple mediums.

Incredible album; even better if you're a fan of rock operas. For me, it's a bit too self-indulgent and unnecessarily bloated to be given five stars. At the same time, I can't deny that there are certain parts of it that cross into the masterpiece category—even the overplayed 'Another brick in the wall' (although my personal favourite has always been 'Hey you'). 4 stars

Hey! Teacher! Leave us kids alone!

It’s quite an achievement. On the heels of some exquisite, and some might say perfect, collections featuring long, operatic pieces built around central themes, Mr. Waters and Company continue with the idea of a central theme, but instead choose to honor isolation with a series of shorter, more eclectic pieces. It’s choppy, some moments hold up better than others, and the more musical theater-y sections always take a backseat to the simpler numbers. It’s a beautiful celebration of anger and ugliness at the heart of success, and deserves the accolades worthy of a piece of late 20th century hagiography.

Some high points of the album, drawn on in other areas. Overall rating: 8/10 album

I didn't remember as much filler on this album as there is. I also didn't remember that almost half the album has become radio hits. My opinion about this album has ebbed and flowed over the years. Regardless of my current opinion it's the first album I've gotten on this list (day 89) that I actually agree that you must hear.

Good album, far too long for this though

This was great, I simply can't concentrate for an hour and a half on one album, however. It's not Pink Floyd, it's me.

4.4 - Comfortably Numb is such an incredible song, one of the best solos ever imo. I think for me this album tries a little hard sometimes to be on the nose, but maybe that's cos it's old. (not sure if this makes much sense)

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already had listened

Great album

I really like this album, the overall theme is cool, but it is a bit long for me, I really enjoy the guitar playing.

I love Pink Floyd, and while this is not my favorite of their albums from this period, that's an extremely high bar to clear. Sure, this one drags a little in the middle and is not nearly as tight as their best albums (an 80 minute runtime will do that). But it still contains some of my absolute favorite music ever created, including not one but two of the best guitar solos of all time on a single track (Comfortably Numb).

Young lust In the flesh

Absolute classic

#19 - An awesome Album which I had never spent time on before (hearing Vs listening anyone?). Grandiose in its ambition and execution, and indeed an achievement (with some bangers to boot!). 4.5/5, rounding down to 4 as I find some of the middle tracks a bit tedious.

I love the world this creates. I listened to it loads in my younger days. Some amazing work on this album - but is a little bit overblown in places. Another Brick in the Wall is one of my least favourite tracks, funnily enough! But I find it a cool experience to immerese oneself in, and an impressive piece of originality.

A real experience of an album. I loved the multiple parts of Another Brick In The Wall running throughout, and the wall coming down at the end was really cool. A little drawn out but they own it. Favourite tracks: Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell

An incredible sonic experience, as Pink Floyd albums typically are. A little bloated but the quality throughout is irrefutable.

4.4 stars rounded down.

Such a fun straight listen through. Definitely some bloat, feels quasi deep but nevertheless so many good ones.

4.5

A whole that’s much less than some of its parts. Still quite good, but there’s too much of this that’s just there or exists only to set up something else.

It took me like a month to listen to the second half of this after hearing the first disc. It’s just exhausting to get through. I appreciate the ambition and work that went into this project. I just don’t generally love rock operas. The second disc worked a little better for me. It contains most of the well-known songs (except for the title track) — “Hey You,” “Is There Anybody Out There?” and “Comfortably Numb.” But the melodrama of the last quarter gets to be too much. I think what bothers me most about this album is how melodramatic it is. It’s literally a rock opera — interspersed with traditional rock songs and classical guitar ballads are actual orchestras and opera singers with Roger Waters and David Gilmour obnoxiously wailing over the top. It’s frequently not that pleasant to listen to. Also just wanted to mention that “Is There Anybody Out There?” sounds like a ripoff of the Bond theme. I completely understand why this album is on the list. It probably is something people should listen to once. But like many Broadway shows, it’s something that after experiencing once, I’m good. I don’t need to listen to most of this again (the aforementioned tracks are decent as standalone songs, though). If I’m going to seek out rock opera, I’m going with The Who or Queen over Pink Floyd. I’ll give it a 4/5 because of its impact and because it is impressive as a project. But it’s really a 3.5 at best for me personally — not something I’d seek out to listen to over and over again (or maybe ever again).

Ephemeral, but kinda long ngl

Yay!!

This is certainly one of the great albums in the history of rock. But for me, personally, it's not one of my favourites "of all times", therefore the 4.

Really really good. Long enough to fall from a five though

great concept album but I still agree there's too much filler on here for a 5/5 album. I've never watched the movie but this still has some incredible songs on it. In the flesh is a great opener, hey you is an incredible start to disc 2 but young lust is my favorite song on here. 4.5/5

While I do think this is a masterpiece, a classic, and an all time classic album, it's not really an album I gravitate towards. I feel like I tend to get a bit bored with it. I do like prog rock and I'm an absolute sucker for concept albums so I can appreciate that bit but I would much rather listen to Animals, DSOTM, or Wish You Were Here.

I have never fully listened to this concept album, and just know the songs that have been ubiquitous in culture for the last 45 years. This is certainly grandiose and self-indulgent. I have a hard time getting past that and how bloated it feels. Reading more about the context of it and what this rock opera is about, I'm sure it's great, and I'm willing to give 70s Pink Floyd the benefit of the doubt, despite how much of a wanker Roger Waters seems to be now. Definitely a journey listening to this for the first time in its entirety.

Before there was MTV there were rock operas, and younger, higher me was a HUGE fan. Older, not high me still likes The Wall, but I forgot how long this beast is and I skipped a lot of the transitional songs. I did very much enjoy listening to it in its entirety for the first time in many years.

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 Mother Young Lust Hey You Nobody Home Comfortably Numb The Show Must Go On Run Like Hell

Pretty epic album

Love a few songs, and have seen the movie. I prefer Dark Side of the Moon as an overall album

Never listened to this album and I'll have to agree with the general consensus that this album is one of the standard-bearers of the concept of a rock opera. I particularly love the musical motifs that make consistent appearances across many of the songs. For me though, definitely a stronger first half of the album than the second. Terrific mainstream hits like "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" and "Comfortably Numb", along with awesome tracks I wasn't familiar with like "Young Lust" and "Mother". 7/10

Like rob says, far better than expected. Would listen again if I were in the right mood but not sure I can commit to a mood lasting an hour 20

Haven't listened to this in full for decades but I'm totally familiar with it was commonly in rotation at my home when I was a kid. I remember not liking it as much as other music my parents listened to, but I did not disliked it neither. It was a bit scary at times and a bit Disneyly at others. at least for me. Today it brought that familiar and vague sensation of those half remembered days. It is quite the album!

As innovative as it is bloated, The Wall surprises me as much as it annoys me. Personally I don’t know if I can stand hearing Another Brick in the Wall one more time, its sing songy chorus is burned in my head forever. Pretty much can write off any song with a children’s choir as shite. However, it does sound better to me in the context of the album rather than as a single. There are great songs here, like Comfortably Numb, Hey You, and Run Like Hell, and songs I’ve rediscovered, like Goodbye Blue Sky, One of My Turns, and In the Flesh. Roger Waters’ voice sounds at its best in the louder, angry moments, whereas it fizzles when he attempts to be sentimental or delicately villainous. There’s a lot to pick apart on a 26 song double album. You could spend months dissecting this. It’s definitely an album you need to hear before you die (you can avoid the film though), but I wouldn’t go as far as to call this a classic.

*insert Nostalgia Critic joke here* Okay, so this album has a concept I like, and the story it presents is compelling and cool and stuff, but the songs themselves don't do much to stand on their own. A lot of these tracks I like in context, but I'm sure they wouldn't be very understandable taken out of context of the overall narrative (the ultimate cost of being a concept album). I guess what I'm trying to say is that I respect this album more than I like it, but I still think it's good all in all ("you're just another brick in the wall"). Best Song: Comfortably Numb Worst Song: Bring the Boys Back Home Album Score: 7/10

Another Pink Floyd banger, who would've guessed? 26 songs but it doesn't drag, propped up by a compelling narrative and dope as hell concepts. While I only listen to like 5 of the 26 outside of the context of the album, the other songs work so well within the album that they don't need to be playlisted. Fav songs: - In The Flesh? - Another Brick in the Wall Pt2 - Young Lust - Hey You - Comfortably Numb

Decir que The Wall fue la obra cumbre de Pink Floyd bajo la inspiración de Roger Waters y David Gilmour podría parecer excesivo teniendo en cuenta la trilogía precedente (The Dark Side of the Moon, Whish You Where Here y Animals), así que nos quedaremos definiéndola como la culminación, la obra de madurez resplandeciente. Waters dotó al álbum de una inspiración autobiográfica que le llevó a narrar metafóricamente el ascenso y la caída de una estrella del rock, con imaginería de la II Guerra Mundial y referencias al supe liderazgo y sus desviaciones despóticas y fascistas. El personaje ficticio, Pink Floyd, se haya aislado tras un MURO psicológico que va creciendo según su vida se va descontrolando. Tras una bienvenida al oyente ("In the Flesh?"), comienzan los recuerdos, la muerte de su padre en la guerra y una infancia marcada por el autoritarismo ("Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1") y la sobreprotección maternal ("Mother"). En esta primera parte de construcción del MURO destaca "Young Lust", sobre la fascinación y el miedo ante el descubrimiento del sexo, y por supuesto "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", que fue lanzado como sencillo y es uno de los temas intemporales de Pink Floyd. La segunda parte del álbum (segundo disco físico) nos cuenta el éxito y la transformación del personaje en un fascista homófobo y racista ("In the Flesh"), con uno de los temas más poderosos del álbum (y uno de los que más me gustan, quizás influido por la secuencia de la película de Alan Parker), "Run Like Hell". Cuando el personaje se enjuicia y enfrenta a sí mismo ("The Trial") el muro se derrumba y culmina este magnífico álbum conceptual "fuera del muro".

Quite good, didnt like of few of the songs towards the end but really enjoyed most of it

Once again, prog rock doesn’t really do much for me, but this is still a great album. 8/10

Surprised by some of the songs, such as The Trial which was a cinematic musical surprise! Still prefer Dark Side of the Moon. Interesting that this album was the one on the list instead.

Oh damn, two Pink Floyd albums back to back. Well im not complaining. Definitely would not call this their best album by any means, but for what it is, its a very competent release with some really great songs on it.

I mean, I've heard this a million times. I already know it's a great album.

Great Concept Album of this era.

I felt really conflicted on my rating for this album. There are several songs here which aren’t very good, but I still feel this deserves a 4 just for how ambitious it is and how interesting the story is. If this had some of the filler taken out of it, this could honestly be one of my favourite albums ever, but as it currently stands this is just really good.

I made this vinyl purchase in 7th grade and still play it every so often. I think my memory of the movie, vague though it may be, influences how i listen to the album. I like this when falling asleep.

Pink Floyd <33

i’m not very familiar with the concept and with out the context of the movie or the play some of the magic is lost on me.

V interesting. Would listen again

It's just too long. It's a very good album: a lot of thought has been given to the progression and to the transitions between songs. They had a clear vision which they committed to. However, with an hour and a half there are too many songs on here that don't do Pink Floyd justice.

How do you manage to get 6 radio hits out of a rock opera that only has 3 official singles? I dunno but they did it. It gets 4 stars instead of 5 because honestly you can tell this was more suited for a music film or the live stage show. There's a bunch of tracks on here that are really just a means to segue from one "real" song to another.

Ne me lacère pas Gugu, c'est un excellent album (particulièrement quand il est jumelé avec le flim), c'est juste que je trouve qu'il y a un peu trop de grandiloquardises psycho-pleurnichardes par moment.

Epic

I vaguely recall watching the 1982 film musical with my high school drama class. This really is a fascinating concept album. I can see why certain critics called it overblown or pretentious, but perhaps the better description would be ambitious and utterly unique.

Rock progresivo. Casi un musical. Dos megahits, pero se me ha hecho laaaargo. Venga, un 4 por los megahits, pero no me lo vuelvo a escuchar entero.

(the dark side of the moon is just gold but the wall is the next one!)

Mother will they break my balls?

3/11/24

7.8/10

Amazing concept album that brings me back to my high school years. It was nice to revisit it through this website but I also I desperately hope there are some more gender diverse albums coming up...

Hade varit 5/5 om de inte var så mycket random ljud. Favoritlåt från albumet var Another brick in the wall pt.2 Albumet får 4/5 stjärnor

Favourite Song: Hey You (also The Trial) Well, this was very unexpected and great. The theatre of it all was really enjoyable, building together with each song. This is one of those albums that I almost want to vote a 5, but with so many songs, it's inevitable to have a few that lack and bring it down a little.

a long-time favourite, pink floyd is always meticulous and thorough in their musical prowess.

In the flesh? Another brick in the wall 1-3 Mother Young Lust Nobody Home Comfortably Numb The Show Must Go On In the Flesh (minus the lyrics)

Massive. Highs were incredibly high, lows were very low, but ultimately really enjoyed listening to this all the way through for the first time

Really, really good. This is the first time I’ve been able to listen to it without getting bored so it’s prob something you need exposure to before you fully appreciate it.

This is something I heard a lot as a kid and it was my first time revisiting it in full as an adult. Listened a few times this weekend and I really enjoyed eat with each go

I knew I liked the big hits but I liked and appreciated this album way more than I thought I would

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Gear: Focal Clear Mix (2011 Remaster): durchbricht jetzt in Sachen Dynamik auch keine Mauern Musik: mit Recht mein dritt-liebstes Pink Floyd-Album! Wertung: 🧱🧱🧱🧱(🧱)/5

I really wish I hadn’t gotten a Pink Floyd album so early on, because I wasn’t capable of really expressing my thoughts on music in a long form. But now I can. And The Wall is probably one of the best ways to flex that ability. Because this is a dense record. And it’s a long one too. The real question is whether this is an 80 minute long symphonic prog rock masterpiece, or a mess of half-baked ideas. I’m sort of on the fence. This is less another Pink Floyd, and more Roger Waters’ slam poetry turned into a rock opera concept album. Being a beefy 26 songs long, and also being a double album can definitely lead to some messiness. And messiness there is. The source material this is based on is messy enough. That source material being the death of Roger’s father at a young age and his constant feelings of alienation and anger around this time with the band and touring. He just wanted to isolate himself from the rest of the world. Hence, the wall was born, musically and metaphorically. Portraying himself through a fictional character named Pink (real creative), the essence of this album is the story. And because of this decision, I’ve always found this album has trouble balancing songs that exist solely for the purpose of telling stories, and the stuff people really care about. And the stuff people really care about is really worth caring about. Both versions of In the Flesh, all three parts of Another Brick in the Wall, One of My Turns, Waiting for the Worms, and especially Hey You, Comfortably Numb/i] and Run Like Hell are fantastic. Also The Trial, which I believe might be the most ambitious and outwardly theatrical the band ever was, and it’s fucking amazing. The other stuff though? Not so much. I just don’t have as much of an attachment to certain songs on. Tracks like Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces and Don’t Leave Me Now don’t even feel like they are made by the same band in comparison. Now granted, some of the songs are pretty short, and act more as interludes than anything else. Some of them are sort of cool, and lead to good transitions between songs, but other ones don’t feel the same. This album also made one thing very clear to me. David is by all means a better singer than Roger. It’s really not even close. Roger is totally fine, and has some super intense and powerful moments here and there, but his voice is far more inconsistent than his band mate. I don’t regard this album as highly as some people do. This has always been my least favorite of their near flawless run from 1971 to 1979. This doesn’t change how incredible and impactful those years were, and I still really love this, because I can’t deny Roger’s arrogant genius. But more often than not I’m going to Animals or Wish You Were Here before I go to this album. Rating: 8/10

Pink Floyd ain't my thing but I can appreciate the album is alright Might change rating to a 3 once I've finished listening

Interesting, anti war

This album is pretty on the nose with its anti-war message, and it took a while for it to get going, but I liked it quite a lot by the end. I think the second disk was much stronger than the first, with The Trial being a overly dramatic but fun climax to the story.

It was fine

Always better than I remember it being. 4.5/5

Aangenaam verrast!

Very good.

Love how every song flows together perfectly. Great album

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I really love Pink Floyd, but of their more "core" albums (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, The Wall, Animals) this is the weakest. It's hard for me because there are so many great tracks here. Yet there's a lot of songs that I have a lot of mixed feelings about. Overall I think that the album is bloated and incredible highs but some "meh" lows. I think it will be a rare occasion to listen to the whole album front-to-back and even though I love so many of the songs, as a whole the album isn't cohesive and I will gravitate to one of the Pink Floyd's other works. It's great but flawed to me.

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A great album from the mighty Pink Floyd. This shows the band moving with the times with much shorter songs and the hit single ‘Another Brick in the Wall’. The progressive elements are still there with the ambitious concept, making it feel like a continuous piece of music from beginning to end.

I’ve listened to this album before, but it’s been a while and I didn’t remember a lot of it. Despite being overlong and the concept coming across a bit heavy-handed, I enjoyed it.

Une exploration de la conformité sociale, de l’inconscient et de l’angoisse d’exister. Très cohérent sur tous les plans

Just a classic

Pretty solid album, definitely one that works as an album

Absolute classic. I used to listen to the CD in my car all the time. I'll relisten now, too, though. The only thing keeping this from being a perfect 5/5 is that it does feel a bit bloated. While I appreciate the consistency and cohesiveness in the themes, musically and lyrically, throughout the entire album it still feels a bit long. 4/5

Excellent 4/5

not bad

I'm trying to be objective here, as a huge Pink Floyd fan. In fact, I took the opportunity to listen to it while shaving my head this morning. However much I love this album, I have to admit that it wouldn't be top 5 albums I recommend to a new Floyd fan. Pink went on a 4 album run of 5star work from Meddle thru Animals (sans "Obscured"). The Wall marked the beginning of the end for the band as Roger Waters' self indulgent autobiography. While I love the theatrics and the live performances are worth noting, the casual music fan my find this hard to digest and full to filler. Sure they'd be wrong, but it's ok

Incredibly produced, and plenty of incredible songs. This should be a 5 star, but it drags way too long near the end. The tear down the wall chant is great, but everything else after Run Like Hell is uninsteresting to me. Still, any other band and this is their magnum opus, for Pink Floyd it's still debated where it places on their best album list

Dude it’s a classic. We all know this album is a masterpiece and what it did for story telling in music is essay worthy. For not even being their best album, it’s still near perfect in close to every aspect. 9.8/10 closer to 9.9 than 9.7 and one of the few albums a white dad would rave about that actually stands the test of time and remains up to snuff with music today.

8/10

Classic and more chill

An atypical format for a rock-ballad like sound. It took me 3 days to get through. I feel like it should be listened to all the way through without stopping.

Pretty great album, but difficult to rate. I don’t necessarily connect to it, but I 100% get why it resonates with so many people and why it’s one of the most successful, and enduring, albums of all time.

Zugegeben habe ich noch nie The Wall gehört, kannte nur einzelne Songs. Als Konzept-Album und Doppel-Album hat es seine Längen ("Bridge Songs" nennt es jemand in seinem review). Als nicht-Muttersprachler kann ich dem Inhalt nicht so einfach folgen und das Konzept einfach erfassen. Trotzdem für mich persönlich ein gutes Album. Insbesondere Another brick in the wall PT. 2, Hey you, comfortably numb herausragend, aber auch der Rest ist gut.

Un álbum con historia, muy completo

I like the story and concept a lot, but a lot of the music on the album is Just Fine in my opinion. A few good songs, a few incredible ones of course, but overall my thing with concept albums is like. I personally prefer for them to be able to stand on their own musically, and there are enough of these songs that really just fade into the background for me. Still 4 stars but I doubt I’ll listen to it again as an album aside from the songs I already knew (and loved!!)

It's the wall it's pretty anazing

Been listening to it since it was released. Good stuff. David Gilmour is a bona fide guitar God; stellar work.

The album was really good, it’s the first one I had already listened to in this list too. I wouldn’t add it a playlist, maybe some of the songs, but since this is a concept album it’s also less interesting to listen to songs separately. I’ll give it a high 4, if possible I would have put a 4,5/5.

Great album but not their best.

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Classic

Very cool, I enjoyed, I like that it's a loop