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The Wall by Pink Floyd

The Wall

Pink Floyd

1979
4.12
Rating
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Distribution
Genres: Rock Styles: Art Rock, Progressive Rock

Reviews (page 11 of 16)

Outstanding

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.

Brutal, at times overwhelming, and tied together into one neat package ready for shipping. Lots of themed reused/recycled throughout the album, which can be a bad thing for many listeners, but not me. Take the "we don't need no education" melody. It appears again and again, not only in the three "Another Brick In The Wall" parts, but in The Trial, Run Like Hell, Hey You, and more. It's just one of many examples of this album's genius. Thematic repetition adds this beautiful consistency that you normally only hear in classical symphonies. The Wall's "plot" strikes a good balance between easy-to-follow and left-open-to-interpretation. The tragic story of an up-and-coming rock star trying (and failing) to come to terms with his past, leading to several recurring instances of mental breakdowns. Roger Waters, the primary composer here, creates these darn great musical ideas that, while not exactly complicated, tell the story perfectly. There are ups and downs, problems and solutions, comedy and tragedy (mostly the latter) - and Roger Waters does all of these justice. Some great song transitions in this album too. Lots of incredible musicianship here, particularly in the lead guitar (Gilmour) and bass (Waters). The guitar solos on some of these tracks are pretty incredible and some of my favourites of all time. The bass playing, particularly in the "radio" tracks like Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 and Comfortably Numb, is superb. I'm not a huge fan of Waters's vocal here (it's stronger in the previous three Floyd albums) and Gilmour definitely outshines Waters on that front with his rough rock voice. Wright's synth and keyboard playing is more understated than in earlier albums, but it's placed tastefully and played excellently. Mason's drumming is solid as always. Also, this album arguably has more Pink Floyd hit/"classic" tracks than any others (though that could be attributed to The Wall being Pink Floyd's only double album): In The Flesh, Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, Hey You, Run Like Hell... and of course the crowd favourite Comfortably Numb. With a portfolio this strong, I think you can afford to have a few throwaways. 5/5

2+ Stars. (6/15)

Good album, far too long for this though

Quite possibly the most ambitious concept album

The brick on the wall three parter was fantastic just to be followed by mother, genius. The next two songs were all right, Young Lust was another banger. Some of the next songs gave Charlie Day's Bob Dylan impression vibes, which is not a negative. Hey you is a great starter for the disc 2. Comfortably Numb is my favorite so far. In the flesh feels like a big rock anthem I should've know about already

Even for a concept album, the songs in The Wall operate too much in service to the narrative, and not enough as good tracks in their own right (with a few exceptions, of course).

The final hurrah for Pink Floyd MKII as the band would undergo another lineup change as Richard Wright would not appear on “The Final Cut” and Roger Waters was out after “The Final Cut” (Rick did return after “The Final Cut” however). A Rock-Opera for the ages depicting Pink’s isolation from the outside world within his… “Wall”.

Also classic gem

I love getting absolute classics on Fridays.

It's THE rock opera. It's one of a handful of albums this long i'll gladly listen to end to end without fatiguing. It's got some all time classics on there. It's just great.

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.

Joya de joyas que, escuchado hasta el hartazgo en décadas pasadas, vale la pena desempolvar. Una obra compleja y pretenciosa conceptualmente, que genera una atmósfera sombría adecuada para un día lluvioso. Logrado de manera impecable, este disco subió muy cañón la vara de lo que se podía hacer nivel de producción, ejecución y creatividad. Los temas más choteados, como Another Brick in the Wall y Hey You, cobran una dimensión diferente cuando se escuchan en el contexto de la obra completa. Una hora y veinte muy bien invertidas.

Wow, this was definitely an encompassing task and felt much longer than the listed 1 hr 25; “The Wall” is itself a wall of soundscape and experience, in some places even a hurdle. But it’s filled with a gamut of emotions both up and down (touching on Pink Floyd’s theme of the music star’s experience). First time listening all the way through but I’m familiar with many of these tracks. Not my favorite PF album but still a great listen, 5/5

Iconic Pink Floyd.

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)

There is something so uncool about rock operas. Its all so cheesy and self-serious. Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 is another good example of a track which in my head I don't really like, but when it came on in the album I was bopping along. Goodbye Blue Sky interpolating Goodbye Ruby Tuesday. In the Flesh sounds very much like a Dark Side of the Moon chord progression. Some derivative ideas here. Comfortably Numb is my favourite Pink Floyd song, so good. Fave Tracks: Another Brick in the Wall Pt 1 & 2, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell 3/5

My parents showed me Pink Floyd in my early teens, right around the time I started collecting vinyl. Even as a child, I was in awe that a record like this could exist. I’m 22 now and I am STILL in awe. An album with writing, performances, and a concept this strong is generational. It doesn’t even matter that there are moments on here I don’t love, what matters is that it all adds to the story. This is a landmark record, a timeless classic, and the greatest concept album of all time. I can’t wait to show this to my kids one day.

Cmon man

Fuuuuuuuck

Come on a 5 for sure!

relisten. literally the album of all time i don't even think i have the vocabulary to explain how mind-blowing and perfectly crafted it is.

Re-listen. Feels like you’re listening to a film. Great songwriting and a compelling concept. One of Pink Floyd’s best.

already had listened

You have to settle in for this one. Good but at times haunting

Great album

Interminable, ponderous prog rock operas are not my jam.

20224-06-10...

It's simply a masterpiece. Creative, inventive and conceptually brilliant. Everything is stitched together perfectly, like an elaborate tapestry that ultimately displays it's totality. Some fantastic tracks on here to listen to individually, or soak up the entire album in one go. Whilst there are other Floyd albums I prefer, this still gets a perfect 5/5

Man. So so so so good.

Not an album for dancing, partying or for background music. It's a serious headphone and attention demanding work. I'm not the biggest PF fan in the world, but this is a good example and one which I've owned since it came out.

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

Several bangers but I honestly fond this to be a bit of a slog.

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.

Comfortably Numb is incredible. Hey You is good. Lovely acoustic guitar on Is There Anybody Out There. Beyond that I can't really get into this album. Dave Gilmour is wonderful. Not sure about Roger Waters, he goes way over the top here for me, I don't think rock operas are my thing!

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.

"You just don't get how deep The Wall is. It's like, there's this wall around him, and the wall symbolizes a wall." The masses aren't ready to hear this, but this might be the weakest 70s Pink Floyd album. Way too long and disjointed. Not very artsy either when you take away Gerald Scarfe's beautiful animation. This is a very simple story about cutting yourself off from the world, blown up to pompous proportions and an insane length because Roger Waters just couldn't get the point across without having 10 songs where he moans about random shit over the sounds of cattle getting mutilated. Their previous album had them retelling the entire story of George Orwell's Animal Farm in 3 songs. There is no need. Roger Waters forgot his Adderall. 3/5 - This is a Meddle household.

Day 15 of listening to 1001 albums, one day at a time. This might be one of Pink Floyd’s best album to date. It is definitely a huge album being a literal double able. The story it tells is so gripping and is truly an album that deals with isolation and pushing others away. It’s has to be such a difficult task to tell a story but also at the same time create music that is great in its own right. Which in true Pink Floyd fashion they manage to fulfill both of those with amazing tracks. While the character of Pink is based off Syd Barret you can tell a lot of the ideas of closing your self off come from Waters. A remarkable album with a masterful story.

4.4 stars rounded down.

Not my jam

Very "meh" about their music. Like some, but uninspired by most. 2/5

I’ve seen the film, heard the single ‘another brick in the wall’. It’s not my cup of tea.

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

Its really, really long

A pretty good record, But i cant really understand the Big hype about it.

Eh. I know its a classic but very hard to get into. The songs just wouldn't end.

I don't have the words to describe how much I love this album. It was the first CD I ever purchased, and I bought it before I even owned a CD player! The only thing I will say is that it's important to listen/critique it as an album, not as individual tracks. It's too easy to focus on Comfortably Numb or Brick in the Wall as hit singles. It's a concept album and as such needs to be listened to from start to finish. It represents such awesome storytelling, art and music. One of my all-time favourite albums. Thanks for landing on a weekend!

What a ride. This is an album I had only ever dipped in and out of, and this experience has shown me I've been missing out! Absolutely must be listened to in full, uninterrupted, with headphones. Sprawling, emotional, uncomfortable, operatic and what has to be one of the top concept albums of all time. Immaculate musical storytelling at its finest.

The first half of CD1 (side1) is great stuff. Theres a fantastic run of songs on this side. All the way to goodbye blue skies. The 2nd half of CD1 (side 2) drops in quality. Im sure it adds to the story of the album. However, i feel its not necessary from a musical perspective. The tracks are average. It brings down the quality of the album overall very slightly id say. CD2 picks it up in terms of quality again with the fantastic hey you, comfortably numb and run like hell. A few amazing tracks right there. Comfortably numb is one of the best tracks of all time in my opinion. Great music and lyrics. Gilmours singing. Amazing. That solo. Got to be one of the most amazing pieces ever. It makes my hairs stand on edge every time i hear it! I'd give this a low 5/5 rating. Its a fantastic album. I just think the length isnt for everyone. Its not the best PF album imo but one of them. You could probably remove Side 2 completely and the last few tracks of Side 4 (cd2). If you were to cut the length of this album down 20-30 mins it would be a perfect 10/10 for me. Nevertheless, its still a cracker.

holy moly

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.

Favourite Album in High School

Pretty much automatic 5

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).

Masterpiece

It's been many years since I've last listened to The Wall. Going in, I thought I would give it 4 stars, but after listening to it with fresh ears, it's easily a 5. It has certainly aged well.

I love Pink Floyd, especially David Gilmour. I’ve listened to the dark side of the moon in its entirety (without skipping) several times and I love it. This was my first time listening to the Wall all the way through and while it’s long, I really like how the songs blend together.

Sinälläsä ihan hyvä ja tykkään tuosta konseptikulmasta ja siitä miten kappaleet yhdistyy. Tosi tunnelmallista ja hienosti toteuteutettu, mutta suurin osa kappaleista jää hiukan vaisuksi. Parhaat: Another Brick In The Wall, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell

Didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Certainly masterful work. Maybe it's because of the sheer amount of time that has passed, but I just didn't really get into it.

I will only listen to this if I have absolutely nothing else to do, 1/5. Deadly long and drawn out.

I didn’t like this album the first time I listened to it and I don’t know why. It was SOOO good. There were a couple filler songs but for the most part all the songs were really interesting and enjoyable. Pink Floyd experimented a lot with non-musical sounds in their music and that is present here, but not at the same of the music. It enhances the place that the song takes you it’s great. S teir.

Ephemeral, but kinda long ngl

This is pretty damn epic. It's been a while, but I loved revisiting this.

This is another album that just feels like home.

This made me feel all the feelings! Feelings of an almost human nature. This will not do. Actually, it will do quite well. This piece of theater is still pretty brilliant after almost 50 years. So much nostalgia.

Back in junior high school, a dear friend and I used to get into occasional debates over Pink Floyd (her favorite) and Styx (mine). In the days when acquiring new music involved significant financial investment for a junior higher, I never took the risk of delving into the music of Pink Floyd instead focusing my resources on music I knew and loved. For whatever reason, once I had my resources and easier access to music Pink Floyd never because much of a priority. That was clearly a mistake. This album gave me goosebumps from the opening notes and they are returning now as I write about it. What an incredible, haunting, epic masterpiece this is. My expectations were high and this album leapt way over them. Incredible!

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.

I mean this rlly is just one of the greatest albums of all time. Imagine releasing this as your ELEVENTH studio album and you make this fucking classic. Roger waters i am pouring honey on you goat. maybe im biased because i also grew up around this album but i AM a dark side of the moon / momentary lapse of reason girly so i don’t think i am. Hey you is my favorite

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

I don't think I've listened to this in 20 years, and I certainly didn't appreciate it then the way I do now. Sprawling, chaotic, mesmerizing.

It's a bit much. And kind of one note. But to make a compelling story for two albums is quite the feat

Tu best. Always a great album to listen to.

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.

Absolutely brilliant. I feel like this gold standard for concept albums. Its one of those records that really only works as a whole. Especially the first half, it's all world building and stage setting. It kind of flows and moves and I do enjoy it, but I don't love it. Even Another Brick in the Wall pt 2 doesn't really get my blood moving. For me, the real magic is back half. Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb, In the Flesh Reprise, Run Like Hell, The Trial, Outside the Wall. It's in the back half that it really reaches climax and the story + music takes off. I love the operatic storytelling and song writing that really gets me. I don't listen to this album a lot, but it is one that has grown on me over the years. I really didn't get it when I listened to it first as a High School student, and I really tried. I went hard on Pink Floyd and watched / listened to Dark Side with the Wizard of Oz and everything. I still think I probably prefer Dark Side of the Moon from a taste standpoint, but I give this one a spin at least once a year and I'm always stoked. It's a treasure.

Some great songs, others were not for me (especially towards the end of the album)

This is it, one of the best albums ever created! It's not music, it's art.

masterpiece

This album was very significant in my musical journey as a child. Years later people try to convince me that 1: Pink Floyd are not great as I remember them to be, and 2: especially not the Wall. I'm happy to tell this people- you are wrong. This record, as any rock opera, has a youthful shine to it, and I can get why it might be considered pretentious. But it delivers. The concept, in my opinion, still works, it still bothers me and scratches my head. And especially, the songs are so strong, preformed so well and produced perfectly. So to my younger self and myself today, it was a 5 and still is

Classic!

Lo diferencial que puedo decir de éste trabajo es mi experiencia personal con él. Recuerdo comprarlo a un precio irrisorio a los valores actuales en la disquería de un supermercado, llegar a casa, escucharlo en mi minicomponente y no entender nada de lo que estaba pasando. 15 años y escuchando The Wall, fantaseando con las imágenes que me planteaba esta música extraña, con la piel erizada por todo lo que me transmitía el disco y que tiempo después entendería mejor: el concepto detrás del álbum, la película y sus animaciones y, sobre todo, cómo esta banda marcó mi juventud preuniversitaria y universitaria. Entré de adolescente por The Dark Side of the Moon, teniendo algún resabio en mi inconsciente de "Another brick in the wall, Part two" y luego pasé a éste LP, sólo sabiendo de él por documentales y por un libro sobre rock. Disco y banda eternas, que cuando escucho lo hago con nostalgia para con esos años llenos de romanticismo, de escape y encuentro conmigo mismo.

Rock, 1979 -> 5

Masterpiece. Great from start to finish.

Intelligent lyrics, innovative sound and ingenious concept.

I will admit I never really understood The Wall properly - and maybe I still don't -> but this listen was GREAT for me! I am just in love with Gilmour's guitar work. The 'Waters'-y part of this record is a bit less appealing to me musically, though I think he definitely brought the goods in terms of thematic content. Anyway this record is better than I ever gave it credit for before. I would still rank Dark Side much higher, and if this was a 100 point scale maybe I could express that difference, but I think it's a 5 star record.

All time Pink Floyd classic

sick, have listened a few times, love young lust

Oh boy - here it is! The Wall is a masterpiece of musical exploration, reaching one of the highest peaks in the genre. It's not an album you can fully absorb in just one listen; its richness and depth demand repeated visits. Yet, it's precisely this complexity that renders it timeless. From its bizarre moments that border on the surreal to its breathtaking beauty and heart-wrenching sadness, The Wall encompasses the full spectrum of human emotion. It's an album that excels in every aspect, making it a quintessential piece of music history.

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

always in contention for my favorite album of all time. 10/10

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

Not my favorite Floyd... but amazing overall

All Floyd is 5 stars in my book. Gilmour is on my Mount Rushmore of guitar greats. The Wall is probably the greatest concept album of all time. Comfortably Numb is probably the greatest guitar solo of all time.

Neither Roger Waters nor Nick Mason could read music at the outset of their professional success, so they invented their own system of notation that was intelligible only to them but somehow massively appealing to a broad swath of people. Maybe that's kind of Pink Floyd's gift; the Wall is such a complicated, elliptical, deeply personal work that it doesn't even really seem intended to be fully understood. Experiencing it is like hearing someone else's life play in fast forward through a wall (or "the Wall" perhaps) with all of its beauty, melodrama, and tragedy. Anyways 5/5 all time classic by one of my favorite bands.

Absolute classic

I haven't listened to pink floyd since the last album of theirs I got on this list, which was quite a while ago, so despite having listened to this album countless times it still felt refreshing when I got it today. It's probably the best concept album ever and even the "interludes" have replay value before you even get to classics like comfortably numb, another brick in the wall pt 2, and young lust. Every time I listen I feel like I get something new out of the story and this listen was no different. Also makes me wonder what Pink Floyd would have made if Syd Barrett hadn't been insane since at least 3 of their most famous albums are based on him in some way.

Classic but not the best from PF

Listened 2x. 4.7

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

Absolutely legendary. Took the full double record for a spin, which I haven’t done in forever, and was pleasantly surprised how many of these songs are just impossible to forget. Knowing the story of the concept makes it so much more enjoyable too. At face value it’s hard to tell what the god damn fuck is going on, but on its face this is just a solid fucking album. Roger Waters is one of the best songwriters that has ever existed and this record is proof of that on top of Dark Side of the Moon and Animals. This one doesn’t have Syd Barrett but his PRESENCE and attribution as the inspiration for the main character Pink is clear. I can’t say enough about this becoming to be honest it is a listening experience top to bottom. You already know the hits. You saw the movie. Give it another listen!

I don't think I need double-album rock operas in my life.

Well here's something I listened to quite a lot as a youth, but don't think I've heard in over 30 years. There's some great material here, and it's another one that is hard for me to separate myself from opinions I formed long ago. I do find this a little pretentious, and definitely too long. This would feel like less of a slog boiled down to a single LP.

If I had to choose one full album that was the best album ever it would probably be this one.

We need more stars for albums like this. Was my fave in high school, but now I like Dark Side of the Moon better. Still a stellar album!

Still superb, one of my favourites

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

"Not as bad as I was expecting" is the closest I'll ever get to endorsing my dad's taste in music

brilliant, should still be on the list.

Enjoyed listening to this album again. I was really into it when I was much younger. It doesn't have the same allure, but I still liked it.

One of the great concept albums, and the last great work by Floyd.

It's good, but not as good as Dark Side Of The Moon. There's something about The Wall that takes introspection over the top, to the point where it might be just a musical form of self-pity.

My least listened to Pink Floyd album. Don't enjoy the rock-opera of it all, particularly amplified on the second disc, but there are couple of incredibly good tracks scattered around in there. Standout track - Comfortably numb.

Another Brick in the Wall is a great song, but the album is over-long and bloated.

All right, a notable classic, iconic rock album. I think many others will agree that Pink Floyd transcends and bends the genre in unique ways. Personally, not my favorite of mine off the bat but it has been a while, if ever, that I've actually listened to it all the way through... Previously saved songs: Young Lust, Comfortably Numb I'm currently near the end of this album...I learned that it's a rock-opera type-beat but like...what is even going on? The plot has been lost on me, but I'm vibing. Though, it has taken me a while to get through this hour and 20 minutes, so I have gotten bored of it a few times trying to listen to it. Honestly, not really sure what to say. Aside from the notable hits of which there are a handful, I was pretty disinterested. Felt a bit longer than it needed to be. Added songs: Mother, Hey You Again, notable radio plays here, nothing new or groundbreaking to me in my listen. Another solid, mid, UK hyped album. Wish I could give it 2.5 stars.

One of the greatest

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!

Holy shit this album just took me on a spiritual journey. I now know the meaning of life and it’s not what I expected. I’m not ok and I’ll never be ok again. Seriously though, what an album! This sounds so incredible and it may be the strain I’m blowing in the air but this sounds perfect to me. Every damn cord has hit my chest like a ton of bricks. Thank you for this journey to the center of the earth. Ok they lost me at the end of disc 2 but I’m still giving this a 5 😂

little boy lost his dad and deals with growing up

It's never a bad time to listen to Pink Floyd, one of the most amazing bands that exists and obviously this album is one of the most iconic ever made by them. Vocals, drums, guitars and bass just perfect in almost every song, but also the transitions to one song to another are beautiful in every possible way. Really great 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.

A difficult thing for me to reconcile has been how so much of the music from the late 70s and 80s that I love was a response to the prog and hard rock from a few years earlier that I also love, but relistening to this bloviating mess has been shockingly helpful.

Love this album. One of the goats.

*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

Too long

I wish I couldn’t relate to this but I do.

Didn’t like this as much as dark side of the moon. Comfortably numb is good, although Chris Moltisanti *sad face*. There are a some good moments but it goes a bit Stonehenge (spinal tap reference) towards the end and I didn’t really get the narrative of the ‘rock opera’.

Another one of Those Albums Everyone Had. I’d forgotten it’s a double. Pink Floyd has held their own and managed to be respected by each generation since. Just heard the Memphis Symphony Orchestra do their own arrangement of Dark Side of the Moon—blew away the concert hall with a huge assembly of orchestra members. Fifty years later and Pink Floyd can still kick it.

Couple hits but very self-indulgent

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".

imo this is just good music, I think its great to listen to, not sure if its what I would listen to in my day to day but its just done well I think, 9/10

Usually when the wiki says an album is one of the best selling of all time, I’m skeptical. But this totally deserved it. It was long, but constantly entertaining; stylistically consistent yet diverse from song to song. Plus, they managed to make the instrumentals entertaining enough for folks like myself who don’t really listen to lyrics. Totally great 9.5/10

6/10 - There was some good songs. Some bad songs. But it was too long and with an album that long it will likely end up just mid.

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.

Excellent album

The Wall kent iedereen. De hoes is herkenbaar uit duizenden, megahits als Another Brick In The Wall en Comfortably Numb lijken dit album naar legendarische status getild te hebben, want laten we eerlijk zijn.. er staat een hoop niet boeiends op. Ja, de opbouw naar Another Brick is geweldig, maar los zijn de nummers niet de moeite waard om te luisteren. Het album staat wat mij betreft ver onder Dark Side of The Moon en Wish You Were Here. Rating: 6,5/10 Highlights: Another Brick In The Wall, Comfortably Numb

Concept-albums, het is een concept dat al eventjes bestond voordat Pink Floyd er mee aan de haal ging. Maar als er één band is die het echt tot kunst heeft verheven, dan zijn het de prog rock meesters wel. Dit is misschien wel hun meest iconische concept plaat, die thema's rondom isolatie, oorlog en autoritarisme op indiscrete wijze op de luisteraar projecteert. Het bevat een complexe boodschap, die de onvrede over tal van sociaal-politieke issues toch op een heldere manier weet over te brengen. Zelden bleef een muur van kritiek zo goed overeind over zo'n lange tijd, wat recentelijk tijdens de discussies rondom de muur van Trump van dit album weer een machtig politiek wapen maakte. Naast die tijdloze topics, inherent aan de moderne maatschappij, is het muzikaal gezien ook wonderschoon. Daarmee bedoel ik dat de instrumentatie zoals altijd gelikt is, en dat de productie mogelijk z'n hoogtepunt kent in een discografie getekend door piekfijne productie. Echter vind ik het meer een theaterstuk dan een écht muziekalbum, en gaat de theatraliteit me in de loop van het album in de weg zitten. Dan is 1 uur en 20 minuten een lange zit. In sommige fases is het iets te bombastisch, en heeft het album meer weg van een langdradige musical dan een muziekstuk van een rock band. Maar dat zit natuurlijk ook wel een beetje opgesloten in progressive rock, wat me doorgaans echt niet kan bekoren. En als fervent musical-hater kon ik het overdreven toneelspel van Roger Waters ook niet altijd goed hebben. Uit de mond van Roger Waters vraag ik me altijd af wat gepassioneerde kritiek is, én wat kritiek is om het kritiek geven. Maar ik zou het album te kort doen door het alleen maar te hebben over die fases waar het gewoon niet klikt met mijn muzieksmaak. Logischerwijs staan er op een plaat met liefst 26 nummers altijd wel wat songs die aanspreken, en al helemaal bij een band met de kwaliteit en creativiteit van Pink Floyd. Het zijn de nummers waarin de structuur iets minder opgeblazen wordt door de theatraliteit, en meer weg heeft van een klassieke rock song, die mij op ''The Wall'' het beste liggen. Zo zijn het de funky basslines (Roger Waters was on fire dit album) van de classic 'Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2' en 'Run Like Hell' die mij aangrijpen. En doet het akoestische nummer 'Mother', dat stijlistisch meer past op het album 'Wish You Were Here', het ook erg goed in mijn oren. Prachtig nummer. En als je het hebt over typisch post-Syd Barrett Pink Floyd, dan zijn nummers als 'Hey You' en natuurlijk 'Comfortably Numb' vaste hap. De tweede vond ik altijd wat overrated, en zo gaat mijn voorkeur uit naar het soortgelijke 'Hey You'. En als je het dan toch over de algehele tendens hebt om nummers groots, episch en theatraal te maken, dan is de opener wel echt ijzersterk. 'In The Flesh?' zou ik best live willen horen, en daarna direct naar huis. Tuurlijk, er staan echt een aantal machtige Pink Floyd songs op, maar had het echt allemaal verpakt moeten worden in een langdradige rock-opera van bijna anderhalf uur? De boodschap is krachtig en tijdloos, maar Roger wil misschien íéts te veel issues aankaarten. Het kon allemaal wel wat minder; van de bombastische sounds, tot de ijver van Roger om iedereen in het harnas te jagen. Maar dat maakt het ook wel weer een monumentaal en groots werk, maar het ligt niet helemaal in mijn straatje. 7/10 Highlights: In The Flesh? Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 Mother

The Wall doet op voorhand voor mij al onder voor Wish You Were Here en Dark Side Of The Moon. Beiden pareltjes waar The Wall nooit aan heeft kunnen tippen. En ook vandaag weer de plaat me niet te overtuigen. Het concept staat als een huis en is duidelijk hoorbaar, maar doet me niet zoveel. De titelsong heb ik al 1000x gehoord, is een klassieker maar is qua nummer een stuk minder dan ander Pink Floyd werk. Tuurlijk, er zitten mooie stukjes in en de aanloop naar het nummer Another Brick in the Wall is erg gaaf gedaan. De song wordt heerlijk muzikaal ingeluid. De lengte van de plaat is ook een minpuntje en wordt eigenlijk hoogstpersoonlijk gered door Comfortably Numb. Roger Waters geeft even de regie uit halen en ineens ligt er een parel van een nummer. Misschien had hij dat toch wat vaker moeten doen... 7/10 Highlights Comfortably Numb

This is an 80 minute album that I suppose would be considered a rock opera. There’s a lot to say about it. It’s not just a list of songs. There are overarching themes and oft-reprised melodies that combine to make a cohesive story. Pink Floyd makes frequent use of non-musical sound elements like sound effects or conversations, which work well in this context. The “regular” songs are great listens in isolation, but I do expect much of the album will only work well within the full context. I was surprised that “Another Brick in the Wall” actually has several parts, of which I believe part 2 is the only one I’d heard. This is a really solid album if you know what you’re getting into.

A masterpiece and one of my favorite albums. Favorite track: Vera

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.

every time i think i've over pink floyd and that they're overrated i listen to any one of their songs and my opinion switches immediately they are so cool

Spotify's shitty queue system fucked up (as usual) and started interspersing this with Neil Young tracks from my previous album. A less than ideal listening experience. And yet, I didn't hate this the way I expected to. Maybe it functions better as a whole than when I've just heard bits.

The personal Bible of lonely teenagers in the late ‘70s, and nevertheless as relevant today, "The Wall" is the culmination of Roger Water's creative epiphany. A highly introspective album (only to be beaten by its successor, "The Final Cut"), The Wall paints an accurate — though terrifying — saga through Pink's (Roger Waters's spitting image's) psychological trauma ("The Thin Ice"), sexual repression ("Young Lust"), isolation ("Hey You"), and eventual disillusionment ("Waiting For The Worms"), due to losing his father in Anzio, being coerced to 'mask' his poetic self by his abusive Schoolmaster, and trauma sustained from his his overprotective mother and unfaithful wife. Pink is eventually placed on a mental trial for his imagined crimes (disillusioned, he holds a fascist rally in his head), with each of these people serving as witnesses. The judge (the embodiment of a literal posterior) ends up sentencing Pink to "tear down the wall" (which represents Pink's psychological barriers) in "The Trial". Pink's fate remains unknown as the album ends with "Outside The Wall". Roger Waters reminding the audience that they're loved more than they know: "All alone, or in twos The ones who really love you Walk up and down, outside the wall Some hand in hand And some gathered together in bands The bleeding hearts and the artists make their stand And when they've given you their all Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall ..." Although many argue that the album is too "self-indulgent" or "pretentious", I believe it is an excellent social commentary on mental health, and it certainly made me (and not just me) feel less alone when I was a lonely 14-year-old.

I don't care which one is Pink they all suck!

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

Brilliant

Great Concept Album of this era.

Only person I know who doesn’t like this lp. But since everyone else seems to says it’s their favorite, I have it a 3.

gemstone

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.

100 ALBUMS BABY, LETS GO! Anyways, The Wall was quite an interesting album to say the least and it managed to be pretty good as well. I did like how the songs seamlessly transitioned into one another and that the album used itself to tell a story (especially towards the end). The best songs were mostly in the the first half while the second half was a bit less memorable. I still think the album is good and is worthy of being my 100th album. Best Song: Young Lust Worst Song: Mother

Ok, I don't need to listen to the album. It's present to me. As a 16-year-old, I was thrilled. I was very sorry at the time that I had neither the money nor the opportunity to see the live show in the neighboring city. All I could do at first was watch the movie in the village cinema. In the run-up to the show, the cinema operator was happy to show the film "Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii". At the time, I was already a fan of the band and liked many of the songs that were played there. I was very amused that some unsophisticated moviegoers expected "Another Brick in the Wall" to be played. :-D Many years later, when Roger Waters gave a guest performance with his show nearby, I was there. I was lucky to be able to see Pink Floyd concerts live in the 80s/90s. Roger Waters' "The Wall", on the other hand, is more of a very elaborate show than a rock concert. Nevertheless, it was great, even if I don't like his political opinions. I've come to view Roger Waters critically and that's not just to do with different political stances, but also with his unfair attempts to suppress other opinions. In this context, I liked Nick Cave's handling of this. Against this background, my enthusiasm for the album has cooled somewhat. To me, it seems to be a self-actualization project by Roger Waters, in which he mainly deals with his childhood. I now find Tommy from The Who more conceptually ambitious here. Nevertheless, the music is great and I always enjoy it. 5/5

Not the biggest Pink Floyd fan but enjoyed a certain amount

Work of art. Easy 5 stars.

Pink Floyd <33

What’s there to say that hasn’t already been said about one of the greatest albums of all time?

This is a long album but an iconic one, and still holds up as one of the greatest #rock albums ever made. Slows down a little in disc 2, but still has some great tracks. Favorites: Another Brick in the Wall 2, Mother, Young Lust, Run Like Hell

A unique album. Love it all.

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.

Bon bon bon bon bon.... Moi, j'dit que c'talbum il déchire ok. M'en fou. Yé trop de la bombe! C'est trop cool okokokokok!!! LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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.

Second favorite album of all time

This album really has it all. Experimentation, storytelling and amazing music. Still so unique to this day, I can’t imagine listening to it when it came out.

In high school, I clumped Pink Floyd in with "hard rock," which wasn't a fan of. But as I have aged, I have come to appreciate the complexity and supreme musicianship, and sharp political and social commentary. Great album.

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.

The Floyd album I've listened to the most as a teenager, and the album I've tired of the most.

One of the all time greatest albums!

Overall, the album is fine. Side 3 is the best.

Started out pretty much hating this. For a little spell towards the end of the middle, I actually got right into it. Then by the end I was hating it again. Some of the production is unbelievably ahead of its time. Some of the story arc really seems to predict internet culture and the threat of misinformation about 30 years early. First citing of 'brain worms' maybe? For all that, it's still not my cup of tea. Too long, too pompous, too preachy.

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.

Steve describes this as a 'concept album disappeared up its own arse'!

I would call this a rock opera. It is a story or a jouney of sorts that taken collectively has a greater meaning. Looking at it this way, it is no doubt one of the greatest rock operas of all time. Taken as individual songs, it so happens to also be one of the greatest albums of all time and shows the absolute mastery of the musicians craft throughout. This is considered an important part of rock history and an important album in that history. And ... It ought to be!

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

One of the greats 95/100

Simply brilliant

It’s a classic.

Maybe not their best album but iconic and amazing! They were so ahead of their time. ❤️

How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?

Fascinating to let yourself be absorbed by the narrative of this album. I need to start eating more drugs.

I don’t have time to get all my thoughts in here, but suffice it to say, I rate this album very highly. musicianship, concept, and the overall time and place it takes me to as a child of the 70s. Solid five from me.

I went to Floyd live 3 times in the late 80’s and 90’s. One of the best concerts of all time. BTW it’s a misconception that the dark side of the moon never sees the light. The back side of the moon faces the sun daily as it orbits around the earth, however, we on earth only see one side of the moon as the moon’s orbit is locked facing the earth — these are things you contemplate, as an astronaut, at a Pink Floyd concert.

Mother will they break my balls?

Wanna take a baaAAAATH???

Absolute gem of an album. Have listened to this album, and watched the movie countless times. Never tire of this album, one that definitely deserves a place here.

Just a stellar album through and through, my personal favorites from this album are, another brick in the wall part 2, comfortably numb, and run like hell. For the strange visuals that they make in their soundscape, this is most clear on comfortably numb. I really enjoy the feel and slightly rhythmic guitar patterns on another brick in the wall part 2. I also think that run like hell is a good mix of the two, and those are just the ones that specifically stand out to me.

A band at the apex of their creativity and execution. The rock opera/concept album that all others are judged beside. The orchestration, repeating motifs, cyclical structure, the pure raw emotion on display, the juxtaposition of the grand and the personal. Filled with iconic tunes and moments, a masterpiece greater than the sum of its' parts.

I don't get it. The music is fine, but my habit of not listening to lyrics has barred me from understand this album and its reason for existing.

Mesmerizing. Transportive.

Det legendariske, twists and turns i hver låt, heftige tekster, dritbra musikk, sjuke instrumentaler, lydteater, rockeopera, klassisk, jazz, guitarsoloer og prog på alle plugger. Crank it to 11 for det er et av historiens beste band med et av historiens beste album. PS: Ikke at Roger Waters er sånn veldig god til å synge men enten så digger du at han gir faen eller så gå hjem.

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...

Will check it out

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

Best Floyd album

Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 Hey You Comfortably Numb

Crystal clear production, the guitars and drums sound amazing. The children's chorus and Gilmour's solo on Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 are iconic moments. Too many other highlights to mention (but Comfortably Numb has to be one of them), it's hard to imagine not wanting to listen to the whole record and just be transported to another world for 80 minutes.

¿Se puede decir algo de este disco que no se haya dicho antes?

It’s just beyond incredible not only that a band can produce an album like this, but also that the same band created The Dark Side of The Moon. The album of an era, telling the story of a generation following the life of a broken man.

But om the weird side, still liked it, wasn't a fan of songs ending out-of nowhere

Classic. Absolute masterpice.

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.

I’m gonna have to give this one a 3 I dont think I’ll be listening to this one again. I think most of their albums are better. I HATE rock operas thats mostly why. It sounds amazing and there are many good sections, whole songs, but I just cant put it up to 4 stars. It’s overrated and way too long

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

Many of these songs stand up on their own but listening to The Wall from start to finish just solidifies this as a musical masterpiece.

I like some of the more popular ones, but the rest not for me

41/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Surprisingly boring except for Brick in the Wall

I don't like Pink Floyd. I hate rock operas. And yet I am shocked at how much I enjoyed this, despite dragging in the back half - I can't fault every rap album on this list for length without acknowledging it here. Maybe every difficult concept album should get a detailed Wikipedia plot summary.

Disco-era depression. Terrible melodramatic schlock.

I didn't enjoy it very much. Some songs were good but the lyrics were a bit confusing. There was a lot of talking and not many songs stood out to me. I understand the cultural and artistic significance but it's not my thing. Comfortably good guitar solos though. 2/5

Honestly I really want to like the album because I like artist and the concept but so many of the songs are just sound and talking or super repetitive. Also the storyline is lowkey hard to understand unless you're listening to it after knowing what it's about so that kinda defeats the purpose. Overall like it's a fine album with a cool concept and I like a few songs from it but it's just kind of a weird album and I don't really like the music. 1 point for Comfortably Numb, 2/5.

Apparently this is one of the highest rated albums ever. Either those people really love rock or are understanding this in a way more intellectual way than I am. I get that there's a story behind all the lyrics but honestly I had a hard time understanding it without having the Wikipedia summary open. Probably need a few more listens through to fully "get it". This is also definitely one of those albums critics praise for being coherent because of the story and the fact that a lot of the songs start to blend into each other in your mind after a while. Setting that aside the music was nice, but I found that I was enjoying the instrumental interludes within the songs much more than the singing. Comfortably Numb will always be great, and was the only song off this album I had heard before. Favourites: Comfortably Numb, The Doctor (Comfortably Numb), Hey You, Nobody Home, Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, The Trial, Run Like Hell, and any other track with an instrumental solo (can't remember). Safe to say Disc 2 carries my rating. 3, sorry I'm not intellectual enough to rate higher but I do think rock operas are cool

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

First time listening all the way through on this album. Definitely will add into the rotation

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

Oh I love this. The drama of the rock opera but also incredibly listenable music. So good

we don't need no thought control

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

felt like just normal rock first The Trial seems like a musical song very good

The Wall could be the high point - or, one of the high points - of Pink Floyd's illustrious career. A rock opera about a rock star, Pink, and the struggles he has with his life, fame, and the world we live in. The album was incredibly successful, and inspired several successful tours and a not-as-successful movie. The Wall has become a cultural icon as one of the most famous and influential albums of all time. Some days, this can seem cliched and melodramatic - other days it can seem poignant and inspired. From either perspective, The Wall is compelling and and engaging.

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

I’ve seen the film a few times, but never got much out of the music compared to the visuals (the marching hammers, the children being fed into the sausage machine etc.). Giving it a proper listen today, I’m still not hearing a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. I do like side 3 and all the versions of Another Brick In The Wall, throwing The Happiest Days Of Our Lives into that.

1- In the Flesh? ✅ So great, love the rocket ship take-off 2- The Thin Ice ✅ 3- Another Brick in the Wall p1 ✅ 4- The Happiest Days of Our Lives ❌ 5- Another Brick in the wall p2 ✅ 6– Mother ❌❌ I fcking HATE HATE HATE this song 7- Goodbye Blue Sky ❌ 8-Empty Spaces ❌ 9- Young Lust✅ 10- One of My Turns✅ 11- Don’t Leave Me Now❌ 12- Another Brick in the wall p3✅ 13- Goodbye Cruel World ❌ Top 3 (all the ones I ticked hehe)

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.

Like being at a party where you can't stop someone from going on and on and on but you know everyone is bored to tears.

Here we go with another double album. I don't think I've heard the whole thing but know at least half the tracks by the titles alone, so we're at instant 5/5 territory and I'm just here for the ride. So after listening, the tracks I knew seemed quite a bit different from the others and almost feel like a different band. Some had more of a Styx vibe and was actually kind of a let down. Valso, the number of tracks that benefit from being played together also somewhat inflates the great song count on this. Nobody wants to have "Empty Spaces"and not let it continue to "Young Lust" or "The Happiest Days of our Lives" into Brick pt 2. Even counting some of those as a single track, there are still 5+ songs I want in my playlist and I've more or less been giving a star per song on my made up rubric. Plenty of great songs here although somewhat buried within some odd filler that somehow doesn't really hurt it at all for me. Favorite tracks: "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell". If I can combine the two double -songs mentioned above they are in here too. 5/5

Words can't express how much I love this album.

Top 5 album of all time for me.

Good concept, but too long.

I enjoyed it

probably one of their worst records imo

I didn’t get it

incredible album, personally don't think it's their best but it's undeniably epic. not every song is perfect but as a whole it tells a great story and the transitions are nearly seamless

Weird honestly

It was fine

Always better than I remember it being. 4.5/5

Aangenaam verrast!

I feel like I am missing some key element to enjoying this album, like listening to the soundtrack of a musical I haven't seen.

Their best album in my opinion. The music is brilliant, from the frigthening In the Flesh? and Run Like Hell to emotional songs like Mother and Vera. Film is equally brilliant! The sadness of Roger Waters as overprotected son by his mother after his father who died in the war, then being crushed by the school system and then having to cope with 'popstar fame' while still feeling like a frightened little boy inside. If you ever suffered from periods of sadness or even minor depression you understand you want to be left alone, build a wall around you to protect yourself against the ever imposing world that always wants something from you but seldom gives positive emotions in return. All a long time ago for me, but this is one of the albums that made me cry and saved saved my life as Morrisseys/Smiths Rubber Ring: "But don't forget the songs that made you cry And the songs that saved your life yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine. But they were the only ones who ever stood by you "

It sounded dated. I wasn’t a huge fan when it came out originally and feel the same now.

I think this is my first time listening all the way through a Pink Floyd album and I can understand the hype but it wasn’t my favorite.

Very good.

1st album one of my already all time faves don't mind listening to it again :)

already listened to....lol all in all you're just another brick in the waaall

Epic album by an epic band. I personally have never been an intense fan of theirs but do appreciate their popular material such as Money and Comfortably Numb. At times though, their material seemed a bit dull and dragged on. I respect those who love Floyd and understand why.

Love how every song flows together perfectly. Great album

I had heard singles from this album many times obviously, but grew tired of another brick in the wall when I would hear it in passing. In the context of the rest of the album, I absolutely love that song and there are no skips on this album. The way the songs seamlessly blend together with the interlude type tracks is satisfying. Many different sounds going on in the background. "in the flesh" gives me early Neal Schon guitar vibes. Comfortably numb still has one of the best guitar solos of all time. This is a 5/5 album easily - i wish i was alive to hear it when it came out.

meget teatrisk teater der sikkert kører hvis man lytter efter hihi - jeg har arbejdet til dette album, det var dejligt at have i baggrunden :))) søde sange (jeg lagde mærke til) young lust comfortably numb self

Ну такое. Один трек норм, остальные для меня слишком глубоки и скучны

I hadn't listened to this all the way through in I don't know how long. It was probably at least 20 or 30 years ago in a friend's basement during the very early teen years when somebody had the rare occurrence of weed. So today I decided to put on the full length movie version and watch it with my kids on family day! The 18-year-old thought it was interesting.

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.

(Based off 5ish songs) Nigel Dickson dad-rock. Fairly enjoyable, but didn’t really do it for me

Not a fan. Don't understand why people rate Pink Floyd

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.

Masterpiece. Несмотря на то, что запоминающихся песен всего 2 (Another brick in the wall и Comfortably Numb), сам альбом звучит как одна большая музыкальная постановка. Как будто я побывал в филармонии. Понравилось искусное смешение разных стилей и голосовые эксперименты + немузыкальные вставки, коих было в меру.

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

Just a classic

Shit hvað þetta er góð plata. Sekk alltaf inn um leið. Venjulegu lögin eru sjúk og þegar þú heldur að platan sé að fjara út færðu Hey You og Comfortably Numb í andlitið.

Magnað meistaraverk.

One of the best groups out there, I listened to one of their album already, and now this one might be a better one, judging from what I've heard. I'm not in the mood to check the lyric meanings so I'm just gonna enjoy it. Also there is three discs on Spotify (third not available for) and I read that there is 26 songs on the album, which is first two discs. First song, it was quite slow and steady and then the dramatic beat came in with the guitar slamming and it's now ordered chaos. The guitar is definitely doing its job for my ears. Song is quite short. Lyrics came in, it's soft and guitar is gone, though piano makes constant beat. After the lyrics the guitar came back and it's playing in a head rocking way. Coming to endd, woooow I hear the ship and rocket sounds. Feels like vacuum cleaner turned off, and then baby crying, amazing transition to the next song. I don't think rating songs individually is logical here, Imma review the whole album at the end shortly. Second song, Queen vibes. Piano and he's singing. This one is even shorter. The voice is in the right now. Guitar came back, almost as same as in the last song, just has more of a character now. Another transition to the next song, BEST THING AN ARTIST COULD DO. Third song, this is the first part of the legendary song everyone knows, it's a slower version of it (to say it badly). Half song gone and no lyrics left. Guitars are playing different versions of same sound. Man said "hey", now children playing. It's chill, nothing's happening, but the guitar is veeery satisfying. Obviously a transition. 4th song, helicopter sounds, such a short song. Man was screaming, but also said something. Guitar has the beat of the third song. Lyrics are literal, about teachers who abused children. It's joker like singing now. Choir came in and getting to the end. OOOO LOVED THE TRANSITION. 5th song, THE SONG. It's very nostalgic too. As expected, children singing. I don't think this is the best song on the album, dunno yet just a theory, but even the songs I've listened to before this were equally good, just everything was less. Just perfect. 6th song, quirky start lyrics, oops I just read what it said, it was said in a goofy way, that's it. Now I see sadness in it. He said one part louder than the others. Ooh the weird instrumental addition, I love that, it's playing more now, it's a type of guitar, but obviously not sure. I love the melancholy that they put in this. Guitarical break. Mentioned a mother a lot of time, not complaining. The guitar, the beat, the piano in between, his voice it's just soothing and saddening too. Outro was even more raspy voiced and dark. 7th song, bird singing, and factory is working in the background. Little girl talked a little and THE MOST NOSTALGIC NOTES HIT ME, I've never heard this song before, why do I know this guitar notes, was it in a film maybe? I love the delivery of his first lyrics. Said a big sentence low-key fast, loved that. THE FUCKING GUITAR, I'VE HEARD THAT, IMMA CHECK, couldn't find anything. 8th song, violins I hear. Short song, both lyrically and by duration. Not a violin now that I've heard it more, it has an electric guitar vibe mixed with piano, and constant beat(idk of what). Deep voice he has here. WHAT A TRANSITION, THIS WAS A TWO MINUTE INTERLUDE BASICALLY. 9th song, more rocky and full sound in general. Even deeper voice now. His vocals are great too, not an amazing voice during it, but he pulls it off. The instrumental breaks are veeery nice to hear. Outro is a woman speaking formally on a telephone and its sounds too. 10th song, door closed, and some girl is talking about that room, which is full of guitars, she walked into. There is also a man speaking from the radio from the left. Lyrics came in. Less deep voice, more like soft and relaxing. WHAT the vibe fully changed, and now it's from glam rock to original rock. He's screaming-singing. The instrumental fusion is giving. Vocal outro, a looooooong one. 11th song, smooth transition as always. It's breathing sounds, piano in the background, two typed of piano sounds I hear. He's vocaling the lyrics. Long in between pauses. His voice seems sad. Low key slow jazzyness came in, veery slightly. WHAT A BEAT DROP (worst way to call it maybe idk) I expected it depending on the last song, but it's much better than I thought, just different level as always. Radio changing and people talking sound. Men screamed and fell(?) then there was breaking sounds, and a transition whohoo(writing this too fast to keep up with it. 12th song, the continuation of the mentioned legendary song. Lyrics are said in a same manner, but are different. The guitar was sooo good at one point. The fuck it's a different song, now didn't even notice. I loooved this one. 13th song, I love his voice here, there is a slight beat of the last song left in the background. His voice is coming from the right and he MUST use that voice more. 14th song, fully different vibe, ohh I think the disc changed, there was a transition, but not exactly. The more upbeatness in the second verse, plus the way it changed it, was chefs kiss. The instrumental break is magnificentt. It was a quick switch up to the lyrics. Less loud break. Last verse has the same vibe as the others, but it's progressive. 15th, aggressive tone. Bee noises. This one's dark and haunting. I'm having goosebumps what is this guitar notes, it's nostalgic yet I've never heard it before. Loved this track in a different way. 16th song, mf DOOM like start. It has a Elton John vibe in a good way, the way he sings. Now it was violins, which have gone very quickly, and came back(I think). First time he's talking this much. It's soothing and enjoyable, his voice. Vocals came in of his, women talking in the background, and the man too. Ended on a sad note. 17th song, women man talking contained, a bomb dropping sound. Now I call this the most melancholic he sounded so far. None of the songs were extremely long. It ended on a sad note too. 18th song, marching music, AND EPIC OPERATIC VIBE CAME. Feels like hymn singing. They samples themselves from that legendary song in the lyrics. The end felt like it should have been a transition, but it ended on that. 19th song, I'VE HEARD THIS ON THEIR ALBUM BEFORE THAT NOTE, IT'S GREAT GIG IN THE SKY, JUST BEFORE SHE TAKES OFF WITH THE LYRICS, THERE IS THIS SOUND. Dark side of the moon was made before this, so they just casually put this here too. He says lyrics differently, with am emphasis. He sings normally now, the instruments are melancholic, and glam rocked. Guitar break, it's nothing uniquely different. He talks here eveen more I think. The overall vibe has a Beatles-ness into it. Rest of the song is instrumental, and it's guitar playing rn. I loved the outro, I had to slow dance to it. 20th song(I know discs changed and the counting started again, but I prefer it this way), weird transition this one had. His lyrics were choiry, has a Queen song name. This one seemed like an interlude, it brought different sounds though. 21th song, guitar sounds nostalgic. It was upbeat, now it's choiry. He has a different voice(I've said this many times, I think there is one vocalist, whose name idk, and that's why I don't assume that different men sing it yk). Low key goofy way of saying some of Lyrics at the end, I liked the guitar chiming in and now it's only that, even better. EPIC OUTRO LITERALLY. People screaming Pink Floyd at the end. 22th song, what a beat, they haven't done that. It's guitar with another instrument coming in time to time, but often. Normal sound he had, the start vibe stayed. Saying "run" differently now. Second verse has this whiny(not exactly just can't remember another word for it) voice of him, which makes it more unique. Now the guitar is whining. Loved the more silent outro. 23th song, German counting at the start. The constant beat is so catchy, but his voice was sad. The voice type change after each line I think. "waiting" is the best part of the song, sooo much different, simple and catchy, along with that man was talking something. It's getting better and better. It's just that man talking now, I want that "waiting" to come. There is loud cheering sound, oh it was "hammer" saying. 24th song, 30 seconds?! Must be a good transition. It's sad with the piano too. It was nothing much just transitioned quite well. There is theatrical sounds, it's mischievous now. I hear theatre play vibes. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST, THE INSTRUMENTALS, DIFFERENT VOICES COMING IN. Violin came in, so more dramatical, but sad too. Children choir singing. It stopped and the villain like person is singing, IS THIS STILL PINK FLOYD?!! I LOVE THIS, I should check more theatrical stuff after this, apparently, didn't know I liked it. Why is this song here though, is it their made, or a sample? WOOOW THE ROCK SOUNDS CAME IN, ALONG WITH THE SOUND BEING EVEN MORE VILLAINY. I SHOULD BE ABLE GO WRITE THESE IN EVEN MORE UPPERCASE. THE ENDING IS THEM SCREAMING "TEAR DOWN THE WALL" AND THEN WALL TEARING DOWN. I'm confused, but in the best way possible, guess I should check what this "wall" symbolically means. 25th song, sounds like a nice movie ended in the best way possible, after some dramatic events, as if this wall being destroyed means that the good won(?). He's talking while there are children singing in the background as a choir. Now only the sound has stayed, and it's very melancholic. "is this where-" HE WAS SAYING SOMETHING, wonder what it was. How do you expect me to like any albums after this by 5 stars. This was THE experience, I so want to listen to this again, and I will definitely do it, I hope. Last Pink's album was not it for me, it was veeery same throughout, but I'll check that out too later. Well, basically 5 stars isn't enough for this, but it's what it's. I want more albums like this here.

One of the absolute best albums by one of the absolute best bands of all time! This concept album is such a journey. One of the rare concepts albums where multiple tracks do work on their own though.