The Wall

really long, not bad. dont love the repetitive noise

Wasn’t able to listen to all of it! But I still liked it

This record is interesting and innovative; however, there wasn't a single track that really stood out to me. The entire record felt more like a journey or an experience rather than singular moments. Favourite Track(s): Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1 Least Favourite Track(s): Bring The Boys Back Home, The Show Must Go On

Pretty good, not my thing though.

Had a busy last couple days at work but trying to give this album some due diligence. Found it difficult to follow, or frankly enjoy, most of it. Uncomfortably Numb was pretty good. I really wanted to fall in love with this. I didn't hate it. Who knows maybe I'll move across the country in a truck where my only option is a The Wall CD and something will kindle. But for now there seems to be a wall between me and this album.

There are some truly great songs in here, and some really amazing guitar playing. There's also an absurd amount of bloat between gratuitous transitions/interludes and self important expository tracks. If Ziggy Stardust was an example of a concept album done right, this is an example of why people hate concept albums. There's a 4 or 5 start album buried under at least 25-35 minutes of garbage.

A lot of variety on this album, it is dense. An unexpected rock opera! The hits are hits for a reason. I think it's too big of an album to appreciate fully in one day of listening, but I enjoyed it.

Another day of finally learning the artist and title of recognizable songs! 3.5 rounded down.

As a rock opera/concept album, this is an "album" in a very pure way - a lot of the tracks flow into each other, there's a cohesive story and recurring themes and motifs. As a result, it's also full of connecting tracks that don't really stand up on their own; they only make sense or work as part of the whole. For me though, too many of these bits are just a bit dull. As for the actual tracks, they're mostly fine, though anything that involves children singing automatically loses marks in my book. There's a nice variety of sounds and instruments, a lot of the tracks sound quite different - and in fairness they're extremely atmospheric. The vocals don't really work for me personally though. Highlights: - "Young Lust" - There's just more going on in this than in most of the tracks on the album. - "Hey You" - "Nobody Home" - atmospheric, has a piano, not the worst vocals on the album, has a piano. - "Comfortably Numb" - still kinda hate (some of) the vocals, but musically interesting and varied. Lowlights: - "Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2" - classic, sure, but I don't want to listen to a bunch of children singing badly, with bad grammar. They clearly do need an education (as they tell us themselves with their double negative). - "Empty Spaces" - "Don't Leave Me Now" - definitely an atmospheric one, and I understand it as part of the wider story, but the vocals are just painful to listen to. I feel like I could enjoy this album as part of a stage show, where there's something going on visually to add to the overall storytelling, but I don't think the music on its own is strong enough. Really really really low 3. Can't rate it a 2 on the basis that not really any of it (besides the children) were that bad to listen to, it just didn't do anything for me.

I liked it but it kind of scared me

sinceramente, pink floyd é uma das minhas bandas favoritas da historia, mas esse album nao bate tao bem quanto eu gostaria. não gosto dessa vibe muito viajada e psicodelida deles, realmente das musicas mais comerciais. de qualquer forma, o album tem os seus altos, e eu consigo entender que esse é um album bom pra mim qnd eu estiver na vibe de ouvir algo diferente, mas nao vai pra minha rotaçao. os altos do albums sao comfortably numb, young lust, hey now, ABITW pt2 e dont leave me now. de resto, a maioria sao faixa mto viajadas ou faixas de apoio para outras. 6/10

Progressive Rock Opera. It sounds cohesive and much more like "music" or theater than Dark Side of the Moon. The motif of children is interesting along with the theme of discovery yet isolation is interesting. I think the music/topic was definitely above me but interesting to listen to and analyze. I'm also impressed it was able to draw some singles out of it.

Not very fond of this album, since i dispise rock, but overall it was good. And at the end it has like a complejo de musical. No se no me gusto. No lo volveria a escuchar. Maybe because all the songs together are too much for my linking, but idk i dont like ot.

I really love the essence of the album but sometimes i got a tiny bit bored of it by the end. Not as great as I remember it tho tbh and I don’t think it’s really my thing, but I can appreciate it.

For as much Pink Floyd as I grew up listening to (well, listening to my Dad listen to, specifically) they have just never truly clicked with me. I know some of the tracks. I like some of the tracks. It's just a little boring to me. This concept album, while a neat idea, is not tremendously enjoyable in execution. It's just really too long for me and loses so much momentum the further along it goes. Musicianship is great, of course, but I could take or leave the vocals. It still has a charm to it that I can appreciate. Rock opera is really just not a niche I'm in to.

Not as good as Dark Side or Shine On

I’m not always the biggest fan of concept albums and while I respect it, this was still the case here. Sonically I love Pink Floyd and this was no exception, but it was definitely way too long for my tastes. I started getting bored by the end. Overall I’d say 3.5/5.

It's fine. Some great songs on here but there is a lot of bloat. I got annoyed with the transitions

4.5/10

It was very interesting and unique. Insane creativity and was an experience to listen to, however it is not something that I found pleasure in listening to. My top 3 were Comfortably Numb, Mother, and Goodbye Blue Sky.

not my style

Nope

Missed Another brock in the Wall pt2

Ok so on the positive side it was better than I was expecting but on the negative side a lot of it was just rather boring. So many songs sounded just like the previous one. Suspect they could have switched at least half the songs and still had a half-decent album.

This album was the first one I ever listened from them years ago and never wanted to listen to Pink Floyd again. Recently discovered their earlier albums and fell in love with them but this album is still overly complicated dad rock. They should have kept their keyboardist.

Nice

Overblown but ambitious.

not too bad the beginning was good. I think the end was a little lackluster for that. I give it a three out of five.

Not really my style, however I can appreciate the musicality of it. This took quite literally forever to listen to. I'm not a huge fan of the lead singers voice, but I did enjoy the instrumental portions.

Yeah, this is clearly a rock opera. Not intended for casual listening. It's well made and creative. But I find it tiring at times. I also don't like Roger Water's voice.

Unsure how I'm supposed to score this album. A mixture of great, not so great and very odd songs. One of those I'd possibly have to listen to 5+ times to fully 'understand' but after two listens I'm left a bit confused by the whole thing. Intriguing is the word that comes to mind, and I'll wait until the next Floyd album to make my judgement on them as a band but as a standalone record, this is pretty listenable on the whole so gets a 3 from me.

Of course The Wall pt 2 was good, had some good and even funny moments, but ultimately I'm not cut out for double albums, at least not theirs

My very first experience with Pink Floyd, that I'm aware of, was listening to 'Comfortably Numb' when I was a teenager. I can't exactly recall how I initially felt about the song, but I know I liked it because I was playing it on a daily rotation. And from this point is when I started to dig into more material from the band by listening to the singles recommended in YouTube. After some time had passed, I decided to check my parents CD collection and import then to my iTunes collections. One of these CD's was 'The Wall' and I was really excited about listening to the album which contains 'Comfortably Numb' and 'Another Brick in The Wall Pt.2'. However, I'll confess that I didn't care about the album, and honestly, I still don't really care. I thought that after not listening to it after so many years, maybe my opinions would have changed, but they almost didn't. I do appreciate it more now than I did before though, and it is mainly thanks to its concept. I've never stopped to analyze the lyrics of the album until now, and I'll admit that the history they build up is very interesting and engaging. I wish I could say the same about the music, as I think the majority of the songs feel like interludes, specially in the second disc, with 'Hey You', 'Comfortably Numb' and maybe 'The Trial' being the only tracks that I cared about. Fortunately for me, the first disc has some ideas and sound that I found interesting. I specially liked the moody, sad and a bit disturbing atmospheres of the songs 'Empty Spaces', 'One of My Turns' and 'Don't Leave Me Know' that the synths and little effects crafted. Talking about the synths, I think they sound spectacular and they add a lot of depth to the whole project. The same could be said about the guitars, bass and the overall production in general. They only thing I didn't like that much were Roger Water's vocals. Not all the time, but there are some moments that he voices comes out as very forced and a bit irritating. So, did I dislike this album? Thankfully, not really. Even though I always leave the album a bit impassive, I can't say I was bored.

Too long for me to want to listen again. But not the worst pink Floyd album on the list so far.

Potentially controversial opinion: This is a middling effort far below top tier Pink Floyd Eras of Pink Floyd ranked: 1. 1971-77 The good stuff (5 stars all round) 2. 1967-68 Barrett’s ‘Garden gnome on LSD’ era **3. 1979-83 Waters-dominating ‘Cokey opera’ era** 4. 1969-70 ‘Hipsters pretend this isn’t shit’ era 5. 1987- ‘Old man Gilmour bought a houseboat’ era It’s certainly not a bad album and is 100% deserving of being called ‘must hear’ for the concept. It’s just not deserving of the iconic reputation it carries.

*1979. *Never been an Pink Floyd fan, but stayed open minded and gave this one a fair chance. *There are some good tracks here (Mother, Hey You, Comfortably Numb), and the whole concept was at least intriguing enough to make me spend some time looking up why this is such a renown concept album. *Pretty cool, and was probably a lot better when it came out and was fresh, and 3 versions of Brick wasn’t just irritating. RATING - 7/10

When I was fifteen, my English and Music teachers decided to team up. We spent a month analysing the lyrics to The Wall, singing Another Brick in the Wall, and watching both the film and concert footage. I hated every minute. I was fifteen and could not relate to this weird album. My whole class hated the album too. The teachers had a great time. So, I know this album well - against my will. It's been many, many years and revisiting it felt like a chore at first. But I'm no longer fifteen and I ended up appreciating the album a lot more than I expected. I still don't think it's a masterpiece (too long, too self-indulgent, and too much guitar noodling - god, I hate prog) but I like ambition. Nothing wrong with a concept album and this is like the concept album to end them all. Nice one. Moral lesson: Teachers, leave them kids alone (i.e. don't force your fandom interests in them).

While it had its great moments, it just seemed a little long in the tooth for me

so far so good. 3rd track

Good. The back half goes a little long. 3.5

Paar hits, maar niet mijn genre

Some bangers and obvs a classic but not for me

This dragged on a bit. There were some good bits though, but it wasn't the masterpiece I was expecting.

I never really knew what the big hype was about...now I can understand. I can appreciate Pink Floyd. They are really artistic. Still, I have a hard time getting into it.

I remember listening to this one all the time in college...now I don't - what does that mean? Not sure. #Musicsky #albumsky

Good overall but not really for me

been putting this one off due to the sheer length of it (80 minutes is quite the time sink for an album), but i guess i have no choice but to suck it up and dive right in. only heard like one or two tracks in the past so this will be a relatively new experience. i really enjoyed my first listen to The Dark Side of the Moon so i hope The Wall won't disappoint In the Flesh? - 5/5 The Thin Ice - 4/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 - 4/5 The Happiest Days of Our Lives - 4/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - 5/5 Mother - 5/5 Goodbye Blue Sky - 3/5 Empty Spaces - 3/5 Young Lust - 4/5 One of My Turns - 4/5 Don't Leave Me Now - 3/5 Another Brick in the Wall Part 3 - 4/5 Goodbye Cruel World - 4/5 Hey You - 5/5 Is There Anybody Out There? - 3/5 Nobody Home - 3/5 Vera - 3/5 Bring the Boys Back Home - 2/5 Comfortably Numb - 5/5 The Show Must Go On - 3/5 In the Flesh - 5/5 Run Like Hell - 4/5 Waiting for the Worms - 4/5 Stop - no rating The Trial - 1/5 Outside the Wall - 3/5 Average score: 3.7/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ i'll admit, i struggle to find the words to talk about this album. i can see why this has garnered such critique over the years i'll admit, i'm sadly not the biggest fan of rock operas (yes, even Meatloaf) so that may play into why i'm not gushing about this like some others have. i didn't mind much of this album though, and if it had stopped at the first half with some rearranging of the order of songs, it would have made for a solid album in my eyes. (I understand the story wouldn't make sense that way, i'm talking purely about the overall enjoyable tracks) by the 3rd quarter, however, some of the momentum just flatlined for me and my brain is ready to check out. with the exception of Hey You and Comfortably Numb, it's just all very pretentious wallowing about how Pink (Roger Waters OC, obviously) is avoiding having feelings or whatever overall, i'd say i half enjoyed this. the story and themes are fairly clear and accessible, you really don't need to look too deeply for meaning as Waters makes it abundantly clear. this doesn't make up for the fact that the album was very self-indulgent and bloated though. either way, i'm still glad to have heard it all the way through, i think this something most music listeners should experience at least once

Favourite track: young lust

I think this concept of feeling discouraged and beaten down by the world and wanting to retreat had potential. "Mother" is lyrically the highlight as it approaches that idea in a very relatable and nuanced way. But Pink Floyd had to go and make this album literal: this dude has actually built a wall for isolation. It makes it all feel a bit silly; but the time we reach "The Trial" it's as goofy as it is meaningful. Musically the album is focused on Gilmour's recognizable guitar, which is great to listen to but which provides diminishing returns as the album goes on. More left turns like "Run Like Hell" would benefit it. And of course the album is long - some of the shorter interludes are nice but many add very little and could have been trimmed. To enjoy this you have to really believe in how grand the presentation is, and I can't quite get there.

Honestly not great The Wall-Pink Floyd Released in 1979 nov 30th Great transitions In the flesh?- interesting intro but peak lowk Not my favorite album 6/10 didnt keep interest for long boring songs generally

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?!

5.05

At times, I really enjoyed this album and at others, they just sound too characteristically themselves and I've never been a Pink Floyd fan

I know the omportance of this album, but itbis too long. I feel like I need more tome to digest and actually listen to the album properly, reading the lyrics etc, but it is too long, too atmospheric and too boring at times. I did like the second part best, though 3/5

how many times have i listened to this album? what else can be said. i haven't listened to it in yonks, but this is part of my teenage years in an inseperable way. probably foundational to the friendships here taking part of this group.

I appreciate the ambition and craft that went into this, and I appreciate icons like "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" and "Comfortably Numb." I just don't particularly like it. By the time the full-on Broadway musical of "The Trial" arrived, I was more than ready for it to be over. I do actually like "Comfortably Numb," but the rest of this I never need to hear again.

Completely unbarable and also a little good.

some good songs, not anything too crazy disc 1 is lowkey a snooze fest and disc 2 wraps it up altogether solid 6/10 again

C'est con, avec le tiers de la durée tu pouvais faire un album vraiment sharp. Au lieu de ça, on ronfle les 3/4 du temps.

iconic, i only recognize a few songs off of it at first glance but upon listening to it there’s a lot more that are recognizable. i like the consistent use of the same chords throughout the album. i appreciate a themed album but why does it have to be 2 and a half hours long.

Meh. Prefer DSOTM

Shoulda been a single and left out all of that Broadway Bob Ezrin crap.

This is not my favorite Floyd album by any means. I much more prefer "Animals", which I think is their best, "WYWH" and "Meddle". Though I can certainly see the appeal of this overblown, yet franticly cold concept album. Waters is slowly and quite literally drifting off into a fascist mindset, as is evident in "In The Flesh", "Run Like Hell", and "Waiting For The Worms" - something he's certainly showing even more nowadays. I don't particularly care for all his interludes and Ezrin's cold production style (looking at you, "Vera", "Bring The Boys ..." and "Stop"), and "The Trial" is just utter nonsense ... But when the album hits, it hits. I had forgotten how strong side 2 is, with "One Of My Turns" almost becoming a highlight for me. "Comfortably Numb" is an all-time classic, as is "Another Brick In The Wall", and I love the more mellow pieces like "Goodbye Blue Sky" and "Nobody Home" (the latter probably being one of Waters' last really exceptionally great songs). But yeah, I'd much rather listen to a different Floyd album than this one.

I’ve always found this outing pretty insipid, but cliche aside, Comfortably Numb is still an exquisite song

I've listened to a bunch of Floyd albums, each of them several to many times. Oddly enough, have never listened to The Wall. Never seen the film. I know the hits. Definitely a classic blind spot. Let's see if it can rank up with Wish, Animals, Meddle, and Dark Side. Track 1: Way to make me wonder if my headphones were busted. Explosive intro, literally. I read this was originally supposed to be a Roger Waters solo album, but slapping the Pink Floyd name onto it got it funded. I wonder. Meddle, Dark Side, and Wish work so well because the band was in balance. Animals, though a great album, was the slide away from balance. You could see Roger Waters' hands all over everything. Now let's see the progression of that imbalance. Track 2: Kind of bored with this one. Not always a fan of Waters' vocals, and the delivery in this song exemplifies when I don't like it. Loved when Gilmour's guitar started soaring. Then the song ends. Track 3: I like it. That familiar melody. Great guitar. So far, every song seems like only an intro and an outro. At least they let this one breathe a bit. I like noodley Floyd. Great atmosphere. Waiting for a proper song, though. Track 4: I like it, but this album is like the Anti-Animals so far. Animals squeezed every drop out of each song. This has yet to turn an idea into a song. It's going for the forest over the trees, the album is the song, I guess. Movements and motifs. It's like speedrunning a hike. Track 5: Finally a song. One I've heard a zillion times. Classic. Track 6: Great song. This is the Floyd I like. Track 7: Favorite track so far. Nails the mood, nails the theme. Now the album is hitting its stride. The first few tracks were whizzing by a bit too fast for me. Now it seems to be settling into a groove. Ideas are being explored more rather than hinted then left behind. It's a weird critique when you want songs on a double album to be a bit longer. Track 8: Nevermind. Back to setting up a vibe and then moving right on. Ha. Like Roger's vocals in this one. Track 9: Another classic. Track 10: A really good song in the context of the album. A mess, but a thematic mess. I like how the first verse sounds so sloppy. Love the instrumental section near the end. Like the ending. Good storytelling. However, this is the type of track on a concept album that I wouldn't want to listen to unless I'm going through the whole album. Not a playlist song. Track 11: Thematically apporopriate, but hard to listen to until the band comes in. But I think that's the point. Track 12: This again. Track 13: Closing the first half of the album. We're at a low point for Pink. Not much else to say. Track 14: Another classic. Gilmour and Wright and Waters crush it. Even Mason does some stuff. Track 15: An ambient album track, though one I will playlist. Love the acoustic guitar. Positively dripping with atmosphere. Track 16: Pink Floyd channels Randy Newman. Big fan of the instrumental track. Vocally, not so much. Track 17: A transitional track. Continuing the theme of loving the instruments and rolling my eyes at the vocal delivery. Did you forget you have David Gilmour in the band? I'm sure it's because it's Pink's character voice, but geez. Track 18: Absolutely ridiculous. Love it. A total studio track. What madness. Track 19: Thanks for coming back, Mr. Gilmour. Oh damn, Mr. Gilmour. Those vocals. Those solos. Another classic, despite Roger's vocals being so silly. Track 20: A pleasant little track. Almost a nice break. Track 21: A reprise of the opening shot. Way better. Finally let's it breathe...in a horrifying way. Track 22: Another classic. A track that inspired the 80's. Track 23: A very theatrical pastiche. Not sure how I feel about it. A tad overwhelming. Track 24: Okay...were you necessary? Track 25: Side 2 is wild. I feel like I'm listening to a play. It's a bit awkward. Don't get it twisted, I like Roger Waters. He's a great lyricist, bass-player, and conceptualist, but he needs someone to rein him in. This is bonkers, and not in an entertaining way. I feel like I'm missing the visual half. Is this what Richard Wright felt? Track 26: Okay, I'm done. Didn't like where that went. Overall: Not gonna list out albums and what was good, bad, meh, etc. Great moments, but like most double albums, would have loved the best buts as one album. Yeah, the story may have been lost, and it's a decent story with a good theme, but, I like my music to be music. If I wanted to go to theater, I go to the theater. Maybe I'll watch the film and feel different. 3/5. The strong bits make up for the meh or bad. An awkward 3.

Das Konzeptalbum The Wall wurde zwischen Dezember 1978 und November 1979 in mehreren Studios aufgenommen, darunter den Britannia Row Studios (London), den Producers Workshop (Los Angeles) und den Super Bear Studios (Frankreich). Produziert von Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour und Roger Waters, gilt es als eine der ambitioniertesten Rockproduktionen seiner Zeit. Die britische Band Pink Floyd verknüpft hier Progressive Rock, Art Rock und theatralische Elemente zu einer zusammenhängenden Erzählung über Isolation, Entfremdung und psychischen Zusammenbruch. Die fiktive Hauptfigur „Pink“ spiegelt autobiografische Aspekte von Roger Waters wider – den Verlust des Vaters, die Dominanz der Mutter und die Entfremdung durch Ruhm. Musikalisch beeindruckt das Album durch den Wechsel zwischen monumentalen Gitarrenparts, orchestralen Arrangements und minimalistischen Passagen. Zu den bekanntesten Stücken zählen „Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2“, „Comfortably Numb“ und „Hey You“, die exemplarisch für die emotionale Spannweite des Albums stehen. Die Produktion ist detailreich und wirkt zugleich kalt und kontrolliert – passend zur zentralen Metapher der „Mauer“, die Pink um sich errichtet. Ein Werk von außergewöhnlicher Geschlossenheit und psychologischer Tiefe – weniger ein klassisches Rockalbum als ein musikalisches Drama über den Preis des Rückzugs.

Highlights: Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You, Run Like Hell, The Trial. In a nutshell: the story of a lad insane. Lemme save you 81 minutes and 3 seconds: (A young Pink approaches his mum, he's upset) Pink: Mum? Mrs Floyd: Yes, Pink. Pink: I hate my life. Dad’s gone. School is a living hell. I’m thinking about making a wall to protect myself. How shall build the wall? Mrs Floyd: like you would build a house, darling - brick by brick… (slowly turns away from Pink and looks towards the audience) By ruminating on your trauma and being a colossal asshole. And Mama’s gonna make your nightmares come true… Pink: what? Mrs Floyd: nothing! ☺️ Here’s the plot summary if you want it: Pink, your life story will go like this... Your father dies at war. Finding out your beloved daddy is dead hits you hard. Your mum will smother you. She just wants only the best for her little boy. You’re paranoid about being bombed on. Your school years will be torturous; a teacher will abuse you and your classmates to no end. You grow up hardened and cynical. You’ll get married, but you don’t treat your wife kindly and she will unfortunately cheat on you (your Mum suspected it). Your relationship with women is problematic. Women to you are nothing but “dirty” and only good for sating your young lust. You’ll grow up to be a rock star. Touring life will be rough on you. You become depressed and violent. You cut yourself off from human contact; a manifestation of your trauma. Before too long you pass out in your hotel room. Your band mates break in and call for help. A paramedic gives IV drugs to wake you up. And when you drag your broken ass on the stage, you will have the worst hallucination of your life. You’re not a rock star. You are a racist, queerphobic, neo-Nazi leader. The fans are your followers. And it’s time to cause a riot... When the drugs wear off, you realise the mess you’ve made and the state you're in. You feel guilty and you put yourself “on trial”. Your conscience accuses you of “showing feelings of a *human nature*”. The witnesses testify that you’re a despicable little shit. That inside this man is a lost little boy that needs his Mummy to take care of him. You conclude that you’re crazy. And since you have revealed your vulnerabilities and despair to the world, the only option is to tear down the wall you’ve built around yourself. You’ve hit rock bottom. You wake up and conclude that you are a difficult person to deal with. Things have to change. Time will tell if the cycle will begin again or if the tide is turning… The Wall is definitely a drawn concept album. I can see why critics thought that the album is self indulgent, pretentious, etc. Perhaps that was the point(?) As for the music, it’s what you’d expect from Pink Floyd. Instantly recognisable prog rock with a subtle disco beat on some tracks (see Run Like Hell). Dave Gilmour reinforces that he is one of the best guitarists EVER. In my opinion, it works so much better in a concert format. Specifically, the 1990 concert. Instead of Roger et al, his band are joined by the ol' all star lineup. You'll hear Joni Mitchell cover “Goodbye Blue Sky” (heartbreaking), Sinead O’Connor perform "Mother" (perfect choice), Bryan Adams shred on “Young Lust” and a musical theatre (perhaps slightly campy?) version of "The Trial", complete with Tim Curry as a solicitor. It's longer than the original album but there is enough content to keep you engaged. Overall: 6/10

A classic in every sense of the word. However, I do feel like its a tad bit overrated. Another Brick in the Wall (all 3 parts) and Comffortably Numb are dope but outside of that I felt like I was wanting more. If I could give it a 3.5/5 I would but I think in this case I'm gonna round down to a 3/5

Had never listened all the way through before. Solid, indeed.

Sok regi klasszikus slágerrel, amiket ismerek is, mégis valahogy sosem tudtam rezonálni ezzel az albummal, pedig rossznak egyáltalán nem mondanám!

a good record when you're 13 years old, and 13 year-olds deserve their own good records. but it's tough to take it seriously as an adult.

Siis sisältää aivan bängeri biisejä ja yksinään jokainen biisi todella hyvä, mutta.. Miksi puolet biiseistä on samoja mutta vaan jotain eri versioita tai osia? Niinku I get it ne biisit on tosi hyviä mutta ei ne niin hyviä oo että tarvis kuunnella monta monituista kertaa peräkkäinm Ja miksi kestää sata tuntia?!

Always wondered why this album pops up for every classic rock fan. Excited to get into it. What a way to start an album. I love psych rock so I'm having a lot of fun already. The layers of yelling, and chaos that are foreshadowed !! Very much a "we live in a society" kind of album, but it's chill - not in a bad way Interesting how all the smothering forces in this character's life are women (mother, wife) in interviews he talks about how his lack of a father figure led him to have warped relationships with women...(his 1984 interview with the BBC where he talks about not understanding why women have issues with objectification...) Sonically I enjoy the album, a very forward sounding body of work - highly experimental but also grounds itself with the way it tells a story (very much a trait of the rock scene) the darks sound incredibly dark, and put you in the shoes of the character. But the piece is really colored by whom the character views as the problem. Many men can probably relate to this, as American society sells sex but still has issues explicitly talking about it or portraying it. This creates a complex. The parallels with war that the album draws on center themselves with a lack of power that war brings. This lack of power is seen in the character's interpersonal relationship as well. If not for nothing, the layers this album is able to build upon are impressive if flawed. Mostly agree with thefilmobsessive.com analysis, that over the course of the piece the theme gets confused as it wrestles with this escalation of authority and power. It cannot clearly speak to whether it wants to identify with or reject it.

The term Rock-opera has always been cringe inducing for me. That said, I enjoyed most of this album bar the last couple of tracks. I will be scoring this highly as the title track brings me lots of nostalgia. I remember a mysterious music man coming to my primary school in the 90s with these huge spaceship like machines. He got us to record our version of the wall.really feels like a dream looking back!

obviously this is iconic but doesn’t really do a whole lot for me, the third side has always been my favourite and i normally just stick with that

prima voor achtergrond, klein beetje saai op een gegeven moment, maar kan wel altijd. Duurt wel te lang voor 1 luisterronde, dan teveel van het goede

I want to see the ballet version

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Had my Floyd Phase around 23, only thing that really stuck was Live in Pompeii.

Sorry, men synes dette er litt boring altså. Ikke dårlig, da.

Some classics/gems but I needed a lot of drugs to fully appreciate some of the other songs on this album

Album 13/1001 Saying I'd prefer this album without the concept part probably takes away what is supposed to be so groundbreaking about it, and means I didn't "get" it - but, it would be so much better without all the amateur dramatics like the irritating voice acting and sound effects that, for me, only serve to detract from some genuinely great songs and Gilmour's incredible guitar work. Favourite song: Comfortably Numb (one of the greatest ever songs) 👌 Honourable mention: Hey You 👋 Another Brick in the Wall 🧱 Young Lust ❤️‍🔥 Mother 👩‍🍼

A moment in time is this album. Symbolic but oh so pompous. Hopefully we are at this stage where Pink Floyd can be seriously regarded for what they are, which is an ok prog rock band with a few good songs. A band its easy to admire but hard to love unless you are on magic mushrooms.

Better than I expected still not great

Veel mindere nummers

Vera, tear down this wall

Feels kinda blasphemous to only give it a 3, but I feel like it didn't really get interesting until the last couple of tracks when it started feeling a bit more like a musical. Up to that point, it's one or two bangers and a lot of standard prog.

I didn't care for it as much as I wanted to... Given I like Pink Floyd's other records and this has a couple of famous track on it, I was open to liking it, but the concept album thing just didn't work very well for me. Just feels like it didn't age very well in a way? Odd.

I think there are much better Pink Floyd albums. But this album always takes me back to a disgruntled middle schooler. 3.5

Haven’t listened to the whole thing in a least two decades. Takes me back to high school days. Some incredible songs, but it’s just too much other stuff I don’t need.

It's definitely a classic but not my style

It is clearly brilliantly crafted. I just don't like listening to it. It feels like a 90 minute panic attack

It's tough, I acknowledge this is amazing for a lot of people but I struggle to engage greatly with it.

A few gems of 70s prog but far too much filler style songs and long slow passages. Top track: Comfortably Numb

hey ich finds no kuul, bin aber nöd en riese fan und find es git besseri albe vo pink floyd. d musig da gfallt mer okay, aber finds chli repetitiv mit de zit und chli uf e schleppendi art hert. ich han ellerdings gern d sounds und s immer wiederkehrende motiv durs ganze album dure.

I think it's possible I've never listened to this in its entirety before. It was good but I actually didn't love how it keeps revisiting the same thematic tune over and over. I'm sure there's a narrative here, but I wasn't following it. Overall though, it's a good album that *might* grow on me over time. 3.49/5

tá, eu nunca tinha escutado um album inteiro do pink floyd antes, hein Ó: eu achei overrated e meio cansativo. o conceito não me pegou e ali pro final qdo o mano drogadaço vira fascista eu já tinha perdido o interesse. MAS, inegável o impacto desse aqui e blablabla. algumas músicas são até legais, pô. dito isso, acho que de fato eh um album pra ouvir antes de morrer (só uma vez, no meu caso).

i prefer songs rather than experiences, has some of the classic hits but the rest isn't something i would listen to again. meant to be listened to as a whole not individually. side 2 is definitely better tho. side 1 was sleeper other than the known hits

Overblown, overhyped pretentious pish. Took 3 attempts to get through the whole thing. Nowhere near DSOTM or WYWH. Don’t understand this at all

initially i didnt trust pink floyd with a rock opera album. And then i remembered how huge and atmostpheric dark side of the moon was and it gave me some hope that it will similarly be mind blowing. It was good but suspicions where correct. I just don't find roger waters to be charasmatic enough vocalist for an album of this nature. It just comes off as a bit underwhelming, espicially since i just relisten to dark side like a week ago and it's still fresh in mind. Its def worth a listen because its iconic, but its maybe a bit overrated imo. Will def check out the movie tho seems interesting

I'm opposed to Pink Floyd mainly because people my age (or, more acccurately, my age when I was 19) who are big Pink Floyd fans tend to be super annoying, so I wanted to do this some justice without letting those feelings cloud it up. I put on The Good Headphones and decided to Pay Attention. This shit is as pretentious and overwrought as advertised. Neither of those are real crimes, though, and musicians are often better for it. This? Probably not. I get that it's a rock opera and there's stuff it has to do to maintain a narrative flow, but there's a lot of stuff here that I don't care for BECAUSE it's part of that narrative flow. This is exactly the opposite of how I feel about the Dark Side Of The Moon. There's good stuff here, bad stuff here, and a corny overarching theme that is laid on irritatingly thickly. Also, Roger Waters' voice shits the bed several times on this album, and not in a cool punk rock way. Like, in a song ruining bad way. The highs are still high, but it's too damn long, a common complaint of mine, but unfortunately editing would change the tenor of the whole thing. I don't know if I'll ever come back and visit this. Too bombastic. But I can't deny that for all its faults it's still an achievement.

I liked this more than I thought I would. I appreciate all the thought going into a concept album, but I did find it a bit long overall. Interesting time to be listening to this, with a fascist in the White House.

listened to this over the loud speaker while closing beer run which was a pretty good way to listen

This is music for adults who can’t get over the fact that they didn’t like school. Not terrible though. Reluctantly awarding 3 stars

I remember being very excited about this one coming out. Over the years I've lost my taste for both prog rock and concept albums but this is a pretty good example of both

I’m so conflicted about this one. The hits are incredible obviously. Some moments like “Mother” and “One of My Turns” hit a nice stride. But overall this album really feels like it’s ‘narrative over songs.’ It’s just not that great of a listen. Especially when Pink Floyd have so many albums that are thrilling for their entire runtimes. I want to like this more, but I don’t.

3 stars There is one 5 star album of content in here, in a mix of a bloated pretentiousness. The concept is thin and the least interesting thing about this album.

Really strong album. Very creative, wasn't expecting to enjoy as much as I did. 7.3/10

good guitar

I guess I can see why it’s iconic or influential but I didn’t like it very much

favs: -the thin ice -another brick in the wall -don’t leave me now -hey you -the doctor

Some great songs. Would have made a very good single album.

it was good but so daaamn long, like i like long albums but this one felt like it never took off

Back in the day, I loved an annual university showing of The Wall where we all rocked up, some completely out of their faculties. These days I prefer several other Pink Floyd albums over this one.......

7/10 doug walker

6/10

I'll probably get cast out here, but in my opinion this album is a bit overrated. Yes, Another Brick in the Wall, Hey You and Comfortably Numb are great, but the rest is not as good.

This was okay. Honestly felt over hyped. Not for me, but and some people love and

This album is really showing its age. I wish I loved anything as much as Roger Waters loves himself (and his out of tune singing). Interesting themes about the cult of celebrity, self isolation, and cycles of violence. Another Brick run, Comfortably Numb, and In The Flesh are barnstormers and super atmospheric. But this is very bloated. Some amazing songs on here but a lot of farting about to get to the point. What's the point? My name's Roger Waters and you've just listened to an hour and a half of autofallacio.

Far too bloated, not that many good songs. Beware any album with 'parts' for songs. Having said that part 2 of ABITW obviously a great song. Also Nobody Home was a nice discovery

Easily the most overtated album in the Floyd canon. Often thrown in as part of their "imperial phase" from DSOTM but I think it falls some way short. The weakest song on that run is probably Welcome to the Machines which is very Wall like in Mood - oppresive and not particularly enjoyable - much like most of this album...arguably the worst of their 70s works.

Well, the highlight for me was realising more than 30 years after first hearing this album, that the start and finish of this drawn out affair dovetail into an endless möbius loop. Aside from that, The Wall was pretty much how I remember it. A collection of songs clinging to a weak narrative and a massive dip in form. Some tracks are good, some excellent, many are mediocre, a few are god awful. It tails off badly on the second disc, nobody home and comfortably numb being two standouts amongst a sea of pretentious poorly connected shite. I’m once again being generous and rounding up to 3 as there’s a very good one disc album on there trying to get out, but make no mistake this marks a steep decline from the previous triumvirate of Floyd releases and is in large parts a rambling mess.

Ja, ein Konzeptalbum. Das war scheiße. Brick in the Wall reißt es noch raus auf 3 Sterne. Viel zu lang, viel zu wenig Songs die ich mir gerne anhöre

I think I'm in the minority in liking Tommy more. This does have the higher highs but I really don't care for any of it besides the big tracks. It just feels they tried too much here, pompous gets thrown around a lot but can't help but feel it's an apt description. The end of a biblical run of albums to me Rating: 2.9

rock operas are a mistake 2.5

Vera, what is this?

I get it's a rock opera but I didn't have enough patience for this much Pink Floyd.

I’m allergic to concept albums (except Quadrophenia, which is awesome). This one has bright moments mixed with bloat. I’d never ever sit through this again, but I appreciate artists who swing big. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Highly overrated imo. The concept is good but there is a lot of boring filler in this album that is just boring to listen to for example "The Show Must Go On", "The Trial" but the good songs here are really good. "Comfortably Numb" and "Hey You" are probably two of Floyds best songs. 7/10 Favourite: Hey You Least Favourite: The Trial

a very beautiful and compelling storytelling album, i wanna watch the movie now

Comfortably dumb after listening to all 26 tracks.

What can I say about The Wall? It's going to be a very divided room on the reviews on this one. I know this is Roger Waters' opus-dei, and it's really all about him and his final tribute to Sid Barrett. There is some very, very good material on this album, let's not forget about that. But, the album gets too wrapped up in itself and you end up just wanting it to be over in the end. I felt the same way about the movie as well. Just too much. Great animation sequences though. 3.34/5 (I only rated actual songs, not the filler crap in between).

Listened to it on shuffle about a quarter of the way through before restarting and going back through. Some good songs! But was largely, 'eh'.

Eu acho bem ok, todas as músicas são muito parecidas, não entendo o hype!

Well this album is one hell of a source of inspiration. I do absolutely need to listen to it again, and there's some superfan who's compiled some real analysis of it. I'll have to read that, and of course the movie... The final act of the 'movie', 'album' whatever – is easily the highlight. Everything after Pink assumes the dictator persona is amazing, but of course none of it would've made a lick of sense... I can't say it's a full five stars despite my rating. It's a 9/10 maybe, or a 4.5. Absolutely worthy of a relisten, and miles better than the other 4/5s so far...but still not deserving to be one of my favourites. Maybe it'll cross that gap one day. For it's length, it feels much shorter than that. The guitar is beautiful throughout this whole piece. I don't really think I can highlight any songs because the whole thing really goes together. Besides, they're all about the same quality: Anything of 'lesser' quality just happens to be shorter. This album basically made me reevaluate most of the other former 4/5 as 3/5. Bob Dylan, Surf's Up, Sex Pistols...all 3/5. Now *this* is something I'd relisten to. I'll be honest the ending is really milquetoast. Definitely still a 4/5. Ok no it isn't. It's not mediocre, but I'm not really gonna listen to it again unless it's the movie honestly. Edited 22 June. Haven't watched the movie yet...but earnestly in hindsight this album was difficult to coast through. High 3/5.

First time ever listening all the way through. Feels like variations on a theme. 3 great songs (Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell) and the rest is all just kind of...there. I get it - groundbreaking, monumental, etc. etc. - but I still have to want to listen to it today.

It’s difficult not to go into an album like this without expectations. Never listened before, don’t know much of Pink Floyd… it was okay? fine? alright?

i understand why they were and continue to be influential. i loved how each song connected with the next, it made it feel like a story. pretty solid there just weren’t a lot of standout songs.

On kuuntelun arvoinen. Pitkiä, maalailevia biisejä. Varmasti aikansa edelläkävijä tuollaisessa elokuvamaisessa maailmassa.

Fine. Pink Floyd was never my thing. I like it well enough but remain mostly underwhelmed.

It’s definitely one of the better Pink Floyd albums i’e listened to, however, I still do not get the hype around Pink Floyd

I've mentioned before (particularly in my review of Wish You Were Here, which I gave a 5/5), that I'm not a fan of The Wall. Of all of Pink Floyd's post-Syd Barret albums that are the most well-regarded (Meddle, DSotM, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall), The Wall is far and away my least favorite. Going into this listen, while I didn't care for it, it was always tough for me to pinpoint exactly why I didn't like it, mostly that I didn't like the sound of the album (it was too "gray and yellow" sounding, vague discription) and that it was too long/indulgent. I will say after listening to it this time, and paying far more attention than I ever did before, the gray and yellow criticism I don't feel is as accurate anymore. There's a lot more dimension to this record than I gave it credit for (in terms of colors, more blues and purples that I never noticed previously). I still don't particularly care for the sound of this album and I'll get more into that later as I do have new things to talk about, but it does get points for that. Complaint B however, is still relevant as it is an overly long, indulgent record with some songs that just don't work for me. But ultimately, getting back to my problems with the record, what I noticed this time around is that The Wall just doesn't work well as a listening experience. Aside from the singles (Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, Young Lust, Hey You, and Comfortably Numb), most of the tracks on this album can't sustain themselves (along with some, while intentional, poor singing that grates). Not in the sense that they needed more time in the oven, but that there is a visual component missing. I've never seen the movie, but I imagine I'd appreciate The Wall more in that form, or especially in the form of a stage play. So many of these songs sound like they were made for a musical production. The thought of someone singing these on stage, acting out what's going on and whatnot sounds like a perfect match. That said, I will say some of the singles are great, particularly Hey You which is easily one of the best Pink Floyd songs in their entire discography, with Another Brick Pt. 2 and Comfortably Numb being fantastic as well. I'm not super hot on Young Lust though because it has too much of that stage musical "sound" that the rest of the tracklist has, which I don't care for. But the thing that sets these songs apart from the rest of the record is that they work perfectly fine even if you divorce them from the rest of the album, I can actually playlist them, have them come up in shuffle, and enjoy them. Overall, gained a greater appreciation for this record, but unfortunately that "greater appreciation" wasn't always positive. I would have given this a 3 previously, and while the reasons for that 3 have changed, the score has not.

I mean obviously its a good album and a classic, but not really my thing. I do love Comfortably Numb and how it seems as though songs dip in and out of consciousness; that psychadelic vibe, but I'm left feeling that and hour and a half is too long for an album. It's an exciting journey for the listener but not something for everyday. Perhaps it would have made more sense if I grew up during that time.

The only concept album I’m really interested in is this: “Me and my friends thought it would be a cool idea to put together a whole album full of songs people would really like and want to listen to over and over again.” This album is a slog. I don’t want to have it explained to me. I don’t want to have to be high to enjoy it. I don’t want to watch the accompanying film. The Wall may be a great piece of art, I don’t know. What I do know is that the great tracks here are buried under an endless Roger Waters’ wank-fest. If you cut out all the faff, this would be an incredible album. Instead, it is a three-star album with pretensions of greatness. Elite tracks: Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 Comfortably Numb Good tracks: Mother Hey You Good enough for filler: In the Flesh? Goodbye Blue Sky The Show Must Go On Run Like Hell Chuck everything else. Now you’ve got an album I’ll happily listen to on repeat.

Previously rated: The Dark Side of the Moon (3/5) The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2/5) Wish You Were Here (3/5) ***************************************** There was a lot of "oh yeah, I know this song" while listening to this, but not a lot of "oh yeah, I like this song, but it might be the best PF album for me, though I'm not a big fan.

One of the many things I’ve learned from this list is that I’m not a fan of rock operas. As it is with Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, it has been fun to hear some of the biggest rock hits of all time in the context they were meant to be heard. Unfortunately, I’ve also found that even though the storytelling and composition are usually fantastic, I’m just not all that drawn to them. That applies to The Wall and is why I can’t really go higher than three stars, even if it may be rock blasphemy.

It's fine. A few really good songs mixed with a lot of filler masked in a concept album.

Sounded kinda like playing music

listened to "disc 1" on Spotify. Mid AF. 6/10

A bit self indulgent in parts

Some songs are brilliant, but others are annoying AF.

That was quite an experience. I think to be able to fully appreciate this album, I had to especially focus on viewing it as the whole concept and piece of art, essentially becoming a theatre performance, instead of just a collection of individual tracks to vibe to. Unfortunately, I’m not the biggest fan of musical theatre, and many themes may have been lost on me. I shouldn’t have to read a whole Wikipedia article to understand what’s going on or why it matters. And unfortunately for a good bit of it, I found myself incredibly bored, as I would be at a musical. Still one hell of an experience, with some really good tracks individually as well. Hey You stood out to me as really good. I had heard of Comfortably Numb but it never really stuck with me until I listened a few times in this album. I respect the overall production enough to bring the rating up to a 3.5 or 4, but I don’t know if I necessarily would seek it out again as a whole.

Well, I did enjoy this for the first four or so songs. There's some good thought of course behind the concept album and maybe it deserves a few more listens but it just felt like it dragged on too much and there wasn't enough attention grabbing in the middle

Ik ben op zich wel fan van Pink Floyd, maar dit album heeft me nooit kunnen bekoren. Teveel concept, teveel opvullers. Another brick in the wall is natuurlijk een prima nummer en Comfortably Numb is absoluut wonderschoon, alleen daarvoor zou ik zeker bonuspunten uit kunnen delen. Maar ik heb dit album simpelweg van mijn mp3-schijf afgeknikkerd en alleen die 2 nummers bewaard. En als ik iets uit de mp3-bak verwijder, is omdat ik het nooit uit vrije wil op zal zetten of veel te vaak doorklik als het voorbijkomt. Dus dan kan het nog zo'n iconisch album zijn, andere albums zijn wel gewoon 5 sterren waard en dit helaas niet. Te weinig David Gilmour en heel erg veel te veel opvullers. Een magere 3 sterren, en dat is inclusief de bonuspunten voor Comfortably Numb.

++: In the Flesh?, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3, Goodbye Cruel World, Is There Anybody Out There?, Bring the Boys Back Home, The Show Must Go On, In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial +: The Thin Ice, The Happiest Day of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, Mother, One of My Turns, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, Outside the Wall +-: Vera 8,5/10

This is one of those legendary albums that I don't think I've ever listened to all the way through before. I like it, but it probably also suffers a bit from all the hype. I think what interested me the most was the disillusioned storytelling throughout the album. But what lost me the most was probably the same thing because it feels like there's not a lot of clearly defined tracks. Sometimes the end of one track is stuck onto the start of another, which I guess isn't as bad on an LP, but with track based listening it makes the lines very blurry and the listening experience a bit jarring. I prefer this album over "Dark Side of the Moon" Standouts Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 3/5

I still need to try the whole wizard of oz thing sometime. Another Brick in the Wall is a classic of course. I'm rating this a 3 but it could go up depending on how my experiment plays out. :)

I quite enjoyed this atmospheric epic. Some great songs and the brick in the wall variations were done well. I'm still not a massive fan of a double album.

Big ideas. Interesting. I didn't need to hear this again but I'm not angry I did In the first place. I can kind of see what all the fuss is about but it just doesn't hit for me.

Que me funen, no me pareció la gran cosa

This was my introduction to Pink Floyd

A bunch of classics. 3/5

Surprisingly enough I had never heard this entire (double) album before. I have seen it performed live when Mr Waters did so bc, but that was all. It's good little concept album, performed well and musically sound. but apart from a few outstanding bits, Another Brick Part 2, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On, and Run Like Hell, nothing spectacular. It really does fall far short of Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. Cant really give it more than a 3

This was interesting. The songs I was familiar with are good, but I was kind of surprised how "bad" the other tracks are. It's a weird record. I'll probably have to give it another try sometime.

Some of the highest highs, and some of the lowest lows from Pink Floyd's great catalogue. Unfortunately it is just too long, with a few too many lesser songs standing on the shoulders of giants such as Young Lust, Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, etc. If this 2 disc monstrosity was cut down into one more cohesive, collected, and tighter album, it might legitimately be one of the greatest albums of all time. Unfortunately it is not.

It’s fine. Too long and too theatrical to keep me engaged the whole time. There are a bunch of sick guitar tones and songs but I just can’t get with the vocals and overall runtime

it was OK

every track sounds the same...

Such dark lyrics, I guess the uncomfortable feeling is what they aimed for, so well done. Some real stunners on there. 3,5/5 ⭐️

Pretty good album. Classic songs from my childhood

Of the great 4 Pink Floyd albums, I find this one the hardest to get into, despite having the clearest concept. I think I just prefer a less lyrically dense PF. That being said, there were some really cool moments on this record, and I do like the idea of an anti fascist concept album. There was a moment mid way through the album where they kinda did a throwback to Echoes, which was a cool little Easter Egg.

There's a lot to consume here, so there's definitely something here for me. Is it enough to replay this album ever again? Probably not. It's stepping out of my comfort zone in terms of what I usually enjoy yet again, but we move.

3,5

Never really my thing but it isnt bad, just too long

Big and grandiose. I prefer The Who's Tommy And Quadrophenia over this though.

Some great tracks, but I'm not really going to listen or seek to listen to the whole thing.

Complete (Good working music)

Maybe good for listening passively. Not as good as Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, or even Meddle.

I love Pink Floyd, but this is too long, and the average quality of the songs is not on par with other PF records. Sorry not sorry for my millennial attention span.

Okay aber schon etwas langweilig

Pretty good, just like a lot of albums from that era, it’s too long.

As this was the third Pink Floyd album generated within the week, and the other two were less than impressive, I went into this expecting it to be dire. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I actually enjoyed it.

Brick in the wall and confortably numb are awesome songs. The rest is a bit meh, it's not the dark sode of the moon

I want to give it a 4 but it's just too long and drags on in places

Some classics, and I'm sure it was amazing when it came out, but it's far too long with far too few interesting songs.

meh

Definitely can't take this all in one listen. Doesn't seem to have many songs and becomes a bit like a musical at points (The Trial). ABitW and Comfortably Numb are forever bangers. Maybe 3 will end up being harsh.

Too many songs

Enjoyed this. Need to listen more at tentatively as find I’m just 7/10 ing every album atm

Good but overrated. People reminisce about the days of the double LP albums, but there's some shite there with the good.

Always thought this album was a bit overrated. Handful of great songs but too much filler, even for a concept album. Top 3 tracks: 1. Comfortably Numb 2. Mother 3. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 Song I appreciate more: Young Lust 6/10

We don't need noooo education! Too long. Hard to get a sense. Couple songs ok, overall not thrilled and want to hear the next album.

there's nothing i hate worse than the word "pretentious". "i think this thing means less than you do" is a nothing criticism; if you stick your head in the sand and pretend that what is being said doesn't matter, then anything can be pretentious. i think "The Wall", as a work of art, has a lot to say about fame, about how evil begets evil, and about the problems that Waters was going through at the time. i understand this as an honest attempt to self-critique. key word: attempt. however, i will admit: i think it falls short. the album betrays a bit of limited self-awareness from Waters. he gets the gist of a lot of his issues with women and his past trauma and all the causes for his issues, but it's that sort of thing that a lot of people who are fucking up in their lives do where they can directly say exactly what's wrong with them, but lack the ability, means, or drive to actually fix these issues. the women in his life are smothering mothers or thoughtless floozies who cheat on him, the fans push him to become racist and cruel in his personal world, his agent pumps him full of drugs and television, and it's never his fault. its because he's being punished for being an artiste, having feelings, being human. he's not a prick, it's the world that made him a prick and a misogynist and a Nazi. everyone's so mean to me. as an avatar of Roger Waters, Pink's excuse is that he's just a pushcart of a human being, acting out in response instead of making choices. in a shocking parallel, "The Wall" has a lot in common with... Nostalgia Critic's The Wall. Both works betray a lack of emotional maturity that keeps either creator from actually understanding the subject of the work. Roger Waters doesn't understand himself, The Nostalgia Critic doesn't understand "The Wall". For Roger, it's that self-pity isn't the same as self-awareness, and "The Trial" still sees him portraying himself as a consequence of a society that spit him out, rather than a person with some modicum of control over his actions -- he cuts the camera and brings us back to the beginning before we ever understand what "tearing down the wall" means for Pink/Roger. is he just gonna make the same mistakes all over again? was all the self-pity and punishment for nothing? (knowing Roger Waters' following output, probably?) because of how shallow Roger's self-critique is, the ending's lack of closure doesn't raise questions, it just disappoints. for Doug, it's that "The Wall" isn't actually fucking pretentious, you just didn't engage with it on its own terms. dumbass. still, apart from this, i think The Wall is much better than i gave it credit for. it's got some seriously great moments -- "Mother", "Another Brick in the Wall 2", "Hey You", "Vera", "Comfortably Numb", "Run Like Hell" -- and the production is stellar. honestly, as someone who is being fairly critical of the album, don't trust anyone who outwardly hates "The Wall". strip away the thematic failings, and it's still a pretty good rock album. it tried to do something deep and (reasonably) introspective, and although in many respects it fell short, a rock musician in the late 70's stopping and asking themselves "why am i like this" is always appreciated. and the cool solos. the solos are much appreciated.

I know this is considered a classic, and I can understand why. But Pink Floyd just doesn’t do anything for me.

What an odd collection. Interesting to read the why behind it though.

Bloated. There are much better Pink Floyd albums.

rating: 6.7/10 ... not a fan of Mr. Floyd's voice but the instruments aren't bad. first disc was goofy af...second disc was bearable ig... just not my typa music. also cool that its like a storyline. thumbs up: ABITW pt.2, comfortably numb, the show must go on. WHY IS "THE TRIAL" LIKE A STAGE MUSICAL SONG IM CRYING. n e way. would not listen again soz Mr. Floyd and company.

Bien

I mean, it's The Wall isn't it? Pink Fricking Floyd. It's good. At times not terribly exciting but quite coherent piece of prog rock. Alas I'm not a stoned teenager any more, but this is still enjoyable. They don't make them like this anymore, and that's probs ok with me. Farewell. Three stars.

been dreading revisiting any pink floyd for a few years at this point. as my tastes w/r/t music (and art more broadly) have evolved, pink floyd's brand of affected "art rock" and "concept albums" feels self-indulgent; i even cringe at the kitschiness of the term "rock opera." the wall might be most likely of their albums to fall into this trap. at its worst, the album devolves into compositions intellectualized to the point of being drained of any visceral potency—stuffed to the brim with excessive sound effects and "storytelling." this approach does not play to the band's strengths. instead, seems driven by the misapprehension that the appeal of pink floyd lies in the ambitious "storytelling"/individual personality of roger waters as opposed to the well-executed vulgarized packaging of virtuosic instrumentation/sonic experimentation/psychedelic music. while the latter are still present, unfortunately usually subordinated to the former here. too often presents a veneer of artistry laboriously gestated out of a consciously rigid program, rather than one organically formed out of raw expression; feels too rehearsed. that all being said, within this puffed up melodrama, there are a handful of truly fantastic songs. the obvious standouts include comfortably numb, mother, and another brick in the wall (although i did audibly groan at the one-two punch of the school children chorus followed by a guitar solo). I also relatively liked the closing stretch of the album.

Very long

It's alright. Didn't mind listening and there are some good parts buried in the long runtime, but I didn't find myself especially drawn in.

1) In the Flesh 2) Hey You 3) Young Lust 24/01/2025

this was long

A bit overblown tbh. Overdose of Roger, not enough Rick and Dave.

some really great tracks and a bunch of notsomuch

Clearly a fantastic album, but all in all not my vibe

Ниче не понял, вроде Пинк Флойд, но какой-то он мутный и непонятный, пару раз было страшно из-за звуков

very long and too much ambient. Definitely really strong high points and needs to be listened to very loud

I get it. I just don’t want to listen to it.

oh its just so long and samey interludes are lame and boring, i dont wanna listen to random sounds and turbines or whatever this album could be condensed into a much tighter record, its way overindulgent YNN

Difficult to rate this one. I didn't hate it, but also definitely did not enjoy it. I appreciate that it's a concept album and so isn't just about liking individual songs but has to be seen as a whole. I'm not sure if it's because as a non-native speaker I grew up listening to melodies rather than lyrics and am therefore less attuned to keeping stock of what is being said and therefore not understanding the deeper message. I feel like there's other ways to get meanings across, and not relying heavily on lyrics and actual sound bites of breaking glass and sirens etc. I find the 'real world' sound bites rather jarring. I also feel that it's not because it needs to be seen as a whole with an overarching storyline that the individual songs can be weak. My difficulty in rating this album lies in that I can feel the evolution, and appreciate the concept. I was thoroughly bored throughout a good portion of the album, but then absolute masterpieces like Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2 and Comfortably Numb come on and I feel like I need to rate it higher. So ultimately, I feel like they could have condensed this album down more without conceding on the concept, and would have made the whole more enjoyable.

I enjoyed the first half more than the second half. I like the concept of concept albums but it often becomes more work for me in listening - which I don't mind, but it does mean I need to really, REALLY enjoy the music in order to stay along for the ride. I understand this album's importance and critical success, just didn't hit the same way for me.

While I do appreciate Pink Floyd and think they have delivered some fine albums (Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here) this one just is not one of my favorites. There are some grand moments (Comfortably Numb), it is just too long and does have a bit of a bloated, pretentious feel to it. It was still worth a listen after many decades...

I get it. I just don’t want to listen to it.

Never went through a Pink Floyd phase in High School, so this might be the first time I listened to this all the way through. About half the time if worked for me, and about half the time I was left rolling my eyes. But, when they actually bothered to sing, I like a number of the songs. Low 3-star.

Long albums are really tough when catching up. What I heard I liked.

stopped at mother, will continue listening later

Too long

Pulled this to the top of the inbox, for a side-by-side weekend comp with Wish You Were Here. Lots here. No 13-minute tracks, but their defining proclivity for multi-part tracks makes me feel like I’m listening to the album version of a director’s cut, which is maybe (definitely) more of a deep dive into a single riff than I strictly require. To that end, ✅✅✅ to “In The Flesh”—which is NOT to be confused with “In The Flesh?” How dare you!

I’ve always found Pink Floyd unobjectionable but boring.

Another Pink Floyd album, and probably the best one so far, but that doesn’t mean much in my opinion. A double album, which meant I had to listen to it longer than I wanted. Think I bailed with 4 songs left.

Jag klickar inte med Pink Floyd. Detta blir ytterligare en påminnelse om det. En ljudvägg utan större behållning. Jag räknar tre ok låtar (mother, hey you, run like hell) och en mycket bra (comfortably numb). På en och en halv timme. Det är rätt svagt. Det är ett konceptalbum och sådana är svårare. 2 känns möjligen hårt. 3 för högt. Men hellre fria än fälla (eller så här, det beror på dagens humör. Häromdagen var det en två, lyssnat om lite idag på morgonen och är inte lika upprörd. Imorgon vette fan, kanske tillbaka på en tvåa).

mr. president, a second brick just hit the wall

Fine.

Je n'ai jamais réussi à écouter The Wall en entier, et cette fois-ci non plus. L'album a des chansons très cool, mais j'arrive pas du tout à accrocher. Il manque un truc dans les chansons, mais je ne saurais dire quoi. Contrairement par exemple au premier album de Pink Floyd. 3,5

I had this on whilst working, so maybe that isn't the right situation to immerse yourself into this album. I mean, it didn't blow me away. It felt like musical theatre, was that the intention? I can't say I know much about Pink Floyd or this album, apart from 'The Wall' (idk which version because who knew there were SO many versions?!). Anyways the one with the kid chorus. One other stood out to me, Young Lust, that was fun. Outside of that, nope. It didn't do it for me at all. Maybe I'll listen back when I am not distracted but really, I guess 2.5, rounded to 3.

I really like Comfortably Numb so I wanted to like this album but I really hated the concept album part of this. There's so much incongruous whispering and yelling before and after or in the middle of songs. A lot of good songs like Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. II include extended moments of this nonsense that disrupt the actual musical talent on display throughout the album.

I prefer Animals.

It's about damn time I give Pink Floyd's seminal concept album 'The Wall' a second try - given I wasn't so big on it on the first go. I'll start by tackling the concept of this thing - seeing as I've always found it fascinating more than anything. The first half is certainly more linear and easy to follow than the second. It follows the protagonist Pink growing up in WW2 time without a father, an oppressive schooling system, and a hover mother; with all these factors contributing to the fortification of the metaphorical wall the album bases its ideas around. I honestly like the idea of the wall because, to me, it doesn't represent any single feeling, rather, it just sort of takes on whatever form the band sees fit. In the first half, for example, I see it as representing a disconnection from human emotion - given Pink's rock n roll lifestyle and infidelity to his wife. In the second half, it seems to represent a sort of isolation from the real world, as the album goes into this drug-induced fever dream after 'Comfortably Numb' where Pink larps as a genocidal fascist - discovering his own worst fear. Pink, like the wall, is not a very cohesive character - his story, while fascinating, is very cluttered and messy. Rather he's just a means for the band to explore the various themes presented on this album. And I think that's my biggest issue with it all, it feels like it's trying to cover far too much ground with its concepts without really building on any of them - the final, overly animated 'The Trial' brings back many of Pink's character, but I find little to no resolution being provided. I know there's a film that goes along with this, and I'm eager to watch it one day - maybe it'll shed some light on some of the themes here that I didn't really get a good grasp on. Alright, the songs. 'Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2' is a frustrating listen—those child vocals are grating to my ears. The first verse-chorus was good enough when it was sung by Gilmour and Waters - I didn't need all the gimmicks. 'Mother' is a super cool song that subverts the listener's expectations - the mother is painted as another brick-placer in Pink's wall by obsessively coddling the child; even rejecting the child's romantic interests. It might be my favorite song from a lyrical POV - songs about mothers usually paint these warm, comforting images and this one does the same but evokes the opposite feeling, with this idea of being imprisoned by the one who loves you the most. It's honestly frightening and the atmospheric instrumentation complements it very well. 'Hey You' is a fiery way to kick off the second disc, as a whole, it might be the best song here - I love the second acoustic portion with Waters on vocals. It comes at a point where Pink is at, pretty much, rock bottom, and this song feels like this subtle glimmer of hope in the Wall's abyss. The lush strings on 'Nobody Home' and the guitar solo of 'Comfortably Numb' are a couple of other highlights for me. Everything else is decent sounding, my biggest issue with the production on here is just how clean and shiny it feels at times, you wouldn't have to tell me that this thing came out at the turn of the decade into the '80s, it sure as hell fits that soft-rocky and new-wavey sound, especially when you get to a song like 'Run Like Hell' - a low point for me. Also, I'm never a fan of the shorter, more interlude-type tracks here - in fact, I have a similar issue with 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Also 'The Trial' I actually can't stand - I know it's supposed to sound the way it does, sort of climactic and cartoony, bringing back various characters of Pink's life. But just because it sounds that way intentionally, doesn't mean it sounds good, not at all. The orchestral backing is cool enough, maybe the most ambitious moment on here instrumentally. I was never a fan of the final few songs with Pink's fascist turn in general, and this one track is the nail in that particular coffin. So yeah, my opinion hasn't really changed at all. A cool and important album that I just can't get behind. But I'm sure it'll be due for yet another relisten in another couple of years or so and hey maybe it'll grow on me then...who knows.

I appreciate the ambition but it made some parts of the album not very enjoyable. The hit songs are definitely incredible though and acclaimed for a reason. The rest is a bit hit or miss and it's just so long. Favorite songs were Hey You, Another Brick pts 1-3, and Run Like Hell.

I like Pink Floyd but getting through this entire album can be a lot. In general, I'm not a big fan of concept albums either, although this one is better than several others we've listened to off this list. Hey You, Comfortably Numb, and Run Like Hell are classic tracks-great composition, lyrics & delivery with all 3.

Got bored with this one real quick

Some classic tunes interwoven with a distinct degree of indifference

No es su mejor album (demasiado relleno)

I'm a sucker for this shit, when I know that I really shouldn't. Another Brick in the Wall is ACE. It's almost Chic disco with the whole bass thing and Nile Rodgers guitar riffs going off. It's a bat shit crazy storyline, and one that's probably best not followed. Just enjoy the music and pomposity of it all. For the avoidance of any doubt, this isn't a party album.

THE concept album of all concept albums. I did not know, until i read the Wikipedia entry, that the album came before the movie. That is very interesting. I have not listened to this album since I watched the movie long ago in college. Remains a “let’s get baked and listen” album to me. I do appreciate the artistry, the vision, and the music.

Oh boy, time to stir up controversy. I have never cared much for this album. I think it has a great concept. The Film is good. The lyrics are good. It has some great songs. But as an album listen thru... it just does not work for me. It's a little too all over the place, especially on the second half. At that point the whimsy overpowers anything actually interesting going on with the music. Another Brick in the Wall (all 3), Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, Comfortably Numb, Hey You... all classics. And there's even more songs on there that I love and listen to regularly. But as an album...? I would take pretty much anything else from Echoes to Division Bell over this.

In Noah Baumbach’s 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, the teenage son Walt played by Jesse Eisenberg performs and claims to have written “Hey You” by Pink Floyd at his school's talent show. After he wins first place and receives praise from his family and friends, his school realizes that he did not write the song and disciplines him. The film takes place in 1986. The Wall came out in November 1979. It was the best-selling album of 1980, and spent 15 consecutive weeks at number one. I love this movie, but it always struck me as odd and unrealistic that an audience full of Brooklyn teachers, parents, and students didn’t call Walt on his BS more quickly, so he wouldn’t win the talent show in the first place. Anyways this album is bloated and pretentious but has a few great songs, like Hey You.

Some really nice songs, especially "Mother", but overall far from my favourite Pink Floyd. 3.5 stars

3.5

Another Brick in the wall pt 1

I wasn't sure how to react when this album popped up. I like Pink Floyd, but God, what a project. They must be referring to the Chinese Wall for how long this album is. That said, I was left feeling a little underwhelmed by it all. I don't want to call it a bad album, because it's not, but it does not quite deliver what it should. There are some really nice songs on here though, and I'm glad I got to give those a listen today. Favorite track: Young Lust

slogging thru thr boring ones until u get to the absolute bangers make it allll worth it omggg pink floyd

dads

A great listening experience, plus I hate the kids choir in another brick in the wall pt2

You know, I know this is a classic album, but it wasn't all that impressive to my ears. It didn't move me much.

Overrated, surprising David bowie

Not as good as dark side of the moon

Classic.

Good enough Pink Floyd are strange tho... But there's obviously a big story through it

I understand this is considered a classic and im not going to get under the skin of this in 24 hours. But i only got the impression of an album bloated and full of ridiculous nonsense with a smattering of good tunes spread around. I dont like rock operas but i know some people do. It seems the quality of the music was secondary to the story and narrative and that detracted for me. By the end i was looking for enough merit to convince myself to revisit this and try and get i to it, but i dont think i made it.

I never really clicked with the Wall. It was tedious to me, even in my classic rock heyday. But contributions to music and culture cannot be denied.

The hits are definitely remembered for a reason.

As classic as it is, it’s far too long. I wouldn’t say someone needs to hear it before they die.

Good old rock with a lot of ballady songs. I liked how the songs flowed into each other throughout the album. Really gave a sense of coherence.

It's good but I really don't find anything that amazing about it.

Only ever listened to and loved Another Brick in the Wall. I should have given the rest of the album a chance.

Beautiful, melodic, psychedelic and somber. They really capture myriad of emotions and moods on this record. Some classics of course, but overall it’s such a different sound from Dark Side. This record sounds like their attempt to show off their capabilities. Really lovely sounds.

I don’t have the acceptance of such heartfelt cheesiness to listen to this album seriously, but it’s still got some great songs

Oh my god this album is long. What I got through isn't bad though.

A handful of classic tracks and epic in scope but not in the top tier of Floyd albums

When this album sits down and focuses on the music, the songs are actually quite strong. The problem is it doesn’t do that a ton. I get that for a lot of people the artwork of this album is the story it tries to tell, but I found it confusing and distracting rather than contributing any kind of cohesion to the final product. Roger Waters certainly has his vision, but I wasn’t much for it. Best song: Comfortably Numb

I know this is good but I can't handle a pink floyd double album.

O liked it better when I was young, it dint suck

Incredibly nostalgic for me and liked a good amount of it, but nothing I really connect with now and don’t think I would ever revisit

Pretty long and dense album - I was complaining that this feels pretty empty in it's anti-authority stance and doesn't really saying much considering that Roger Waters is one of the most political and vocal rockers of this era now...

6.5/10

Meandering, pompous

Probably a record you need to listen to intently with headphones on. I didn't. There's some good stuff on here, but nothing really grabbed me. Always found it remarkable that a band so experimental had such huge sales.

Some killer songs...but this album is so long. And there are repetitions of the songs. I know it is a concept album, but if I needed this much story I would watcha musical, or an opera. I just don't get the same enjoyment from it as a purely listening experience.

I understand why this appeals to some people and can appreciate what Pink Floyd was trying to do. But as a concept album, it simply didn’t land for me. I listened multiple times to give it a fair shake, but in the end, it’s dark, overly long, and sometimes cheesy. I can take the latter in musical theater, but not a rock album. I will, however, give it major props for Comfortably Numb. What a great f’n song.

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).

Iconic Pink Floyd.

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

20224-06-10...

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.

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

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!

"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.

Its really, really long

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

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

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

3/5

Classic but not the best from PF

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Too long

Couple hits but very self-indulgent

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.

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

3/5

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.

3.5

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.