The Wall

It’s a solid album, but ends up a pretty tedious listen. Masterful performances, but the length and drama require a specific mood.

Another Brick in the wall pt2 is a banger

Hard to believe only going 3 stars here but just too much as this was an all-time high school-era fave but it's too heavy and bombastic now, even grading on a rock opera curve. I wonder how the movie would look/feel after all these years.

Great production. An interesting piece of history.

This is one of those albums where I can appreciate the effort and the talent, but it still just didn't do much for me. I think this was the first time I'd ever listened to the album in full and it was a pretty underwhelming experience.

Klassík. Mörg góð lög en mikið af óþarfa hljóð sömplum

I'm not massive on Pink Floyd but still a solid album.

I don’t like Another Brick In The Wall enough to listen to 3+ different versions. Not an album I would listen to on the regular. Enjoyed Comfortably Numb

det är bra men för långt album man tröttnar jueh

I could listen to that riff from "In the Flesh" for hours. I just love it. I don't love the rest as much, but it is kind of fascinating to listen to as an entire piece vs. a collection of singles scattered across every classic rock station in the world. But you know what I never hear on any of those stations? "In the Flesh." Damn shame. I'm going to split the difference and go 3 stars. Would be 3 & 1/2 if I had the option, .

No es un 5 porque ese está reservado para Dark Side of the moon.

I liked The Wall. Can't get over it! Yeooooooooooooooo

Freaked me out bit as a 13 year old. Sorry Mr Waters, but I find the pieces around the big 6 or 7 songs just prog padding. I'm not won over by the story either. 5 out of 5 for Brick, Numb, Run. Positive mentions to Young Lust, Hey You, perhaps Mother. Low scores for much of the rest.

Sometimes too much is too much

Wasn't a huge fan. Pink Floyd is always a hit or miss for me and I really only like a few of their songs.

Why was it so long.

Pretentious.

Not my favorite PF album - lots of filler here in my opinion. Still has some incredible moments

Lots of work went into this beast

The general tendency of rock operas to end up less than operatic is a crying shame. Thankfully, The Wall doesn't have that problem. However, it ends up feeling slightly uncomfortable with itself. The moments of story are quite spread out: Not a problem, but it does draw the ear to the disconnect between the narrative and the embedded rock album or albums. The moments of thick musical beauty, on the other hand: I wish Floyd had gone all in on those. Their rate makes the finished product feel a little uneven. All in all, though, it's a nice thing to have playing. I'm reminded of my copy of A Passion Play. I put that record on after buying it, opened a site with annotations, scrutinized the stuff in the sleeve. But in the end all that was a bit hollow, and the music was... fine. Worms good though.

My least favourite PF album and one I find mildly irritating. Got a few great times that can't be ignored though.

When it’s good it great but these moments are fleeting and in reality it’s bloated and self indulgent throughout. Double albums - who’d have em.

My college roommates used to get high and listen to this album nonstop. I hated it at the time. So I came into this one with a bit of a pre-conceived opinion, but I really tried to give this a chance. I know this is everyone's favorite album, but I just don't get it. There are definitely some good songs on here, but so much filler...

joo men bra

The singles are classics but, besides one or two tracks, the rest is rather forgettable and overly melodramatic. Don't think I'll ride this whole album again.

Expertly composed, some great tracks. But dare I say.....overated?

Was ready to listen to a masterpiece. Think my expectations may have been to high, because I did not enjoy very much.

FIRST LISTEN: "Based on this meat, I don't think I want any pudding." SECOND LISTEN: (At the behest of 'Hell Yeah' I decided I should listen to this album again... and again... ) I was able to dodge the music of PF for most of my life until today. And then, I found myself lost in a rabbit hole and along the way came to an epiphany. Did you know that Randal's character in Dazed and Confused is called 'Randal' by his coach, but his 'buds' call him 'PINK' because his last name is FLOYD!!! [OMG!] and there's more... PINK FLOYD is a person, NOT A COLOR!!! WHOA!! [takes another bong hit] Also, there's a movie called 'The Wall' which is a film adaptation of the album which is based on PINK FLOYD (aka Roger Waters), where Pink Floyd is played by Bob Geldof!! Well, the second+ listen of this made me realize that I really need to see this movie, if for nothing else, to have an excuse to get baked after the kids go to bed. Unfortunately, the Himalayan Blackberry sent me right to zonksville before the movie even started. Anyway, the album must be taken as a whole, you can't listen to one or two tracks, you've got to EXPERIENCE this album, man. Evidently, this guy Roger Waters, is a genius and had a big falling out with the band and sued to retain rights to several PF albums, including The Wall, and won. But he's the character in the album and the movie. So, to break it down for you, The Wall is Communism and the album is based on the struggle for democracy between east and west, and Pink is a Communist (Pink Floyd=Pink=Pinko=Commie).... all makes total sense, right...? Well, RW isn't as concerned as much with freedom as much as he is with himself. The Wall is really about him and the fascism he's encountered through much of his life. Pink's wall is what he constructs and it evolves as he grows older until he's old, lonely and depressed. Musically, this album didn't do much for me, but as I listened to it, I began to care more about the story and Pink's survival. All of those years I spent hearing 'Comfortably Numb' on the radio began to make sense once I had the background and context of the album. After spending some time with this I came to this conclusion: appreciation for this is going to take time, but a foundation for it is there. Big thanks to Hell Yeah for urging me to take another listen and dig a little deeper. Perhaps one day I can finish the movie and enjoy some pudding too.

Never listened to this album…the longest one from the list so far but seemed to go pretty fast…knew more songs than I thought I would

Would be so much better trimmed and not a double album.

Overrated

Classic

Always good for a 'trip' back in time with

Not my vibe but I know it's essential listening

Classic prog album but not the bands best in my opinion.

meh I like dsotm and wywh but the wall never really grips me, not bad tho

Clearly a classic and I own it, but it's never been among my favorites.

Klasyczny konceptowy albumers pinkowych floydow z czasow faszystowskich, po objeciu wladzy calkowitej przez Watersa, czystkach na najbardziej utalentowanych czlonkach przyszedl czas na stworzenie najbardziej sprzedanego kawalka winyla jaki banda wypuscila, a zeby bylo jeszce zabawniej koncept sciany i artysty budujacego owa sciane jest oparty na watkach autobiograficznych Watersa, bo poza hey you i run like hell, reszta jest autorstwa dyktatora, stworzyc konceptowy album skladajacy sie z dwoch czesci o lacznej dlugosci 80 minut same w sobie jest wyczynem, a zrobic to solowo jeszcze wiekszym, ale jak dla mnie to nie jest juz to samo granie jak na ciemnej stronie ksiezyca czy meddle, album jest zbyt zdominowany przez jedna osobowsc, a reszta dostaje tylko krotki chwile w ktorych moze zablysnac, jak solowka Gilmoura na comfortably numb czy w hey you, dziwne uczucie daje sluchanie pinkow bez klawiszy, wright juz wypuszczony z zespolu za posiadanie problemow rodzinnych utrudniajacych tworzenie materialu na plyte, do samosadow chyba nie doszlo, ale o pieniadze cala banda sie chyba sadzila, dodatkowo pojawiaja sie chorki, nie takie rokowe chorwiska, ale prawdziwe chory filcharmoniczne, album ma swoje haj lajty, ale nie jest to album ktory bym sobie puscil zeby posluchac od deski do deski, jak wiekszosc pinkowych krazkow z czasow przed dyktatorskich, na plejke wrzucam comfortably numb, vera oraz hey you

Didn't even know that Another Brick in the Wall had a first part. I' stunned, it isn't even close to part 2. I think some songs are good, such as Another brick in the wall or comfortably numb, but otherwise not many songs got my attention

The Trial sounds like a musical, funny.

Boring

Haven't listened to this in years. It's good, iconic and all. I don't think it needed to be a double LP.

3

Ich hatte mich gestern schon bezüglich Doppelalben geäußert. Machts halt zwei Releases draus, man ey. Kein Mensch denkt sich: So, jetzt einfach mal drei Stunden eine Band. Ansonsten halt endlich mal ein Klassiker, man kennts. Also zumindest The Wall. Vielleicht bin ich Banause, aber irgendwie ist es mir auch ein bisschen zu langweilig. Ich bin gerade bei 2/3 der ersten CD, finds immer noch langweilig, aber auch ok so weit. Vielleicht fehlt mir auch einfach das Gefühl, an einem Lagerfeuer zu sitzen, ein paar Bierchen zu zischen und das Ganze ein bisschen mehr zu fühlen. Ok, eigentlich ist es auch ganz gut soweit. Höre mich langsam rein. Habe mir aber auch gerade den Holzofen angemacht. Gegen Ende war ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich nicht vielleicht doch ein Musical angehört habe.

Great, genius, legendary... But a bit played out. I couldn't help but let my fatigue affect my rating but I still know this is over if the best.

It’s too long. There’s some gold in here though.

Ylipitkä ja äärimmäisen epätasainen konseptipläjäys, jonka taisin päästä kerralla loppuun neljännellä yrittämällä. Hittibiisit (varsinkin Comfortably Numb) ovat tietty klassikoita. Huippuhetket ovat epäilemättä nelosen arvoisia, mutta koska ne hautautuvat epämääräisen progeilun ja kikkailun alle, jää arvosana kolmoseksi.

Decent, very melancholy, would have to listen again

Rock/Psychedelic, something different but nice nevertheless.

Parece uma grande introdução de Another Brick in the Wall. Seria uma boa trilha sonora pra um teatro.

Solid

3,5/5

This was better than I thought, although I wouldn't say it's as much of a classic as people think. Just a standard rock opera really. Got nothing on the crimson idol!!!

This is not bad as in badly made in any kind of way, it's just the exact opposite of the kind of music I like to listen to. I like every single Floyd album I've heard but there's nothing I really like on this album, except for "In The Flesh". And so when the music just does nothing for you, kind of hard to fall in love with the concept and what it's going for. Overall it's fine, would give 2.5/5 but I obviously can't do that here. 2/5 because I would rather not listen to this again, as opposed to an "I don't mind" which would tilt me to the 3-side.

Rock operas in general really aren't all that great. Getting a good concept and making sure all the songs stick together? It just doesn't happen. Tommy sucks and don't get me started on Genesis. Yeah, I hate that Lamb. This album is no exception, it has the same problems. There are some good songs on this album, probably enough to make a good single album. BUT, there's a lot of nonsense and overwrought junk too. Dark Side is a great album and Wish You Were Here is a f'n stupendous masterpiece. The Wall, well let's just say it falls flat for me.

Listening session: august 22nd, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: heard two songs before Thoughts: I just don’t care for this album. I’m not a Pink Floyd fan but liked The Dark Side of the Moon better Favourite tracks: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.2 & Is There Anybody Out There?

The well known and popular songs are good. The rest is a little too prog rock for me.

Unpopular opinion but like only 4-5 songs on this album are good, everything else is mid.

I just... don't get Pink Floyd. Maybe I'm not cerebral or cool enough or whatever but these guys just aren't it

I just can’t get into Pink Floyd for whatever reason - I’ve tried and for whatever reason they just don’t do it for me

It has its moments, but it also did slightly too good a job of conveying the apparent tedium of being a rock star. You can shoehorn a lot of self-pity into 80 minutes.

I’ve heard this before and I own it. I have not listened to this album very much and it’s in my collection mostly because my brother in law loaded a bunch of his music on to our itunes during a visit a while ago including every Pink Floyd album, and this is one of my least favorites of theirs. There are some good songs here but not enough to be a double album, and even a full album is a little much. I guess their most accessible songs are on here but a lot of them, like Comfortably Numb, sound like elevator music. Normally I like rock operas but this is pretty pretentious and overwrought and I think this would be better as an EP.

Heard before?:✔️ Will listen again?:❌️

I think this is a mediocre album and they have much better ones!

Not my type

Great album but a hell of a lot of filler. It's a rock opera by the end. Can't say I'm a fan of the fade out... but it's of it's time.

eh. not good. i thought it was supposed to be better. shelved 6/26.

i really like the movie idk why i cant tolerate the album on its own

Really? That's it? I was excited to get into Pink Floyd on this list because I've never listened to their albums. Now, all that excitement is gone. First, they cannot sing. Second, what on Earth are some of these songs? Please explain to me how one can listen to "Don't Leave Me Now" and not physically recoil. The singing is absolutely atrocious. However, like numerous songs on this album, the last quarter or so is excellent with Pink Floyd doing what seems to be the only thing they're good at on this album which is shredding their respective instruments for a few minutes with no lyrics. Then, give me "The Trial." WHAT KIND OF DOODOO FECES GARBAGE IS THIS SONG??? What are we doing???? Why am I suddenly watching a Tim Burton film with a bad Danny Elfman on the beat? Don't get me wrong I love both of them but on a Pink Floyd album?!? I don't care what any Pink Floyd kiss ups try to pull out of their bootyhole to explain how this song actually fits perfectly into the narrative blah blah blah—the song is just plain dumb. Plus there are so many boooooring filler songs. This album is a ripe hour and twenty minutes and the majority of that is just filler of the Floyd boys literally just making noise with no real rhyme or reason. Also, did we really need not one, not two, but THREE parts to "Another Brick in the Wall?" And did we really need to throw in a stupid children's choir in Part 2 on top of it all? Now, I do have to discuss the good parts, which there wasn't much of for me. First, like I already mentioned, when it's just them in the zone cranking out some melodies without any singing, they truly shine. The last quarter of "Comfortably Numb" was amazing. "Hey You" was definitely one of the better songs on the album (though the singing still sucked for a decent portion of it), and the instrumental break in the middle was great and I quite enjoyed the "Another Brick in the Wall" motifs baked in, much more so than the actual three songs themselves. I also did enjoy the artistic, experimental nature with the fade ins and outs between each song and the weird effects like the persistent phone ringing at the end of some songs, dialogue between random people, etc. Just did we really need to drag all of this on for well over an hour with music in-between sometimes that ranges from outright bad to good enough? Considering how much people suck up to this band and album, I am thoroughly disappointed. After this, whenever "The Dark Side of the Moon" comes up on my list, I hope I can just fly around it and come right back to Earth like Artemis II. I'm really torn between a 1 or a 2. I'd say it's like a 1.5/5, but I'll give it 2 stars just because at least there was some decent enough stuff, though few and far between.

4/10 - yep this sounds like a soundtrack to a weird movie

Very disappointing classic rock album with far too much fluff and wasted time, this is eons away from the stylish deep prog rock of 'dark side of the moon'.

The classics stand apart in the album, such as Another Brick in the Wall pt. 1 (Banger), but overall the album is too long and too rock-operatic to be a good standalone. Certainly not my favourite Pink Floyd and certainly not my favourite rock opera. The Thin Ice was also nice! Could be 2.5, but it's not allowed on this website.

Decent outing from pink floyd, the wall is a great song, some other decent bits on here

There are bits I like and bits I genuinely hate. If Wish You Were was Gilmour taking the lead, then this is definitely Waters taking the lead and I’m not sure that is for the best… It is overblown and ridiculous and, like most concept albums, rooted in a theatricality that I don’t appreciate. I am genuinely astonished that this is rated so highly, given how weird, inaccessible and long it is.

Radio edits would go hard. As recorded, no likey

All "classic" rock albums by English rock bands active in the 1960s and/or 1970s get a 2 by default. My dad says that ideally you need to listen to Pink Floyd "at night, stoned, with the lights off, and only candles on" but I am a adult woman with a job so that's unlikely.

Didn't like it as much, not my cup of tea

Not feeling pink floyd...

Another Brick in the Wall is a track to loathe. How dare these middle class privileged bastards use the voices of working class kids to declare We Don't Need No Education. My unfortunate experience of knowing this appalling anthem caused me to very reluctantly press play for 2 hours 35 mins of Pink Floyd. Luckily (I suppose) it was just dull. Although the lyrics of Mother probably don't bare a close listen unless you want to tune in to a 'women are the source of all men's troubles' type of narrative. These Pink Floyd boys have whining poor quality voices too which adds to the thumbs down response.

Sounded like a shouty one

Ett av de Pink Floyd album som jag knappt lyssnat på alls. De är ju bra men jag har lite svårt för väldigt långa låtar helt enkelt

I found this a difficult listen for the most part. There are some good moments but I found myself agitated and kind bored for a lot of it. Found it quite preachy at times as well. Made me just want to listen to Frankie Goes To Hollywood I wonder if I'd like this better if I watched the film Best songs: Is There Anybody Out There? Comfortably Numb (Scissor Sisters cover is better) Another Brick in the wall Pt 1

Another Brick In The Wall is one of the more annoying songs from a musical I don't care about The Wall and I'm never going to care about The Wall. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Maybe Doug Walker was right after all. Incredibly self indulgent, bloated, unrelentingly cynical, some shockingly bad vocal performances, and worst of all - boring. Comfortably Numb is undeniably an incredible track surrounded by angsty high school tumblr posts.

Far too long, far too pretentious, far too boring, far too few memorable actual songs. “Comfortably Numb” is great, there’s a couple other moments that pop up, but then immediately dissipate into mindless self-seriousness. I love almost all rock, but still just don’t “get” Pink Floyd.

I liked some of the songs, but most of them aren't my style.

This album was in heavy rotation with the stoners in the back of the bus during my high school era. Mostly overwrought and ponderous, with a few good licks thrown in, eg Run like hell.

Meh, it had its moments but it was pretty boring for the most part.

Supremely overrated, with a slight story, an unredeemable protagonist and too many songs that barely function as such. In a nutshell: too much Roger Waters. The band member who elsewhere added a welcome counterpoint to the rest of the band’s soaring psychedelic euphoria is fully in control of this record, resulting in a dark and facile would-be-psychological turd. And his singing sucks. Gilmour’s few contributions are the bright spots, but even a classic tune like ‘Comfortably Numb’ suffers from association with this narcissistic, too literal storytelling.

Just an all around unpleasant listen. None of the songs actually feel like songs, and there's no subtlety in anything here. I have no problem with literalism in art, but the lack of nuance on pretty much everything here makes this such a tough listen, like if the most insufferable theater kid you knew in high school tried writing a rock opera. I would hate to meet the person who thinks this is the best Pink Floyd album.

Went in with high expectations and was let down greatly. Found it to be a boring cohesive album.

No es de mi estilo pero hay canciones que me gustaron

ВТОРОЙ ТРЕК И ОПЯТЬ ПЛАЧЬ РЕБЁНКА В 79 НЕ ЗНАЛИ ЧЕМ ЕЩЁ ТРЕКИ РАЗБАВИТЬ СЕРЬЁЗНО? Есть хорошие моменты, но чересчур много каких-то перебивок непонятных и слишком "концептуально". Не моё.

290/1001 Pink Floyd - The Wall Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❎ Overlong, with barely the tunes to match the runtime of the album. Overrated af.

Okay at times, but some of it is truly dreadful. The songs are good, but so much of the album is just people chanting/ speaking in really bad accents

If I grew up in the 60s and was on LSD, then I'd like this. But I didn't, and I'm not, so I don't.

Not much diversity and the style didn’t really suit my music taste. I liked the songs young lust, dont leave me now, hey you, comfortably numb and run like hell.

I hate this album and I hate this band, they're both waaaaay too over rated.

not for me at all

I understand every bit of why this album is as big and popular as it is. Well maybe not every bit but the broad point. It's really just not for me, too much of Waters theatrics that just don't interest me. When it's good it's outstanding but those parts I can attribute more to the band and Gilmour than just Waters doing his thing.

Есть приятные гитарные партии, но в целом для меня это скучно, а концовка оперно-мюзикальная так вообще ужас.

dislike

Couple of good songs. The rest is all a bit weird.

2.5

mother should i build a wall mother should i run for president

Overblown pomposity and conceit in musical format.

Don't like Pink Floyd

I ain't slogging through this. I know there's some good tunes on it but the radio killed them for me.

I genuinely tried to get into this even though I think Pink Floyd kinda sucks. I know that a lot of people like how expansive and epic it is, but a lot of it just felt meandering and overly grandiose and boring to me, particularly in the second half. I had forgotten about 'mother are they going to try and break my balls' though, which is pretty funny when sung in a British accent.

For years I really had a strong dislike of Pink Floyd. I always thought there was too much going on, it was overblown, it lacked quality control. Since I've grown to love Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and others. When this album is good, it's phenomenally good, when it's bad it really scrapes the depths of what I can tolerate. I suspect this album is where our relationship got off on the wrong foot. An album full of hits, but equally full of filler. How can it be full of both at the same time? Because it's too fucking long.

Îi fainut nu-i rău

This is a cool concept I guess but most of the songs fucking suck ass. Pink Floyd has better albums by far. Roger waters is also a Nazi I think kinda

2.5hrs long

bez oceny, nie przesłucham jeszcze raz. to jak przesłuchać płytę z soundtrackiem do Hamiltona i zastanawiać się czy Dua Lipa fajniejsza. może jakbym przesłuchał jak mialem 14 lat żeby jakieś emocjonalne i wspomnieniowe powiązanie mieć z tym to byłoby fajne. tak o to mi się nie podoba. pretensjonalne!!!

Lirycznie świetny, niestety traci dużo bez filmu. Kilka bardzo dobrych utworów a reszta to tło które się rozmywa. Mother, Another Brick in the wall, goodbye blue sky, Comfortably numb, The trial świetne.

i'm going to treat this listening experience as an encounter with a music album, not as a soundtrack to a musical because the latter requires a visual medium for me as well. why are there so many sound effects??? makes it so literal. very generic vocals, which is not necessarily a bad thing. 'don't leave me now' i hated, i get that its supposed to be sad, mournful and desperate but i thought it was cheaply this way. i was so done by pt.3. 'hey you' surprising at first, but i was disappointed with the same theme. 'comfortably numb' is very good, a strong stand alone piece. i have read more about the plot on wiki halfway through the album and it adds to the experience a whole lot but im not sure this is something im looking for. glad to have experienced it though. 'the trial' is so nightmare before christmas coded.

fav songs: another brick in the wall, pt. 2 opera, movie, 30/100

I really wanted to like it

Never really got pink floyd’s appeal. I guess you have to be divorced enough to understand

Yeah, this is one of those albums with mythical status and it has its merits but sounds a bit dated and up itself now. I'd never seek it out and play any of the tracks on it. Wasn't a fan when it came out and nothing has changed since. 'Comfortably Numb' is probably the only stand out track for me.

Doesn't work for me

not my vibe

If you don't beat your meat, you can't have any pussy

The problem with Pink Floyd is that everything they do is so carefully crafted that it’s devoid of feeling (with the exception of the excellent album Wish You Were Here) There’s no passion anywhere in it and that’s fine when you’ve managed to create a masterwork like Dark Side of the Moon but when it’s a politically laced double album??? I’m bored! There are some good songs here. It’s certainly well produced. They’re very good at playing their instruments and arranging their sounds but about a quarter of the way through I’m ready for the next album.

62. very long

Mainly a load of tosh so far.

i like other pink floyd albums quite a lot, but i do not care for this one very much. too bloated, not enough memorable parts for me. fairly disjointed. most songs would cannot stand on their own. please stop playing different parts of the wall. "hey you" is a good tune. so is "comfortably numb."

I will never be able to separate this album from the time it came out and its popularity with my peers. I was 14 at the time and in 9th grade (final year of junior high). It was a miserable time which was in no way helped by being surrounded by emotionally and intellectually underdeveloped people chanting "we don't need no education" while wearing t-shirts saying "Nuke Iran." I feel confident in saying that they would in fact have benefited from education. Of course, it is unfair to judge this album solely through the lens of my peers' selective appropriation of its message. Therefore I have made a list of pros and cons. Pros: - David Gilmour's guitar playing. I am certain that many fans are drawn to this album for his solos and don't particularly care about the half-baked concept. Roger Waters insistence the album is all his because he wrote the (completely pedestrian) songs is laughable. - The record taught me the British meaning of "meat" and "pudding." Cons: - Plodding tempo - Far too long which is a function of using the "concept album" to justify repeatedly hashing the same music (and playing the songs at a tempo that suggests overconsumption of cough syrup) - the failure of the "concept" itself. Compare the record with its contemporaries wrestling with alienation from consumer culture as well as childhood trauma. Waters' take is purely individualistic - while I agree that we all should break the walls that prevent us from emotionally connecting, there should also be an accompanying critique of consumer culture and its role in our collective alienation.

Along with being tedious and pretentious, it's also just plain boring. Naptime for me.

WE DONT NEEED NOO EDUUUCATIONNN

I don’t believe this distribution of ratings. You guys are lying right? Some enjoyable parts but mostly songs I did not want to listen to and a lot of the vocals were just dreadful. I guess this is the album that all the rest of the drunk slop on this list was copying though. Disc 2 was definitely better than disc 1.

Hat immer mal wieder nette Momente. Insgesamt aber langweilig und vieeeeel zu lang.

Pink Floyd sind überbewertet. 2 Sterne für den einen Hit.

TL;DR(?) Meh, not really for me

This is a rare example of an album that I loved when it originally came out, but I’ve cooled on it in recent years. The concept is simple - a monstrously self obsessed rock star who blames everybody else for his problems. He starts with being angry with his father for dying in the war, his mother for being over protective, his school teachers for trying to educate him, his wife for not having much to say to him and even has a go at the “dirty” groupies who want to have sex with him. When all of that becomes too much to bear, he builds a massive wall and becomes a fascist. Is this all starting to sound a little familiar? I mean, Roger Waters is not exactly being subtle here. I could even accept it as an allegory, if it turned out that fabulously wealthy rock star Waters hadn’t literally spat in the face of a fan at a 1977 gig and fantasised about building a wall to separate him from the great unwashed. He also managed to fall out with his band mates on a spectacular level, getting rid of keyboardist Rick Wright, refusing to comp producer Bob Ezrin a ticket for the touring show, before finally quitting the band himself in 1982 and refusing to speak to any of them again. For an epic concept album about an isolated rock star with a tough upbringing who becomes a cult like figure, The Who did it first (and better) with Tommy, as did Bowie with Ziggy Stardust. As much as I like the musicianship of Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright, I just can’t take Waters self-pitying vocals any more - if I want to listen to these songs again I’d happily choose the Scissor Sisters cover of Comfortably Numb or if you can track it down online Luther Wright and the Wrongs countrified version of the whole album.

Niet mijn smaak

Not the biggest fan of concept albums. I struggled to stay with it. Obviously the big song Another brick is a big pull for this album. It's not their best piece of work in my opinion.

I tend to think concept albums aren't strictly the same kind of thing as most of the other albums on here, and need to be listened to differently. This has more in common with a musical or an opera than it does with a rival rock album. And I'm not very interested in any of those things. Added to that, the theme and style put me off. A rich famous rockstar can certainly make interesting music about his personal angst and suffering, but when it's delivered in such an epic, theatrical style, it feels self-absorbed and pretentious to me.

Decent album, weird that they have multiple versions of the same song it tripped me out a bit but I liked some of the songs - young lust was a good one

I've always slightly avoided Pink Floyd and I'm hoping this project will give me a chance to appreciate them more. This wasn't the best start, though. There are a handful of good songs of which Comfortably Numb is comfortably the best, and I love Gilmour's fluid guitar playing, but I found most of this quite turgid.

Not really my style but there were a few that I liked

It's my first time listening to this, therefore a gargantuan album as this is may take a few listens before it clicks. But as of right now, it's just not very good. The cardinal sin a 26-song, 80 minute long album can make is being boring, because then it gets much longer than it already is. I was checked out before the second half of it. It even made Comfortably Numb less enjoyable because of how unenthused I was by that point.

Hard for me to get into. There's so much reverence with pink Floyd that I felt like I wasn't getting it.

the young stoner in me wants to give this a higher rating than I really have the ability to

Whatever man

Even by 1979, it’s clear the news of the revolution hadn’t reached all music fans and accordingly, millions were still happy to lap this up as if punk had never happened. I respect the band for having the balls, 2 years on from Never Mind The Bollocks, to release an 80 minute rock opera. My life as a music fan properly began at a time when it seemed very correct to accept that punk was necessary. As a result, it’s taken a long time for my eclectic tastes to win out over my ingrained bias against the excesses of what rock music had become by the mid 70s. Older and wiser, I am now comfortably able to piss off my teenage self by investigating all manner of prog, fusion and other overblown rock which I can now appreciate without prejudice. I still believe punk was right, but to understand a revolution it’s wise to know your history. Ah how refreshing. I can enjoy all music now…. The thing is, for all the Yes, King Crimson, Weather Report, Genesis etc that’s now allowed in my house, there are a few notable exceptions that remain taboo, personal no-gos that consistently ruffle feathers every time I'm forced to bring them up. They are usually so-called sacred cows and Pink Floyd is a perfect example. This 1001 project will force me to address these face on and this is the 1st example that has come up. To be clear, I am giving this a fair listen. I’m going to be doing that as much as possible while I work my way through this 1001 thing. I’m ok with concept albums too, in fact I wonder why there aren’t more. As the album starts "In The Flesh?” makes me pause for thought. This sounds massive and while I’d never understood why The Flaming Lips tip their hat to the Floyd so often, The Lips are exactly what this is reminding me of. Have I been missing out on a whole double album as good as “In The Flesh?”? Raw guitars doing a gigantic woozy riff and a swirling organ on top of huge drums and a Ziggy style vocal. Right up my street and nothing like the Pink Floy…oh wait….here we go…. An hour later as side 4 begins, I get “In The Flesh” (no question mark) and I realise what I want to be listening to is an album by this Pink character in the story; the song in both forms is representing the main character performing in concert. In the hour between, it’s been largely what I had expected; plodding, morose dullness with “seriously important“ guitar “work” and a concept which, although apparently laboured over considerably in the writing process, seems without a great deal of depth, intrigue or sophistication. The rest of side 4 returns to form and it’s notable that it’s not until the most un-Floyd thing on the album, the musical theatre style “The Trial”, that my ears again ask “oh, what’s going on here?” I've made it all the way to the end and there’s been a few moments along the route that have been ok, but I’ve been mostly bored. Obviously, I will be faced with the prospect of more Pink Floyd as I progress through the 1001 process, and many with much greater reputations than this one. With those, I hope to have my mind changed, even if just a little, but for now, The Wall has failed to do so.

So boring.

I wanted to like this album but I couldn’t get into it

This one was pretty interesting and glad I listened. Just not for me!

Very overrated album and band in general. Every song takes ages to actually start. Brick in the wall pt2 is good for first minute then they just butcher it.

Oh, now I see why people don't like Pink Floyd

what’s wrong with all of you. this is absolutely awful? i think there’s 2-4 songs that i actually could stand listening to. and im not taking any of the ‘ooooo but it’s so progressive for its time blablabla’ BULLSHIT. this is BULLSHIT

i listened to this a while ago and i, frankly, don't wanna listen to it again. didn't like it

yok aga benlik degil daha boyle sey lazim metalik biseyler🤠

Listen, I absolutely love Pink Floyd but this… this aint it. I absolutely love most of their work this one just feels off. I love their Pompeii stuff specifically because it lacks vocals, telling the story with their amazing musical talents. IMaybe it’s cause I did not see the film, but everything about this seems so theatrical to me. While the music is still great, comfortably numb is one of my favorite guitar solo’s of all time, it just lacks that mystery. Not for me I guess, loved some tracks but I vividly remember now why this never was one of my favorite records of theirs. (i HATE ‘the Trial’ it’e whimisical and goofy, that’s not why I listen to them)

Strahota da je ljude ovako lako ubijediti da je neki album spektakularno dobar. Posebno kad je u pitanju ovakav album. 80-minutni a od toga 70 minuta suvišnog zvuka. 3 hajmo reći genijalne pjesme, mada se meni nijedna ne sviđa kako treba, još možda 2-3 koje se mogu nazvati pjesmama, a preostalih dvadesetak skoro-polu-muzikalne kompozicije koje praktično funkcionišu kao prelazni zvuk. I zašto bi se iko patio i slušao to sve radi te 3 pjesme? Ne hvala. Nevjerovatno loš album, za njega je Dark Side remek-djelo a i on je sam baš bezveze.

bloviated bloated self centered

That was so unbelievably long for how boring it was. I wish the rock opera were never invented as a concept, all of the ones that have come up on this list have been insufferably pretentious

Aside from the odd track I’d rather just listen to an actual fucking brick wall

Here's the hill I will die on: Syd Barrett Pink Floyd are amazing, beyond that, Pink Floyd are mostly dull. I've never understood the hype for this album, it's overlong, overblown and overindulgent. Mid-tempo prog wankery with a few decent pop moments. Does nothing for me, sorry.

I had heard the singles on the radio, but I really didn't like classic rock so I never really cared for them.

Man, I do like pink floyd, but this feels pretentious and long even for them. So many forgettable tracks. Only keeping this at a 2 because i'd feel bad having them in my least favorite albums at all.

look. i know this album was influential and ambitious. i get it's high concept and genuinely artful. the process of actually listening to it as music is harrowing.

What a weird album. The most popular songs on it aren't even that good. I've never really listened to a Pink Floyd album in its entirety, and I'm beginning to understand why. 1.5/5.

I cannot think of a more over-rated band that has maintained the same level of hype as long as Pink Floyd. It's just boring stoner rock. I'm tempted to give 1 star because I dislike Pink Floyd that much, but I'll graciously grant 2 stars because "Another Brick in the Wall" isn't complete trash.

Classic one but still not my favorite. Can't be compared with Dark side of the moon or Wish you were here.

First half was ok. Second half, no way.

Nope.

So this is where rock music ends up... a bloated, slow-motion, low-energy, overblown drama about the perils of being a rock star with a post-war childhood. There are moments of beauty on here, but I find it tough to care enough to sift for them. I even admire the ambition and scope - but it's so self-indulgently done. The little interludes and spoken word snippets point to a nervousness about making sure a story comes across, at the expense of making an enjoyable album. On the plus side, revisiting this makes me appreciate some of their earlier albums more - including Wish You Were Here, which is kinda like a more necessary and enjoyable dress rehearsal for the style that drove itself into the Wall. 2*

It’s more like a 2.5 with a handful of songs closer to a 3.5 but it’s not interesting enough to be so damn long.

Mmm…

Well known.

I’ve never seen a rock opera that I liked, and this has not changed my mind. This has some good tracks, but they’re surrounded by novelty songs and depressing dirges. The best song is Comfortably Numb, and was done better by the Scissor Sisters.

pior que eu já gostei mto de pink floyd, especialmente do the wall hj em dia percebi que é chato pra 1 caralho xD

Зайшло інтро альбому, приємно здивувало. Знову ж таки гарні інструменти, але весь альбом написаний на одній основі (we don't need no educaition), де не де чути трохи змінену але повнторювану мелодію. Не погано, але не моя чашка чаю

Noen kule låter, noen veeeldig kule partier. Overall satte jeg nok ikke nok pris på konseptet, og ble bare lei av alle eksplosjoner og radiodramaene. Endte opp med å kjede meg.

First listen. Moments but largely pretty meh.

Comfortably Numb is by far my favourite Pink Floyd song. The guitar solo at the end is one of the truly great solos of all time. As for the rest of the album I don’t really like it. With a couple of exceptions I find it quite boring especially towards the end. Top Track - Comfortably Numb

Meg

I listened to this a long time ago and remembered thinking it had a few perfect tracks with a lot of crappy filler in between. Many years later, I think it has a few perfect tracks and a lot of crappy filler in between. I get that this is meant to be a rock opera film score whatever. Fine. But it doesn't work as an album. The songs that are great are really peerless - Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 2), Hey You, Comfortably Numb. And some second tier gems, Run Like Hell et al. But generally this is the kind of bloated maximalist mediocrity that gives later-70s rock a deservedly bad name. Punk, new wave, someone please kill this. Perhaps it works live, but I have my doubts - decadent nonsense. All the best things people say about Pink Floyd are represented in Dark Side of the Moon. All the worst are here. A twenty minute mix tape of highlights would be four stars, if not five.

I wanted to enjoy it, I truly went into it trying to like it and telling myself I was not just going to write off Pink Floyd because I'm too cool for them, but the overly grandiose art rock opera thing is just not for me anymore fr. Stuff like In the Flesh (both versions though I'm partial to the one with less slurs) resonates with me because it's just so musical and has a very unique feeling to it but the rest just feels like a vehicle to convey a plot that I don't give a FUCK about, and frankly I more or less disagree with the idea of music having a "plot" anyway Fav song: In the Flesh?

Some classics but overall not a very big fan

sunny

I have not been a fan of this album because the local rock station when I was a kid played the following every hour: Ozzie Osborne/maybe Black Sabbath, The Wall, and newest Metallica. I did not like The Wall and thus concluded I didn't like PF. Then I listened to Meddle and started to come out of my hatred for PF. Having now listened to the entire album, I still do not like The Wall. There is better PF out there by miles. There are good songs on here especially Comfortably Numb - pure classic. But double albums mostly are self-indulgent and this one is no different. It's not bad but it's not the greatest either.

The exact opposite of “leave them wanting more”

Sort of get the hype

It felt long. I was bored

I was surprised thst i only knew two tracks on this album, but having now listened to it less so. It’s an overblown overlong album and listening to it was a real slog. I fear like Shakespeare this is something you need to see performed to fully appreciate but i wont be wasting anymore time on this

I don't think I gave it a fair enough run through, as I was pretty rushed, so marking is tricky - if I'd been in a different frame of mind, the score might be higher. As it was, they were altogether too many sound effects slowing things down for my liking, and it's difficult to listen to as a music album when you should really be listening to it as a story. But Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2 is absolutely enough to get it 2 stars.

Really actually didn't like it.

Ergens rond 2010 werd deze show opnieuw opgevoerd. Een collega heeft zich een jaar lang hierop verheugd en ook zeker een jaar lang nagenoten. Hij deelde zijn enthousiasme graag natuurlijk. Dus de cd belandde op mijn pc met het idee dat ik dit regelmatig op zou zetten en hierin op kon gaan. Het resultaat? Na één keer luisteren verdween alles in de digitale prullenbak met uitzondering van de twee hits, die dan wel weer heel sterk zijn. Het album is bejubeld, dus ik kon hem hier verwachten. Ik keek er niet naar uit, maar ik heb wel een moment gezocht om het integraal goed te kunnen beluisteren. Dat ging me lastig af. Het album klinkt in het begin van geen kanten. Gelukkig komt snel de eerste hit. Maar daarna komt al snel valse zang. Het past wellicht bij de emotie, maar ik haak hier echt van af. Als concept-album is het wel weer bijzonder. Het mag iets korter, maar het neemt je best mee op een reis. Uiteindelijk is één sterk nummer per schijfje echt onvoldoende. Nu echt voor de laatste keer dit geluisterd.

not at all a bad album, i just want to make a point about how i think its overrated

Klar ein Klassiker, aber naja.

The overarching mood was quiet and slow, which does not mesh well with me. The parts that were not quiet were not as rowdy and hard as I was hoping for. Hot take, but I do not like Another Brick in the Wall. I did like the seamless transitions between songs. Did not enjoy overall.

Slow Monday at work. Gave album a good listen, first time. Never clicked with Pink Floyd. Always seemed pretentious music/band. Still don't see the appeal.

I'm probably going to get shot for this, but I genuinely don't care for this album. It's overrated, and dreadfully boring. This album is really carried by the guitarwork and nothing else - I never got why people rave about how this is such a great concept album. The story fucking sucks man. I'm tired of acting like it doesn't. Roger Waters thinking he can sing (he can't) gets really jading throughout this thing. I just know Gilmour was cringing throughout the recording of this thing. What I find so funny about this, is that Roger Waters' solo record, "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking", is actually a much better concept album. He switches up his singing style to a more goofy tone, to allow for the fact he's shit at singing, which sounds a lot better. And it's at least not an hour and a half long. Oops. I also got fucking sick of the Brick in the Wall motif splattered carelessly throughout this record. Mate, we get it; it's a concept album, cool, I'm not retarded. Unfortunately, one of the best songs ever (Comfortably Numb) - which features one of the greatest solos of all time - is included on Pink Floyd's worst post-Ummagumma album. Once you get past this song, you're about ready to wrap up, but NO, you have another 20 minutes of this shit. In The Flesh is at least a great song. I spent a lot of time thinking if this was deserving of a 2, especially considering giving a band I generally adore a 2 feels wrong. But keeping consistent to my reviews of "this is too long and shit", and also the fact that the writing is mediocre at best, it's getting a 2. Great guitarwork unfortunately can't save this. tldr; dreadfully long, awfully boring, unfortunately sung by Roger Waters.

I've always felt I should be a Floyd fan, but I think they were tainted by one of my 'dads bands', which equals the kiss of death most of the time on the whole the album is ok, with the big singles, but several duff songs too. It's a tricky 2.

another Brick in the wall pt. 2 is my fav track, not a big fan of the entire album though

2 stars will be my rating for neutral/meh

Other than Part 2 this is a boring album, not much music that stands out to me

They really thought they ate with this one.

Pink Floyd are one of those bands where you hear a lot of hype about them but then wonder why people actually like them. I'm curious to know what it is about this record in particular that people seem to rate it so highly. What am I missing? It was okay in parts but it dragged a lot. That said, I now wanna know if the album with the two heads on the cover is better

2 good tracks.

This fucking album is so painfully boring, it’s unbelievable. Can people stop pretending they listen to this shit?

Langt.. Drænende.. Over hypet.

Hvis man ser bort fra Another Brick In The Wall og Comfortably Numb er det her album én lang ørkenvandring gennem opulent og prætentiøs kedsomhed. Som på andre albums med Den Lyserøde Fløjt’ så manglede der virkelig en voksen i studiet. En der kunne og turde sig NEJ! til Roger Waters. De to førnævnte numre er helt fantastiske numre, men det er bare ikke nok til at opveje at resten af det 81minutter lange album er ca. lige så interessant som at se en dværg skide på en tallerken.

Too long. Another double album that should've been single

Was looking forward to listening to this to finally understand the hype. It's very long so possibly I needed more time with it but I got a bit annoyed by the whiny protagonist. And then he started singing out of tune. Surprised nobody has ever tried to make it into a stage musical

Goes on a bit doesn’t it. There’s the odd good track but it doesn’t grab me like other Floyd does. If anything, I was bored!

In 1977, Roger Waters, the self proclaimed ‘creative genius of Pink Floyd’, was thinking about their next record. Being blessed with such immense musical wizardry; the man who didn’t know how to tune his own bass properly had naturally decided that he, and he alone, should be the leader of Pink Floyd. After taking that position by force, he now only needed an album to prove to the world just how frighteningly talented he really was. Realising that he was approaching the cusp of a new decade, Waters knew he had to push Pink Floyd’s sound along if they were to have any place in the 1980’s. Due to being the ‘creative genius of Pink Floyd’, Waters luckily knew just what had to go; everything that people liked about Pink Floyd. The warm and inviting production, the transfixing vapour like guitar soloing, the nicely sung and mysterious vocals; that could all go. In its place? Constant tuneless droning, courtesy of Waters own pitchy voice, over oppressive and plodding sounding airbrushed instrumentation. Maybe Pink Floyd could occasionally sound like Pink Floyd as a treat, but empty sounding dirges played by people who audibly despised music was the new norm. As well as putting his voice front and centre, Waters also decided that his lyrics should now also be the main focus of the band. Pink Floyd’s lyrics were famously what everyone went to Pink Floyd for, so it’s only right they should now take centre stage. The trouble is what would Waters write about? He’d already given us so much; devising such innovative and original concepts as ‘what if we made political allegories about animals?’ and ‘isn’t money bad?” Where else was there for him to go? If he was to top his previous work, he would have to come up with a concept that was even more adolescent, more solipsistic, more clunky. Fortunately inspiration for Waters finally came. After calling up a fan on stage and then spitting on his face, Waters knew that he had his new concept: ‘what if I expressed how disenfranchised I have become towards my audience by writing a rock opera in which I become a Nazi?” Perfect. Satisfied that this was suitably narcissistic, Waters decided on yet another innovation. Rather than having the album be around 40 minutes in length like all of their previous work, why not have it be 9 hours long? Only then could the album really draaaaaaag. What use is an album in which you don’t loose the will to live multiple times in its first 20 minutes? With his magnum opus both complete and entirely unlistenable, Waters smiled and had a cigar. His life long goal of wanting to the strangle the life out of Pink Floyd had been achieved. He could rest easy. It was just another brick in the wall.

A bit boring.

Maybe pink Floyd just isnt for me. Some good songs, some good enough to want to give 4 stars, but wow a lot of just boring whatever in between

Not for me

Was actually really looking forward tot his, but I kind of hated it. From the lens of 2025, in this instance it was hard to appreciate just how influential this album is, because I already don’t like artist who pull inspiration from this sound.

Too young to have heard Pink Floyd in their heyday, and not exposed through the adults around me as a kid. While I recognized the one famous chorus, and some of 'Comfortably Numb,' this was otherwise largely unfamiliar. It mostly reminded me of Rush. The singer's voice was really bad on some songs. I kind of got that there was some epic story being told (a la Rush), but that mostly brought to mind that bad Bee Gees album about the fictional sunken ship when the military flourishes kicked in.

i try to go into every album with an open mind, but this is a real tough one for me. of course i know some of these tracks from their extensive play on classic rock radio, but the album in its entirety is new to me. i've liked other pink floyd i've gotten in this project despite for most of my life thinking i hated them so i was cautiously optimistic. that was until i realized i think the reason i was convinced i hated pink floyd is because of the tracks here that get play on the radio ('another brick in the wall pt. 2', 'mother', 'comfortably numb'), which i still am not fond of. the rest of the album is of varying quality, some decent, some really questionably bad, but still nothing i am really fond of or interested in at all. roger waters' songwriting is always a bit hit or miss for me (i find his singsong-y melodies to be a bit annoying and eye-roll-worthy a lot of the time) and the production here is really flat and uninteresting. the instrumentation here is in service of the plot of the concept album, but doesn't give me a lot there either. and the plot... it's pretty whiny and self-serving. if you don't wanna be a rock star, you can just go live on a farm or something. boo hoo. and the worst sin of all, quite frankly, it's long and boring. i don't know what people see in this one. guess it's just not my thing.

1.5 rounded up ughhhhhhh highlights: in the flesh?, young lust, nobody home, comfortably numb (mar 19 2026)

TIL that “operatic” is not what I want my music to be.

This was fine, but I don’t understand the hype. I ended the album fell rather underwhelmed by it all together.

listened

Another Pink Floyd album that I think over the years it boasted that it is a masterpiece... I disagree, i think it is way too overrated. Sure the story is okay, but as for the songs its meh... could have been a single disc

Pink Floyd has always escaped my interest. Sure, there's a song or two I like based on years and years of air play on classic rock stations. However, I just don't like their sound.

maybe doug had a point 4/10

Objectively a decent album but I hate it.

If this were a shorter album, it would be on the same shelf as Wish You Were Here. But then it wouldn’t be a portentous (ponderous) statement of intent, would it?

I always thought this album was tacky. High school stoner kid becomes infatuated with theatre and pink floyd type shit

A lot of songs with small duration. I can see that they are talented, but not my cup of tea. The album is too dark and for emotionally unavailable people. Love the guitar sounds.

Do I have to?

There should be a law against concept albums.

One great hit , the rest was rather dull

**an ok album

Do I have to? Comfortably Numb is fine I guess. Depressing in a kind of and exploitative way. Too long, too self-centered, inauthentic intensity. Unpopular opinion as a big Floyd fan. The Wall is another big seller, Advice: don't take acid and see the movie in the theater. I WOULD NEVER do something like that, but I have heard it's a bad idea.

It’s a fine record. Take away the pretense and it’s perfectly fine. But it thinks it’s smart and that makes it annoying.

Three good songs, the rest I hated.

Klassikkokappaleita varmasti, mutta ei omaan musiikkimakuun.

It’s really all about the songs, isn’t it? And even if the musicianship, story and føow of the album is really good, not many songs catch my attention. Hey You and Comfortably Numb being the honorable exception ,along with the slightly better than decent couplet Mother/Goodbye Blue Sky. 4 songs do not a good double album make. Honestly, it was a chore to sit through, and I did it twice!

Looking through my album history I noticed that last week I missed Vol 4 by Black Sabbath so I listened to that instead. Vol 4 : 5 stars, sabbath helped create so many genres of music The Wall: 2 stars, classic rock station classics.

There’s only one scent song and it’s on there 3 times. Too long, too overblown, and you can tell how clever they thought they were. It was bollocks and I hated it.

Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 is probably my least favorite song of all time, so all things considered, it's not that bad of an album. But the full package just hasn't convinced me yet

classics, but not for me

Like a lot of albums I've reviewed, I _get it_ but it's just not for me. Meddle and DSOTM are still Floyd at their peak

Was mostly vibing with this and thought a couple early songs were quite good but then I really turned on this on disc 2. Found the latter half quite frustrating.

2+ Stars. (6/15)

Interminable, ponderous prog rock operas are not my jam.

Not my jam

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

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

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

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.

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’.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

probably one of their worst records imo

I didn’t get it

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

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

Not really my favorite band, but I have to respect their cultural influence. There's definitely a few good ones on here

This is the last Pink Floyd album I bought and for me really marked the beginning of the end for them as a band. I bought it at release and liked it, but with passage of time I came to think it's pretty dull stuff with continued navel gazing about pressures of upbringing and success. Not something I listen to very often.

It's an impressive conceit. There are good instances of musicianship and some good hooks. But it's way too long and way too full of itself. Sounds like hippies coming down after the euphoria wore off. A lot of angst and rebellion over very little. Still worth a listen and, as I said, an impressive feat. Just all sounds a bit bloated and old farty.

The not goodest Pink Floyd album. I'm still not sure which one is Pink?

Difficult one to review objectively, I loved this when I was 14, thought it was important somehow, listening again after a very long time and after RW’s decent into stupidity it’s very hard to like, lots of musical theatre elements and some plain nastiness

I'm not a Pink Floyd fan, but I guess this album has 2 ok tracks, Comfortably Numb, and Brick in The Wall Part 2. So that's as good as this review gets... and for me the album is only worth a 2.

Not my favorite Pink Floyd album

Not for me

Gar nicht mein Ding. Viel zu viel. Musik für Musiker.

I mean it is the wall, I've heard it 1000 times. Still great to listen to but there is a lot of filler.

i was hoping to be pleasantly surprised but this, but i was not. i don't feel that this needed or benefitted from being a double album. "comfortably numb" is the high point.

Not a fan of double albums or concept albums so it was uphill going for me. Felt bloated. There were some good songs on here but it felt like it was taking too long to get there. Not for me but I can understand why some would love it

This 70s prog rock ain't for me 2.5/5

Watched the movie which was pretty trippy

By rights I should love Pink Floyd as I am partial to a good bit of prog But they always leave me cold and this was no exception Not sure I can really put my finger on why

I found this a real chore

Very, very hard to rate for me. My teenage self listened too much to this, and I cant bare it now. It evokes a sullen chill - rock opera for angsty teen boys. So very original and important seeming, once... But ever since I have found it so very gloomy. Not their best album.

Once you realize it’s a rock opera, and the story it’s trying to tell, the album makes more sense. The standout song IMO is Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2. Although an interesting listen, don’t think I’d want to listen to the album again.

Fuck Pink Floyd for making this, fuck the book for including it, and fuck you all for thinking it's great just because you think you should think it's great. It's too long, its disjointed, it's pretentious, it has no vibe, even the hits aren't as good as I thought they were. From what I've heard, Rock Opera = overly converluted, hard to listen to, stupidly long album that I bunch of 50 and 60 year olds think is amazing because it blew their minds when they were teenagers.

very long.

One of the most overrated albums of all time. This one particularly annoys me as it totally blew apart the run they were on, with the three preceding it being three of the best album of all time. Waters' rock opera nonsense killed what was amazing about the band. Gilmour saved it a bit with Division Bell, but other than that this album marks the death of Pink Floyd. Few good songs that save it, but so much dross it's unreal.

I realize that this is considered a classic album, it doesn’t do it for me. The musicality was a strong, but the overall repetitive drabness really pulls it down for me. Lots of experimental moments (maybe too many?!?) High 2. note: I understand the drabness and melancholy are the point of the album, and they do it well. Point taken. Not good enough for a re-listen for me.

Maybe I'm weary with this being the third double or triple album in three days, but I wasn't expecting this to be such a slog to get through. Perhaps it requires an elaborate theatrical stage show to make it engaging? The concept of the album is a rock singer feeling isolated and abandoned, but it a requires an active listen to discern. It did all seem a bit self indulgent, too. Boo hoo, poor rock singer. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 Date listened: 07/11/23

A work of genius I don't want to ever listen to again

I just don't get it, man, low tier brit stoner rock. Something that if appreciated in the context of its time is an impressive feat, but is not enjoyable now. Hoping dark side of the moon is better.

Un espectacular disco conceptual que redefinió la forma de componer piezas psicodélicas sólidas como un ladrillo (que fue agregado a una gran muralla). Aún así, y tras escuchar diferentes trabajos de la lista, cabe apuntar que este LP si envejeció, encerrándose bastante en la aliteración y la prolongación de solos de guitarra, los cuales pueden escucharse un poco "aburridos".

This is an awesome concept album and reading about its background was also very interesting. Still, I’m treating this project how I SUBJECTIVELY enjoy the music (vs. an objective rating on the quality of the album…). From that lens, I didn't quite enjoy this album, but I'm also not a huge fan of psych. rock. I hope no one takes offence by this low rating, but it might also more accurately reflect how these albums score in contemporary times, an interesting comparison in and of itself. (Possibly I would have enjoyed this type of music more had I been alive back then.) I love the easter egg how there's a subtle sentence at the end of the album that loops back to the first track: "Isn't this where we came in" A bit haunting even, reminded me of Danielewski's 'House of Leaves'.

DNF. officially coming out as a britphobe

Bloated

I really enjoy Dark Side of the Moon and Animals. This album is overblown, too long, and boring. I couldn't finish it. Some of the songs are good, but the whole thing is too long

Mixed bag, some good songs some bad

Let me just say that this is an iconic album and its influence cannot be overstated blabla. Having said that, I absolutely hate it. Anything that follows is a strictly personal flow of negative thoughts and emotions this thing has awaken in me. First, Roger Waters is a horrible human being - a genocide-denying piece of shit. Fuck you, Roger. Second, his singing is ridiculous. It sometimes even gets hilarious - when he yells and cries he sounds like an angry old man (which he has become in the end). It's particularly strong on these slower acoustic songs. It completely destroys the vibe and makes me laugh and I can't focus on the MEANING. Third, the story is not that great as everyone seems to believe. It reeks of graphomania. Something an angsty teenager might have thought to himself under a shower and thought he's the only one in the world to have ever thought that. Fits Roger's persona perfectly though, so there is consistency. Fourth, it's so damn long and most of the songs do not really add that much. Lastly - I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the music (when Roger was not there). David Gilmour is a god among guitar players, Wright and Mason add amazing value to the musical layers on the album. Based on that - I cannot give it a 1, that would be crazy. 2 it is then (f you Roger)

This one is confusing, I felt like I almost liked it several times but never actually liked it. Also, sounds nothing like The Dark Side Of The Moon, the wall is real

idk it was just too long and had too many songs that werent really music

I just don’t really dig this band. 2/5

I hate the low volume talks befor and after the song

not for me