The Wall

Hadn’t listened to this full album in a number of years. Loved it, brought back memories of high school sitting in the basement listening. Obviously one of Pink Floyd’s greatest, guitar work is superb themes of war and darkness throughout.

Masterpiece!

Weird that Pink Floyd made an album based off of a nostalgia critic review. But still, a very interesting album overall.

Such a seminal album, this was my first full listen to it and its an amazing concept that really hits hard. The overarching story throughout takes you on a the titular "Pink's" journey that was likely similar for many post WWII children, from their experiences then moving onto adulthood an the trials, tribulations and insecurities that come with growing up and being a part of a post war world. Best: Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 Worst: Waiting for the Worms

Discazo con mayúsculas de un disco con canciones épicas, rock suave con grandes instrumentaciones, gran ambiente y muy agradable de escuchar. Imperdurable en el tiempo

This one was already special to me. It's been on my list to watch the movie again, listening to the album only made me more excited about that. (:

An epic undertaking and David Gilmour is a master guitarist. Standouts include: Another Brick in the Wall, Mother, Young Lust, One of my Turns, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, and Waiting for the Worms. I might be getting loose with the 5 star ratings, but an ambitious project like this with so many infectious songs is worthy, I think.

I finally listened to this whole thing. And while it's hard to judge it without the movie, I'm not not that into it. I hear the few awesome songs, but otherwise it's a tough concept album to listen to all in one go. I'm not inclined to listen to it again.

As a piece of art, the movie & album are just perfect. But as an album, standing alone, I have to admit it gets just a little long after Comfortably Numb without a story to drive it. There's nothing else I could write about this that hasn't been done better!

Pink Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands, but I have not listened to the Wall in 30 years or more. The Wall is a mixed bag for me. Roger Waters gets a little creepy at times, but this album also displays the combination of Gillmore and Waters at their best, and just prior to the falling apart of the classice Pink Floyd lineup. Their is a combination of soothing and terror ("Goodbye Blue Sky"), entrancing guitar solos and odd sound effects, haunting and horror ("Hey You"). This album is solid on vocals from both leads (Gillmore and Waters), Gillmore's guitar solos, and previews Gillmore's lead once Waters has moved on. My favorite song is "Comfortably Numb" on which all of the band members make recognizable contributions. There is some darkness to this album that keeps me from coming back regularly, but it was good to be reminded that I do love several of the tracks ("Comfortably Numb", "Hey You", "Run Like Hell").

"Isn't this where we came in?" I have been listening to this album for almost 40 years. My feelings for it have evolved as I have. Learning things about the album and the band as I have read more and more. Pink Floyd is not my favorite band, but they are definitely one I can always turn to and listen to for a good 60 minutes or so. There is so much in the Wall that is similar to a lot of double albums. Somewhere in the middle, things start to meander a little ("Nobody Home" / "Vera". They're good songs, but still....) and then "Comfortably Numb" just floors you. Man, does it floor you. This album could not be made today. ("In The Flesh," anyone?). And the movie... yikes. I like Animals more, but still, how could I not give this 5 stars?

I have spent my entire music-aware life (so say from about age 11) claiming I do not like Pink Floyd. I have never listened to them except for singles on the radio, if I didn't change the station. I know most of their popular songs, but Another Brick Pt 2 was about the only one I would ever listen to. My cousin was a huge fan and after his untimely death and the playing of Wish You Were Here at his funeral I softened a bit on Floyd. But I still never listened to them. That was a mistake. Still, it made for a wonderful surprise with this list. What a phenomenal album - beautiful composition. I'd give it a 6 (turn it up to 11) if I could. Side one alone was a masterpiece. I think I like Another Brick Pt 1 better than Pt 2 - more raw, edgier, no added synth or disco beats, you really notice the bass line and the guitar. I also really enjoyed the transition to Side two from Mother (Bowie-esque) to Goodbye Blue Sky and Empty Spaces, although Side two dipped a little after Young Lust. Side three was mostly excellent - the instrumentation across all the songs is really impressive. 20 years ago I probably would have begrudgingly admitted I didn't mind Hey You or Comfortably Numb but now that I have a broader music perspective they are two incredible songs, especially the latter. Side four might be the weakest if you listen to it on its own, but listening to it after listening to the rest, it is a fantastic close to the album. It also has some of the best lyrics - In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, and Waiting for the Worms are frightening when you consider that some people aren't laying it on thick for fictional purposes like Floyd but actually think that way. All in all, this is what a rock opera should sound like. It is THE rock opera. I guess I should go listen to the rest of their catalog...or wait for more pleasant surprises when their next album shows up on this list.

Oh man, I forgot just how amazing this album is. There's so much depth here that it would take dozens of listens to take it all in. For starters there's a hidden message at the beginning of "Goodbye Blue Skies" that you can only hear by playing that portion of the track backwards. I still always get a kick out of the "oopmf" that's in the background after the lyric: "There were certain teachers who would hurt the children in any way they could." It's been about 5 years since I put on this album. Even a masterpiece can get overplayed and I certainly played this at least 50 times previously. After revisiting it for this review, I regret waiting so long. Animals is my favorite Floyd album, (shame on the 1001 list-maker for not putting Floyd's best and deepest album on there) but this album is still great in a different way. I think while Animals felt more like Floyd was still a "band" in the sense that everyone contributed to the decision making process, The Wall feels like a Waters album with the rest of the band as the guest musicians. That being said, it has some of Gilmour's best solos on it.

Pink Floyd was the first band I was ever obsessive about. I collected all their albums (on vinyl). I obsessed over their lyrics. I had music books for piano and would play the Wall (poorly) all the way through. Nobody Home was my favorite to play on piano. The classical guitar part at the end of Is There Anybody Out There? was the first fingerstyle song I could play entirely through on guitar. I drew bricks all over my school notebooks. I would write "Pink Floyd The Wall" in Gerald Scarfe's writing style. I had patches for the Wall and Dark Side of the Moon on my band jacket. I watched the movie of The Wall more times than I can count. I watched Roger Waters perform the Wall Live in Berlin when it was broadcast live in 1990 and, in 2010 I saw Roger Waters perform the Wall in its entirety, a concert I still consider one of the best I've ever seen. So, needless to say, this is an obvious 5 for me. That said, my view of it has changed with age. For one thing, the recording quality leaves a lot to be desired. It's very dated, much more so than albums like Dark Side of the Moon or Animals. Waters later referred to the drums as sounding "boxy" and I would tend to agree. The album lacks a certain expansiveness in its sound. Also, it's a pretty dark album and not one that I casually listen to much anymore. Not that I don't listen to dark albums as an adult...perhaps I simply had my fill of The Wall as a teenager (although I've certainly listened to it plenty of times as an adult, also). But I still view it as an absolute masterpiece. So many favorite moments: Comfortably Numb remains one of my all time favorite songs, with of course one of the greatest guitar solos of all time. To me, Another Brick in the Wall Part II always has to include Part I and The Happiest Days of Our Lives. In my head I like to replace Empty Spaces with the movie version "What Shall We Do Now?" (speaking of tracks only in the movie - When the Tigers Broke Free is a very powerful track. I like that they later included it on reissues of the Final Cut, where it probably belongs). Hey You makes me stop and listen whenever I hear it. In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, and Waiting for the Worms may be fascism in musical form, but all three are amazing. The Trial brings the story to an over-the-top theatrical close followed by Outside the Wall which brings us full circle back to the beginning. On CD I'd often just let it loop right back to the start, creating a never ending album. I know The Wall isn't for everybody (although 30 million copies sold suggests it's for a lot of people), but it will always be an absolute classic to me.

5/5 what can be said about this album...just brilliant

Already listened to it

- this is really great album, both for listening and having it just for background music - great as concept album, great also as solo songs - relevant lyrics - amazing melodies

Loved this as a teenager and the shows were fantastic. It's still good, with some notable highlights, but it's more nostalgic than a must have now.

Supongo que con justa razón es un disco histórico, pero nunca pude enganchar con ellos. Este disco doble me aburre, aunque hay un par de canciones que reconozco, no es algo que buscaría activamente.

It's The Wall. It has Comfortably Numb on it. Pompous, navel gazing, proggy nonsense....also utterly glorious from start to finish

So I needed to give this a little time to settle before evaluating it, because I'm not a Pink Floyd fan, but I did enjoy some of this. It goes on for far too fucking long but when it gets it right it does so spectacularly, and it has my favourite PF song by miles in Comfortably Numb. That and ABITWP2 get it to a 3 by default, I don't think it gets above that but it's definitely a really interesting album to listen to and worthy of a place on the list. I might not be a big fan but I can understand what they were getting at.

I am a huge Pink Floyd fan, so this is totally biased, but this is an incredible piece of music. We've had some prog rock on our list already, which was average at best, but this showcases what you can do with the genre. That being said, it's still probably only my third favourite Pink Floyd album  It's not as iconic a sound or as tightly crafted as Dark Side of The Moon, but it tells this wonderful story that is comprehensible and relatable (two things which prog rock normally struggles with), and has this amazing haunting sound throughout. It flows perfectly between tracks, managing to switch the mood several times without it feeling jarring; it's clearly one piece of work rather than an assortment of tracks. And it does singles way better than almost any prog rock (Dark Side of The Moon included) album I've heard. Another Brick In The Wall, Run Like Hell, and Hey You are all brilliant standalone songs that you can take out of this.

3.5/5 Some tracks I absolutely love on this album and many I can pass on. Can’t wait to watch the film again now.

On release 11-30-79 five stars. Longevity four stars

5/5. Absolute perfection.

Tour de force production, scorching yet melodic guitar lines and memorable songs. Utterly brilliant. I haven't played this whole album at a single sitting for over 30 years, but it was a joy - and it's improved with age.

I've been spending the last few days listening to other albums and trying to conjure up kind words and trying to like songs I'll never listen to again. Then this pops up. If you don't like it then I'll not change your opinion but if like me it transcends everyday entertainment for you and becomes a cultural icon then you'll understand. Maybe like other stand outs (eg: Chuck Berry, Sgt Pepper, Woodstock etc) you needed to be there to fully appreciate it? I don't know. Listening to it again (twice) it strikes me that I find it difficult to separate the film and subsequent Berlin concert etc and Roger Waters huge ego with the actual initial album. It gels really well although like other 'Rock Operas' there are transition tracks inbetween the big hits. All in all it has to be 5/5 for what it is and what it has become.

Isn't this where we came in?

Classic

The way The wall Started, I tought it was going to be a 6/5. And guess what? It was! The first four tracks were great! all the other parts of brick in a wall were quite amazing. There's other pieces that stand out less, but the finish on In The Flesh was honestly great. But while listening, see, Spotify must have activated the shuffler by accident. First there was Mother, which in itself was a great song, interesting lirycally and musically, but obviously from some other ablum. And that other album, it was really solid too - great mood pieces, Mother and Goodbye Blue Sky were incredible, and the Trial was great as well, a great conclusion to the first album's Wall narrative, to the point I might have tought it belonged there had I not heard these obviously wildly diffrent tunes mixed in! So all in all, Both The Wall and The Other One are great, fantastic even - but together, I'm afraid, they are less that the sum of their parts. The energy and tempo of the first gets often ground to a halt by the second in a jarring way, and the mood and sombre tone and messaging of the second gets muddled by the higher energy, more "rock" pieces of the first - and I have to say, the combined lenght bringing the runtime to an hour twenty did not play it any favours either. And if we had a bridge between the two, if they were arranged better or in a discernable pattern, or maybe had I listened to it on vinyl, in four parts, with natural breaks between, my feelings would have been diffrent. But as it stants, this is the most unfortunate 4/5 I've given so far - it's not "so close it was almost there", it's "went there, then went back to do it again, got there again, but insisted on treating the two runs as a whole thus losing out in the end." Highlights: Goodbye Blue Sky, Mother and every Another Brick.

Hardest rating for me so far. Depending on the time I try to do it I wanted to give it a 3 or 5. On the one hand it's miles ahead most of the albums in history - the richness of sounds, the epic scale, conceptuality are top-notch. On the other - The Wall feels like Roger Waters wanted to squeeze in everything and packed too much. The album is lengthy, almost 1,5 hours long, and I found it hard to fully digest while staying focused. Also, frequent style changes didn't help the album to establish it's character. For me it's one of the greatest music albums, but definitely not my favourite one of Pink Floyd, and this n-th listen didn't change this opinion.

Przy ocenie tego albumu ciężko nie być stronniczym - do Pink Floyd mało kto podchodzi obojętnie i raczej każdy miał o nich wcześniej wyrobioną jakąś opinię. Jak najbardziej subiektywnie, The Wall jest tym, czym powinien być pełnoprawny album muzyczny - nie jest to tylko zbiór utworów, a połączona ze sobą różnymi zabiegami muzycznymi, lirycznymi i narracją całość i jako całość trzeba tą operę rockową traktować. Żałuję, że jest to album tak długi i nie starczyło mi czasu, na kilkukrotne odsłuchanie chociaż niektórych fragmentów, niemniej ten jeden raz był dla mnie czystą przyjemnością i zespół oczarował mnie na 1.5 godziny i ani przez moment nie miałem okazji muzyki przewijać, a znając tę płytę wcześniej i tak byłem w stanie odnaleźć mnóstwo motywów, które przewijały się nie tylko przez ten album, ale także w całej ich twórczości. No i właśnie, stronniczość - zespół bardzo lubię, przez co jestem też świadomy co najmniej trzech, moim zdaniem trochę lepszych albumów, które jeszcze będą nas czekać w tym challenge'u. Jest to jednak moja ocena i jeśli ktoś się z nią nie będzie zgadzał, to będę to ja przy "The Dark Side Of The Moon".

Ten album idealnie uderza w mój czuły punkt, czyli album który nie jest zbiorem akurat napisanych i jako tako powiązanych ze sobą utworów, lecz prowadzi nas przez historię życia z początkiem środkiem i końcem. Tutaj pojawia się też jego wada, albowiem uważam że gra on jak tanie słuchawki mocną V-ką. Początek i zakończenie są wybitne, jednak z racji prawie 1.5 godzinnego czasu trwania środek wydaje się zbyt rozciągnięty, a zmieniający się wtedy styl na bardziej spokojny i melodramatyczny nie ułatwia dobrego skupienia się. Powtarzające się motywy zarówno liryczne jak i muzyczne pozwalają ugruntować piosenkę i wymuszają na odbiorcy spojrzenie na problem z innej strony. Gdyby rozważać go jako zbiór piosenek na pewno znajdziemy lepsze krążki, jednak jako album koncepcyjny, rockowa opera, teatr muzyczny jest to jeden z najlepszych, definiujących daną epokę przedstawień. Dla osób mających problemy z koncentracją polecam zamiast albumu obejrzeć film, który jest jego wizualizacją.

Pink Floydzi to zespół, który według wszystkich znaków na niebie i ziemi powinienem lubić. Jednak mimo kilkukrotnych podejść nigdy polubienie ich mi się nie udawało. Odsłuchanie tego albumu w całości mega mnie zaskoczyło - porcja naprawdę solidnej muzyki, świetna produkcja, kocham concept albumy i koncept tego albumu. Nie jest to jednak wciąż w 100% moja bajka i może nigdy nie będzie. Nie wiem z czego to wynika. Może dokonywane w ostatnich latach próby zderzania się z muzyką, której nie cierpiałem zwykle jeszcze bardziej niż Floydów jakoś te horyzonta poszerzyły? Nie uprzedzam faktów. Zobaczymy jak Dark Side of the Moon. Ale wystawiam uczciwą czwórkę, nawet 4.5 jeśli by można było.

I can't help but feel that Roger Waters going to therapy would've been a lot cheaper (and less traumatic for the rest of the band and Bob Ezrin), but they needed a new album to help stave off bankruptcy after some bad financial decisions... so we got therapy on record instead. Finally moving from mere concept albums into proper rock opera, Waters is sometimes more strained as a vocalist than I remember him being, but the end result somehow (mostly) disguises the difficulty of the production and the cracks in the band. Nothing if not overcooked, but Gilmour's guitar work on "Comfortably Numb" just about excuses the album's oddities and flaws. Also, frankly, "Another Brick pt. 2" is one of the earliest songs I can remember hearing around the time it came out (I recall my brother having the single), so I always have a certain affection for it because of that.

Bien pero no muy fan del genero

oh boy, if you don't know this album than clearly your living under a rock. No one in my life is a heavy Pink Floyd fan but I remember hearing this album on repeat a lot growing up.

5 étoiles net et sans bavure. Incroyable album avec Another brick in the wall ( ces 12 versions) The happiest days of our lives Comfortably Numb Mother Young Lust Dommage que ce soit des grosses merdes, mais bon je dois rester neutre et objectif

All-time great

Mijn vader had de LP hiervan en hij legde me uit dat we allemaal een steentje waren in die muur. Onbegrijpelijke uitleg voor een kind van nog geen 10, maar toch had het iets magisch, maar muzikaal is het allemaal te moeilijk om er echt van te genieten.

Classic, no doubt. Maar over de gehele linie toch wat te langdradig. Hey You en Comfortably Numb zijn wel echte hoogtepunten.

Aantal erg mooie nummers maar allemaal wel iets teveel van het goede.

Typische plaat. Zwaar theatraal afgewisseld met zeer ingetogen.

I’m sure it’s great. Just not my bag.

One of those "change the station" artists for me. Don't get the appeal, can't fucking stand them.

One of my faves

Tailed off towards the end but strong overall.

Far more complex than I ever gave it credit for. What a journey!

If it were the movie, probably a 4, but as a soundtrack there's a lot of random filler going on

Un classique, que j’ai tellement ecoute je connais toutes les chansons par coeur. 5

The downward slope after Dark Side Of The Moon was steep. Indulgent and inappropriate, I fail to see how anyone could identify with this album. Definitely not worth the time.

...where we came in? One man's self imposed breakdown pushed upon us. It must be terrible being a multimillionaire rockstar. At least there are great tunes accompanying this double album moan. Isn't this... Best Tracks: Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2; Mother; Comfortably Numb

I have complicated feelings about this album: I think this is the start of Pink Floyds decline, as Roger starts putting all the bands effort in narrative and story, sacrificing the creative extended instrumental passages of their previous work. Its still a fantastic album though, but it dosen't have what I love from Pink Floyd.

Time to scale The Wall, I guess. To break this album up into tracks is almost a disservice. The story is so well told, a perfect marriage of lyrics and music. The orchestration allows for the lyrics to be clear as day and all of the associated background, atmospherics only furthers the narrative. Mother is the most disturbing rock song. The perfect concept album against which every single one after will be compared to.

Best Floyd album. All the pyrotechnics, except this to me, serving a narrative that is, basically, all rock stars are narcissistic closet Nazis. Which is probably pretty close to the truth. It's a double album, but it actually goes by at a pleasing speed. Tonally it's very bleak, but still finds space for some tight pop songs. And it is more prog pop than prog rock. Solos are kept tight, the instrumentation fits the themes rather than prolonging a single thought. Roger Waters is clearly a massive misanthrope, but it feels good here!

Is it enough to simply point out this is, by far, the reference when it comes to thematic, story conveying, music? Or should I point out that, in the field of personal achievement, this is probably the album most responsible for the shaping of my political views? Lyrics don't come more packed than The Wall's. "Probably" worth mentioning The Wall is filled with excellent music from a band at the peak of its maturity (as its implosion, while recording the album, suggests). From Another Brick in the Wall to Comfortably Numb, The Wall has its share of signature pieces; and tracks such as The Trial indicate there are no limits to the band's creativity. I would argue that, in more ways than one, The Wall was THE album that defined the generation that grew during the eighties.

This album is like the Mona Lisa: maybe it's an incredible technical and artistic masterpiece, but it's also a little too ugly for me to want to hang in my living room.

Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?

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

There hasn't been an album I wanted to like a lot more than I actually did. I'll give it another shot one day but this was a days long trudge for me.

Pink Floyd finished off the 70’s with their biggest hit. The paranoia surrounding Roger Waters comes spilling out in this concept album of a tortured rock star. Tons of big hits spread throughout, Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, Is There Anybody Out There. Fantastic!

A huge testament to the true genius of these guys but not my favorite Pink Floyd album. Gilmour's guitar playing is always timed and toned perfectly, the art of restraint. Waters' has to be brilliant to have come up with this story and put it all together but he still seems like a total asshole. Gilmour is class all the way.

So much more than just "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"

This is such an iconic album, that it's hard to find something to say about it that hasn't been said before. Curiously, this is also, by no means, Pink Floyd's best album - or maybe not even one in the top 5. But it's still a great double album, one that has become relevant again and deserves a new listen, because of it's anti-war and anti-fascist vibe, while still dealing with feelings of abandonmant, isolation, depression and the loss of sanity (a common subject for the band). The problem is that it can be very pretentious and megalomaniac, especially on the Roger Waters side - which makes up for 75% of the album. But it's still a good and well produced albums, with amazing lyrics and great narratives in song form, like in "Mother", "Goodbye Cruel World", "Hey You" and, most of all, "Comfortably Numb".

Side one might be one of the best single sides in music history. With the exception of Mother which is just a real quick downward mood swing. Which is still a really good song just fits strangely in the order. Side two leaves a little more to be desired musically following that first side. But it is still a fantastic musical journey. And when you factor in the plot narrative of it as well it is just fantastic character development. Side three is a bit strange and depressing which from a regular album standpoint is weird because it also contains two of the best songs ever written. But for the narrative of the rock opera it is fitting. Side four really begins to feel like I expect a rock opera rather than just a regular album. Which is also still very fitting to the narrative as its where Pink's "show" actually occurs. And to end it a peaceful resolution to the story that loops back into the top of the album. Just rating this as a top to bottom album it is a great album but probably like a 3.5 or a 4. It flows weirdly and has a lot of strange mood swings. Rating this as the beautiful work of art that it is and the fantastic narrative story it is certainly a 5. It's influence on the music industry is and will likely always be lasting. It has three of their greatest songs which are just flat out three of the greatest songs of all time. I'm happy that this is my first 5 that I've given. I'm only on album 17 but I am surprised it took this long to get a 5.

Another Brick in the wall pt2 is a banger

10/10. this album is so important to me.

10/10. One of my favorite albums of all time. When I was feeling like shit as a teenager, there was nothing like listening to The Wall in all of its angsty glory.

Wanna take a bath? 10/10

This album is and always will be one of the first 5 albums I add on any device I have. The flow through depression, isolation, ensuing insanity, cumulating in attempting to overcome all of it makes for an album that hits harder than you'd think. Full of wonderful songs, but this album brought concept albums to light for me, and will always retain that place for me

It's epic, huge, and awesome.

Genre: Art Rock 5/5 Let me preface with this: I am not a fan of Pink Floyd. In my quest to listen to as much prog rock as possible, I blazed through their entire discography not very long ago, and I was rather disappointed with nearly everything I listened to. However, The Dark Side of the Moon is an unabashed classic, transcending genre, and is one of the all time greats. But this, in my opinion, is Pink Floyd's best album, and one of my all time favorites. The Wall is a tight knit, pop/art-rock opera, focusing more on storytelling in short bursts of musical energy, rather than spending their time indulging in prog epics. It features some of their biggest songs ever. Another Brick in the Wall, Hey You, *and* Comfortably Numb, all genuine classics, are all present here. Roger Waters takes over nearly all songwriting, and it's all really tremendously done. Whichever soundscape he seems to choose here, heavy and drudging, light and sweet, or cold and depressing, Waters hits the mark every time. They nearly go full Boston here. Young Lust sounds like a Tom Scholz ripoff (in a good way). Goodbye Blue Sky does the CSN sound to perfection here as well. Sitting beside Tommy and Metropolis Pt. 2, this is one of the greatest rock operas ever made.

Slow and moody. There’s a reason it’s one or the most famous albums.

An incredible concept album; it drags on quite a bit though, especially after Comfortably Numb.

Listened to on 2/11/22 4/5 Favorite Song: another brick in the wall Definitely recommend listening to this album after you’ve done some research and understand the context. I enjoyed it but was disturbed by a lot of the songs but also wow such a well written commentary on current events

Awesome concept album that was super fun to listen to all the way through. Has classics like Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortably Numb. A real experience to hear every song back-to-back.

2/10/21 Very politically charged. Less cohesive as an entire album. I appreciate it but don’t love the hip hop genre as a whole. The N word song really threw me for a loop at first! Favorite: Shut Em Down

like dark side of the moon better but glad i gave it a listen!

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.

Dads favourite album. Is great

Great production. An interesting piece of history.

All in all it's just another 5 out of 5

Damn.

Меня не привлекает звучание рока 60-х

This is a masterpiece. Simple as that.

Greatest album of all time and one of best reflections on the human condition. An introspective and vulnerable view of lost innocence, misplaced trust, and survival in a world that doesn’t seem to care about you or your feelings . Therapy on vinyl.

Great sound, experimental. Not something i'd listen to regularly but can appreciate it

A masterpiece..

An album and an experience. It almost should be played in full only. Some great songs off this album too. Excellent.

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.

Pretty good especially for background music!

super album, bas je dozivljaj, neke pisme su malo naprorne al oke, 4

Amazing

A classic for a reason. Great sound in this epic rock opera!

Not for me

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

This didn't really do it for me

Iconic concept album, classic 70’s rock

Ci sono alcuni capolavori come "Another brick on the wall" e "Comfortably Numb" e in generale è un'esperienza da fare. 5

9/10

No

-Cool jammery in "In The Flesh?" -I like the thumping in "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" -"Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" is obviously a classic -"Mother" be like "MY BALLS" -Cool bass and and jamming in general on "Young Lust" -Lots of great moments and jamming and callbacks throughout the album. I'm definitely still missing some notes about great buts in various songs. I definitely don't appreciate it enough yet but it is incredibly solid.

Var först lite otaggad på att lyssna igenom The Wall, det är ett album jag har lyssnat på hela mitt liv och lyssnar regelbundet på fortfarande. Jag trodde jag visste The Wall, men jag har nog tagit det för givet? Precis som Star Wars eller Sagan om Ringen är vissa saker så självklart integrerade i samhället att man inte riktigt analyserar det som ett kulturverk utan snarare betraktar det som en universell grundlag. Detsamma inser jag även gäller för The Wall? The Wall är ett konceptalbum i sin helt egna liga; Den har allt utan ett minsta fel, Fantastiskt intro som 'set the stage' och lyckas fånga hela den musikaliska OCH den dramatiska känslan i albumet nästan redan från sekund ett. Ljudet är klockrent utan den minsta skavank, de använder sig utav lite spicy stereo-mix lite då och då men alltid till sin fördel och blir aldrig tråkigt eller irriterande. Soundstage:et känns väldig 'lyssnarcentrerat' när gitarrsträngarna studsar fram-och-tillbaka och trummorna rullar runtomkring huvudet. Otroligt naturliga och musikaliskt 'logiska' övergångar mellan låtarna vilket understryker vilket mästerverk detta album är då människor har suttit ner och producerat en så holistisk upplevelse som samtidigt innehåller några av rockvärldens tveklöst bästa låtar! Jag har lyssnat på The Wall hundratals gånger men blir mållös nu när jag är framme med förstoringsglaset och letar och petar utan att hitta någonting som inte är absolut perfektion. Allt med albumet är så självklart nu i efterhand som om Pink Floyd hade facit sen innan. Detta album är ett en grundbult; ett axiom inom rockgenren. Det finns ingenting negativt att anmärka på. Det ÄR en objektiv 5:a till ett album, möjligtvis det bästa albumet någonsin?

Alltså det är ju så bra?

det är bra men för långt album man tröttnar jueh

Pivotal album into psychedelic rock and metal.

What can be said about this album that hasn’t been already? Despite that, even Pink Floyd has better work in my opinion

Yeeeeessss - second fav PF album. Love how ridiculously OTT and theatric it all is. Fav new track: N/A, but would have to be The Trial.

Some great songs. Some very unneeded songs. It went on for far too long. I get the jist of concept albums - but you scan get a concept album done in 9 songs. Not 22 odd. Having said that, Comfortably Numb is still a killer tune.

As ever with Floyd, you need to be in a certain mindspace, but this was the first time I've listened to all of it - can see how it is so popular. Not quite Wish You Were Here, but pretty good nonetheless

pompous tosh

A classic rock-opera masterpiece.

I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out the narrative thread that ran through this album in high school. It only became clearer as I got older. Also the movie played in a dance club where I went with my date and friends after prom but in a tan color. Some guys tried to give us plastic ants while they were tripping. Fun times.

this will probably always get 5 stars from me - we found each other, as is probably the case with a lot of folks, at a time when this album was something i sorely needed. mumble-mumble years later, i guess our relationship has evolved, but i still remember every single word, every fucking beat. if you've never heard this album before, be on the lookout for another brick in the wall, and comfortably numb - these will most likely be the ones that stick, and may draw you back in for a closer look. and if you've got a couple hours to kill, the movie is definitely worth a watch. it stands on its own, but is also a fantastic way to witness the story the album tells. by the way, if you ARE just hearing this for the first time, this was a concept album, designed to tell a single story, start to finish - so expect a bit of a wash, the tracks blending one into another, but also watch for the characters, and watch for the thread of the story. it's worth digging for, promise.

Already know but won't complain about listening - 5

I’m sure it’s very important and intellectual but here’s a “Concept” for an album: write some songs that I actually want to listen to.

One of the greatest concept albums ever made. My favorite record of all time (tied with Electric Ladyland) for a good reason. The stresses of modern day life, loss and grief, finding your own identity, being ridiculed into conformity, never truly connecting with others, it's too much for us sometimes. Eventually we loose ourselves in the background noise and become so disconnected to the rest of the world, funny enough this is why there's so much to connect with here in this album. On a personal level it makes me feel more emotional than any other piece of art I can think of. On a creative level it shattered every single critics expectations and remains as Pink Floyd's magnum opus due to its subject matter and sheet relatability to the human experience. Captures the entire life of one mans journey into self destruction and disillusionment through heavy drug addiction and self isolation, looping around on itself (isn't this where we came in?) to really drive home the point of how easy it is for any human being to fall into this trap given the right external circumstances, after all, we're all just clawing our way through this existential crises on thin ice anyways. I originally thought that the wall was a metaphor for death, we gain more bricks during our short lives that we add to our own wall. Eventually one day we will die, being reborn or not, and leave these same bricks to our grandchildren for them to piece together in a way they see fit. This could either be a good or bad wall depending on the morality and heart of the builder. However in high school I finally did some research and discovered what the message truly was, I was just overthinking it too much. Creating a literal wall between yourself and the rest of the world, or those you see as less capable than you. The berlin wall, the great wall of china, the proposed wall between the U.S. and mexico, all these walls were meant to ward off other people from getting close to you, or more realistically, keeping yourself from coming to connect with and understand your fellow brothers and sisters. I think one line specifically sums up what I love so much about this brilliant work from Rodger, from the first song, In The Flesh?, If you want to find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise Oh yeah, and the movie is pretty good too.

The Wall is a perfect Rock Opera, with numerous great songs that stand out on their own, intertwined with others that make it flow as a whole. It's pretty much Roger Water's magnum opus, and has some of David Gilmour's best guitar works (comfortably numb anyone?). Out of Pink Floyd's perfect albums from 73-79, this is my least favourite but it's still a significant piece of art and worthy of 5 stars. Think it's because I kind of relate to the character of Pink in a way. Introverted, withdrawn in my own world occasionally, and emotionally numb and depressed at times. Just this fact makes it difficult to listen compared to Dark Side or Wish You Were Here. Plus it is really lacking key moments from the rest of the band (except Gilmour).

I enjoyed this. No songs really stood out as ones I’d like to go back to often in isolation, but it was still a good listen. A real album experience.

It's certainly the best of the bloated 70's prog-operas, and I can see why Roger Waters is proud of what he accomplished. Musically, it's prone to moments of mullet-rock but endlessly creative. My favorite track has been "Comfortably Numb" since I was, like, 5.

This is a fantastic album. Not necessarily all the way from start to finish but overall it keeps my attention and runs my emotions. Good memories too!

Not all of these songs are good, but when they are, they are SO good. Favourites: Comfortably Numb, Nobody Home, Hey You (but there's plenty more to enjoy on here).

Sonically brilliant, sounds great loud on a big system. Yes, it could be seen as pretentious but there is a story underneath that ties it together. Guitar solo on Comfortablely Numb is staggering, that tone and melody is so distinctive. I played this an awful lot when I was an angsty teen.

Cool

Roger Waters‘ Eigentherapie-Oper, deren 4. Seite komplett verzichtbar ist. Der Rest ist ganz groß, ist ja immerhin von Pink Floyd, die ich sehr verehre.

Bombastic, big, angst-ridden and angry. Overblown and humourless? Pretentious? Yes, all of that, but a great rock opera for teenagers. I think this is the most intelligent expression of the perils of rock stardom. it makes me wonder why Roger Waters ever got into the rock and roll game; he seems to hate everything about it. I loved this when I was 16, but now I find it a little ham-fisted (if not excellently executed). Props to David Gilmour for one of the greatest guitar solos of all time (Comfortably Numb). This really is one of the most important texts of rock and roll, being both a great rock record (with some crackin' tunes) and reflecting back on the nature of rock and roll.

This is another one that I love to much to be objective. First listened to it as a young teen and I think what surprised me is that it never lost me, all the way through. Sort of the opposite experience of Tommy (and maybe what I expect from Tommy).

This is kinda...crap, no?

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, .

Although it's not the best one from Pink Floyd (looking at you Animals), it's still a musical masterpiece. Feels like watching top class theater with an absolutely intriguing storyline. Great finale for the best era of Pink Floyd records. Fav tracks: Goodbye Blue Sky, Comfortably Numb, Is There Anybody Out There

a little too much "noise"

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

1.5

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

Brick ShitHouse

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.

This is my least favorite PF album. I enjoyed it more than I remember enjoying it in the past...

An absolute masterpiece, with some of the greatest prog rock songs ever written. Enjoyed the story more by listening to it in full and in order. Comfortably numb and run like he'll were my favourites before, and still are, along with the three "movements" of another brick in the wall

Starts off with a banger of a song Raw but consistent. Feels dope to listen to. Doesn't feel boring at all

One of the greatest albums i’ve listened to.

Another Brick in the Wall and Comfortably Numb were the only songs I knew beforehand, and I wouldn't listen to many of the songs on the album on their own, but as whole the album was nice and interesting. I like it when albums tell a story.

67 The Wall - Pink Floyd 26 tracks. I have absolutely no idea how I am meant to mark an album like this out of 5. Is it automatic 5 and anyone who gives it anything else should be stoned to death using Celine Dion CD's? ?/5 Ground-breaking & astonishing at the time is all well & good, but is it still enjoyable to listen to 42 years down the line? Until now I didn't know there were 2 parts of "Another brick in the wall". OMG there is a pt 3! Face with open mouthFace with tears of joy I wonder if I I have missed something 1st time around & maybe I need to just immerse myself in it & give it another go without interruptions & other things/sounds competing for my attention The question is do I want to listen to it again, and the answer is unfortunately no. And if it's not enjoyable to listen to 40+ years later then doesn't that tell it's own story? Maybe the question should be, what would the reaction of my kids/step-kids be to this, & the truth is they wouldn't give it the time of day. I think it would have been too easy to give this a 5/5 "Amazing and ground-breaking", or a 1/5 "there is some right hard to listen to dross on there", but the truth is probably somewhere in between. I'm dipping back in and out at the moment and the "Run Like hell" rift seems strangely familiar. Did Sky Sports used to use it as an intro? It seems very familiar? Maybe someone else has sampled it? Thinking face I've listened again and I just can't give an album 5/5 if I wouldn't listen to it again & again. I just can't. I know it's special, but I also think it's just wasted on me (in 2021). People call it an amazing piece of art, (and I accept that), but the thing with art is that it's subjective. The likes of Van Gogh and Picasso do absolutely nothing for me, and I still think that Munch has basically hoodwinked the art World and is actually an 8 year old with very savvy parents. At the same time I don't think I can ignore the impact that this has on the time and on others. The problem isn't the album. The problem is me. My favourite Floyd track is Wish you were here and I think that's probably much more commercially sounding than your average Floyd fan's favourite. The truth is that they have never produced an album of songs in that style and while Floyd fans probably wouldn't like it, I would. The absolute lowest I can give it is 3/5.

Great album. Cool story behind it as well

One of my favourites. Timeless! A double album with little filler.

3.5 stars. Slower than I expected but I didn’t mind it. I liked it better than their first album and I thought it was interesting that it’s a rock opera

One of the best of all times

One of the very best. For anyone experiencing this for the first time(and enjoying), try to find the movie that goes with it. It’s so good.

Like it more than I remembered, but it has been 25+ years since I have listened. Much more than the more famous songs. 4/5

Classic album - not my favorite Pink Floyd era (so personally would give it a 4) but bumping it up to a 5 anyways because likely the best Rock Opera of all time

Legendary

Why was it so long.

One of their best. 5/5 Every song is pretty great.

the way the songs flow together is just masterful. This is a masterful album. Run like hell might be my favorite of all the songs.

Epic. This is definitely one of the albums that makes me think the creators are mad geniuses. I have no idea how you go from a blank page to this. It is provocative, soaring, melodic at times, angry, and always story driven. An amazing piece of art.

It's no Dark Side, but it's still pretty good.

Master

Horribly uneven. Severely disappointed.

This is not my favorite PF album. Listening to it reminds me of that fact. It's pretentious. It lacks the connectedness of Dark Side. Some songs (One of My Turns) feels entirely out of place.

"I mean... it's Pink Floyd's The fucking Wall" No puedo hacer una reseña objetiva de este disco. Simplemente no puedo. Fue uno de los primeros discos que escuché en su totalidad y me ha acompañado desde entonces, sumando nuevas perspectivas y descubriendo detalles escondidos. Además, no podría decir mucho que no se haya ya dicho. Entiendo que no a todos les guste el álbum: la voz de Waters puede ser "poco convencional" a momentos y algunas canciones carecen de sustancia, pero para mí, sólo sirven para destacar la narrativa que intenta contar. The Wall es un álbum denso, que esconde tras sus metáforas una historia profundamente humana. A pesar del paso del tiempo, ha demostrado ser una obra de arte con valor incomparable. Un clásico. Mejores canciones: Mother, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, *The Trial*.

Never listened to this album all the way through. I’ve never been the biggest Pink Floyd fan but it was an enjoyable listen.

One of the greatest concept albums. What is the meaning of the wall!

I’m starting to think these Pink Floyd guys might be talented

An absolute masterpiece

Bloated but solid

Очень специфичный голос, моим ушам не подходит

Peak Floyd

Hey this one is pretty good, but like the 4th best of their 4 best albums. It's got this giant epic presence that i've really never seen before. Cool and interesting message that just can come off as a little pretentious and on-the-nose at times. I like how the leitmotif of that guitar riff from another brick in the wall that you hear throughout the album. It's super long, but i dont think anything should be cut out. Great album

Sonic masterpiece

Didn’t listen to this album due to cliche poppy songs, but it’s pretty good. Sounds very pretentious but still.

Of course I'm familiar with the hits off this album and I've seen the movie, but I've never listened to The Wall from start to finish. I'm about twenty minutes in, and what stands out for me is how immersive it is. Roger Waters, the driving force behind the album, has taken the incorporation of extra-musical cues pioneered in DSOTM to it's logical conclusion here. The album flows like a dream, which is exactly what it's meant to do. Criticism that the majority of the "songs" on this album are filler is beside the point. The music is meant to tell a story about alienation and mental illness, and it succeeds grandly. Although there are very few songs that can stand alone here, there is a lot of beauty in the sound collages that have been painstakingly assembled. And in terms of production, The Wall is gorgeous, one of the best-sounding albums imaginable. And although the hits aren't my favorite Pink Floyd songs, I do like Another Brick In the Wall, Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You, etc. But ultimately, The Wall earns its inclusion on the list by its groundbreaking production and by its success at realizing an incredibly ambitious concept. Oh, and guitarist David Gilmour is brilliant here--it's some of his most expressive work. The biggest weakness of The Wall is also its greatest strength, that it almost demands to be experienced as a unified work. For example, if you were to listen to one of the interstitial songs like Bring The Boys Back Home in isolation, although you might admire the skill of the sound collage, your overall reaction might reasonably be "huh?" Perhaps less fairly, listening to the album all the way through is a claustrophobic experience, akin to being trapped in Roger Water's brain. But that's kind of the point. It's even worse if you have a low tolerance for a rich and absurdly successful rock star whining about how tough it is to be a rock star, although that isn't my take. I'm giving The Wall 4/5, which is probably too low. Sue me.

Pretentious.

Brill

What an amazing first album to listen to! Let me preface this by saying that I am a person who mainly listens to contemporary indie music, so when I saw that The Wall was my first album, I was worried, because up to this point I had assumed that Pink Floyd was this hard rock band that would hurt my ears. Boy, was I wrong. A friend of mine loves Pink Floyd, and when I told her about starting this project and reviewing The Wall, she was really excited, and for good reason: this album is so cool. I always enjoy when musicians really put thought into their work and create masterpieces like concept albums; the narrative weaved throughout The Wall is wonderfully told, and by the album's end you ask yourself so many questions about Pink and his motives and his thoughts and EVERYTHING. On top of that, the instrumentation and production was just as wonderful, especially the small portions of the record with piano and acoustic guitar; as someone who gravitates towards music with those instruments at the forefront, it was really cool to hear these softer sounds blend so well with the omnipresent drums and electric guitar. I know a lot of people are not a huge fan of the album's length, but for me to make it through the entire 80 minutes and not feel bored once says a lot about Pink Floyd's musical genius. Beautiful album. Would recommend to anyone.

Another great song after great song.

its like dark side but less erratic

Classic

Love the callbacks. Obviously recognized many of the songs, but it was great to hear the whole thing through.

groan of disappointment that this was the first album to come up. I guess I was hoping for something new and/or different, not an album I've listened to a million times over the last 35 years. Teenage me loved this album but it's one of my least favourite PF albums now. Back then this and WYWH were my favourites by a long way, these days DSotM is the one I listen to the most, I really enjoy Animals, have started to like TFC a lot more than I did. I've always been ok with the post-Waters stuff, possibly because I didn't have the history. There's some great stuff on this though, esp Side 3 (Hey You to Comfortably Numb) and Side 1 is also good but at times it's patchy.

We get it, Rog. Your dad's dead and it sucks. Fuck up, champ. (Teenage me thinks this is HERESY.)

Torn on this. Probably obe of the most awful albums I've listened to the most

Destin, FL, Patrick Hall vis a vi

An album I feel like I've heard a ton despite never actually sitting down with it. It's nice to hear a lot of the songs in context, though I think I'm permanently tired of "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2". Some of the most exquisite guitar playing you'll ever hear. Favorite tracks: "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb"

Groundbreaking concept album that bores the life out of me. With a few exceptions, it hasn't aged well in the age of mental health and actually trying to avoid misery and existential angst.

The Greatest concept album in music history. It's impossible to not ended up listening from beginning to end. It really is a journey to listen this album, each song makes you wanna listen to the next in anticipation for the climax: Comfortably Numb with arguably the greatest guitar solo in music.

I like Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 1 more than Pt. 2. Honestly feels a little unsettling in parts

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

Lots of work went into this beast

Great album. Pink Floyd is pretty good.

You can't go wrong with some pink floyd, though I prefer other albums of theirs

I know most of the big songs on this very well, but I've actually never listened to it all the way through as an album! Really enjoyed the nudge to do so, what a phenomenal album.

Bleurgh. May have been amazing back when it came out. But not for me.

Just heard before the main title, missing some precious gems.

Ambitious. A bit patchy. But the central track The Wall Part 2 is outstanding. As is Comfortably Numb.

Not their best album but this is still a classic nonetheless.

Some of the best music ever made

England, 80s, Rock + Legend, multi, future, don’t stop, Complexed = Male, long play - {5/26} [4/5]

Amazing album that introduces some of Pink Floyd’s most enduring songs. The impact of WWII in Great Britain is explored in the beginning of this album as it develops the story of Pink, a rock star who builds a wall of separation between the world and himself. This album is indulgent, strange, and dark. Nevertheless, it is incredible in its scope both lyrically and musically

Way overrated

Classic. So good

A masterpiece. One of my favorite albums ever.

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.

This album is an absolute masterpiece and one of my favourite ever! I grew up listening to it but it never fails to capture me and make me feel things. Favourite tracks: comfortably numb, nobody home

So many songs I love but a few I find annoying. So can't do 5 stars

I don't have a hot take here. It's a super interesting and well made album. I saw the Nostalgic Critic stuff where he covered album attempted to roast it? Literally some of the dumbest shit I've ever seen/heard. But it got people talking so maybe it worked to that point? Eitherway, I probably haven't done enough drugs to fully appreciate it.

A little bloated

Classic rock is classic.

An incredibly adventurous undertaking, that fact that Pink Floyd pull this off says more about the creative talents of the band than maybe any of their other albums. Yes it’s long - and yes a lot of the songs don’t work in isolation - but they aren’t supposed to. This album is supposed to be like going to see a show, they are telling a story and do so with great skill. That said, some of their best songs still live within this album.

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.

The following is a review by my teenagers who had never heard this before: "The style changes lot but you can tell it is the same genre. It makes you feel like a brick in the wall who wants to fix the world."

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...

I really hate this. Why is it so long? Cleary they're capable musicians but the songwriting is stretched seriously thin. I don't hear what everyone else hears

joo men bra

Ugh. The singles are insane. The album... Boring and repetitive

I really don't understand why this is so highly rated. The songs are so bland and poorly written, comparing the quality of songwriting to Echoes or DSOTM is a joke. It's all just two or three shitty chords under a dull melody, it almost sounds like a copycat pink floyd band of some untalented teenagers. And it just drags on and on with the songs all sounding pretty much the same. I wanted to give this a fair chance, but I just can't make it through all 80 minutes. It's a shame, I do enjoy earlier pink floyd a lot

Masterpiece

Oh boy, The Wall. I audibly sighed when this came up as the next album. Not that I dislike Pink Floyd in anyway (quite the contrary!), but The Wall is such a behemoth of a thing to tackle. Plus, having heard it before, I need to find the words to explain my feelings about this album. It's difficult, but I'll try. The Wall is impressive. It's Pink Floyd's most ambitious, sweeping work that tackles, sex, drugs, and rock n' roll but in a realistic way. It's not fun or cool or sexy, it's depressing and antisocial. It's a way to cope. It's also a double album, 80 minutes long, and I've got issues with double albums...but alas! We've got music to listen to, not just bemoan about. There's a great flow to the album which helps with pacing and overall structure. There a few what I'll call "bridge songs" that help get the track playlist from point A to B. For example, The Happiest Days of our Lives helps bridge Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 to Part 2. I would be fine with this, but then you have a bunch of great songs that string together without any sort of "bridge songs" (Brick in the Wall Part 2 through to Goodbye Blue Sky is particularly excellent), so it calls into question whether it acts as padding for the album. For what it's worth though, they all string together to form a cohesive story of mental breakdown and eventual isolation. Side 1 and 2 are good at this, making for a solid first half of the album. The second half, in my opinion, isn't nearly as strong. The songs wallow a bit in the depression, which I understand is the point, but they don't quite stack up until it hits Comfortably Numb. This song is so goddamn good. This is a turning point for the rest of the second half (with The Show Must Go On starting side 4) and things really pick up here. In The Flesh! is a great retread of In The Flesh? but now we have more context as to what's happening. It's great storytelling as far as the album goes. This side as a whole is about as climatic as it gets, with a huge build up to The Trial that, eventually, tears down The Wall in a big fashion. For this, we get to take a look around Outside the Wall. It's kind of nice, actually. The soft accordion, the children singing...hey, isn't this where- The Wall is a magnificent piece of work. It's The Goddamn Wall. It also stops itself short of being perfect in more than one way, which kind of hurts because it feels like it should be perfect. It ends up being really good, and that's not a bad thing. It just isn't what I hoped it would be.

Another album I’m deeply familiar with (but haven’t listened to end to end for many year). I think I eventually sold the big double CD version I had with the full booklet, way back far enough that you could actually get a decent return from a used record store for that kind of thing. But I’d listened to it dozens of times before that, even seen the movie a few times. At the end of the day I have to count myself with those who judge this to be terribly heavy-handed and self-important, at least in its lyrics and vocal performance. A lot of the music and especially the guitar is quite subtle. The overall package would have been improved by a strong dose of humor (Something in the Terry Gilliam vein perhaps) but nearly the whole album is deadly earnest and irony-free. Hey! Teacher! Leave those kids alone.

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.

Don’t think I’ve ever heard this all the way through strangely. Good album all told… minus one star for going a bit les miserables at the end!

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.

I think I might have scored this 4 stars a year ago, as it's never been one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums... However, I watched The Wall movie this year, and that's added an extra layer of appreciation and bumped it up to a 5... The rise of British fascism looking more likely rather than less these days, it's a disturbingly prescient work. 😑 Fave track - "Mother" maybe, or "Is There Anybody Out There?"

generic 80s

Some filler but not much. CLASSIC!!!

Master piece

Top 10 for sure. What a classic.

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.

Favourite songs- Comfortably Numb, Young Lust, The Happiest Days of Our Lives. One of my least favourite Pink Floyd records. It's amazing conceptually, but the songwriting isn't good enough to warrant its length. There's about 1 LP's worth of great material in here, but it's just way too bloated, and not good enough. Plus, the absence of David Gilmour is a bit startling- a lot of people hail The Final Cut as the first Roger Waters solo record, but I think it starts here. Lots of great tunes, but not that good, the awesome lyrics aren't enough to make up for the 'meh' songwriting, and a pretty overrated album.

Having never sat and listened to the whole album "cover to cover" I definitely found it way more impactful. Sure there are the 6-7 classic songs which are some of the best rock ever written, but a lot of the shorter conceptual tracks work to tie everything together. It does occasionally crest into pretense and self-indulgence, but has aged surprisingly well over the past 40 years.

Yes. Much classic rock.

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.

Rock-operas are not my cup of tea. Despite this album's iconic status in music history, I do not care very much for it. If a track has amazingly epic instrumentals, the vocals are underplayed. If a track has amazing vocals, I find the instrumentals boring. As for the highlights, I like the songs that most people know who never listened to the album in full. Having listened to around 70 percent, I find the whole experience to have been tedious and the record a tad too pretentious. 2/5 is fair.

Overrated

-listen to it a couple of times -listened together with N -should understand the story better

An excellent concept album, which has the unfortunate role of being the start of the abuse of the anti-war theme by Roger Waters, eroding the creative capacity of the group, and signalling the beginning of its end.

Oh fuck yeah. I already know this one is 5/5 amazing.

I thought I had listened to this whole thing before. And still think I probably have. But I don't think I'd ever listened to it really carefully before and tried to figure out what it's all about. Concept albums are funny things. Trying to tell a complex and coherent story using only music, and only rock music at that, is a difficult thing to do. A lot of concept albums or rock operas have a lot going on between the lines, in the minds of the artist, and this is very true of "The Wall." I've never seen the film before, and I don't know how much of the understood story of "The Wall" comes from the music, how much comes from the film, and how much comes from interviews with Pink Floyd over the years. The lyrics themselves were not enough for me to really get a full understanding of what was going on, so I read about the plot on Wikipedia. And it all made sense, but also there was just so much more depth and cohesion than you could gleam by just listening to the songs. Putting together a piece of art that attempts to do what "The Wall" attempts to do is amazing, and there are many amazing deserved classics on the album. But as a concept, as a story, it doesn't quite come together for me. I like the echoes about building the wall in multiple songs, but too much of the story is left out. The dirge style of "The Trial" at the end also felt out-of-place. So I can't quite give it 5, despite several 5-star songs and a 5-star worthy attempt at making a really interesting piece of art.

Well, here we are at The Wall. Probably the most successful, both commercially & artistically, rock concept album ever made. Some may argue for The Who’s Tommy, but for my money, Pink Floyd's artistry is just better, deeper, more satisfying. It’s hard to separate the original album from all of the other incarnations: the movie, the various concert “stagings”. Those versions surely have a lot going for them, on some instances allowing the story to get more fleshed out & giving some fantastic actors & musicians the chance to interpret PF’s work. Live in Berlin, a personal fave of mine, brings together an amazing cast or actors & musicians (Albert Finney & Tim Curry for The Trial! I mean, come ON!), while constructing their wall right alongside an equally menacing wall in the real world. Talk about meta! But when it comes down to it, a pair of headphones and this original recording just can’t be beat. Get lost in the stupor of Comfortably Numb, shout with rage at the teachers to leave them kids alone, or celebrate in the wall finally coming down, but go on this journey with Floyd, and, musically at the the very least, your soul will be better for it.

Now this is a brilliant concept album! An exquisitely executed emotional journey. I used to have the poster with a formation of marching hammers (the college years), which is still my favorite music poster. This album is a level above 5 stars, or at least the other 5 star albums so far. So going back to the fictitious 10 star system, this is a 10/10. I love the echoing guitars on Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1). I prefer it to Part 2, mostly because Part 2 has been overplayed soooooo much. But the guitar solo in Part 2 is beautiful. Call me crazy, but the guitar lick in Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2), right after “Hey! Teacher! Leave them/us kids alone!” and before “All in all, you’re just a-nother brick in the wall,” sounds like it is borrowed right out of the Doobie Brothers’ guitar lick catalogue. I have thought this forever, and I can’t unhear it. Mother lacks the theatrics of much of the rest of the album in a good way. It’s an intimate song, straight forward musically, with a window into the author’s mental anguish. “Mother, do you think they’ll like this song?” “Momma’s going to make all your nightmares come true.” The lead guitar work on Comfortably Numb is inspirational. Other songs that stand out: Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?, In The Flesh, Run Like Hell, and The Trial. This is the first album to pop up where I already knew ahead of time it is a five star without a doubt. Too bad it didn’t arrive on a Friday.

Just doesnt stike quite the same magic as Dark Side or Wish You Were Here

issa classic

One of the most influential albums to me. It exceeds in the instrumentals, the story-telling and the atmosphere. 5/5

didn't actually listed, but don't really feel like I have to re-listen to makes this comment; this is a classic album for a reason. Pink Floyd at their apex, their peak.

I liked this a surprising amount. The sound effects/skits were not my thing, otherwise would have been 5/5

The Wall is an incredible conceptual body of work. There's something for everyone to appreciate on this album. Many hits, fun deep track, all individually contributing to the album in it's entirety.

Not in my top 3 of Pink Floyd, but is an awesome piece of art so in cant Give it less than 5

Amazinggggg. Exactly as expected.

Best Tracks: Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, In the Flesh, Run Like Hell

Overall, a very solid album in all aspects. I prefer the other versions of Another Brick In The Wall to the most well known version. 5/5 stars.

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As a whole, immersive and iconic among concept albums. The story is intriguing, even if the lyrics lack wit and subtlety at times. There are a handful of amazing tracks that stand up as classics on their own, and while they're strengthened by the context of the album they also overshadow the songs that serve more as story filler, and it feels a little bloated overall. A 4.5 for me, but with a decent number of songs that would be passed over individually if not in it for the whole story it goes to a 4.

Solid 4 and an easy listen. I appreciate how the entirety of the album works together as essentially one very long singular piece.

Classic

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I'm personally a big Pink Floyd fan, but I don't think I'd recommend The Wall to everyone, hence the docked star

This is far too long. Prog rock is not really my thing and a double album is more than I can handle. I also find the sketches and parts where it becomes like a musical incredibly cringey. The musicianship saves this a star and there are a few stone-cold classic tracks. But I would never listen to this in one sitting ever again.

Great album, I haven't really listened to Pink Floyd before but this was great. I really think this is an album that needs to be listened to from start to finish. Oddly enough kinda makes me think of a toned down dream theater

I am in awe of this album. The atmosphere the spoken word creates is not dissimilar to the way how Moby’s Play can make the listener smile or cry. And then, on top we have these layers of swirling guitars, driven by a powerful lead (particularly In the Flesh and In the Flesh?) which shows itself multiple times throughout the album, and is completely cathartic at the end. Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You, Comfortably Numb and Mother are other big highlights

nice album

Love this album. Definitely my fifth favorite of theirs, but thats not a diss. This is definitely the album that helped me understand that them, and many other bands, are doing more than just creating music. In a lot of ways albums like this and Ziggy Stardust are my introduction the art world. It carries on a little bit but it delivers some of the most personal work of Roger Waters' career.

Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished for their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics and elaborate live shows, and became a leading band of the progressive rock genre. The Waters-written musical film based on The Wall album, Pink Floyd – The Wall, won two BAFTA Awards. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright

Always good for a 'trip' back in time with

It's a classic. Not my first time listening to it, won't be my last.

its amateur dramatics, shit musical theatre. if i'm going to get my jazz hands out and get into some musical theatre its gonna be meatloaf for his name is robert paulson. so in summary, this album is like regurgitated meatloaf.

Not my vibe but I know it's essential listening

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

Gotta be the most excited I've been for an album in this generator. Transition from Happiest Days of Our Lives to Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2 is fucking insane, might be one of the best transitions I've ever heard in an album. Guitar solos in Comfortably Numb are insanely good And it might repeat endlessly?? ahhhhhh Already Saved: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 Saved After Listening: Hey You, Comfortably Numb

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: In the Flesh?; An Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1; Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2; Mother; Goodbye Cruel World; Hey You; Nobody Home; In the Flesh; Run Like Hell Cutting Edge: Is There Anybody Out There? Overall Notes: It's great. Not much that I can say that hasn't already been said, didn't ADORE it though so it gets a hearty 4. Is There Anybody Out There? fully rips the James Bond riff

This is a perfect album. I love it so much.

Zalig album. Een meesterlijk uitgevoerde rock opera. Blijkbaar is er ook een film van, dus die moet ik snel eens bekijken.

Geniale rock-songs, naadloos aaneen gebreid met experimentele intermezzo's. Verschillende elementen komen af en toe eens terug. Het thema van het album is duidelijk aanwezig, in een te volgen verhaal. Ook het feit dat het album 'full-circle' gaat is een interessante extra! Toch een rock-opera die mij volledig kan bekoren

Jag gillar det mesta, vissa är lite för rockiga men jag gillar another brick in the Wall o de låtarna som är lite chill. Comfortably numb är oxå härlig

Masterpiece

It feels wrong to give The Wall a 4/5. It's a mammoth maximal space rock opera epic that shoots for the moon and actually hits it. Somehow they pulled all the grandeur, ego, storytelling, instrumentation, production, and vision together into a fully realized monument. So what if there are at least 4 Pink Floyd albums I'd put on before this one (WYWH, Dark Side, Animals, Meddle). Maybe I'm as disillusioned as the protagonist? A-

I don’t love rock operas, but if you’re going to listen to/watch a rock opera, this is the definitive one IMO. The story of a baby boomer, born during the blitz, raised up in lower class England, to become a rockstar, hit the pitfalls of stardom, to grow old and die. It’s good but Just a little too long winded. I looked at the album thinking I was almost done, nope, not even halfway through. I understand with the movie the skits and interludes make more sense, but there’s just so much fat on this album. Some great riffs, epic moments, some awesome songs, 4.5 songs ish. But in my mind this album, though held up as the Pink Floyd gem, will just never stand up to the likes of echoes and dark side—which is a more efficient rock opera about the more existential questions. If I was rating rock operas I’d give this a 5, but since I’m grading albums I give it a 4.

The GOAT. Just a sublime piece of music mastery from Waters and Gilmour. The Wall moves with a nimble grace and takes you on a transcendental journey. It challenges conventional themes and the system in one Herculean swipe. A powerful and exquisite tour de force - each and every one of those bricks in the wall delivers a knockout blow, leaving you dazzled and spinning in all the colours of the spectrum before delicately drizzling you on the canvas. Yes, I mostly watch interracial porn these days.

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

I enjoyed this, some great songs on here, I listened to the 2011 remastered version and it was not consistent enough for how long it was for me but the hits were big and the misses slight. Just kisses out on a 5 for me.

Great album

This is an absolute belter.

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

I cannot state why this is a 5 stars enough. Everything about this album is a 5 to me. The thematic story the whole way through, the amazing instrumentals, the real life context, just everything. I knew we were going to get to this album eventually and I was just so happy to see it yesterday. This was one of the first albums a good friend of mine recommended I listed to all the way through, before that I just listened to singles. Discovering that albums can be crafted to tell a story changed my view on music and how it should be listened to. Good albums are a work of art and this is a masterpiece. The themes in this album range from toxic relationships, drug abuse, mental illness, etc., and I find it so interesting to hear how Roger Waters describes each of these in turn.

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Comfortably shit

Overblown, overlong, overrated and just fucking boring.

Shite. Shack eats lamb chops

I need more stars to rate it correctly

Joskus aikanaan lainasin tämän klassikkolevyn Heinolan kirjastosta ja ihmettelin, että mikä näistä Another Brick in the Walleista on nyt se The biisi ja miksi siitä on monta versiota. Eipä se oikein vieläkään selvinnyt. Ja miksi The Happiest Days of Our Lives on erotettu Another Brick part 2:sta? Oli levyllä muitakin hyviä biisejä, kuten Comfortably Numb, mutta kaiken kaikkiaan levy oli ylipitkä ja jotain olisi varmasti voinut jättää poiskin, tulee Beatlesien levyt mieleen. Osittain mielenosoituksellinen kakkonen klassikolle, mutta en minä tästä voi sanoa nauttineeni.

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Bra lyssning. Många låtar dock

CLASSIC

too long

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