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Oh man need this on vinyl definitely. Sounds good but...
I’ve never actually listened to The Wall! Obviously I’ve heard a couple songs from this a million times, but Pink Floyd were never one of my bands. This is great, though! Listened to it a couple times through yesterday. First time just letting the whole thing wash over me, second time trying to pay more attention to the “story” and the repeated themes. Impressive! I gotta give them credit, even though this is a rock opera double album, it’s paced incredibly well. This feels shorter than a lot of other albums I’ve listened to for this project. One, because it’s much better, and two, probably because there’s no really indulgent 10 minute tracks on it. They break up the longer songs with a couple shorter tracks in between, so the album really moves. I was pretty struck by some beautiful songs I hadn’t heard before - “Good Bye Blue Sky” and “Vera” come to mind. In fact, the whole thing is often chiller and more vibe-based than I expected. More about moody soundscapes than hard-hitting rock n roll, which I was into. Hey! Crazy controversial opinion here, but good album!
Didn't like this at all. Not a single track.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH!! In the flesh (without the question mark) is the best song on there omg.
3/5 Favorite Song: Another Brick In the Wall Pt 1
P!nk Floyd
iconic but intense
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.
Yeah Roger Waters is a pretentious prick, but they hit absolute gold with this creative period, one of the strongest 4 album runs ever finishing with this culmination of their dread, anguish, theatrics and anger. Perfect.
Sclassic reminds Me of me grandaddy
7.5/10 Gotta respect the ambition. Not the best collection of songs, but I like how it really feels like a whole, lyrically, but also musically. Highlights: The Happiest Days of Our Lives Hey You Waiting for the Worms Comfortably Numb
it's the best pink floyd studio album (second overall, to the live version thereof). great performances, very pointed lyrics writing, and excellent arranging. one of the best to ever fill out a double lp.
Decent outing from pink floyd, the wall is a great song, some other decent bits on here
The first time I got stoned was watching the movie The Wall. Listening to it decades later, it's a concept album to overconceptualise other albums. It was always pretty scary for me and it remains menacing. A strong 5 for all the horrific memories.
An album so good that it inspired a visual accompaniment that is equally artistically viable in its own right. This is a quintessential prog record, pretty exceptionally following the standards of a musical and telling a cohesive, compellingly brilliant if somewhat overwhelmingly maximalist story with incredible musicianship and production choices throughout. I consider it the standard bearer for rock double albums. You get an expansive story with plenty of emotional variance and style- not only were the band experimenting with the form on this record but they were trying their hand with genre exploration fitting of the time of release (i.e. the disco beat on "Run Like Hell.") Every time I listen to it I am impressed by something new- the samples, the diversity in sound, the pacing. It is probably my favorite record from them and has a claim as one of the greatest records of the entire decade.
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.
It’s good, but frequently borders on being a bit too pompous and grandiose for my liking which is likely largely a flaw of a concept album such as this. Spots of it were also a bit too musical theatre (‘the trial’) but at its root there are just some very good songs. I think it is at its best when more restrained - ‘is there anybody out there?’, ‘goodbye blue sky’, ‘mother’. The second solo on ‘comfortably numb’ is still on another level and up there with Gilmour at his finest.
Classic album. This is one I've enjoyed since I was a kid. I understand it may seem a bit navel-gazing or self-indulgent, but I think it's been done so well that it doesn't matter. Big fan of all the Another Brick in the Wall tracks, plus the whole lead up to Comfortably Numb is one of my favorite atmospheric series of songs on an album.
One of the greatest albums of all time.
100 stars!!!
10/5
Two and half hours of pretentious music is unacceptable. The only song that was worth bopping for me was Another Brick in the Wall. No more of this please!!!
It was okay I’ll come back to this later
Resisted listening because >2 hours but was shocked to find I only noticed the length when I was two songs away from finishing. Enjoyed biking with a soundtrack of determination, rebellion and youthful pride. Probably won't listen to much more PF but I can understand the psychadelic hype. Just a bit weird and jarring at points for it to be in my usual repertoire.
Top 3 albums ever don’t lie
I own this album on vinyl so I put it on for a fresh listen. Wasn't an album that I "loved", so I'm glad I listened again For many groups, it's hard to follow up an album which is considered one of the greatest of all time, and the wall is no different. Yes, pink Floyd does a fantastic job orchestrating this album, following in the footsteps of other greats like the who creating a rock opera, but it feels stuffy and overbearing at times. At the same time, it feels bloated - they could've got the message across easier with fewer tracks. Overall a great album, just not one of the best of all time
ik vind pink floyd niet zoooo goed… het is vaak shoegazey en gaat zo WHWOOWOOOHOOO.. maar soms gaat gitaar solo hard
het is niet pink floyd hun beste album MAAR nog steeds heel goed
Really liked the back of the album, the rest was solid but not amazing.
Radio edits would go hard. As recorded, no likey
This is 1001 best albums of all time, and as a full album, this is a great showing. The concept works well and some of the songs are iconic.
One of, if not the greatest rock opera ever made. So good. From the opening chords of "In the Flesh?" hitting you like a truck to the end it does not let up. The fact that they also pack in so many absolute bangers that stand on their own like "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", "Hey You", and "Comfortably Numb" is just icing on the cake. This album is is a masterclass on writing and is the epitome of why albums should be seen as a cohesive whole and not just a collection of songs. 10/10
I remember listening to The Wall as a kid, but I think the magnitude of this album was lost on me back then. A lot of the songs are familiar though. Now this is a rock opera! This is a pretty fantastic album all the way through. There's drama and darkness that is quite captivating. The music really takes you on a journey. Roger Waters definitely had some demons (and maybe still does, depending if he ever went to therapy or not) but that allowed him to create some amazing works of music like this one.
Great tunes to drive down the trans canada
My first impressions of the album is that it feels so emmersive, I haven't really heard anything like it before with odd sound effects spread throughout the album, my interpretation is that this that it revolves around this physical wall that has been built. listening to the lives of who interact with this wall passing by. While others seem to hate how boring this is album sounds and in someways I do agree with maybe it returns with very similar sounding leitmotifs I think overall it makes it more cohesive. I give the wall a 5/5 for creativity and perspective I do really like the songs that are in it. If I had to critique it it loses points for repetition.
I absolutely love this album. Always have. Always will. It's a banger and it's beautiful front to back.
A masterpiece of its genre... George Waters is a true artist on this one. So many creative decisions went into this beyond just the music itself. A true rock opera, maybe the best rock opera that I've listened to thus far in my life... The transition from The Happiest Days of Our Lives into Another Brick in the wall Pt. 2 is *chefs kiss* magnifique. So smooth, so groovy, so mesmerizing, that guitar riff and the childrens choir, so good, so classic. The rest of the album doesn't let up either. Multiple sound clips tying into the story line, but also add flicks of humour into it. Like the random girl screaming at some point with the old british dude yelling SHUT UPP, like hell yeah dude, take charge.. tell that little shit whats what. Anyways, Pink Floyd rocks my world on this one, looking forward to more of their albums, as I am not familiar with any of their albums front to back and have been waiting for them to pop up on the list. So jealous of my mom who got to go see George Waters perform The Wall on tour back in 2012 with his solo production. Side note, I think its comical how people call this album to egotistical or self indulgent. George is exercising his creativity to its fullest extent, pushing himself, in perhaps what is an attempt or successful attempt at a magnum opus. It would be no different from a visual artist attempting a painting that pushes their limits to their extremes, challenging oneself to create something the artist is truly proud of, that utilizes the depths of their skill in all corners. I think George is doing the same thing here, but in a sonic space. Calling it self indulgent or overrated feels similar if we were calling George a tryhard. I get it, people who try hard at certain things in life are kinda cringe, like we gotta know when to chill the fuck out... (Ultimate frisbee players in the lowest div being narks kinda vibe..) But a concept, rock opera album? Thats a good place to try hard and max out your effort... as the kids would say, let him Cook! By all means, George waters god damn cooked us up a feast with this one. 9.5/10 Maybe even a 10/10?
In my high school years, I listened to this album hundreds of times. I don’t know if I found if necessarily deep but I was clearly fascinated by it. I knew every lyric, every interlude, every collect call from Mr Floyd for Mr Floyd. I have not listened to this album since then. When in high school I knew Dark Side, I knew the song Wish You Were Here, but I didn’t really know Pink Floyd. That is all to say, knowing their catalog better, and having lived life, this album hits completely different. I still know every lyric, there is some nostalgia but a lot is silly and indulgent. There are great songs to be sure and some of the nice moments are some of the throwaway bits, but Roger Waters is too much in control here and his vocals…why did we ever think this was a good idea? The huge saving grace remains the exemplary play of the band. I went to see The Wall when Waters toured it 15 or so years back and they needed 2 people to cover Gilmoure’s part on Comfortably Numb. In the end, a lot of good, even with a silly megalomaniac at the controls, but quite a bit behind Dark Side, WYWH, Animals and Meddle.
Mother never fails to make me cry 5/5
As a wise man once said, "How can you have pudding if you don't eat your meat?!" A self-serious concept album which is so on-the-nose that it's basically a musical, and I've never been much of a fan of musicals. I did enjoy the overall composition and musicianship - the guitar playing is the highlight of this album - but it's all a bit long winded and self indulgent. It could really use with a bit of trimming as well as a bit of trust in the audience. Trust in them to understand the underlying ideas without laying it on so thick. It has been a long time since I heard this album and I suppose I expected it to be more experimental and psychedelic. I spend a lot of time, between guitar solos, kind of wishing I was listening to Piper at the Gates of Dawn or DSOTM. If I go back will they hold up? And that is where this album struggles - would I have different expectations if this wasn't Pink Floyd? Would I think it was better or worse? Am I being too critical or not critical enough? As much as I'm not fond of narrative driven concept albums, and I can think of many which are a lot worse, it's important to judge art on its intention as much as execution. There are some nice grooves when it gets into it and some epic solos. My choice of standout track is an unoriginal one - it's easily Comfortably Numb - those solos have more emotion than the rest of the album combined and I kind of forgot how much this has influenced my own playing. Despite it's flaws I still enjoyed it, even it it was just David Gilmour saving the day. 3/5
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.
Amazing classic of the curated rock-opera Floyd era, and Waters in full force writing. Always loved this one great to go through again. Manages to capture so many feelings while having a direct story/message at the same time. True masterpiece
Many people who know me would be surprised to learn I've never listened to this album despite being a stoner who got very into two reggae cover albums of Dark Side of the Moon. But I never branched out into any of this band's other work (though obviously I've heard Another Brick pt. 2 more times than I can count over the years). Album is worth the hype. Sound mixing is incredible, the flow of songs is great, and you just feel fully immersed in the experience throughout. Bit on the long side but some of my favorite albums are even longer and it was never boring.
Just one of those albums that always hits. It's a bit long and parts aren't my favorite but it's a masterclass
A favorite album of mine as a teen due to the anger and questioning of the world done by Pink, even though I didn't really understand a lot of what the album was saying as a kid. Definitely one of my top 15 most listened to albums of my life, and it also definitely is nostalgic album for me.
Didn't like it as much, not my cup of tea
A true masterpiece and the perfect rock opera
Favorite Track: Hey You
ну это классика - 4/5
Literally one of the most legendary albums of all time and still somehow underrated.
Album Rating: 9/10 Review: This album was so good. The storytelling throughout was impeccable and you felt like you were listening to a story being told with so much emotion and passion. The best song was by far Comfortably Numb. That is easily a top 100 song I have ever heard. The only negative about this album I would say is the short songs that felt like interludes. It just felt like they kidn of halted the momentum of the good songs back to back. I get that they were transition tracks and I understand their purpose but it still feels like they were a slight hindrance to the overall quality of the album.
Not feeling pink floyd...
I don't normally write long reviews on this app but I think this album is very deserving of one since Pink Floyd is my favourite band and this, in my opinion, is their best album Not only is this album a musical masterpiece it's incredibly strong lyrically and teaches a very important lesson through the depiction of the life of the fictional character Pink The album follows the life of Pink from childhood where he loses his father during WWII and is left with just his mother whose struggles due to the loss of her husband rub off on him and are another contribution to the metaphorical wall he is building around himself to protect his emotions from the harsh world around him, "of course mama's gonna help build the wall". Later he is impacted by the school system which mistreats students and treats them like cogs in a machine (or bricks in a wall). This is another contribution to his wall. As the album goes on he faces more struggles eg his marriage breaking down and he continues to build his wall higher and higher and to push more people away. This coping mechanism is recognised to be to his detriment though as he becomes lonely and depressed in the later songs of the album and begins to cry out for help, "is there anybody out there" There's a lot more to be said about this album (I could write an entire essay just on Comfortably Numb) but I think the main message is that when there's so much hardship going on around someone and the whole world seems to be against them it's easy to turn their back on everyone and everything and to forget that there is some good left in the world in the form of their friends and family. No one, no matter how successful (like Pink being a wealthy rockstar) is better off alone and we all need good people to give meaning to our lives Fame and fortune will only get you so far but even with all the money in the world you can still experience despair and loneliness to the point of possible suicidality (as Pink seemed to in "one of my turns") or just a meaningless existence. I think that no matter what genre of music you're into you should give this album a listen. It's nearly 50 years old but just as relevant today as it was in 1979 and long before that, with themes reminiscent of my favourite book Crime and Punishment (where the main character, Raskolnikov, has similar disillusionments with the world around him and pushes people away the same as Pink does) I believe this album deserves to have a completely separate rating to all of the other albums I've rated so far but since it's the most I can award it, I give it 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I've listened to this many times and I think it absolutely fits the "have to listen to before you die" description.
I like the album Lot I Do I did look up the meaning of the album en dat Made Me appreciated it more. It is about building a Brick Wall Around yourself for mental protection. Made me appreciate pink floyd more.
Well...bunch of amateurs trying out to write an opera...
Free album and lyrics, thx!
One of the absolute best
Insane beautiful dystopia. so much meaning. the peaks are insane. dont leave me now might be one of the greatest drops in music.
Meh
One of the best concept albums of all time
Controversial opinion but this album feels a little bloated
The Wall isn't one of Floyd's best albums but it's close. Long and sprawling but never boring. It's one of those albums you just have to listen to once in awhile because it's so good.
I’m a massive Floyd fan but this isn’t my favourite. Very uneven.
Far too long, but it’s awfully well done, even if it’s not my thing. Some of the “concept” elements (e.g., non-musical sounds) don’t really add value.
Isnt this where... we came in??
When I found out that Bob Gelfod was playing in the movie, it was a direct 5. What a perfect storytelling and the transition between the tracks 🦋
I have listened to this several times before and unlike other albums this one I have listened through from start to finish as well as I have watched the movie as well as the concert with the same name. A really good album from start to finish.
I went into The Wall hoping it might finally be the Pink Floyd album that I like and it wasnt!! After my previous Floyd review, where I described them as “wanky middle-class pop music,” I already knew they probably weren’t a band for me, and The Wall only reinforced that feeling. I just don’t get Pink Floyd. This album felt like everything I struggle with in their music — overblown, overly experimental and far too pleased with its own cleverness. At over 80 minutes, The Wall is simply far too long for what it offers. There are moments where you can hear the quality and ambition, but so much of it feels like self-indulgent nonsense. Tracks like “Is There Anybody Out There?” left me completely cold, and there were long stretches where I was just waiting for something to grab me. I think what this challenge has taught me is that experimental concept albums just aren’t really my thing. Give me a brilliant 30-minute rock and roll masterpiece over an 80-minute conceptual odyssey any day. I like strong songs, hooks and storytelling, and Pink Floyd’s style rarely gives me that in a way I connect with. At this point, apart from Comfortably Numb, I could happily go the rest of my life without listening to Pink Floyd again. Favourite tracks: “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” Least favourite tracks: Large parts of the album blended into one long, dull experience, especially the more experimental sections Album artwork: Classic album cover, simple but very effective
There were maybe six months in high school when this and Dark Side ... were running on a loop.
This is a fantastic record. Reminds me of my university years. While several songs are great, is the whole album that gets my vote.
Jesus... how funny, I hope Dad is listening to this with me. ❤️ Got to listen with Mom, so im very grateful. I will always think this a fantastic album.
Pink floyd qui fait très bien son pink floyd. Moins bien que The Dark side of the Moon, mais tout autant narratif et transportant. Certains morceaux sont cours mais arrivent quand même à être marquant et les transitions entre les morceaux sont pixel. Album assez long mais crée très bien son univers pour la session d’écoute HM : Don’t leave me now,Confortably Numb,Run like hell et In the flesh Another Brick in the wall pt2 classique
О! Харош. Якраз хотів щось їхнє послухати. Я їх раніше не любив, але зараз після захоплення прогом і Blood Incantation мало би зайти. Альбом на 1г 20хв, це напряг. Але слухаю і подобається, мабуть я вже достатньо постарів, щоб його сприймати.
There are two types of reviews out here for The Wall: Those that are 5-stars, and those that are wrong. The Wall is arguably the greatest concept album of all time. Great story, amazing how the tracks all come together, amazing performances throughout. Some of the most recognizable rock songs of the 70s. Roger Waters and the boys at their absolute finest. And if that isn't all enough, Comfortably Numb is one of the great songs of all time. 5-stars, if ever there was one.
Although I’ve always been a big Pink Floyd fan I was never sure about this album. The snippets I heard when it was released never convinced me to buy the album. This included the big hit single from the album Another Brick In the Wall which I always thought was so unlike Pink Floyd and a bit twee. So years passed without purchasing the album and was content to hear and collect Dave Gilmours live albums which contained many Wall tracks. It was therefore only in recent history that when commencing a journey back from the Lake District to home and deciding what to play on the drive, I listened to the album from start to finish. I still remember that journey largely because the full delights of the album revealed itself to me. I then quickly purchased the album on vinyl and CD and then made up for the missed years this album was not in my life. Despite this revelation it will never be my favourite Floyd album as I do think it goes on a bit too long. Apart from Run Like Hell I often think the whole of side 4 could be dispensed with. That would have meant that the album would have ended with the magnificent Comfortably Numb. What an ending that would have been culminating in one of the best guitar solos ever. That track alone gives this album and easy 5 stars. 5/5 24/6/26
One of those albums I can’t be objective about. Second half has a few areas that feel a little rough, but some of the best songs ever made are on this album. It blew my mind as a kid, and I still love it now.
Thought it was rubbish when it came out. Haven’t changed my mind. Dark Side of the Moon it ain’t & the racist lyrics nowadays go way beyond satire. Even Comfortably Numb can’t save it from a single star.
a true classic
i really enjoyed it - wouldn't listen to lots of the songs by themselves but together they all worked well.
Some of my favs in there
Not enough stars in the sky for this one
Ο Ρότζερ αρκετά κλαψιαρης, αλλά και πάλι ορισμένα εξαιρετικά κομμάτια
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.
I simultaneously think this album is great and massively overrated. It succeeds as a concept album in many ways. It has a coherent structure with a relatively compelling narrative, and above all else, it has some amazing tracks. Where I think is album fails slightly is in its length. As a double album, a fair few tracks feel as if their main purpose is to advance the narrative rather than deliver musically. As well as that, the second disc is noticeably weaker than the first. Overall, too much meat and not enough pudding.
I associate Pink Floyd with a certain contingent of high school friends, then a certain smaller contingent of early-twenties friends. I associate Pink Floyd with taking drugs, tripping out, and they happen to be the first big stadium show I ever went to. But by my late twenties, certainly by my thirties, they had been thoroughly relegated to the childish things I’d put away forever. Then 1001 Albums comes along and it’s providing some surprising Pink Floyd revelations. Not only is the music itself complex and textured, but a lot of its style flavours many other artist I’ve loved over the years. As a relatively sober 51 year old man, entering my decade of reflection, the lyrics are resonating in a way far more meaningful than they did when I was a teen. What used to seem very opaque is now downright accessible. I’ve been giving Pink Floyd good grades all along the line, and revisiting The Wall was been sweet. I could sing along every single word, but I never really recognized how gutting and tragic it all is, and arguably more relevant now than ever before.
So much has been written about The Wall, I don't feel like I have anything useful to add -- except to say that it's not really for me. I say this as a big fan of a lot of what Pink Floyd has done over the years. Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are two of my all-time favorite albums. There's just something about The Wall that's never connected with me. Listening to it all the way through has always proved a little bit of a slog, so this might only be the 3rd or 4th time I've ever played it from start to finish. The interconnected story should be a strength, but for me it just means there are a lot of tracks that don't do much for me musically. I feel like I'm listening to the soundtrack for a stage play, and that's not something that encourages replayability for me. A song like "The Trial" is something I could happily never hear again. When the album does hit, it hits hard. Hey You, Comfortably Numb, and Run Like Hell are all excellent... Comfortably Numb in particular is one of my favorite songs of all-time. I understand why Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2 is so well-loved, but it's never really ranked for me when I consider Pink Floyd's best. I feel like I enjoy this album at no more than a 3... but it's much too accomplished and has far too high of highs to get a middling score. But I have to save full marks for albums I enjoy without reservations.
Previously known. I forgot how much I like this.
9 - all timer but not a top Floyd album
4.5 - Great
A big boring album
Favourite Songs: Comfortably Numb Run Like Hell
great album with amazing songs tho certainly not my favourite pink floyd album
More than an album...an experience
Masterpiece! One of my favorite albums. I love it. Pink Floyd forever!
Sounded like a shouty one
You can't have any pudding if you don't eat your meat! This is The Wall. What can I say, 5 stars of course
The Wall may be the last great concept album. It was the end of band and era. Perfect album.
Great voice Simbólico Instrumental The guitar another level
Classic Pink Floyd prod rock at its best.
Classic album. Bit too long and drawn out in places.
'Comfortably Numb' saab alati olema üks parimaid kitarrisoolosid, mida ma kuulnud olen, aga ausalt öeldes ei ole ülejäänud album nii meeldejääv. The Wall albumina on rohkem atmosfäärne kuulamiskogemus kui enamus albumeid ja ta kuvab kindlat emotsiooni. Pink Floyd sonifitseerib depressiooni paremini kui emo muusika. See on vastukaaluks minu enne antud kriitikale. Ma pean ütlema, et mind häirib veidi solisti rääkimise hääl, aga eks võib olla, et ta tahtis ka, et see oleks selline veidi ebamugavust tekitav, tegu pole ju rõõmsa albumiga. Album sobis oma särtsuvaba olemuse ja kohati lootusetu lüürika poolest hästi optika protokollide tegemise taustamuusikaks. Üks laul, mida ma enne ei tundnud, mis mulle kõrva jäi oli 'Hey You'. Edit: See on meeldetuletus, miks ma pean lugema vikipeedia artikkleid enne kui ma kuulan albumit. Album, mis on niigi kuulamiskogemus oleks seda veelgi enam kui oleksin lugenud enne läbi selle storylinei, mis laude sisse punutud on. Ma olin kooli põhjal alati arvanud, et another brick in the wall on lugu sellest, kuidas koolisüsteem võtab ära laste individuaalsuse, aga selgub, et selle loo kontekstis on tegu ka kirjeldusega sellest, kuidas peategelane müürib end aina ära teistest inimestest. Sajad miljonid on leidnud kontakti ühe vaevatud väljamõeldud rokkstaariga.
every pink floyd album is gonna be a 5 on here sorry
A very good album. It’s almost a 5, but it doesn’t reach the same level of superiority as Dark Side, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t connect as much with the overall concept. It’ll remain a high 4. Run Like Hell is probably my favourite Pink Floyd song. What a banger.
If you strip away the spectacle of the Wall live shows performed by Pink Floyd or later by Roger Waters, take away the freaky visuals of the movie, this all began live as a piece of musical work. This is certainly Pink Floyd's magnum opus. A long double album concept. You've heard Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 a hundred or a thousand times on your local classic rock station and it feels a little overdone at this point. But if you take the time to listen to this album cover to cover, it is still a powerful message of isolation and grief. Even if it's told through the eyes of a mostly unpleasant Roger Waters, the story still has emotional weight. The strongest part of this album is the music, it's a rock opera that makes effective use of the musical motifs, introducing and calling back to them several times. Most notably is In the Flesh? opening the album and then reprising on the expanded In The Flesh on side 4. At 80 minutes, it is a long album to experience, but I think it is worth it. This album is still undeniably a classic.
Love this album. An emotional album.
WOW Emotionally exhausting
Masterpiece however it’s a heavy listen
Finally some Floyd! Probably the most famous narrative focused album of all time and for good reason, it absolutely rocks, that said, it’s not an all-the-time kind of album because of its length and a fair few songs aren’t bangers due to being more narrative focused, that won’t knock its score though, this album is incredible, and its far from my favourite album of theirs, which just goes to show how strong Floyd is, especially 70’s Floyd, debatably the greatest band of all time? Standouts are Brick pt2, young lust, comfortably numb (obviously) and run like hell.
On the rare occasions that my reviews aren't the most banal and basic opinions and analysis, they consist almost entirely of cynical misinformation that oftentimes borders on criminality. Here I sit, faced with an album of staggering genius and I shall respect if by remaining silent.
это прям то, что надо перед экзаменом слушать успокаивает
It’s behind Dark Side and Wish You Were Here for me. And hell, I’m a Final Cut fan. But The Wall is so good.
It's a cool album. Enjoyable listen. Disc 1 / Disc 2 seem like totally different albums honestly, but they also are tied together very loosely. Not sure if I like it or if I don't. 3 or 4 out of 5... it's honestly hard to rate this one but I'll give it a 4. It was pretty good
So perfect
I know this one quite well. I've always had a bit of a thing with double albums; the vast, vast majority of them can usually be shaved down to one incredible album. In most cases, there's a decent amount of filler on even the best ones. It wouldn't really be practical to do in the case of this one, since there's a story to be told, but even with The Wall I find myself enjoying side one MUCH more than side two.
Magnificent. Absolutely a work of art with seemingly unparalleled musical arrangements, vocals & creatively.
Pretty cool songs. Some have very loud sounds, and some are not really songs (?) but nice overall. 8/10. Favs: Another brick in the wall pt.2 + goodbye blue sky.
I knew pink floyd from the great gig in the sky, amazing discography. More on instrumentals less lyrics on this album, but overall pink floyd is one of the most influential rock bands oat. 9.4/10
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
This album felt a little long. Thankfully not as long Spotify told me at first (a terrifying 53 tracks over 183 minutes???). There were several songs in here I liked. Lyrically (and in some of the production) this felt like a theater kid trying to impress others with their edginess. 3/5.
Step down from their other work but still has strong songs
It's a marathon not a sprint. The back half is wayyyy better than the first half. You can feel it's immense length in how spacious and slow it is from the start of "Brick in the Wall Pt 1". Getting to Part 2 feels like the first time this record really wakes up, for lack of a better term. I know and respect the uniquely personal place this album is written from, and it's generally done really well. But on occasion, it suffers from Drake/Taylor Swift syndrome. It's dilemma is so unique to the isolated megastar that I really have to do some mental hustling to meet The Wall where it's at. Again, some good songwriting and execution, I especially love how it uses silence to heighten the mood. But sometimes it's challenging to not grow impatient. Additionally, the singing on the first half of this record is markedly worse. "One Of My Turns" and the verse of "Hey You" are a little flat. Now "Is There Anybody Out There", that's a track. Sticky acoustic guitar melody that fades in from the silence and then back out in a reasonable amount of time. This kicks off the best run on the record. "Nobody Home" continued the momentum right after. The symphonic accompaniment behind that piano is like water in a desert. The dramatics of "Bring The Boys Back Home" into "Comfortably Numb". It's hard to have your best material be so clearly on the back end of a record this long, I'm impressed. I'm exhausted. There's a myriad of cool things happening conceptually and compositionally, but it's a bit hard to meet this one at eye level. Respectful 3/5
One of the best albums made
2026.06.19.
I went to Roger Water's Wall tour in the 00's and got so high that I slept through the vast majority of the show. I can only remember the plane crash, the breaking of the wall on Comfortably Numb and that's about it. My biggest concert regret ever, I'll never be able to relieve that, learned a hard lesson with that, never mix greens and alcohol. Oh, this album is perfect, timeless and dated at the same time, they'll never be anything quite like this ever again.
the story the album was telling was genuinely so beautiful, the rock sound of it wasn't something I usually listen to but I did enjoy it a lot. I recommend if ur listing to this album for the first time definitely check out some analysis videos before you give it a listen.
It’s a great album but it’s simply too fucking long. You could remove 3/4 of this album and it’d still be a fantastic album.
Un album que simplemente toda persona debe escuchar una vez en su vida
a bit overrated. Think it's 3rd or 4th time i've listened to it
I will always love this record! It's my favourite from Pink Floyd. I agree that its runtime is a bit too long, but the songs are perfect, and this album as a whole is perfect. I like Dark Side Of The Moon as well, but The Wall is the first album I listened in full from Pink Floyd, so it has a very special place in my heart. Also, as a guitar player, this record has some of the most memorable guitar moments in the history of rock. Anyway, this is a 5, and also fuck Roger Waters.
álbum perfeituxo com uma crítica ótima e um storytelling maravilhoso
A classic album. There are several good tracks on this record that show the depth of the band's abilities. Comfortably Numb might be my favorite Pink Floyd track ever.
The Wall es un muy buen álbum en el cual Floyd demuestra su calidad técnica y músical, más no siento que las voces se destacan mucho pero en definitiva lo conceptual del album (que me lo tuvo que explicar mi papá mejor) es lo que vuelve a este álbum histórico
Me gustaron mucho las letras de ambos discos, pero a decir verdad, el primer disco me perdió, y aunque el segundo me haya gustado más, no creo que vuelva a escuchar ninguno.
Never listened to this album when I was growing up.
This is a good album, don't get me wrong... but it is just way too long. I think that if an album gets to a point where you need multiple discs, just make two albums. Even a part 1 and part 2 album could have been so so good. The songs themselves, I had mixed feelings about. There were some I thought were brilliant, but then also some that I found a bit boring or just a bit strange and unenjoyable. I can see why this album is as big as it is, and why it is so highly rated, but once you start to dissect it and listen to each song individually, is it REALLY as brilliant as people say? I'm not too sure. The vocals were really good, and I also loved the instrumentation and how experimental it could get at times, or just how 'out-there' it could sound. Favourites: Another Brick in the Wall pt.2 The Happiest Days of Our Lives The Trial
Real https://www.reddit.com/r/im14andthisisdeep/ material and I say that lovingly because I loved this album at that age. Now I can see it as a bit self-indulgent for Roger Waters but when was late 70's / early 80's Pink Floyd not?
im actually so glad i revisited this i was a hater of the spoken word bits before but now ive listened again they’ve really grown on me. pink floyd my loves
It's been a very long time since I gave this entire album a front-to-back listen, and my god, does it ever hold up. This is rock theater drugs madness mania (complimentary).
Is it a sign of maturity to think that Pink deserved everything bad that happened to him? At least the album seems to call him out on his bullshit by the end.
4⭐️/5 [06.08.2026] 06.09.2026
C'est top, mais c'est long Mais c'est hyper top
Comment s'attaquer à ce véritable mastodonte, ce vrai mur ? The Wall c'est tout et rien, c'est les meilleurs chansons de Pink Floyd (ou de l'histoire ?) et aussi les pires, c'est du concept prétentieux et du génie magistral. Maiiiis c'est loin d'être leur meilleur album. Sans surprise mes contributions favorites ici sont celles de Gilmour, loin des pleurnichements bruyants de Waters (je rigole). Il n'a pas la cinquième étoile parce qu'elle sera plus méritée par ses ainés. Playlist pick : Young Lust
Really excited for this one. Dark side of the moon is top 5 OAT for me and I’ve heard people say this one is just as good. In the flesh is a really nice opener. You can feel the build up which I like alot. Really cool organ. Rest of it isn’t anything special. Good songwriting too. I love the fade from flesh to thin ice. Idk if Floyd started that trend, but they definitely perfected it. Guitar/production I like more on this one. More lyrical substance in flesh. And then the fade into another brick🔥🔥. What a guitar holy shit. Lyrics too. What a song. My only complaint is I wish there was more to it. Awesome bass on happiest days. This is a good bridge song. Nothing more than that. I’ve heard pt 2 before. Absolute banger. Never knew it was Pink Floyd, pretty significantly different from anything else I’ve heard from them. Guitar bass drums and lyrics are so so so good on this song. Sweet solo too obviously. Mother was never going to live up to part 2, but it is ok. I think it’s just a little too slow too start after such a fun/upbeat song. I do like the acoustic sound tho. Good lyrics and vocals too. Really good production on bluesky. Good lyrics/vocals too just not enough of them. Empty spaces is a very cool bridge song. Right into young lust which is just another banger. It’s got the good elements of dark side but with a pretty different sound overall. That’s impressive. Awesome guitar again on this one. Works so well with the keys in the solo. Don’t leave me now and one of my turns are good not great. Pretty forgettable but all the good elements of a fun rock song. Part 3 is the worst of the 3 but I still want more. Not much going on with goodbye, but I like that as the closing song to disc 1. Really good writing on hey you. Interesting guitar. Anybody out there is super peaceful. Needed this right here. Greta production. Nobody home 🔥🔥. Incredible production again. What a change of pace from any other Floyd song I’ve heard. Vera is fine. I like the fade into it, and again it’s incredible production. Bring the boys back home is super interesting. Not sure what to think of this one. Cool bridge I guess. Comfortably numb is another all time banger. This one is all abt the vocals. This one is the closest to a dark side song so far. What a song end to end. Show must go on is another cool bridge song, great fade into in the flesh. This one is really good too. Some goofy lyrics but awesome drums and harmonies. Run like Hell is another all time classic wow. Great guitar all the way through. Waiting for the worms is just ok. Let down after run like hell. Until the electric guitar hits at 1:30. Then it’s awesome again. The trial is very showtunesy. I can respect the change of pace but this is not my style. End is pretty cool tho I like the chanting. Outside the wall works really well as the closer. Really calming outro. Feels like it came full circle. What an album. What a band. I will listen to all 73 minutes again and really soon. Please listen. Now. 4.7/5 stars.
What can I say - solid 5 stars from me. One of the best albums of all time in my opinion.
"Isn't this where we came in?"
Utter crap. I can't believe there were 26 tracks of this. The one riff in "Run Like Hell" is redeemable. The rest of this can go to hell.
10/10 TODO EL ÁLBUM, NO SKIPS. Favorita: young lust, mother, goodbye blue sky (todavía me faltan algunas canciones que terminar) but so far so good
Ni slabo
Блин а там же еще кино есть, да? Я не смотрел, может позже... Заглавная песня заезжена невероятно, поэтому трудно ее воспринимать нормально, однако ее популярность абсолютно заслужена. В целом, с одной стороны, это сложное, продуманное, концептуальное произведение, а с другой, именно по вайбам, мне Darkside Of The Moon всегда нравился больше
Another classic. Really enjoyed it again today.
Pink Floyd goes pop! All these songs are fairly accessible and normal-length, and it features about half the Pink Floyd songs a radio listener really cares about. As someone who doesn't care for prog albums like Wish You Were Here where they have the long song in many movements, this is much more my speed, though the length is a bit too much typically.
The fourth Pink Floyd I've had so far, and it's the best one from Pink Floyd yet... Loved all 81 minutes. "Run Like Hell"..they're gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box ..best lesson for all teenage sons
Absolutely belongs on this list. It's a whole experience listening with headphones. Comfortably Numb is fantastic.
I really enjoyed this. Didn’t feel near 3 hours long (I did take a break). Run Like Hell was a great choice to close. There was one song on there that sounded like amateur theatre production that was an outlier but I get the hype otherwise. 4.5, might round up.
This is an iconic album, "Mother", "Another Brick in the Wall", "The Show Must Go On" and "Run Like Hell" are incredible.
I don’t think I’ve ever properly listened to Pink Floyd before, but I like it! Some of the more moody/artsy ones are interesting (like Don’t Leave Me Now), but once they get going I’m definitely into it. Goodbye Blue Sky is a fave from the first half. Hey You has an absolutely killer guitar riff - very cool. Comfortably Numb is another fave - basically anything with a good riff. Overall, a bit theatrical for my tastes, but I can respect the talent and quality in the music.
3.5
3.5
Full disclosure, I’ve heard this a few times. In my younger, and much dumber, years, I thought Pink Floyd was old people's music. Then my younger brother got into them, and I doubled down on how they must suck. You know how brothers are. But one day I decided to listen to Dark Side of the Moon, and the skies cleared, and so did the fog in my brain. I loved Pink Floyd! And I didn’t even smoke pot! I then listened to The Wall and realized that I’d heard several songs off the double album from just listening to classic rock radio. I like The Wall, it has my favorite Pink Floyd song on it, Comfortably Numb, but….It can be a bit much. Double albums rarely escape without a few songs that could have been left on the cutting room floor. They may serve the story, but as for just songs, they're sometimes just a means to an end. The Wall is a concept album/rock opera about a rock and roll singer and the wall he builds between himself and his audience. As usual with Pink Floyd, their former leader, Syd Barrett, is the basis for most of the great stuff they ever created, including The Wall. Well, Barrett isn't the sole inspiration, but he's in there. It’s been a while since I’ve listened to The Wall, so it’ll be interesting to see if I still like it as much as I did. Dark Side is my all-time favorite Floyd album, followed by Wish You Were Here. Animals has really climbed up my personal charts. The Wall is probably fourth ranked ahead of Meddle. So there you go. Track 1 is In the Flesh? and I love this song. It’s got that great Floydian guitar sound and riff. A great thing about rock operas is that if the band has a great signature riff, it winds its way through the entirety of the album. However, if they don’t have a great riff, then it makes no difference. The Wall has that great Floydian riff that weaves in and out of the album. Track 2 is Baby Blue, and it’s nice and sweet, but there isn’t much there there. It’s very 50s rock and roll and has a great tradeoff of vocals between lead guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour and vocalist and bassist Roger Waters. Rogers wrote most of the songs on the album, some with Gilmour, but mostly by himself. Track 3 is Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 and it has that familiar Floydian riff and guitar sound that makes this a great album. Gilmour is underrated as a guitarist, if that’s possible. Track 5 is Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 and this is the one you know. I remember hearing this on the radio as a kid. “We don’t need no education!” It really made an impression on me. We don’t need no education? And kids were saying that on the radio? Great song, great riff, great lyrics, almost a perfect song. What keeps it from being perfect? Well, it’s the same thing that affects most songs in a rock opera. It’s not so much a fully, complete song as it’s just another piece of the opera. It’s another brick in the wall, literally and figuratively. When the band, or now Waters, plays The Wall live, a wall is built piece by piece, song by song, until the band is completely separated from the audience. Then the Wall is torn down by the end of the show. Basically, I just want more of this song. I know it’s four minutes long, but there are another four minutes spread out through the album with songs in between parts 1, 2 and 3. Track 6 is Mother, and it’s fine. As with most rock operas, the meaning of the songs is kind of misinterpreted if you don’t know the whole story. I think Mother is one of those songs. It’s beautiful though. Track 5 is Goodbye Blue Sky and talk about beautiful. This song sounds foreboding and beautiful at the same time. The song was written by Waters and Gilmour. Gilmour is by far the better singer, especially with keyboardist Richard Wright singing harmony with him. I think this song could be a hit today. Track 9 is Young Lust, and this is pure sex, drugs, and rock and roll. “Oooooh, I need a dirty woman.” I think that sums up the life of a traveling rock and roller. “I am just a new boy, a stranger in this town. Where are all the good times? Who’s going to show this stranger around?” Imagine what debauchery rock stars must have gotten up to in the era of no phones or cameras? Yikes! This is one of the best songs on the album. It got a ton of play on rock radio, and it wasn’t even released as a single. Track 10 is One of My Turns and the album begins to kind of come undone. As I said, I like The Wall, but it’s not my favourite Pink Floyd album. This song as a whole isn’t that interesting to me, but the last minute or so is so good. I’d liked to have had three minutes of that part of the song, but it’s Pink Floyd, so sometimes you just have to take what they give you. Track 11 is Don’t Leave Me Now, and it’s where I start to lose a bit of interest in the album. Waters’ singing isn’t great even in a decent song, but he’s almost nails on a chalkboard. Though I can see where Les Claypool might have gotten his vocal stylings. My name is mud. I understand, in the rock operaness of it, we need this song as a bridge to the next song and the next. But, one thing about these weird songs, there is always a minute or so where Gilmour and the band come in, and it makes you instantly forget the previous nonsense. Track 11 is Another Brick in the Wall Part 3, and it’s way too short, but it leads us to Pink’s mental breakdown. Oh, by the way, the main character of the opera is a rock star named Pink, played by Waters, of course. Track 14 is Hey You, and damn, is this a jam. Wright really helps take this song from being good to great with his electric piano. Gilmour and Waters trade vocals on this song, and it works very well. One of the few fully formed songs that could live on other Pink Floyd albums without the rock opera. I’ll admit, I’ve heard this song so much I don’t really enjoy it as much as I used to, but there’s no denying it. That guitar solo is perfect. Now we get to the part of the album where there are some good songs, but I’d suspect they wouldn’t be in a regular, non-rock opera album. I’m sure the band could have fleshed them out more for a Metallica Reload-type follow-up a year or two later. Track 19 is Comfortably Numb, and we find the best song on the album and arguably the best song Pink Floyd ever wrote. Again, Waters and Gilmour share vocals on this track. Gilmour has the chorus with a bed of strings under him to elevate the song to otherworldly status. If this is what comfortably numb feels like, I’m down. I mentioned I’ve heard Hey You about a million times and just got burned out, I’ve heard Comfortably Numb about a billion times, and I love it still. Just the chimes during the “just a little pin prick” lyric are brilliant. This is for sure an all-time album, but Comfortably Numb is an all-time song. You should have it in your playlist. As we continue further throughout the album to the end, there’s really only one more song of any importance, I think, anf that’s track 20, Run Like Hell. This song is so good. The song is about a fascist leader who demands that people conform to his demands and obey his rules or face violence and persecution. Hmmmm. In the story of The Wall, Pink has become mad and imagines himself as a dictator trying to make his fans conform to his ideals. Wright has a great keyboard solo in this song. The song makes you feel like you’re on the run with the way it's musically constructed. The album finishes with several decent songs, though, as with most of the tracks I skipped, they are better heard when listening to the album as a whole. If you want a real mindf**k, then check out the movie version of The Wall. It’s very weird and includes animation with dancing hammers. I didn’t really need to write anything about this album, and I kind of feel like I haven’t. This is an all-time album and deserves to be heard by everyone. I think if you hear it once, you’ll be a Pink Floyd fan, and you’ll go down the amazing rabbit hole.
Massive long album. A bit too sprawling for me but there was some standout tracks.
Some of it was a bit theatrical for me, but overall good, and comfortably numb and another brick in the wall are bangers
I don’t think I’d like this album much if it was the first time I’d heard it, but once you know the concept of the album and you’ve listened to it a few times you realise how good it is
Somehow my first time consciously listening through this front to back. Some obvious all-timers in here, but overall this is chock full of the stuff I like least about these guys - the industrial Britain 1984 concept album stuff... probably due to pop culture overexposure, but it's naff isn't it? Huge at the time I'm sure... Pt 2, Hey You, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell are like beautiful breaths of fresh air between the rest.
Comfortably Numb is a great song
I'd obviously heard a lot if this before, but I don't think I'd ever actually listened to the album through. Tons of classics but I have a hard time actually liking it.
I like how they repeat the brick thing every song- it’s cool
Obra maestra, literalmente; escrito como una obra musical, en secuencia, cuenta una historia. Me encanta.
Undeniably a great album. It deserves five stars on the merits, but I don’t think I’d choose to listen to the whole thing on the regular. I do love Comfortably Numb.
Ambitious, but like many concept albums, suffers from bloat that drags down the overall listening experience. There are many songs here that while they may work narratively, are generally forgettable and just serve the purpose of progressing the story, not being an interesting piece of music in their own right. While there are certainly some classics on here, I've always felt that Floyd bit off a bit more than they could chew with The Wall and this listen doesn't do much to change my mind. 3.5
йоо пінк флойд сюди
La storia che racconta mi é piaciuta molto, non é proprio il mio genere preferito peró qualche canzone me la riascolteró nei prossimi giorni
Twist my arm and make me listen this record for the millionth time, rock and roll perfection that rocked my little world then and continues to do so now.
I listened it multiple times, I have it on vinyl. Album felt like a movie before the movie became a thing. Every song felt in place and important, even the ones that felt more like a transition to the next song. Comfortably Numb is a masterpiece, David Gilmour never failed on his solos in this album. Who would have thought that the story of the character is a subtle reference to Kanye West in a way.
Very cool, but I forgot most of it
Dark Side of the Moon is incredible. The Wall is.. fine :|
Great musicianship but the pretentiousness persists, I can understand the love for this and Pink Floyd
Another master stroke double album bliss.
It was just as described.
second most iconic floyd album, not my favourite by any means but a comfort album for me. comfortably numb is top 5 floyd songs and the story telling on this album is superb. lots of filler unfortunately to make that story cohesive.
Chalk this up as another album I have actually never listened to. I knew Another Brick in the Wall and my neighbour's mum had this when I was a teen. So I remember hearing bits of it. What an album. Yes, maybe it was a bit pretentious but it's also really listenable and tells a good story.
geniales Konzeptalbum, aber nicht Pink Floyds bestes. Zu lang, zu viele Skits
Phenomenal. I feel stupid and very illiterate for not understanding the message being sent but the music and the flow of songs is incredible.
Classic
Timeless.
Shit me i LOVE a concept album literally just give me concepts all day long. First time listening to a pink Floyd album and i will so be going back through their other albums as soon as i can, brill stuff
It's so fucking long!!!!!!
I really want to complain about how insanely long this album is but unfortunately it is really great
Es pink floyd
No description needed
This album can take a bit of patience with the transitional tracks, but there are so many gems. Perhaps the best concept album from a band specializing in concept albums.
I wanted to be Super Into Floyd when I was 16, so I bought this album and tried to listen to it multiple times. I’m 45 now and I still can’t get into it.
My balls
really love the theatrical nature of this, and how the album is basically just a big musical act, even being able to invoke the storytelling elements of one through sound alone. i felt that it was a great critique on british and american imperialism, and it shows the progression of small injustices and the growing awareness of them snowballing into something bigger, and scarier. i've been going back-and-forth on my 5-star rating because i'm afraid i'm somehow getting "duped" into liking it, but i've ultimately decided to be honest about how i feel, and i feel pretty damn good about it.
positives: - rock operas are cool - prog rock is cool - it sounds nice - your dad's fav song is on it - wacky cheesy drama - guitar solos!!! guitar solos!!! - very long negatives: - your dad's fav song is on it - wacky cheesy drama - guitar solos!!! guitar solos!!! - very long roger waters is completely up himself but it's still one of my favourites like doug walker I'll listen to it so you don't have to
It is nice to finally experience what is considered one of the best concept albums of all time. I consider it: pretty OK! Very pleasent prog through-out, and nice to follow along with the story-telling.
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
its a really comfortable listened and i enjoy this album
I've never really liked Pink Floyd outside of Dark Side of the Moon and Animals.
I really love so many songs on this record. My only real gripes with it are that it’s too long and the end of the album is pretty meh. The music is haunting and genuinely great. It’s a concept album so it’s very cohesive and well produced. It flows great. It’s one of the best rock albums of all time. I can’t rag on the ending too much, since it comprises of such a small part of the album. All in all, amazing record.
Very very good album.
This album is a masterpiece!!!! But I highly recommend watching the movie as well
This is a massive, 80 minute prog rock opera, and yeah, it goes pretty hard. It’s a super ambitious, theatrical project that really nails the feeling of isolation and losing your mind. The storytelling is top tier, and the way the music weaves together is brilliant, especially the guitar work on "Comfortably Numb", which is easily some of the best stuff ever recorded. When the band is in the zone, it’s a killer cinematic trip that totally earns its spot in rock history. That said, it’s also pretty self-indulgent. For every great moment, there’s a stretch of filler that feels less like a solid album and more like Roger Waters just venting his own ego. Overall, The Wall is a messy but fascinating triumph, it’s a huge conceptual swing that you’ve gotta hear all the way through, even if it does drag you down into the gloom every now and then.
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Awesome!!!
Definitely an album that should be listened to although this is not my favorite album by Pink Floyd. This concept album was huge when it came out. It's a bit depressing (mostly Roger Waters) but the David Gimour songs are best.
Epic classic. Great background or sit down and focus on the rock opera kind of album.
I love albums that aren't just a collection of songs, but a whole experience! This was an easy 5/5
The only
Despite being one of the great concept albums, I don't think this is quite 5-star Floyd for me. Some great songs to be sure - side 3 as a mini-album would be 5 stars in and of itself, starting with Hey You and ending with Comfortably Numb, just epic. Some great guitar solos. Other songs here I don't care for as much, like Young Lust - I definitely like Floyd at there moodiest and most atmospheric, rather than the rockier/funkier parts. It's a little long, but the story is pretty good as the narrator moves through childhood trauma, into a mental breakdown, and back out. I think it's good to very good, maybe just not great.
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Really good album that leans to the overly theatrical. Still very enjoyable, and something I’d definitely re-listen to.
Bro, 2 horas y media de álbum? Se pasaron ustedes. Tiene canciones icónicas. Dura muchísimo y suena al fin de temporada de una serie. No lo amo pero no lo odio.
Some amazing songs, but just too much filler.
Très bon album des pink floyd mais loin d'être mon préféré. 1) Comfortably numb 2) Hey you 3) In the flesh Quelques creux pour moi mais album est excellent. L'ambiance et la cohérence tout au long de l'album permettent une immersion incroyable pour l'auditeur
C'était un très bon album mais je trouve que dans le global il manque un chouille de pétanque pour devenir un 5
Pretty decent album with an interesting concept weaving through the tracks.
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. (⌐■_■)
Man I don’t know. There’s a lot of stuff I like musically on this one, it’s probably my second favourite (and maybe the only one I actually enjoy quite a bit, other than Wish You Were Here). But I’m just so sick of all of this you know? I never want to think about Pink Floyd again. I don’t like the idea that they’re STILL this benchmark for high minded pop music. They’re not as good as The Ramones. They’re not as good as a lot of things. I’m sick of it!
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.
J'imagine que Pink Floyd est encore un groupe donc Robert Dimery est méga fan et on va avoir droit à 3000 albums. Bon, au moins, c'est un groupe que j'aime beaucoup. Je ne connaissais pas encore The Wall, à part la chanson que tout le monde connaît, au point que ça ne sert à rien que je la cite. Le reste était une découverte pour moi. C'est un album qui raconte une histoire, donc pour en profiter, il est nécessaire de suivre un petit peu la narration pour comprendre l'album dans ses moindres détails et de façon globale, je pense que c'est un album qui s'apprécie pleinement après plein d'écoutes donc moi que je l'ai écouté que cette fois, je pense que je n'en ai pas encore chopé toute la substantifique moelle. Cela dit, c'était quand même une écoute super cool, l'heure vingt est passée très vite. C'est du Pink Floyd bien dans son époque de la fin des années 70, au niveau des sonorités, de la prod, tout ce que tu veux. On passe par de nombreuses émotions, à mesure que le personnage se ferme de plus en plus au monde, à mesure que ses traumatismes s'accumulent, jusqu'au pétage de câble final, où il se prend pour une sorte de dictateur fasciste en plein concert. C'est super riche, il se passe plein de choses, Pink Floyd continue d'évoluer et de se réinventer. Pour beaucoup, c'est le meilleur album du groupe. Perso, je mettrais toujours Wish You Were Here devant, mais ça reste un sacré morceau et je pense qu'à partir du moment où je l'aurai acheté, je ne ferai que l'apprécier de plus en plus.
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.
Been waiting for this one, never heard it before. A very long concept album yay! Hard to connect with the first few songs, and I don't like the tones. Rock operas reek of high school musicals to me. Got to admire the ambition though. The longer it goes on, the more I dislike it. Picks up again with comfortably numb, then chugs a long until it dissappears up its own arse. 3 Heard before? Some Owned: No 75/301 (24%) Will I get:
Start of the album not great. End of 1st disc is great! Especially Another Brick pt 3 into goodbye cruel world. Another brick Pt 2 sucks. Comfortably numb is great. In the flesh is very on the nose but potent. The Wall by Pink Floyd is certainly a potent album. It's also certainly a good album. But I'm not sure if it's a great album. For one this album is long, really long and there are many songs on there that I don't think sound good or serve the narrative. That being said there are certain songs on here that truly stand the test of time and ring even more true for our modern society than it did for the one Pink Floyd lived in. I would've like more of those and less of the rest Fav Songs: Comfortably Numb (HM: Another Brick Pt. 3 into goodbye cruel world. Least Fav: Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2
4.5/5
It's decent, very operatic. Highlight's are "Another Brick in the Wall" and Comfortably Number".
yeah, so i should listen to this album again in the future, but huh
Wish You Were Here & Meddle > The Wall
A double album rock opera would normally fill me with dread, but this is really good. A little pretentious without going full blown wanky. It has a song as good as Comfortably Numb buried halfway into disc two, for that alone it needs to be a 5/5. The rest is bloody good too.
Amazing album! Pink floyd are one of the best storytellers outr there and it shows!
I liked some of the songs, but most of them aren't my style.
Another nostalgic album for me. I remember when I was about 10 years old, my dad and I listened to this album. For some reason I cried a lot whilst listening. Can't remember why. I do get it now that I listened to it again. This album has an emotional weight to it and you can really feel that.
Masterpiece.Favorite tracks Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell.
Great epic album but I feel like most of the pink Floyd albums from when it came out body it. I also prefer tommy.
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.
One of the first concept albums I can think of. Pink Floyd was pioneering in the practice of making albums like this and this entire saga spelled out in album form has produced some bangers of individual tracks as well as a cohesive experience to listen all the way through.
Un must !
Muy bueno
Es ist halt The Wall.. das ist für mich kein Album sondern eher sowas wie ein Theater stück. Haben mich die Songs Musikalisch umgehauen? Nein.. hatte ich trotzdem ne Gute Zeit? Auf jeden Fall? Werd ich das Album in den nächsten 2 Wochen nochmal hören? Vermutlich nicht aber vielleicht in so Paar Monaten und dann werde ich wieder ne gute Zeit haben! The Wall ist halt The Wall man muss es gehört haben
Meh, it had its moments but it was pretty boring for the most part.
Definitely a theatrical performance. Altogether I thought it was a really interesting listen. Charismatic, and over the top are words that come to mind. In terms of individual songs, though, I found it hard to pick out specifics that would enter my playlist as songs that I wouldn't end up skipping each time because their one their own type of timing. I still really enjoyed it but don't know what to do now. Might re visit and try to pick out singles that I liked
It was good but not really my vibe i feel, but i recommended it to my brother and he really liked it, so it's good and it's cool too.
Goddamn I was obsessed with this album when I was in junior high and discovering that music could be transcendent art, there was a couple months where I listened to this and a few other PF albums ad nauseam. But I haven’t revisited this album in over 6 years, I moved on to other music because I listened to it so often I was never really hankering for another taste. I was expecting to sour on this a lot with this relisten due to my distaste of 70s classic rock in many cases, but I’m glad to report that this still is an astonishing musical achievement. Maybe not masterpiece material for me anymore, the story is a bit of a mess and rushes to the end. I think the turn from the album exploring Pink’s retreat into himself and his self-destruction to him becoming a neo-nazi are disparate to say the least. If this was a clean two hours I think there could have been more time spent with the idea of him finding comfort in fascism because he associates it with his childhood, or exploring how his complete isolation and rejection of the world easily manifests into vile individualist hatred. The Trial also strangely does not count Pink leading a British nationalist fascist rally as among his crimes, just his personal shit, odd. I guess he didn’t feel all that bad about it. Anyways, I think the two halves can work and should work together, In The Flesh is legitimately a disturbing song, especially in our current age of right-wing grifters. The first three sides though are well paced and honestly create a complete story, if it ended with Outside the Wall after Comfortably Numb it would work just as well even without the story detour. Although I get it, side four has Run Like Hell and The Trial, I wouldn’t want to get rid of those either I guess. I really thought I would’ve outgrown this prog rock opera shit by now but something about Floyd still grabs me, the Gilmour solos still take me away. Oh also I thought I hated Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 but I realize now that I actually just hate it when it is played outside of this album. Hey You should get played out in the wild more, that works much better as a standalone song.
Very good
Lowkey colossal.
Love this album. Its been on repeat throughout my life since I was 13. Very cool, psychedelic sounding album telling the story of a very unfortunate young man separating himself from the world around him.
superb record all the time
I love me some Floyd - this isn't my favourite album but it is still great
Sorry, can't help it I think of Shamu during "Run Like Hell." This album is great but just a smidge too long. 4/5
An amazing epic! Leagues ahead of earlier rock operas on this list, to which the Wall owes some credit (I’m reconsidering my rating of Tommy). The songs are varied but mostly tight. The sound quality production bass playing and guitar are all stellar. Really good story telling too. But, it’s not a 5 — it’s hard for rock operas to maintain the highest level of musicality while still advancing the plot. There are narrative pieces and the unremitting darkness and cynicism of the vibe that would prevent me from playing this album on repeat. Great double album — a major accomplishment, but not coming to the desert island with me. A solid 4.
I was just thinking yesterday that I was 636 albums into this list and still hadn’t hit a Pink Floyd record, which was starting to annoy me. Well, here we are. I’ve spent an enormous amount of time with both this album and the movie. The Wall was essentially my introduction to Pink Floyd as a young teenager, and it completely blew me away. It’s packed to the gills with incredible transitions, great tracks, and a dark but endlessly entertaining story. If there’s one concert experience I could go back in time for, it would probably be this tour. I love this album, and to its credit, it pushed me into diving through Pink Floyd’s entire discography, which eventually made them my favorite band. The Wall isn’t even my favorite Floyd album, and I think Roger Waters is a complete asshole, but this is still an album I think everyone should experience at least once with an open mind.
Muziek-wise niet waar ik heel snel voor zou gaan maar heel cool album met seemless trasitions enz dus alsnog 5 sterren. Faves: - Nobody home - The trial
We hebben wel educatie nodig is dit propaganda hahaha grapjes
outstanding.
1001 albums to hear before you say goodbye blue sky 99# its big ainnit. thats mostly what drags me out of it and i really didn't appreciate a lot of it. Of course it's a hell of a record history-wise.
Iconic
Dad never liked The Wall Grew up listening to Pink Floyd but my dad always steered me away from it as he felt it was their weakest record. It’s all quite grand and pompous, at times dull, but tracks like the thin ice have excellent riffs and the whole flows together really well. Part 1 of brick in the wall is superior, tracks like mother let it down. Gilmour > Waters, Dad was right. Favourite track: Comfortably numb
Ok
no escuché todo pero lo que escuché me gustó. si me parece que es muy largo y no escucharía todo devuelta
Top 20 album ever. A masterpiece. A story from start to finish with a movie to go along. Insane to always listen in order and follow the narrative. Not many better albums than this but ironically dark side is better.
An excellent, chill vibe album. Not as great as Dark Side, but very, very good.
this shit is beautiful
Love this album. The highs are incredibly high, and the lows are low. Overall though, this album is awesome. I've owned it and loved it for years. Totally a classic in my mind.
какой крутой низкий голос у вокалиста. концептуально и претензиозно. но долго ппц.
sort of the classic “we live in a society” album. but you know what…they did live in a society so they’re allowed to say so. i think there’s a lot of really valid anguish in this album and the concept format really heightens those feelings even if the metaphors are a little hamfisted at times. i didn’t remember how theatrical the ending was so that was pretty unexpected for me. it worked well with the recurring motifs throughout the album so i appreciated how much it fulfilled its intended rock opera format. even ignoring the format or concept, there are some pretty good bangers here so i enjoyed myself! Fav tracks: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2; Mother; Hey You; Comfortably Numb
In The Flesh?: 8/10. awesome for an opener, but it's just an opener at the end of the day, so I'm not giving it more than 8. The Thin Ice: 8/10. okay, AWESOME TRANSITION?? I am so intrigued Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1: 8/10. i had no idea there were other parts to this song seriously... i feel so ineducated... better late than never ig... The Happiest Days Of Our Lives: 8/10. the transitions in this album seriously... awesome interlude honestly and AWESOME ENDING!!! but i can't bring myself to consider it a proper song, therefore it can't get more than a 8/10. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2: 9/10. honestly a bit bummed that it doesn't blend with the happiest days. besides that, it's objectively a good song, but personally ever since i was a kid i never liked it too much... that's why, despite being one of the most iconic songs ever, it only gets a 9 and not a 10. sorry Mother: 9/10. AWHHHH this song is so good :( listening to this on mother's day is so... Goodbye Blue Sky: 8/10. veeeery different from the vibe i thought we were going for... but very nice Empty Spaces: 7/10. underwhelming compared to the rest Young Lust: 9/10. OH THE TRANSITIONS AGAIN... this was AWESOME One Of My Turns: 7/10. this was a confusing experience Don’t Leave Me Now: 7/10. this ALSO was a confusing experience. Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3: 9/10. this may be the best brick in the wall tbh! why was it so short though? Goodbye Cruel World: 8/10. one thing about this album is i legitimately can't tell when a song ends and another starts- this was one of such cases. Hey You: 10/10. the "open your heart i'm coming home" and consequent guitar and bass lines granted the 10/10 for this track. genuinely ascending to heaven rn Is There Anybody Out There?: 7/10. very,,, mystical Nobody Home: 10/10. david bowie if he were waiting for me at the pearly gates (which i hope he actually is btw) Vera: 5/10. a nothingburger itself but i read what it's supposed to mean and it's cool. besides, the instrumental is nice. Bring The Boys Back Home: 6/10. i know it has a deep meaning and all but musically it isn't the best Comfortably Numb: 10/10. very well structured. majestic, actually. The Show Must Go On: 8/10. i really liked the harmonies at the end In The Flesh: 8/10. i don't like the fact that i like this song Run Like Hell: 8/10. i like the instrumental at the end but now i feel like i'm in a simulation. actually, probably i'm meant to feel like this at this point, so i don't mind, but regardless, i'm confused Waiting For The Worms: 7/10. i feel like i'm not supposed to listen to this song alone as a song but rather as part of this whole arc Stop: 7/10. another interlude (though a quite poetic one) The Trial: 9/10. well, it definitely is a trial. breathtaking performance and delivery. Outside The Wall: 8/10. IT HAS A CIRCULAR STRUCTURE THAT COMPLETES ITSELF WITH THE OPENER??????????? HELLO......... awesome closure for this awesome album.
🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 ================================================= ============⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐============ ================================================= 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 ================================================= --------------------PINK FLOYD------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ---------------------THE WALL-------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ----------------------(1979)--------------------- ================================================= 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 ================================================= -------------------CALIFICACIÓN------------------ ---------------------★★★★★-------------------- ----------------------(10/5)--------------------- ================================================= 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 Contenido del álbum original Disco 1 / Lado A 1. “In the Flesh?” 2. “The Thin Ice” 3. “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1” 4. “The Happiest Days of Our Lives” 5. “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” 6. “Mother” Disco 1 / Lado B 7. “Goodbye Blue Sky” 8. “Empty Spaces” 9. “Young Lust” (★★★★★) -De mis favoritas, más allá de la letra y lo que describe... 10. “One of My Turns” 11. “Don’t Leave Me Now” 12. “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3” 13. “Goodbye Cruel World” Disco 2 / Lado C 14. “Hey You” (★★★★★) -De mis favoritas... 15. “Is There Anybody Out There?” 16. “Nobody Home” 17. “Vera” 18. “Bring the Boys Back Home” 19. “Comfortably Numb” (★★★★★) -Favorita del álbum y más allá... Disco 2 / Lado D 20. “The Show Must Go On” 21. “In the Flesh” 22. “Run Like Hell” 23. “Waiting for the Worms” (★★★★★) 24. “Stop” 25. “The Trial” 26. “Outside the Wall” 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 CALIFICACIÓN FINAL ★★★★★★★★★★ (10/5) 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 COMENTARIO -Nada que pueda decir agregaría algo a lo ya dicho. Puntué la obra completa como a mi parecer se merece, porque la verdad esto está en otro nivel a mi parecer, en lo conceptual, en la ejecución y por sobre todo en el impacto. 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀 🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀🏅📀
This is one of my all-time favorite albums, so it's a treat to get to listen to it again in full after many decades. I *was* a little shocked at how well I remembered pretty much every lyric to every song, I'll admit, but I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised given how obsessively I listened to this as a teenager. It's hard to pick out any particular songs as my favorites, but I think the trio midway through -- "Mother", "Goodbye blue sky" and "Empty spaces" -- seems to me like the pinnacle of the album, blending older Pink Floyd styles with the harder-edged sound of "The Wall". Of course, it's hard not to call out other fantastic gems like "Hey you" (with the hopeless coda "Is there anybody out there?"), "Comfortably numb" and "Run like hell", among many others. It's also amazing how well this album tracks with the film version, and it's hard not to conjure up the amazing and disturbing Gerald Scarfe animations as I listened to the tracks. And quite fittingly, the Wikipedia entry is incredibly detailed and thorough, although sad to read how brittle and dysfunctional the band had become by that point (and fascinating to finally find out that "Comfortably numb" was inspired by a muscle relaxant shot to treat Water's hepatitis on the "In The Flesh" tour); I'm not even sure how they (or at least most of them, sans poor Richard Wright) managed to put together "The Final Cut".
first time listening to the entire album and I enjoyed it, despite having burned out on Another Brick in the Wall decades ago. Songs like Mother, Young Lust, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, more than make up for that.
Classic
A tried-and-true classic: a little rock-y, a little ethereal, a little experimental, a little cinematic.
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.
Genuinely one of the greatest albums of all time.
Lamentablemente sigue siendo bueno
Love how the same musical themes continue through the whole album
One of the best concepts albums ever done.
Tá. Controversial mas é meu álbum menos favorito deles. Nonetheless, muito bom.
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.
It’s Pink Floyd!
Still such an incredible masterpiece!
This album has flaws, so don’t take my 5/5 to mean it’s perfect. It has the classic double album problem of having far too much filler material. This album is always a massive emotional kick in the balls for me though. I know what it feels like to be traumatized and made to feel distant and estranged from everything that matters to me. The moments that work here, leading up to Comfortably Numb (which makes me embarrassingly emotional) hit like a train. 5 stars for being the only album to make me feel this way.
Some of my favorite and some very overplayed songs.
Pretty classic album. Only negative for me is the length.
Rounding up to a 4. This one is a little too long but it has a lot of bangers
Pretty good, would probably be more impactful with the visuals
I listened to The Wall a few times before, and going back to it I didn't expect I'd give it 5 stars. And I think the reason for that is that I never until now listened to it on decent equipment.
A classic innit. Maybe disingenuous to give it a 5, but I wanted to. 4/5 in the end. Would be nine of ten.
There isn't much ceremony I stand on in this world but The Wall being a fairly perfect concept album is on item.
It sounds like yearning feels like
I thought I would dislike this album due to the fact that i disliked the first 7 tracks but it was actually a really good album. I quite like disc 2 better than disc 1; favourites were one of my turns, hey you, comfortably numb, don't leave me now and waiting for the worms.
man it's so long. i'll listen to the whole thing some other time
While it’s not my favorite pink Floyd record I think it’s their most interesting. The story, the characters, waters and Gilmores vocals and of course the playing. Gilmore is one of my favorites. The solos in mother and numb are two of the best.
Emblematico
I can't remember the last time I listened to this. It was even better than the last time I did.
First song I was like meh but now, #epicprogrock
Good album, just not as good as DSotM
Best Song: Comfortably Numb I would put this in my top 5 favorite albums, possibly even top 3 so there is zero surprise that this is a 5/5 for me. This is the way a concept album should be, great lyrics, great production, and a near perfect band.
Went in with high expectations and was let down greatly. Found it to be a boring cohesive album.
The best of Floyd was a group effort, balanced by Gilmour's soaring instincts and Waters' abrasive but incisive self-obsession. The Wall is what happened when Waters won control and minimised the other band members, and it's not better for it. It's no coincidence that the best songs on the record are the few co-written by Gilmour. In the end, this all feels a bit like something Waters came up with after a bit too much therapy, and it's a long ride. If it were half as long, it would have been a lot better, but it's nowhere near the beauty and universality of Dark Side and Wish You Were Here, while being a lot less musically adventurous than earlier work. Time to put on Live at Pompeii, I think...
WOW. What a story!! The storytelling on this album blew me away. In the Flesh? is a great way to start the album leading into the iconic Another Brick in the Wall. Then they hit you with Mother. Jesus Christ what a beautiful and heartbreaking song. The second half of the album has Comfortably Numb on it which is one of the greatest songs ever made imo. Then In the Flesh returns for another brillant song and the ending of Pinks story on the trail and Outside the Wall perfectly end the album. 10/10 5 Stars