The Wall

The Wall by Pink Floyd is one of the best albums ever recorded. For being one of the first ever concept albums, it sets the bar extremely high. The story told throughout the 1 hour and 20 minutes and 26 songs is as profound as it is wonderful to listen to. It's insane how many amazing songs are on this album. From Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, which is their most popular song, to Comfortably Numb, to Mother to The Trial; so many great pieces. I just can't express enough how insane this album is, how revolutionary it was for the time. The Wall released in 1979, ending a 6 year long run where Pink Floyd released some of the best music ever composed. (Not to say albums such as Meddle aren't great, but The Dark Side of the Moon, into Wish You Were Here, to Animals, and ending with The Wall, fucking brilliant) In conclusion, yes, I am and will continue to glaze Pink Floyd. They are so peak, it's insane. If you haven't listened to The Wall yet, I legitimately believe that it will change your outlook on music permanently. Go listen to it right now. 1000000/10

If you don't eat your meat, how can you have any pudding?

perfect album

The challenge with The Wall is that, individually, there are definitely some misses. But en’total, this is about as close to a perfect album as it gets. Alongside Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti, it sits right at the top of the double album list. “Goodbye Blue Sky” and “Mother” hit especially hard in today’s world—chilling, really. “Run Like Hell” and “Comfortably Numb” are iconic, whether you’re listening in context or just catching them on their own. And yeah, “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” has been played to death, but it earned that status. It still holds up.

Great album. Enjoyed listening to it again.

I'm gonna admit, this album has aged a bit, but it's still the most ambitious shit ever and it rocks and we're living in post The Wall times. I feel like the impact of this album cannot be understated.

2nd fav album of all time

It's a classic. It's a production. It's masterful. It's Kafkaesque.

Amazing.

Insane that they came out with anything decent from the sessions, let alone this. This is an album I typically rate lower in my head until it's been a while and chuck it on and it rocks my shit. Though it did take me a while to appreciate the theatrical elements as it it's really what differentiates it from the previous Pink Floyd albums. I love that listening to it on Spotify you can tell when a side finishes. The album as a whole flows so well that any stop is so noticeable and really shows how considered it was a whole album. Some of the best song transitions around in this one album. The contrast from the start and end between the two 'In The Flesh's is interesting as a corruption of Pink and then leading into the best transition between songs ever into Run Like Hell. The album looping back into itself is so good, both to notice as a listener as novelty and also as a major theme of a cyclical nature of destruction brought on generation to generation. In a way you can read the true end of the album as Goodbye, which is certainly the darkest and most cynical way to read it. My personal Floyd preference rates this as the lowest of that awesome 4 album run, but there is just something special here. It's a tough balance between each member and I think this is the most Waters I can take but it's a shame that the balance couldn't have been maintained but that's the way of most bands with such a string of hits. Highlight: Mother (when the guitar solo halfway through kicks in it's magical)

Classic album

C'est un classique pour une très bonne raison !

This and the movie are so good. Favourite Songs: Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, In the Flesh, The Trial. Least Favourite Songs: NO

In love with this album :) such talent from all the members of the band. I loved the presence of phone calls and conversations, it made the music stand out even more. The seamless transition of one song to the next makes listening an addictive experience. One of the best albums of all time.

An ambitious concept album that actually hits the mark. Everything transitions naturally and the standout tracks are well spaced out among the storytelling bits

Good listen.

I’m going to start this review by saying I shouldn’t have to tell anyone this is a masterpiece, no one can deny that. So I’m just going to explain why I believe it to be true with this review. This is going to be a longer one than I normally do because there is a lot to say about this particular album, normally I just write a short summary but I don’t think that would do this one any justice. I had to take a break from this site for a while just to let this album sizzle with me so I know how to put it to words. I’ve watched the movie and everything so this will be a review of that as well because I believe if you listen the album you should watch the movie as well. So to start off this review, I want to say Pink Floyd is truly a talented band and I amend them for making a record detailing the darker sides of fame, not many artists or celebrities would be willing to tell the world all about the struggles of being well know so that is truly admirable and just one of the many great things about them. I also want to say I truly enjoy how every track transition into each other to add to the cohesiveness of the album it makes it feel like one big song which is fair because I don’t think you can listen to just one track without the others, they all go other and you can’t just have one on its own. The songwriting is epic and really gets the narrative across so excellently especially on the first half and helps makes this album one of the few I believe truly deserves the title of “rock-opera”. When listening they really strike a coord and you feel for Pink, the protagonist, so you feel completely immersed and invested in his story and everything he goes through to end up where he is at the end of the album. Now to talk about the movie, I really enjoy the visuals and especially the animated parts, it was a delight to see the court scene at the end come to life and it helps communicate what’s going on with those visuals over just hearing what you hear with the music. Also, the part that goes with another brick in the wall pt. 2 is very powerful and I like how it ends with a flash of reality right after he thinks about what he wishes he could do, as someone who went to school (duh) that scene was an absolute standout. If you are going to listen to the album I can’t recommend watching the movie afterwards enough it is a essential companion piece to the music and the actors for Pink both did such a great job that I don’t think it’s fair to not watch their performances. So why do I think it’s a masterpiece? I think it’s a masterpiece because it’s the very embodiment of what a concept album should be, cohesive, narratively strong, and just damn fun to listen to. The way it represents depression and isolation is just so incredibly well done and it’s so satisfying to Pink go from where he was to where he ended, just very powerful stuff. I envy anyone who gets to listen to it for the first time, because their are few albums better than The Wall.

We are in a good roll

Probably in the top 10 of albums of all time. love every bit of it.

Brilliant in its concept, interesting in its message, great sound.

I have done this listen through before, so I doubt I'll have a lot of surprises. That said, it's a good album. I paid the most attention to the non-singles of the album, especially the interstitial tracks that are admittedly quite strange. Songs like The Show Must Go On, Stop, and Goodbye Cruel World are all cool in the tone setting for the rest of the albums bigger hits. There are the most obvious repeat songs with Another Brick in the Wall (Parts 1, 2, and 3), but the repeat of In The Flesh? and In the Flesh, one for our first introduction of the character and the second being the drugged up performance of the show going on is a great contrast. The statement of the second, when it is sort of the "true face" saying what comes to mind with no filter and full of prejudice, makes for a fun contrast to the start where he jeers that you aren't seeing the full picture. Lots of fun, I wonder if in another world, the Trial hits the same operatic popularity that Bohemian Rhapsody did. Probably not, the works while similar have different scopes and production behind them and the Trial is much more off putting to the average listener

I have known this album backwards and forwards for more than 30 years. It’s a masterpiece but it’s not even one of Pink Floyd’s top three albums.

So I know that I start a lot of my reviews by saying that I wasn't familiar with the band or album. but today that is so not the case. I have listened to this album countless times over the last 40+ years and Pink Floyd has always been one of my favorite bands. I mean, what can I say about this album that hasn't already been said. It's a classic. It's iconic. It's a master class in theatrics and storytelling. Lyrically brilliant, musically beautifully complex, and - well - it's a great fucking album. It's actually been a while since I sat down and listened to the whole thing but I remembered every word and every note. I probably could have just sat and listened in my head without hitting play... I'm glad that I put it on though, I need to listen more often.

You can’t have any pudding! I thought I already had The Wall but I think I just listened to it because I never had before. Great album to listen to start to finish. Covers a lot of different styles while sticking to a thematic journey. Couple songs I could do without but it also has arguably the best Floyd songs as well. Some call it a masterpiece, I call it a masterpuddin. 9/10

Day516 - it’s incredible, one hit after another

I get why people would dislike this album, it is very story driven and maybe can be seen as an ego trip but this whole album lands. Comfortably Numb has one of the best solos ever written. Every song connects and transitions into one another. Mood changes throughout the album create hurricanes of sound. The whole album also creates a compelling story about the costs of social isolation and what leads to it, and how opening yourself to others frees yourself. also funny pudding and worms

Oh, this one is special to me. Firstly, all parts of Another Brick in the Wall are just great - Pt. 2 was my first introduction to Pink Floyd (I imagine that’s the case for many fans as well). Secondly, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, and Run Like Hell are also among my top picks. And finally, Hey You and Comfortably Numb hold a particularly special place in my heart. The latter has simply magnificent and inimitable solos, filled with so much emotion. Gilmour, as always, is a true wizard

Automatic 5 stars. I played this over and over and over in my teenage years. I would wake up to it, fall asleep to it, take LSD and listen to this with my eyes closed and let the drug take over behind my closed eyelids

This might be one of the first “Big albums” that I really fell in love with when I was young and had begun my musical journey

One of the best ever made

So.. I'm biased on this one. I'm sitting in my home office with a Pink Floyd poster behind my monitors and I'm wearing one of my many Pink Floyd shirts, so feel free to take my review with a block of salt. I first got into Pink Floyd right as I started college in '98. I had of course heard of them and had picked up on the occasional song from the radio, but never got deep into their music. My college dorms had an internal cable channel that would play whatever movies the AV club or whomever controlled it wanted to. One night they played The Wall, and I was expecting a rock opera along the lines of Tommy. What I didn't expect was the mind fuck journey that I was taken on. I remember wondering when Pink Floyd's music would start. It wasn't until Young Lust came on that I thought the music finally started. It was the first song that I associated with the musical style that I anticipated to be on a popular rock band's music video. Clearly, I had no idea what Pink Floyd's style was, and once it clicked I fell in love. I voraciously consumed any and all Pink Floyd I could find from then on. I spend an entire summer playing Dark Side of the Moon on repeat in my truck. I love the entire catalog up to and including The Final Cut (sorry.. once Roger left the band, it was not the same band). I've tried to chase the high of discovering my favorite music for the last 27 years and nothing has hit the same way. Maybe I discovered them when I was particularly susceptible to being influenced by novel experiences, but I don't think I'll ever find anything like it again. I know it's not for everyone. I know it is extremely long. Some say it is overwrought. But it is, by a wide margin, my favorite album of all time. I've listened to it innumerable times, but still get goosebumps when I listen to it. I will always love it.

Riding my bike home up the steep incline of Bayberry Street bridge proved too strenuous one particular day, so I hopped off and walked it uphill the rest of the way. In doing so, I noticed a cassette tape of Pink Floyd's The Wall on the side of the road and picked it up. It was in fine condition, albeit without a case. I grew up seeing all of the Wall-screaming, marching hammers, and pig-themed Pink Floyd shirts amongst the Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, and Mötley Crüe shirts on numerous cool teens at Six Flags (Great Adventure) or at the Burlington Mall, so I assumed that Pink Floyd were a metal act of sorts; you know, derived from Satan. That tape I found was mid-wind, so when I popped it in when I got home, I heard the Nazism of "Waiting For The Worms." This has hate and slurs and xenophobia, but also sounds like Beach Boys at times; why did so many people like this, and why isn't it heavier?? It must be Satan, and the alluringly smooth sounds of his trickery. It was also confusing to elementary-school me, and I didn't get it. I put Pink Floyd away until I was older, when I became the teen wearing the tee shirt at Six Flags (over Georgia, this time). I grew to really like Pink Floyd. Despite teen experimentation with the devil's lettuce on various weekends for months on end, it never 'took.' I never felt anything. I thought perhaps it didn't work on me. So when it finally hit me one night maybe 8 months later, my guard was completely down, and I was with a different group of friends than typical for these experimentations. Luckily, they gave me cozy chair and propped up my feet and played The Wall, and though I was very familiar with it, I finally UNDERSTOOD it, and it was amazing. And I munched on some Bugles. There's more, but this ain't the time nor place. Anyways . . . I've since became a huge Pink Floyd fan, and I find value in all of it: the Syd Barret era, the pre-Dark Side of the Moon era, the Waters-led era, and the post-Waters era. Concerning The Wall specifically, I felt that I could write a paper on all of the symbolism and musical themes present on The Wall. How each complication in life is a brick that builds a wall to shelter us and ultimately isolates us; how the main bricks are the loss at a young age of his father due to the war, his well-intentioned but over-protective mother not preparing our hero for the larger world, his cheating wife, his detachment from real love with subsequent girlfriends, and the oppression of creativity through mockery, derision, and embarrasement in instituional education; how that "we don't need no education" musical theme repeats throughout the album over different songs, musically suggesting more complications and bricks piling up than explicity stated; how that wall is built up slowly and finally completed by the first half of the album, and the second half is the attempt to balance the weight of the outside world against the strength of this wall and ultimately failing, and failing publically. And visually: the mother's brick wall arms folded in front of her body, keeping conditional love and comfort at bay; the girlfriend portrayed as a praying mantis (notorious for eating their mate); the teacher presented as a puppet, who's controlling wife is pulling the strings and affecting the school children through him, the judge who is a literal asshole. I saw an article once where someone ranked every Pink Floyd song. Most of the songs of The Wall were at the bottom, arguing that, out-of-context, there are many short segue songs that don't have a traditional verse-chorus-verse. There's a point to be made, but I think such little ditties as Vera Lynn or Bring the Boys Back Home are still complete without need of a traditional song structure. In time, I've even grown to love the crazy chords of "Don't Leave Me Now." So much great music and musicianship on this album, and such a complete and total vision of a storyline. I typed enough; no need to go song-for song. Individually and as a whole, these songs are some of their best. This is music as theatre, as pure art. Roger Waters has created many such conceptual works both with and without Pink Floyd, but The Wall feels the most developed and inspired of them all. In the world of concept albums, I can think of none as great and ambitious as this.

Easy full 5 plus stars here. Yes it’s a concept, yes it’s long AF. It has the handful of tracks that stand alone as singles which I have enjoyed through the years on radio play and my own playlists. It’s been quite a few years since I digested this as a full play through experience, and I was super stoked to see it pop up for the weekend listen. It did not disappoint. More than holds up. Considering albums such as this one, 2112, Sgt. Peppers, Ziggy Stardust, and Tommy; it’s both interesting and telling that I can’t really think of a band that’s been able to successfully pull off this type of work with this magnitude and staying power in nearly five decades.

I put this up there with Dark Side of The Moon. Yes it’s long. Yes it’s overblown and pretentious in places. Yes it has a lot of really good songs that have stood alone for 40+ years on various radio stations. And yes…it’s still pretty awesome.

My only nit with this is that it’s heavy on the Waters, would prefer more Gilmour. But that probably just speaks to my respect for Dave. This is a masterpiece, really glad to get this one over the weekend.

Amazing that the more you listen the better it gets. I just love Gilmour’s guitar…the tone, the bends, the melodies. The best. Some of the extracurricular I could go without, even if they bring it all together. But yeah…pretty great.

Here's my expert review... this is good. Real good. 4.5/5

Svært langt. Mye som føles som fyll, men også mange bængers. Kult at temaet går igjen så mange ganger med ulik feel. - sim Bralbum. Langt og dramatisk men bra. -sof

This album definitely gets the point of the project; this is definitely an album everyone should listen to before they die. One of the greatest concept albums of all time, maybe the greatest. The story of this concept has two intriguing and capturing layers that make this album enthralling to listen to; Pink’s backstory and mental breakdown alongside his drug induced authoritarian streak. The two of them mix together so easily, masterful storytelling.

Really liked some songs. Didn't like others. Long album. Lots of different styles.

There is a Pink Floyd for every age. It tends for follow this trend: high school age-Dark Side; college-The Wall; mature age-Wish…; and when you get old and senile: Ummagumma, because that shit don’t make sense anyway. I think what resonates in the Wall of the combination of self-questioning, feelings of hopeless, and the feelings of rage against the system combined. Few arts (if any) have ever been able to pull from such a feat, especially with the dynamic flow of songs, odd time signatures, and David Gilmore’s legendary guitar tone and licks. This album is practically one of Erickson’s Stages of Development, right between Industry and Identity. Key tracks: well, all of them. I love listening to this entire album at once, and potentially repeatedly. HOWEVER, Mother, Comfortably Numb, Another Brick and Goodbye Cruel World, are favorite parts. This album is an all—time must for anyone who appreciates music or is forced to listen to it by their over enthusiastic fathers.

Random thoughts: - this was a fun revisit. I’ve been listening to Dark Side and Wish You Were Here more lately so it was surprising to remember how good the music and story is. - I remembered the 2nd half dragging but on this listen it was brisk and flowed so great. - this is more broadway rock than just rock album. The story is almost as important as the music. - when listening to the album I actually was getting confused since I’m pretty sure the movie has a different track order. Not vastly different but enough for me to notice. - the song quality on here is ridiculous! There are like 10 excellent songs. “Mother” was one that I kind of forgot and was happy to hear again. - I’m not sure if this is better than Dark Side or Wish You Were Here, it’s more a matter of preference. This is an absolute classic that everyone should listen to.

Yes it is an exceptional album. Love “in the flesh”, “goodbye blue sky”, “young lust”, “stop”, and “run like hell”. Also captured “isn’t this where we came in” moment when I turned up the volume on a quiet Thursday night. It’s also a very very long album. But all songs are enjoyable. So I don’t really know what I expect them to do to make it shorter. Nevertheless, I’m still debating on a five because of its length. The very last thing I did after I had spent over 20 hours on this album was to check when it was released. I told myself it’s a five if it’s dropped before 1980, and a four otherwise. And it was released on 30 November 1979. Maybe it is indeed the special one for me. It’s a 6, and -1 for its length.

“Isn’t this where we came in?” I was a philosophy major and a history minor in college. I wrote a A LOT of 10+ page essays, often many times a week, and in my senior year almost daily. Aside from the Vitamin String Quartet covers which were plentiful, familiar, and wordless, the only music I could listen to consistently while writing was The Wall. Perhaps because it is a masterpiece in of itself, it works perfectly on a loop, it has reoccurring themes and natural crescendo and lulls, etc etc. Or maybe because I listened to it a dozen times in high-school. I can tell you for a fact, and this fact is derived from my ITunes account which tracks your listens, that by the time I graduated from college I had listened to this album over 50 times while just in college. That was 10 years ago, and though my essay writing days are mostly behind me (excluding this comment), my Wall listening days are not. It’s still one of my go-to albums to get into a working mind space. I think I’ve listened another dozen or two times since then, but suffice to say this album is my shit. It’s probably top 3 greatest albums in my mind. It IS the template for a concept album, and while Dark Side of the Moon is obviously dope af too, I’ll die on the hill that the Wall is Pink Floyd’s greatest work. It’s a full fucking rock opera, and while the movie is great as well, and a big part of the legacy of this album, the soundtrack doesn’t actually line up 1:1 with this album. Not just omissions from this album but they include a few other Pink Floyd songs as well. Plus all of the ties with England and I believe both the affects of WW1 and WW2. It’s art. It’s opera. It’s theatre and poetry and shredding rock solos and creepy child choruses (peep the music video for Another Brick in the Wall for a sense of the movie’s visual style). It’s beautifully haunting and such a deep and valuable insight into what isolation and depression and hatred and anger and addiction and sadness and love and hope all are. Plus it fucking rocks. The music is so solid, and while it’s Pink Floyd it’s almost entirely Roger Waters driving the whole thing. The format and track-list order is also deeply important with the themes and anyone who listens to this shit on shuffle is deranged. There’s the mood shift at the halfway point as an intermission and then the downswing of the second half of the album gets darker and darker. Another Brick in the Wall has 3 pts because he keeps building the Wall. How should we fill the Empty Spaces? The ending loops into the beginning as a full circle, which is just screaming about how cyclical things like depression and addiction can be. Even when you think you’re out you can find yourself back the beginning “isn’t this where we came in?”

My only complaints about Dark Side of the Moon were that there wasn’t enough singing and catchiness. The Wall delivered on both fronts, while still maintaining some of the “flowiness”. “We Don’t Need No Education” - I didn’t realize this motif was from The Wall, but on this listen it sent me into a lot of deep thoughts about how people have been educated throughout history, and how technology (the internet and social media) have drastically changed this in recent years. Now, people tend to get most of their information from completely unregulated online sources. Education is no longer a part of a single wall, or government “thought control”, but it’s probably worse. Anyway, great album. 5 stars.

Just epic in scope and musicality. The guitar riffs and solos are excellent and super memorable. I was starting to get a little unengaged around the middle but then that crazy operatic “bring the boys back home” automatically brings you back in with its jarring change of pace only to let u down back easy right into comfortably numb. Not what I was expecting from this album and I’m ashamed of myself that I didn’t get into Pink Floyd earlier.

It has been a long time since I've listened to this full album. I was dreading it a bit going in because of its length, but I knew it had some songs I loved on it to get me through. I forgot how many songs I really do love off this album. "Another Brick In The Wall", "Mother", "Young Lust", "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb", "In The Flesh", and "Run Like Hell" are all songs that I love on their own. I can listen to them anytime anywhere. This is first time I really paid attention to the other songs. Reading the quick synopsis on Wikipedia about the albums theme really helps when listening. The entire story of a man's life who isolates himself from society really comes through. The interstitial songs that I ignored in the past help paint the picture that the album is trying to show. I was really invested in the outcome of this life by the time we got to "The Trial". It's one of the few rock operas that I truly enjoy. Before this listen I thought I would give this album a 4. Some good songs but way too long. However, I learned something this go around. I learned that you can't just have your dessert without eating your dinner. Listening to one or two songs off an album will be nice in the moment but will ultimately leave you empty. Consuming the entire course will introduce you to new flavors and leave you completely satiated. After all... How can you you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

• 5/5 • 4 stars for the album and one for nostalgia • last of the great rock operas • interesting throughout with some fantastic tracks

Yes, it is completely over the top. Yes, it is pretentious. Yes, it is great. 5/5.

From the first minute, I felt I was listening to something epic. It is long but it’s something I think I want to listen to again having read about the story of the album. Comparing to the other rock opera I’ve listened to (‘Tommy’) this is definitively so much better. Unsure about 4 or 5 stars, 4 because there are some songs I don’t care about but 5 stars because it is a unique experience of an album.

Abby put it perfectly - this record is interminable, BUT it’s also excellent and I don’t have eloquent words for how much I enjoy it beyond that it gets my Paul Hollywood handshake of a 5

There’s a LOT to take in here. But unlike some really bad albums where 40 minutes can be an eternity, you can listen to the Wall for a couple of hours and it never feels like you want it to end.

Best: Hey You, Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2

I've never been a Pink Floyd fan, really, but for my money, while THE WALL is too long this is still unquestionably their best album. I've always enjoyed it far more than DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Hard to overstate how much of an impact this album had on the many genres, sub-genres, and countless bands that would come in the years after this release. The concept might seem like old hat now, but it was certainly very new and intriguing when this album inspired everyone else to take a swing at the theme of self destruction. Without this album, we might not have gotten the majesty of Nine Inch Nails' THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL or Marilyn Manson's ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR. Who hasn't at one time or another wanted to build a wall between themselves and society? Such a genius creative idea to explore.

Just fantastic. No wonder they has legendary status

There isn't a question in my mind that this is one of the best albums of all time. I wouldn't be surprised if this was in my top 5 albums of this whole list. Some of the songs present are phenomenal pieces of work, but even the "filler" present is top notch. I don't know what else I can say about this one.

Perfect album I literally do not care

Going in blind for this one was a bad idea. I did two first listens without looking up lyrics and was very confused, as this is a VERY narrative-focused concept album. This took me by surprise since my only true experience with Pink Floyd beforehand was Wish You Were Here, a much more straightforward, instrument-forward album. I could tell I was missing something though, so I sat down and did a full dedicated third listen with lyrics and a cold one in hand--- All I can say is DAMN. What a hard-hitting cinematic experience. The Trial + Outside The Wall was an incredibly cathartic ending (somehow even when I didn't understand the lyrics!). To truly give it a 5 I'd have to warm up to some of the songs a bit. Especially during the middle I felt that the pacing was a bit slow, though it did make for a great buildup to bigger moments like Comfortably Numb. 4.5⭐️ EDIT - 3 days after this review, The Wall has remained on constant loop in my head. The depth of this album is unbelievable. Now being familiar with the songs, the production and details stand out a lot more. Absolute cinema - 5 star experience

The classic. The almighty. An all time favorite. The slickest, crispest production. The themes, the storytelling, the atmosphere! My god I have been listening to this album for ten years and I'm still enjoying it. I hear something new every single time. Sometimes I think "Maybe it's not as good as I remember" but then I listen to it and it's even better than that. Something for everyone on here. So special to me.

I hadn't listened to the album in decades, so I want sure how I'd feel about it now. Yeah, it holds up. Still amazing.

Not the best of Pink Floyd but still brilliant. Love their sound.

This is a pretty unique album, just on its concept. It's a double album, written as a full story that was almost immediately turned into a film (two and a half years from album to movie is absurdly fast). I know concept albums have become other works, notably with some Who albums, but none have been this closely tied to the derivative work while still being treated as a separate work. As an album, it works well song to song, and though it's pretty abstract, the emotion is always pointing you in the right direction. It's pretty long, so I don't know if I want to sit down and listen to it, especially because it can get a bit samey at times. As for the songs, yeah, there's a lot of great ones. Another Brick in the Wall, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, and Is There Anybody Out There? are all classic rock staples. Also, shout out to Mother, which I thought was at least as good as the "hits." And that Run Like Hell sting is great. I had to check whosampled.com, but it's apparently never been sampled. I can't believe nobody's tried to sample that part. My only real complaint is that it's too long. Oh no, give me less? But it does mean it's hard to treat as an album. Also, I should really watch the movie at some point.

Listened on repeat several times, finally made sense to make after 20 years of trying to listen to it, beautiful album and flow, interesting themes, masterpiece.

It is an exquisite work of art, treating of the theme of individual introspection on a level with Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment”, St. Augustine’s “Confessions”, and the book of Job

It's The Wall. It's one of the best albums of all time. I normally listen to albums in the background while working or doing something else, but this one you need to actively listen to. Comfortably Numb might be Pink Floyd's best song, and there is a LOT of competition for that

The definitive Rock Opera

Amazing. Where are my headphones?!?

ez még mindig egy masterpiece úgy ahogy van. alapvetően fárasztónak meg túlírtnak tartom a pink floydot, de ebben az albumban tökéletes a concept, a szövegek, a zene, minden. nem tudom, hogy van-e még album, ami akkorát üt egyben meghallgatva mint ez, mindenesetre most megyek regenerálódni belőle.

Probably objectively one of the greatest things ever conceived in a studio

This album was life-changing. I was aware of Pink Floyd and heard their songs on the radio, but it was the radio-- there was little context for the grandiose nature of The Wall. So when I dug into it and took in the narrative, I was transported into the story. There are so many standouts. "In the Flesh?", "Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2", "Mother", "Young Lust", "Hey You", the soaring "Comfortably Numb" which has not one but two of the best guitar solos ever put to tape, and "Run Like Hell" would make a great album all on their own. In the greater scheme of things, they are the narrative hooks, the rising action, the climax.

❤️

puuuh also 1h20 ich glaub ehrlich gseit nöd, dass ich je für mich s album am stuck glost han ich kenn obviooo v.a. part 2 vo brick in the wall aber han au part 1 sehr gern (imene albumkontext) SMOOTHE ÜBERGANG DE BASSS würkli wenn die chinde singet, es isch iwie sooo powerful, chans nöd andersch beschriebe FUCK VERGESSE WIE GUET MOTHER ISCH es isch sooo schönn don't leave me now isch recht unagnehm was sicher au de sinn devoo isch HEY YOUUUU mengisch lauft mier das lied random na und denn nervts mi amigs soo hahaha baaa wenn d schlagzüg hittet, sehr guut puuu is there anybody out there isch krass, völlig vergesse comfortably numb isch vlt mis lieblingslied vo ihne poaah d drums mached huere vill uus bi in the flesh WIE HAN ICH JE RUN LIKE HELL VERGESSE mier isch nanie ufgfalle dass de ahfang chli wie eye od the tiger tönt.lol the trial isch halt es lied wo bi sonere rock opera sinn macht, aber jz so als l i e d nöd megaa spass macht ich hetts jz nöd umbedingt denkt, aber das isches fucking 5i find dark side of the moon als album machtmer meh spass (sicher au wills nöd so lang isch) aber die einzelne lieder hitted eifach insane

Very interesting that basically the entire album is one song. This is my first time listening to Pink Floyd, and I doubt I would listen to them otherwise cause in general they aren’t really my style. However, I can respect the impact that this album has, and will admit that it is very good, and I did actually enjoy listening to it. No standout tracks, because again, this album is basically just one song. Although, if I had to pick one, it would be Comfortably Numb. (Surprising, I know)

c'mon

Great album!!!

Phenomenal album. Comfortably Numb is definitely on my mount Rushmore of songs.

I like how the judge at the end was a giant butt hole with like a nut sack for a chin. Seriously, I didn’t see Roger Waters becoming a Nazi. It definitely affects the work… David Gilmore kicks ass though

This one is so deeply tied to my childhood. My dad played it all the time. It has a real cinematic feel (duh), and in general I'm just a huge sucker for concept albums.

Love the weird and concept album thing this is doing. Some good standalone songs, and it seems very hard to knock this as an intentional and effective thing

Really a masterpiece

Even though I didn't love every track, as a concept album I found it easy to follow and a compelling listen

So great.

Wow, the description in Apple of this album got me hyped for the concept album-ness of it. Only knew another brick pt2 going in. You can call this self-indulgent but compared to a lot of the garbage in this list this is outstanding. I love the musical landscapes they create along the way. Didn't love the sudden musical number that was the trial. Sometimes I think I need a bigger gap between albums to really digest them, because sometimes I have no idea how I rate things anymore, and sometimes I can for more coherent thoughts. Anyway, here's 5* Highlights: another brick pt 2, happiest days, is there anybody out there (I love some twirly guitar), comfortably numb

Easily one of the best rock albums of all time and one of my favorite albums ever. 10/10, no notes. I always enjoy listening to this album and I would highly recommend it to others!

Incredible piece of music. Do not listen to while driving

Always a pleasure to listen to this all the way through.

I love this album so very much. It’s perfect from cover to cover and it takes me on a ride every time

I feel like most people seem to prefer dark side of the moon to this album, and that’s where ima be a contrarian and say I preferred the wall. This album is quite possibly the best packaged album on this list that I’ve heard so far. The repeating lines and melodies with slight changes throughout the album were wonderful. I’m not well versed enough to come up with great comparisons except one album I listened to by the bleachers once and I hated how they did it because it felt just repetitive but for some reason I really liked how it was done in this album. The theme throughout the album was very consistent and I like albums that have a clear focus. I will say it’s not one of my favorite albums, I just didn’t vibe to the music as much as I do other bands. And the theme wasn’t specifically personal to me so it didn’t hit anything special. But I super appreciate how good of an album it is

No way, I just got dark side of the moon a couple days ago and now I get the wall. The list is blessing us fr. This album is beyond great. I mean it is THE quintessential concept rock album. You can’t do much better than it tbh. I think had this been my first time listening to this album my mind would have been completely blown but unfortunately I’m quite familiar with the songs in this album so instead it was just an amazing experience haha. Also I would rank The Wall above Dark Side of the Moon in the Pink Floyd catalog.

Yeah thats a gorgeous album.

Whenever I think of Floyd somehow forget this one. Got some classics- wall trilogy, comfortably numb, hey you. But actually think it shines in the quieter moments- goodbye blue sky, empty spaces, in the flesh. Great one to stick on at end of day

Gotta listen to Pink Floyd more often, their albums are all so good

It may not be my favorite Pink Floyd album, but it's hard to deny that this is their magnum opus. All the album works as a whole, it is so coherent and built so incredibly well. The leitmotivs makes the listening really fluid and enjoyable. My only problem with it is that it's starts a little too slowly. 9/10 fav songs : Goodbye Blue Sky & Comfortably Numb (David Gilmoure's solo gives me chills every time)

I like "Dark Side" and would probably give it 4,9* rather than 5, if I could - while I'd give 6* to The Wall. It's just so damned good.

An album that solidly belongs in this list.

Why no more stars available to use?

Amazingly only third on my list of Floyd albums (behind Dark Side and Animals), but never disappoints.

coming in with a hot take nobody's ever said before: this album rules. it's like saying The Godfather is one of the best movies, like yeah of course it is. what hasn't been said. for me it's the way no single musical idea overstays its welcome, and it moves around to so many different things without giving you whiplash or disorienting you. need a comedown? here's Mother. ready for some rowdy guitar action? Young Lust, coming right up. every component of every track is immaculately recorded, and nothing feels like an accident or something that wasn't supposed to be there. truly an incredible piece of work.

great piece of art

OMG - a masterpiece! deeply touching ...where is the exit?

12 - The Wall (Pink Floyd) ***** It would feel quite wrong if after reviewing 3 albums of this band that I was left with little to say given the quality is fairly prima facie and self-evident. Given this album seems a bit more controversial and with how much primarily Waters is putting of himself on this album, I feel this would be an appropriate place to give a few more thoughts on one of their albums other than just saying it is really good. With how introspective the plot and thematic relevance this rock opera gets, it’s impossible to shed or avoid labels of sap or pretentiousness. But even if these were elements that did irritate someone, I don’t see how you couldn’t look past it when it is handled and presented with this level of artistry. The stylings of a hazy reminiscence of ones life throughout the whole album feel tangible and structurally sound. While I wouldn’t say there are any songs on here that are bad or even mediocre, it’s clear to see they knew what the standouts tracks are, and the surrounding tracks stretch from one to another to form its act structure (I wouldn’t dare to consider it a 3 act structure as there are more than 3 standout songs on here). I would say disc 2 is stronger overall (the stretch of songs from Comfortably Numb to Waiting for the Worms is literally perfect). Waters can get a bit of flack for his vocal components on here, but I can’t see anyone but him performing these parts, from the subject matter being deeply personal to the way he gradually adjusts his performance, feeling in a way like a time lapse showing Pink at their different stages gives a really raw sentimentality which I am sure has endeared this album to so many people, myself included. Putting any kind of artsy fartsy critique lens aside for a final moment, this is probably the coolest I have heard a guitar sound in a single album? Michael Mann (a creator whose films are all very introspective to their main characters) chose to have a rip-off of Comfortably Numb in two of his movies and they both fucking slap

The Wall isn't the first rock opera/concept album to ever exist, nor is it the most complex or far-out one. But, in my opinion, it is THE rock opera and THE concept album. Not much other music comes close to this in terms of just how an artist can lay out exactly how they're feeling like Roger Waters does here. This is an album that definitely benefits from a proper sit down and listen session on vinyl, all four sides are perfectly crafted and tell a different stage of the protagonist's decline into isolation and despair. The story behind the album's creation and the drama during production is as fascinating as the album itself. Despite the creative and personal tensions between members of the band, Comfortably Numb was a result of Waters and Gilmour melding together songs they were writing independently of each other to create what is, in my opinion, the best song ever made. The album is quite long but it knows when to ramp up the story, when to go into a lull and when to really bring it home which is something every final song on a side does exceptionally well. Whenever I think of my favourite albums of all time, this is regularly in my top 10. I listen to this every year on my birthday and it has been a huge influence on me since I was young. It's one of the best pieces of art ever made, a masterpiece by any metric and I think it's unconscionable to give such a vulnerable, angry, honest and personal piece of art anything less than a 5. This represents the peak of Pink Floyd, the last real album they did together before they fell apart (The Final Cut is just a Waters solo album with the band acting as session musicians). It belongs on this list both for how it defined the genre of rock operas, but also as the swan song of one of the greatest and most influential rock bands to ever exist. Who needs therapy when you can just listen to Comfortably Numb and cry in your car?

Rating: 4.5/5 | Favorite Track: Hey You --- I adore this album so much. It was one of the first records I ever bought, and even if I don't think this is Pink Floyd's best album, I still think it is an almost perfect album.

Well!

This is one of my favorite Pink Floyd albums!! I never get tired listening to this album!!

Masterpiece

Not sure I have the words to do this masterpiece justice. Luckily this one fell on a day when I was doing a long drive on my own in somebody else’s car, so I could abuse the speakers and my eardrums to drown out the monotony of the M1 and M6. It’s just a stunning work of art. My one and only slight criticism is why did they just fade out the epic ‘Comfortably Numb’? It deserved better than just turning the volume down slowly. A very minor annoyance but a pet-peeve of mine!

Nice treat.

That solo from comfortably numb is my all time favourite. Great album

King of concept albums

My third favourite Pink Floyd album, but still a stunning achievement. So many layers, and little things that open up on every listen.

I feel like I dont need to review this one, 5 stars

All time classic. Takes me back to my childhood.

Every bit as epic as I remember.

This is what art sounds (and looks) like. The best rock opera of all time. It has been a favourite of mine for 35 years, still a favourite to this day.

Wish I could give this album 10 stars. One of the best albums of all time and (along with the film) changed my appreciation for music.

One of the foundations of my record collection. I still listen to it, I still remember all the lyrics. I still love it.

Roger Waters at his best! This album is amazing from start to finish. 5 - no question in my mind.

Fantastic works here. A timeless classic and the archetype for a concept album. I love how these guys can make the music swell in such a satisfying way. It's like a warm hug, which might be what Comfortably Numb might be about?

One of the only times I won't complain about a double album being on this list. An excellent one. Big fan of this album.

One of the greatest albums ever crafted. From the songwriting to the musicianship, the vocals to the lyrics, this album has it all. When I think of concept albums, this is the first one to come to mind as the best example of an album that is truly greater than the sum of its parts.

he great Inspecktah Deck once said, “life as a shorty shouldn’t be so rough”, and that’s basically what this album is. The album overall is great, but I didn’t feel great after listening to it. It was like watching the UK version of Skins in audio form

empty spaces is rlly good. already know hey you! (also rlly good). love the running motif throughout with the brick in the wall vocal line. also comfortably numb (side 2) is goated. the trial gives edward scissorhands vibes. i like how at the end they broke out of the wall with a BIG BOOM (“outside the wall”) and how the whole album was clearly telling a story! 5/5. i really like pink floyd.

Perfect. This kind of album made me explore the list in the first place: perfect sound, perfect instruments, perfect lyrics, and perfect messages.

One of the best, perfect from front to back!

This is a concept album that also just works as good music (and even individual singles). Yeah, there’s a few filler songs to get between points in this rock opera, but the bangers are classics for a reason. I can’t even take away a single star.

10

one of my all-time favourite groups, but never given this album listen from start to finish. it is well made and some amazing songs, but for me not their favourite album. however, the message is amazing - about looking back at your childhood, where you built a wall around you - quite relatable, so will give more listens for sure.

DIOSMIO ESTE ES MI ÁLBUM FAVORITO Realmente amo Pink Floyd y todo el concepto de este álbum la manera en la que todas las canciones conllevan un mismo mensaje de inicio a final como plasma parte de la historia de Roger Waters y Syd Barret El trauma de la guerra etc La película está igual de buena y este álbum siempre será mi favorito de Pink Floyd por sobre muchas cosas

One of the greatest albums of all time

Amazing album, story and musicianship.

love this album.

This is probably one of my favorite classic rock albums! And one of my favorite bands! It holds up so well and is quite relevant in today's world, it has such good composition and such good just music! I can listen to this album anytime and still love it!

Such a classic, never fails to bring out all of the emotions. Couldn’t quite stick it all the way through the 3 discs so I pretended there were only two and this was perfection.

such a wide-ranging and beautifully complex album. The political commentary mixed with the range of musical influences makes this an incredibly album.

Eine geniales Konzeptalbum. Gut auf einander abgestimmt. Viele Highlights und sich aufbauende Spannung., große Varianz in elektronischen und Rockelementen. Aus seinen Mauern ausbrechen - gilt es nur für den Rockstar des Album - oder gilt es viel mehr zeitlos für jeden der in verfahrenen Mustern oder Zwängen feststeckt ? 😊😊👍

Amazing album!! So so good, amazing story told through music. Actual peak, 10/10 all the way. Another brick in the wall pt.2 is timeless. CINEMA

One of the best albums ever!! Hands down!

Longtime favorite. Shaped my music listening and writing for decades. Powerful enough that I appreciated the follow-up album The Final Cut, even considering it the sequel to The Wall.

Sides 1 and 3: 5 stars Sides 2 and 4: 4 stars Best track: "Nobody Home" None of it works without producer Bob Ezrin and engineer James Guthrie.

La discusión de cuál es el mejor disco de pinfloi va a llevarnos a la 3ra guerra mundial

I love operatic songs that tell a story throughout the album. Not only is this album an excellent example of that, but it’s also a case of the right time, right place perfectly capturing how I was feeling at the moment.

Legendär

5/5. Do I even have to say anything? One of the best albums of all time. If I could give it 6/5, I would but the option is not here. Guitar work is amazing, the lyrics are creative and intelligent, the production and sounds are unique, and the concept is scary yet relevant. It's a perfect album and with each listen, a new song becomes my favorite. You will like at least one or another on this one and if you listen to the whole thing, it's hard to deny how good it is. Best Song: Comfortably Numb, Another Brick In The Wall Part 2., Run Like Hell, Nobody Home, Empty Spaces

back in the sixth form again, this album follows me around, never far away - it does go on a bit but still epic and love it

Kinda a given

I was not really aware of the story behind this album - have never done a deep dive on Pink Floyd. Read up on it, listened to it again, and wow. Also THE guitar solo.

One of the greatest concept albums ever made

I was familiar with a few of the songs, but really not the album as a whole. Everyone tells you that it's a great album, one of the best. I can't help get that nagging feeling to rebel against it, being too overcritical. So, I'll stop overthinking it and just enjoy this great album!

Lemppari: Comfortably Numb <33333

Classic.

Easy 5. I don't know why but I absolutely LOVE The Trial. I mean, I think almost every song on this is a masterpiece, but for some reason I was always drawn to The Trial. Also love In The Flesh?, Mother, Goodbye Blue Skies, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, In The Flesh, and Run Like Hell.

By 1979, Pink Floyd had all but become Roger Waters' personal vehicle. The Wall was his magnum opus—an overblown rock opera about isolation, trauma, and authoritarianism, steeped in the writer's own grandiose vision. While Waters seized creative control, the album's self-indulgence and heavy-handedness are at times more noticeable than the ideas themselves. And yet, despite its 1-hour-20-minute runtime, it unmistakably works—its relentless intensity is hard to ignore. I remember the first time I heard The Wall. A friend of my dad’s lent us his car while ours was in the garage. The only cassette he had in it was the double-tape version of The Wall. I was a kid, and I confess, some of the authoritarian interludes and sound effects actually terrified me. But I couldn’t wait to hear it again. There was something deeply hypnotic, even haunting about it. The sound design—mastered by Bob Ezrin—gives the album a cinematic grandeur that even Waters' grand narrative occasionally struggles to match. The school-choir hook of “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” became an anthem, and the recurring motifs weave a sense of suffocating inevitability throughout the album. But here’s the real irony: For all of Waters' grand vision, it's his archnemesis David Gilmour who steals the show. Waters may have built the wall, but it’s Gilmour who made it come alive. His soulful guitar solos, especially in “Comfortably Numb,” are the beating heart of this album. Where Waters' storytelling feels excessive, Gilmour’s emotional restraint grounds it. Tracks like “Hey You” and “Run Like Hell” are pure Gilmour—sharp, focused, and undeniably powerful. The Wall is a sprawling monument to ego, excess, and self-pity—but it's also a compelling, unforgettable listen. Waters may have laid each brick with his grand vision, but it’s the album’s contradictions—its pomp and its power—that make it work. A rock opera that’s often bloated and over-the-top, yet somehow, it flows perfectly. It’s a testament to Waters' towering self-importance, but ironically, it’s those very excesses that elevate the album to something legendary. Because, at the end of the day, The Wall is as brilliant as it is ridiculous.

From outside the wall, to picking bricks out the wall, to destroying the wall, to inside the wall. This album can take you everywhere.

OMGGGG

Listening to this album brought me right back to early college. I even took half an edible to get in the mood! Five out of five, no notes.

Immaculately produced and clearly worthy of representing Pink Floyd on the list, even if the Gilbert-and-Sullivan shit does nothing for me.

Was thinking this was going to be four stars before I listen to it again. Still not as good as dark side animals or wish you were here, but pretty great on its own.

10/10 cmon meow.

One of the greatest.

Wow this was spectacular. Redefining what 5 stars is for me!

My introduction to Pink Floyd was brick in the wall part two. As a kid I didn’t get it; thought it was boring. Really enjoyed this album now that I’m older. Not as good as Wish You Were Here, but still a great listen.

Top 25 all time!

I had no idea any of these songs were by Pink Floyd.. big fan. The trail was unexpected and felt like musical theatre. I was a big fan of that. I think this album is well crafted and tells a heartbreaking story.

One of my absolute favourite albums ever!

Pink Floyd in their peak. Favorite track: Comfortably Numb other picks: Another brick in the wall, hey you, youth lust

Better than I expected.

Hatte Angst, weil ich Pink Floyd schon viele Chancen gegeben habe mit einzelnen Liedern, aber nie ein ganzes Album gehört habe.

It’s a less glamorous version of Miley Cyrus

My actual favorite album of all time.

great album

still one of the best, if not the best concept albums of all time

One of Pink Floyd’s greatest. Their experimentalism is unmatched and it shows in this album. This album also has double meanings and I love it. It can be viewed as the life of a criminal and fighting against tyranny, but isn’t the life of a criminal all about fighting against the tyranny of law? Very deep and thought provoking.

An important album in that it gave us insight into how broken Roger Waters is and would become. Aside from that I think I may have slept with this album, I don't really recall. But I did spend a lot of time with it. Also there's a few easter eggs on it backward stuff, including the fake address to the sanitorium that Syd Barret was in. My favorite being "Isn't this where, we came in".

Unfair, it was 2 albums

Greatest rock opera of all time not to mention greatest guitar solo of all time?? This album hits hard and is like an old friend. Every time I listen to it I feel something new but somehow familiar. It’s friggin Pink Floyd. No one did it like they did and they just don’t make music like this anymore

Als geheel ongelofelijk sterk. Op individuele nummers is best wat aan te merken, maar als conceptalbum ongeëvenaard

I have been listening to this since I was 9, 53 now old, love this album more than any other, it has it's flaws but don't we all. it's like an old friend to me

10/5

A classic for a reason. Typically I’m not a fan of double albums but this is one of the better examples. There are so many fantastic songs here.

This is the 25th album I’m rating. I’ve never listened to a Pink Floyd song but I’ve seen a million album covers. If this is bad I’m going to be extremely disappointed. In the Flesh? - Adding to my Playlist. Fuck. This is actually good. The Thin Ice - Adding to my Playlist. Pretty good song. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 - Adding to my Playlist. It’s living up to the praise. The Happiest Days of Our Lives - Adding to my Playlist. Soap Opera. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Adding to my Playlist. Interesting vocals. I wonder how old they are. Mother - Not Adding to my Playlist. This isn’t as good. Goodbye Blue Sky - Adding to my Playlist. This is much better. Empty Spaces - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is pretty boring. Young Lust - Not Adding to my Playlist. Good transition but terrible for streaming. One of my Turns - Not Adding to my Playlist. Groupie is fun but I don’t like the song. Don’t Leave Me Now - Not Adding to my Playlist. Side Two is terrible. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 - Adding to my Playlist. It’s ok. Goodbye Cruel World - Adding to my Playlist. Short but it’s fine. Hey You - Adding to my Playlist. The singing is a bit annoying but the song is fantastic. Is There Anybody Out There? - Not Adding to my Playlist. It’s cool but I don’t know something feels off. Nobody Home - Adding to my Playlist. This might be the best song on the album. Vera - Adding to my Playlist. I thought these songs would be longer. Bring the Boys Back Home - Not Adding to my Playlist. Feels Vietnam but it’s 1979. Comfortably Numb - Adding to my Playlist. Longest song maybe. The Show Must Go On - Adding to my Playlist. Best song on the album if it was like a minute longer. Side Four is going to be great. In the Flesh - Adding to my Playlist. This side is looking very good so far. This song is amazing. This is the best song on the album. Run Like Hell - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is kinda ruining side four. Waiting for the Worms - Not Adding to my Playlist. First two songs were good but it really went downhill from there. Stop - Adding to my Playlist. This is extremely short. I think the second shortest song I’ve listened to. The Trial - Adding to my Playlist. This feels like a Disney song. Outside the Wall - Not Adding to my Playlist. This is very boring. All in all I liked 16/26 songs. This was way too long and a lot of the songs kinda sucked. However, it is still a pretty good album.

nice little niche indie album

Pretty fookin nuts. 4.5 for me. Probably my fourth favorite pink album. Crazy groovy and often nostalgic guitars, but doesn’t quite reach the highs of some of the stuff on Dark Side, Wish, and animals for me. Wish I could get into the concept but I’ll leave that for chands

Classic BANGERS

Pink Floyd is my favorite band and I'm a simple man. I see Floyd and I hit 5 stars.

I haven’t listened to this for such a long time. Brought back lots of happy memories such a great album ❤️

Along with Tommy by The Who, this work stands as a brilliant and thoughtful illustration of the long-term effects emotional trauma and psychological abuse can have on the young. Each album needs to be listened to in its entirety, though. Although the radio singles are exceptional, the depth of the message becomes a bit diluted that way.

Brilliant as a psychedelic concept album. My interest would lag on a few songs if not for the storyline effect; and too many amazing songs to worry about the others.

For a split second I thought, is this really a 5? Of course it is.

Still a great album and one you really need headphones to appreciate properly. Sad and beautiful, it's yet another great Pink Floyd album.

classic rock at its finest

Pretty epic rock opera here

It was great, relax and definitely something different

"Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter as the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?" This deserves 5 stars for that line alone.

Its perfect, I liked how every track is short but perfect in its own regard

5 Stars without giving it a listen. One of the most epic albums of all time, I love it all and enjoy the cohesiveness, the stellar guitars, the storytelling and visual lyrics, production & the overall musicianship. Talk about staying power and hits. This album has Mt. Rushmore Rock tunes like "Brick In The Wall", "Mother", "Young Lust", "Hey You", "Run Like Hell" & the incredible "Comfortably Numb". Double album chock full of great songs that blend together to form an amazing soundscape. The "least" listened to song has 22M listens, the most listened to has almost 1 billion, come on... It's in my personal Top 10 and it's about time it showed up in this Top 1001 List. Hits, influence, radio longevity, listens, sales, it checks all the boxes

Maybe nostalgia baited, but the album is still great. A classic for a reason.

One of the greatest albums ever written. It’s so much more than the sum of its parts and so many of those parts are excellent.

Epic. 6/5

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It's 1996, I'm 13 and all alone in the Czech Republic. A school exchange trip and the furthest I've ever felt from home. There were about 30 children from my school but we were a bit of a random crew, I don't remember any of my actual friends being there, and after the school day ended, we all disappeared back to our host houses all by ourselves. A well-meaning family of essentially strangers have put me up in their home but we don't speak the same language. Throw around cliches like 'character building' and 'expanding horizons' all you like but in that moment I felt pretty terrified and very homesick. So the Czech teachers organised an outing to the cinema in Prague. Seems a nice idea. But for some bizarre reason, the film they took us to see was Pink Floyd's The Wall. Maybe because they figured we were British and Floyd were British. Maybe they were just a decade and a half behind our movie release schedule or the cinema just didn't have a lot of options. Either way, we sat in confusion as this surreal rock opera played out in front of us. Now, I knew some of the music as my Dad has always been a big fan of Floyd but I'd never seen anything like this. "So ya... thought ya... might like to... go to the show. To feel the warm thrill of confusion, the space cadet glow." A number of our group left the auditorium because they were actually bored or confused. A handful more left because they were offended by the content. (I think this was around the In The Flesh Pt. 2 mark.) But I was having a great time. It was an arresting and engrossing film which brought the story of the album to life in vivid technicolour. It was shocking at times, as well as fascinating. But the music was absolutely amazing. As soon as I got home I asked Dad if I could listen to the album. My Mum was horrified that we'd been shown this film on the other side of the continent. My Dad was chuffed to bits and got the old record out immediately. The Wall has been one of my favourite albums ever since. Obviously Comfortably Numb and Another Brick.. pt.2 are all-timers but Goodbye Blue Sky sends absolute chills down my spine every time. Run Like Hell is pure adrenaline. I almost feel like it's too obvious to give this one a 5 but for me, it's not influenced by how big, popular, iconic or acclaimed it is today. It all comes down to the fact I remember sitting and listening to it in the cinema in Prague nearly 30 years ago and how deeply it affected me both then and now. It's a masterpiece.

An all time classic - has to be listened to in it's entirety to be fully enjoyed.

Perfect album made. Everything about this album is a masterpiece.

One of the greatest rock operas of all time! It features so many incredible songs! Pink Floyd may just be the greatest band of all time!

I don't think I need to say more. Pure masterpiece. The first true 5* in the list. I relate to this so much it’s concerning.

Great!

Don’t like Pink Floyd

Awesome

Het beste Pink Floyd album als je het mij vraagt. Geweldige muziek, geweldige verhaallijn, geweldige film. Another Brick, Comfortably Numb, Hey You, In The Flesh, Run Like Hell. De donkere vibe is ook perfect gepakt. Gewoon Perfectie

Not an album I would listen to often, but worthy of 5 stars or A- for the idea of it.

One of the best albums of all time.

Love love love this album.

5 mastapiece. One of the greatest concept albums of all time. Not better than dark side tho

It has Comfortably Numb on it. Ofc 5/5.

One of my favorite albums of all time.

To me this is probably the best concept album ever created.

Freaking classic. Best rock opera

this fucks hard, I grew up with this album and watching the film. Like it's an all time favourite for me and lodged in my soul. [5]

Un clásico

First off I got major bias for this album since it was my first introduction to them when I was a teenager. The chord progressions, the story being told, and the entire flow of this record is just magnificent. Even with the really long runtime it still keeps me enthralled. Absolute peak prog rock! Top 3 Favorites: Another Brick In The Wall (all three songs), In The Flesh (the first one), and Comfortably Numb 5/5

Phänomenal!

A masterpiece, journey of an album.

One of the greatest albums of all time. It's not just an album composed of incredible songs("The Happiest Days Of Our Lives", "Another Brick In The Wall, Parts 1-3", "Mother", "Goodbye Blue Sky", "Empty Spaces", "Young Lust", "Hey You", "Vera", "Comfortably Numb", "Run Like Hell", "Waiting For The Worms", "The Trial"), it's essentially a musical. Every piece tells an important part of a story, and the overall message goes deeper than most albums. This is the quintessential peak of Progressive Rock. Favorite Song: "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2"

absolutely legendary from the beginning

one of the best of all time

It's really great, but you have to be in the mood, which is feeling isolated and down.

It’s a masterpiece, through and through. Sounds and feels out of time.

I have nothing intelligent to say about this album that hasn’t been said a dozen times before. It’s great. Probably the perfect concept album.

A great album by one of my favorite bands

Thoughts before listening: Not my favorite Pink Floyd album (Wish You Were Here) but an absolute classic nonetheless. It's too long for sure, but this album contains some of the best rock songs of all time. Review: This is an easy 5 star rating, especially with the long string of mediocre albums I have had to listen to recently on this project haha. So many absolute bangers on one album is very rare, as is such a long album that flows together as seamlessly as this one.

For me it’s Pink Floyd’s swan song, a classic

Easy 5, as with any Floyd album from DSOTM to this

One of my top favorite albums of all time. It's a bit more meandering than, say, Dark Side of the Moon, but the story it tells is top notch. So many great individual songs, and yet it flows as an album so well.

My top 2 album by Pink Floyd (after wish you were here) Probably around top 5 generally. Really recommend

Cet album est assurément dans mes 10 préférés de ma courte existence. C'est pour moi un véritable chef d'œuvre. Les frissons que le procurent In The Flesh, The Thin Ice, Don't Leave Me Now et j'en passe ... C'est l'album des Pink Floyd que je préfère (sans doute parce que c'est par celui là que je les ai découvert grâce à Papa, mais je n'ai pas trouvé mieux pour mes oreilles ensuite) Mon premier 5/5

Love

Helt fantastisk. Måske lyder det underligt men tror måske jeg har undervurderet Floyd? Det er jo en af de fedeste guitar tones nogensinde og generelt deres lydbillede er helt eminent. Kan godt forstå hvorfor folk som Madsen elsker Gilmoure så meget

Mother!!!

It’s only been a few days since I ranted about some electronic acts releasing several versions of the same song. Pink Floyd put 3 parts of the same song on The Wall. And I applaud them for it and award them 5 stars. The world’s not a fair place. Too bad.

a classic !!

love this as a teenager, still really good opera

TIL that the end of the last song loops to the beginning of the first song 🤯

Hard to be unbiased about this one. I purchased the album when it came out based mostly on the hit - ABITW part II, plus I was previously familiar with DEOTM. I was 11 years old. This album affected me greatly, and I found parallels between Roger/Pink and myself. The musicianship and songwriting are unparalleled, and the storyline is epic. Probably the best concept album of all time.

A brilliant concept album that flows together so well from start to finish, despite of its length. The storytelling is great, the music, especially Gilmour's guitar is fantastic, the hits are so strong (Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2, Comfortably Numb) and I like the softer songs too (Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky). I come from a former Eastern Block country, "behind the wall" so the cultural importance of this album was even bigger than in it was in the West. I wasn't yet born when this album was released but I still feel its importance in my country. As a Floyd fan and despite of its greatness, The Wall is not in my top 5 or 6 favorite albums of the band, but I still give it a 5 because of its greatness as a concept album and for its cultural importance. It says a lot about how great Pink Floyd's catalogue is. It was their last great album of the band.

Masterpiece

It's obviously incredible Its just such an obvious all timer The musicianship is insane, the bass is incredible, the guitar is incredible

An album I know and love. So good, so nuanced, tells a great story, established a strong and persistent atmosphere of psychosis, fear, and helplessness. When the judge comes on and the electric guitar kicks in at the Trial it's such a great turn. It is a bit long for an every day listen, but I never regret coming back. My strongest con about The Wall is I wasn't alive for the tour. Hearing they built a big wall on the stage before Hey You and all the rest of the production sounds like it would have been an incredible, incredible show.

This what the 856th album that I've had generated. Sometimes during this project, I have questioned why I am even still doing this. Albums like this remind me why I wanted to in the first place.

I don't like the last like four songs on this but the rest is great and cancels that out. Actually it's grown on me more over the years

One of the GOAT

Not even in my top 3 Pink Floyd albums but such an iconic album. Landmark record both in Pink Floyd's discography and in music history.

Совршенство!

One of my favorite albums. Great music, decent story. Listen to this album a few times a year.

Everything about this is a masterpiece.

Favorite Track: Hey You

So you Think ya'd Like ta Go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow... Listened to it on good headphones for the first time in ages. My god, how well this holds up. Atmosphere, music, tone -- all just beautiful. None of it works without Gilmour, though. Good as the lyrics are -- it's that edgy, glamourous, rich voice that he gets out of that Strat that works so wonderfully as a counterpoint. Still not an easy listen -- but a necessary one.

Came out during my High School years...related to it and besides Dark Side if the Moon and maybe Wish you were here...is one of my favorites...totally different then anything they had created.

A classic

The defining prog rock concept album in terms of popularity. Incredible engineering, performance, and introspection throughout the album. This is a great album and then the guitar work on Comfortably Numb starts. Just stunning. Easily worth being on the list.

This is a list of albums you should listen to, and Pink Floyd truley uses the album as an art form. Sure some songs were able to stand on their own, but they all have a place among the other tracks as part of this rock opera. Inspiring compositions. It's a better experience on a stereo played loud enough to feel it, although the stereo mixing on a set of headphones is interesting also. It's a great work.

This album really hit my mood perfectly today. It's lucky because it's the kind of album that you do need to be in the right kind of mindset for. It's also the kind of album that doesn't stand out until you start really paying attention and thinking about it. The film adaptation helped a lot in that regard. When you do connect with it, it's a quite a work. The story is grand and ambitious while still feeling strangely grounded as the story of one person. Like many Pink Floyd albums, the shadow of Syd Barrett looms large over this one, with a lot of autobiography of Roger Waters as well. When the world feels unbearably tragic, the traumas we endure sometimes feel like more bricks in the wall isolating us from everything. It's not a happy album but it's powerful (if you let it be). Although it works best as a whole, it also has some standout tracks like 'Comfortably Numb' that work well as singles. For those with access to it, you may want to experience this one through the film to help feel the full impact. For others, try to focus on it or at least read the full Wikipedia description. The story matters here.

Better than dark side of the moon 🤷🏼‍♀️

This cassette (1 of 2) was stuck in the tape deck of my first car for almost 2 years---and I couldn't have picked a better cassette to live with for 2 years.

30000

One of my fav albums

The irony of getting this album on Election Day 2024 is not lost on me. There’s been some surprises on this list. This is not one of them. Every day I didn’t get The Wall was a little disappointing.

One of the greatest albums ever!

Sonic and story-telling brilliance.

Very good rock album. It’s not my favorite Floyd album that would go to Dark Side but it still has some bangers.

realllyyyy long great album though really liked it

Amazing album

Fantastic, my first introduction to Pink Floyd. Absolutely incredible.

It's The Fucking Wall!!! Does anything really need to be said about this album???

An album! And a double at that. This one is such a great listening experience. Waters perfectly captured the creation of a tortured, isolated mind in post-war Britain growing into a pseudo-fascist isolated star. The songs flow to capture all stages of development and feeling until the wall is destroyed. Best double LP of all time. Play it loud!

The fact that they can do a double track and make it really good is impressive. They are one of the only bands that can execute a long song. It is definitely a classic album.

A classic I love it Time for another listen

A masterpiece.

Epic

Sorry to disappoint with the review but no words needed!

Run like hell is a new find

This album is iconic for a reason. It's really an exemplary prog-rock album, and a great concept album.

Not just one of Pink Floyd's top albums of all time, but one of the top albums of all time.

This is a perfect concept album, with a mix of hits and more abstract songs. Side 1 the three parts of another brick in the wall keep the theme throughout and everything in between was amazing like 'young lust' and 'goodbye blue sky'. Side 2 has hits like hey you and comfortably numb (that guitar solo...) . I really enjoy 'Nobody Home' and the instrumental on 'Is There Anybody Out There?'. "The Trial" is trippy and terrifying. The whole thing is a play starting with Lights and Action on in the flesh and ending with the wall being torn down Takes a mad genius to make something like this

An immersive journey. Some songs are stronger than others, but as a full piece of work, near perfect.

Only five stars and not more!

This is one of the best rock operas of all time, and is a very good rock album in its own right. The singles are the most well-known, with tracks like Another Brick in the Wall part 2 and Comfortably Numb being the best, but it is the "filler" tracks that make this album excellent. The story-telling is fantastic, and it makes a cohesive story from start to finish. It is always an entertaining listen.

Another fave! This playing in a dome theater with a laser light show was the epitome of cool :-) Playing in on digital with the songs cut up was sort of rough - get this on vinyl and hear the full epic!

Pink Floyd is the epitome of separating the art from the artist: such a great band led by one of the worst kinds of character. But in any case, I've always loved this album, so 4th 5 in a roll!

Brilliant in 1979, and brilliant today

Incredible, but not perfect. I rated this 4.5 stars on RYM. Will round up to 5 here.

This is an all timer for me. And even in some of the moments that aren't my favorites the concept is so compelling that I can't help but admire it. (9.9) ★★★★½

4.5/5

One of the all-time great rock operas despite straddling a real fine line in the 2nd half of not being that good. Super ambitious with phenomenal highs like Hey You, Mother and Comfortably Numb and also Run Like Hell and One Of My Turns. It’s not a totally watertight classic despite being practically the Roger Waters show and there are some pretty rotten bricks towards the end like The Trial. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 for the site.

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 hell were my favourites before, and still are, along with the three "movements" of another brick in the wall

This is #day65 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... next month marks 45 years since this album was released. It goes without saying that The Wall exemplifies breathtaking storytelling and showcases the band's brilliance not only as musicians but also as profound thinkers, even though it's largely a Waters-driven project. Much has been said about this LP... For me, listening to it feels like watching a movie with a picture off (I still haven't seen the eponymous feature film yet). The themes of agitation, alienation, and the main character's emotional turmoil resonate deeply and remain relevant today; it's easy to see parallels between the individual and society... I've been to those places many times. Among the iconic tracks like "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2", "Comfortably Numb", and "Hey You," my personal favorites are "Goodbye Blue Sky", "Young Lust", and "Don't Leave Me Now". Each of them is (pun intended) an irreplaceable brick in the wall. I also like to listen to this album with my wife on vinyl, whose 2016 reissue she presented to me last year. This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day66.

frisson feels

The music feels like a journey, building layers with every track. It’s haunting and grand, like Bowie at his most theatrical, but darker. There’s a rawness in the lyrics, balanced by intricate soundscapes. The way it drifts between intense and quiet moments is almost hypnotic. You get lost in the storytelling, swept up in its emotional weight.

My university dining hall had a soundtrack that consisted of about eight songs playing in rotation, including "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" amongst a hodgepodge of contemporary pop music. I always found it ironic when the chorus of "We don't need no education..." came around every half hour or so, making me question whether it really was worth it to take out all those loans. As for the review, "The Wall" is a really powerful concept album. I hadn't ever listened to the whole thing before, but it was great to hear it unfold as the motifs build upon each other throughout its length. Genre-defining instrumentation and generation-defining lyrics complete the picture, and the full story is a powerful introspection even if it does meander in parts. Unfortunately, the experience is slightly marred by being chopped up into tracks for streaming- but if I have to choose one chapter as a favorite, it would be "Comfortably Numb."

It is overly long and pretentious as hell, but it's bloody good.

Признанный мастодонт прогрессив рока, иконы многих моих друзей, таким концептуальным проработанным альбомам, которые представляют собой целостные произведения сложно ставить низкие оценки - они должны быть откровенно плохи) но это, конечно, не тот случай. Красиво, проникновенно, с надрывом. На этом альбоме одна из самых грустных песен музыкально, которые я слышала за последнее время