The Wall

Love it

Tarina-progelevyjen järkäle, eikä syyttä. Toimiva konseptilevy, jossa ei ole paljoa valitettavaa eli 5/5

Top 3 Pink Floyd album, great solos, transitions are unmatched. Always a great listen

Okay yeah

Still as mesmerizing as it was 44 years ago. One of the great rock albums of all time.

So good!

This is widely considered to be one of the best concept albums of all time and deservedly so. The vision, the realization and execution are remarkable and it's an extraordinary piece of work. It's a classic and definitely belongs on this list.

What can I say about one of the best albums in the history of one of the greatest and most influential rock bands on earth? Magic

Perfect.

Amazing experience 10/10

Pink Floyd. Nope. No ambiguity here. I think they’re great. Ok yes it can be muddled self indulgence. And a lot of lyrical there’s are first world rock star problems. I don’t care. Fight me. I have a knife. I’ll use it pretty boy. Shame to see that delicate face messed up. When I was about 12, Monty Python and the meaning of life came to my home town and the support film (Dubbo held on to double feature matinees well into the 1980s*)was advertised as the odd angry shot**.The wall played instead. A cinema full of 12-18 year old boys weren’t sure what to make of it. Some knew pink Floyd mainly thanks to older siblings. I didn’t know them then except for ‘another brick…’. The interval between the two films was hilarious. Mostly silence and the odd ‘what was that I just watched? That it starred the singer of my favourite group then, Bob Geldof, helped. But it was nothing like anything the Rats did. When I was a little older I heard The Wall again and ‘got it. ‘ Comfortably numb is probably Waters greatest lyric. And he is highly underrated as a lyricist. Mother - what a song. Even their weakest song (another brick in the wall pt II) has my favourite guitar solo by Gilmour. It’s the documentation of a band in decline. But I don’t care. I love it. Musical dna Is it bloated and self indulgent? Absolutely. Do the band seem like grim and humourless grumps? Yep. Is the album bleak and depressing? No question. Does it make any sense? Not a whit. Is the film so insane as to make you doubt its very existence? You have no idea. Am I wrong to like them? Probably. But if loving them is wrong then I don’t want to be right.15/5 * Also the local tv station broadcast the black and white minstrel show on Sunday afternoons. The title did not refer to the video medium. **The best film about the Vietnam war. If you haven’t seen it I thoroughly recommend it. All the questions of the American attempts. None of the overblown angst.

A true masterpiece

Favorite Songs: Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 Mother Comfortably Numb Obviously this album is absolutely fantastic. It is the perfect listen through album to completely immerse yourself in.

Einu sinni fannst mér Pink Floyd ekkert spes en nú er öldin önnur. Mér finnst þetta súperfrábært og nýt þess í botn að hlusta á svona sérdeilis prýðilega rokkóperu

Hullo old friend, it's been a while. I'd forgotten just how wonderful you are.

A MASTERPIECE

This album isn't always an easy listen, but it is near the top of greatest of all time lists for a reason. Brilliant from start to finish. It's not easy banging your head against some mad buggers wall.

Classic. Naïvely thought that this is what the list was gonna be all about.

Great album. One of the best.

10/10

5/5 or riot

Classic though some songs have questionable themes

The trial was great. This whole album is great.

Still an epic album that has stood the test of time. Musically complex and interesting. Still an all-time favorite.

So so so good Probably there second best album which is crazy Best songs Mother Young lust Hey you Comfortably numb Another brick in the wall part 2 And more

A great psychedelic rock album Top tracks: The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall 1-2, Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You

9/10

perfect album. gorgeous too to bottom. moving. loving.

Possibly the most listened to album I have. Definitely top 20.

I was super prepared to do a cynical take on this album: It’s self indulgent crap, overly produced, the stories lame etc. But this the first album we’ve listened to that I know very well. I remember talking about it with all my friends just like now! Trying to interpret every line and how “goodbye blue sky” was an underrated song. So instead of reviewing it like I am now: Someone scarred by years of classic rock radio ruining my favorite songs, and slowly becoming a mouthpiece for conservative radio ads. I’m instead going to review it as the 15 year old who first heard it from a burned CD Mike Mignella gave him. This album is wild! Dave is seriously one of the greatest guitarists of all time, all of his solos kick ass. Comfortably numb is great, but my favorite is definitely Hey You. It’s also so spooky. Goodbye cruel world when they say the “did you ever run for shelter….” Gives me chills. You realize there’s so much more to it than just “Another brick in the wall Pt. 2”. There’s also 1 & 3! But they’re kind of same song. Mother is good too, it’s surprisingly chill and I love when roger waters sings “for meeee” but the scene from the movie kind of freaked me out. Great guitar solo too though. Young lust is another great track, again David is one of the greats, awesome tone. The rest of album look fizzles out after comfortably numb. But I do love it when choir says “toys in attic he is craaaaazy”. As far as rock operas go, this one is definitely the best, definitely better than Tommy. Five stars, the album art is great too! I love all the creepy cartoons, maybe I could do that one day…

This album is amazing. The concept, the composition, the atmosphere it creates all comes together to a powerful crescendo. Another Brick in the Wall, pt 2 is a certified banger that feels modern even in 2023.

One of my core memories of this album watching the movie version on mushrooms and having one of the most frightening and revealing experience of my life.

I really enjoyed this album, it felt more like an experience than an album. I think that if you listened to individual songs out of the album it wouldn't hold up but listening to everything sequentially makes for a good experience

Amazing double album and concept. Love how "In the Flesh?" later becomes "In the Flesh".

Quality all the way through and the gold standard for concept albums.

Just as great as I remembered. Yeah, kind of overdramatic, but what amazing music.

I listened to the non-remastered version as for some reason Spotify didn’t have ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’ on the remastered version. And wow, what a day 2 album. Literally one of my favorite albums of all time. Superb. Amazing mix of shock, psychedelic, pop and rock. What can I say? It’s a masterpiece from beginning to end. I’d recommend listening to this twice if this is your first time hearing, it’s magical.

What could I say about The Wall that hasn't already been said, apart from that it's truly iconic? It's not an album where you skip sections and just listen to your 2-3 favourite songs; it's a concept album in the best sense of the word, where every track deserves to be heard in the correct sequence. Roger Waters songwrighting - a tale of alienation, anxiety grandiose fever dreams of political power - together with the musicianship of Rick Wright, Nick Mason and David Gilmour, and the production by Bob Ezrin created a masterpiece. I believe that Comfortably Numb contains the best guitar solos ever created, elevating the song to something unforgettable. Every song on this double album deserves to be heard, even the more unknown songs like Good-Bye Blue Sky contribute to making this album unforgettable. It's Pink Floyd at their final peak, and truly one of the best albums of all time. 5/5

Gimme

My childhood in one album

Great, listened to it before. Would recommend

This was the first CD that I ever purchased (along with Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream, such were the times I was growing up in).

Briljant. Brilliant. Brageljant. Dit is hoe muziek hoort te zijn. Het ene nummer nog mooier dan het andere ❤️

Een van de betere albums ooit

It's Pink Floyd's The Wall ! 5 stars, obviously! Nothing more to be said.

One of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.

Masterpiece

Happiest Days -> Brick Pt 2 giving me the goosebumps to this day. Comfortably numb is a classic. What a concept album... Hot take: this is THE superior Pink Floyd album. Not dark side, not division bell, not quite animals, wish you were here is close....

i love this one

Sidste gang jeg hørte den tænkte jeg at det var den dummeste af Pink Floyds 70er plader, den her gang tænkte jeg at det var pissegodt 5/5 no notes. Den skal måske lige fange mig i det rigtige humør.

Never knew about the wall! Love the backstory and history!

Saw this album come up and immediately cringed thinking about how much I loved it as a teenager. I haven't listened to it in probably 15 years, but it's still pretty great

Only listened to disc 1... not sure if that's illegal but I didn't have loads of time. quite enjoyed this actually! the 3 part structure of "another brick in the wall" is cool and the theme of those 3 is ofc classic. I love goodbye cruel world as an album closer—all time.

You shouldn't read about this record. It's greater than the sum of its parts, which is a bold statement when those parts include Comfortably Numb, and Another Brick in the Wall part 2. It's a prog rock album that care more about what it has to say than about the technical mastery of its musicians. And sometimes a weeping wailing guitar solo is what it has to say, and it does so masterfully.

This is such a stunningly crafted, monumental work. It accomplishes what many concept albums fail to do, which is to immerse the listener in a coherent story that you don't need to overthink to understand. And it does this so artfully. The story contains several plot threads that move over decades in time, but it never feels convoluted. The album is an emotional whirlwind, pulling you through moments of anxiety, mania, rage and sorrow in ways that feel genuinely unsettling at times. If you listen to classic rock radio at all, you will recognize quite a few of these songs on their own. But I have to say, the songs lose something when you listen to them outside of the context of the album. They're simply meant to be heard together. For instance, songs like "Young Lust," "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" or "Run Like Hell" are solid rockers on their own. But detached from the flow of the album, you lose this whole other level of meaning. Additionally, the structure of the album uses recurring musical echoes to weave memories of past trauma into present pain in a way that feels really authentic. Trauma is something that can live with you your whole life and can crop up at any time, which is something the album conveys brilliantly. This is a long, frequently intense listen, but every bit of it is compelling in a way most music is not. And this isn't even Pink Floyd's best album. Ponder that. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Young Lust, Comfortably Numb, Hey You, The Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, Run Like Hell, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, The Thin Ice, Mother, Empty Spaces, Goodbye Blue Sky, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1, In the Flesh?, Goodbye Cruel World, Vera, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3, Don't Leave Me Now, Outside the Wall, Bring the Boys Back Home, Waiting for the Worms, Stop/The Trial, One of My Turns, In the Flesh

Pure decadence and bliss. This album, and this group of Brits, changed my life for the better. My 12 year old self was properly guided by their tones and tunes.

Absolute classic, every song feels different and unique

I can't believe it, but this is the first time I've ever listened to this record from start to finish. I don't know why, but it's a lot less 'proggy' that I'd imagined - I always thought Pink Floyd were similar to ELP, but this is a lot more psychedelic. Fantastic record throughout - so ambitious, especially for 1979. Some beautiful instrumentation throughout. Favourite tracks: In The Flesh?, Don't Leave Me Now, Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?, Comfortably Numb.

Wasn't as good as when I was in high school but still, what an artistic achievement overall.

I mean, I truly considered writing a college thesis on this album so there’s so much I could possibly say about The Wall. It’s a masterpiece in my book and an early example for me of a favorite album and part of the reason why I’d even be interested in a project like this to begin with. This album made me love albums and I think that says it all.

It's The Wall. This album deserves all of it's hype.

rediscovered some songs. glad i relistened.

fire

One of those albums that actually flow from one song to another, rather than just a collection of songs.

I need more than five stars for this album. This was my youth.

Listened to this a million times through the years. Classic album.

Hot take: it's a really great album. I didn't love all of the songs, but it's an incredible narrative and the ones that I liked, I really enjoyed.

Amazing!

A classic album, perhaps even more relevant today than when it was released.

I love this album. It is a rock opera so I get not liking every single song. The few that are bangers, everybody knows. I had a whole phase where this is what I would listen to while driving around. 5/5 classic for the ages. Tragic story.

Overblown and self indulgent. What more do you want from a rock opera?

Quite the roller-coaster from start to finish. A very personal album from the lyrics. My personal favorites off of this album were Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, Mother, Young Lust, Hey You, In the Flesh, and Run Like Hell. I currently listen to "The Trial" which is a very different piece from the rest. One thing I noticed about this album is how connected each of the songs are many of them fading into one another. It creates one cohesive piece which is quite unique. This album is really supposed to be listened to as a whole despite its daunting 1 hour 20 minute length. Albums aren't usually this long which made me a bit impatient towards the end but I won't hold my impatient tendencies against it. This is something quite special.

Simply a Masterpiece ! 5/5

Ha! No need for me to listen to this. But I absolutely will, for probably the 1000th time. I do prefer the live version to the studio version. (So, it's okay I guess... *Has tattoo of characters from the movie animation on calf*)

I love how it all melts together and there’s themes throughout.

The album's progressive music and profound lyrics make it a timeless masterpiece, taking listeners on a journey through the spectrum of human emotions, delving into themes of alienation, isolation, and a sense of disconnection, reflecting the social and political tensions of that era. It stands as a pillar in the history of rock music, showcasing the creative brilliance of Pink Floyd.

Absolutely classic, groundbreaking, and iconic in every way. The way the songs flow together and tell a story is perhaps one of the best implementations of that concept on any album ever. The album just does not stop either, front to back a complete masterpiece.

Unmatched

All time great

It's the mothafuckin wall man. why are you reading reviews

Iconic and really good. I enjoyed re-listening this time and betting a better feel for the plot of this rock opera.

easy 5 Sterne

An album that's very near and dear to me. It helped me get through many a dark time over the years. I've been told I do build up a wall because I don't let people in and I think this album has been an influence. One of my favourite albums of all time. David Gilmour's guitar solo in Comfortably Numb is in my humble opinion, the greatest guitar solo ever recorded.

Classic album from one of the great bands.

When I was young I identified with this album more than any other

Not quite up to par with DSOTM, but still an absolute classic.

Absolutely amazing. This is the 1st concept album iblve ever heard. A perfect.blend of Brit rock and Prog rock.

Beautiful

😝 😵‍💫 5 ⭐️ Think I should have been born a decade earlier… it’s my sisters fault!

This is like the English, History, Theatre, Band, and Art kids got together and decided to make something awesome.

good shit

One of the greatest, and an all-time favorite.

There are no bad things to say about this record.

Perfect

Bra conceptalbum, många bangers, lite mycket fillers men de bidrar ändå till helheten

The only good rock opera. The movie version of this is awesome and really conveys the whole story of childhood in the wake of WW2, English institutional authoritarianism, and the vacuity of celeb life degenerating into a fascist cult of personality. But as an album even this suffers from 70s concept bloat with lots of songs there for the story, but that don't hold up as songs. The 45-minute best-off cut of this would be amazing. Odd that on Roger Waters's definitive statement album the real stand out musical moments are David Gilmour's. An all-time great guitar performance here with precise lyrical phrasing, that slow/fast stuff, his endless sustain, and the purest chrystaline-fuzz strat tone recorded. Fuck. Yeah. And it's not just the solos - the big echoing open chords and bright chimey transitional fills are all great.

One of the greatest IMO

I can't imagine that this is going to last... So many 5* albums and I've only been doing this a few weeks. The Wall is unbeatable though.

One of my favourite albums of all time.

I mean...what is there to say? A truly epic musical journey that tells a story far more people can closely relate to than they would like to admit. This album is incredible and a cornerstone part of music history. Favorite track: Comfortably Numb

One word- epic!!

great

"The Wall" still holds up very well, even if it might seem a bit naive from today's perspective. And with a runtime of a bit over an hour and twenty minutes, not every song on the album is a classic, but many of them definitely are. It's tricky for me to find a good time to listen to a record like this because I cannot just do nothing other than sit and listen to it for over an hour, but if I'm too distracted, I might miss some of the cool details of the narrative. But today, it worked great, and I even teared up a bit.

…we came in? This album honestly gets better for me with every listen. It’s a masterpiece of composition, recording quality, storytelling, and craftsmanship. Considering its 80-minute length, it moves with remarkable quickness; every moment feels important but never lingers for too long, and no part of it is boring. Isn’t this where…

This all hangs together very well, but I feel that it needs the film to really lend context to some of the soundscapes and snippets. I give this a base of 4, minus 1 for the short, less impactful songs, plus 1 for the amazing tunes (Comfortably Numb - wow), plus 1 for the pure chutzpah of the whole thing. So a hard-earned 5.

Love this album beginning to end. Introduced me to new musical concepts I continue to find inspiring to this day. Love love love.

Listened to this three times in two days... I have listened to lots of Pink Floyd, including all of The Dark Side of the Moon...For some reason I have never listened to The Wall straight through, I am blown away by this masterpiece!!

5*

This is what gets lost in the age of the single: Artists with the vision to do things that are big, bold, and risky. What a cool project. And that solo on Comfortably Numb... I mean come on.

Pink Floyd's "The Wall is a sonic masterpiece that delves into the complexities of human isolation and alienation. Released in 1979, this double album is a musical journey that transcends boundaries. Roger Waters' haunting lyrics and David Gilmour's emotive guitar work combine flawlessly, creating an immersive experience. Tracks like "Comfortably Numb" and "Another Brick in the Wall" are iconic, showcasing the band's progressive rock prowess. The album's concept revolves around the metaphorical wall that separates individuals from society, resonating with timeless themes. It's a captivating blend of rock orchestration and storytelling that continues to fascinate audiences, making "The Wall" a timeless classic.

Not my favorite Pink Floyd album but still damn good. Even just an instrumental version of this album would be 5 stars from this guy.

it's awesome, 'nuff said

första gången jag lyssnar 👍

Don't leave me now!

A beautifully crafted masterpiece. There's only a few songs that I enjoy as singles but I really think this should be listened as a whole. It's tight and well produced. The Wall conveys a sense of grandeur and leaves you in awe. I don't listen to this album often. It's best experienced uninterrupted, without distractions and being the focus of attention.

Fantastic. Mind blowing. Atmospheric.

I bloody love this album. But only as an album. You can take a random track and listen to it in isolation and it can be a bit mediocre and make little sense in much the same way 3 mins of a movie or a random page from a book can mean little on their own. However, as a listen from start to finish, it’s a work of art and such a good listen. Worth a watch of the movie for context as well. Also VERY good live.

First time listening to a full pink floyd album, and while I wouldn't listen to this for fun, this was interesting as a concept album, and the music sounds better to me as a part of a whole. Uncomfortable, long,depressing, and better for it. 4.5 rounded up. BT - In the Flesh? - The Thin Ice - One of My Turns - Hey You - Is Anybody Out There - Vera - Comfortably Numb - Run Like Hell

Great album good movie Favorite Tracks: Comfortably Numb, In The Flesh 4.5-5/5

I mean what can I say that hasn’t already been said about this album. It is an amazing album with an amazing story being told. The song writing is varied and beautiful. The differences in Waters' and Gilmour's vocals provide different emotions throughout. Each instrument is written for wonderfully and executed perfectly. Truly a favorite album.

Masterpiece, from the beggening to the end, clearly on of the best Pink Floyd Album I think is one of the most complicated and ambicious concept album of all times, the musical geniousnof Roger Water clearly show all its extend with this I don’t kown all song tho, like there is a coupple song i dont find « good » but they all serve the album My favorites songs are comfortably numb (incredible solo), and The Trial wich is just epic and powerfull Run like hell young lust And Another brick in the wall pt2 (impossible to ear it without the happiest day of our lives) Deserve credits This album as a really powerfull impact on me when i was younger and i don’t listen Pink Floyd as much as at that time but it is still in my heart

absolutely one of the top 25 albums of all time. the story telling, the dramatic themes, the incredible guitar and keyboard work. unreal piece of art. if you have never listened to this album from start to finish then i feel bad for you.

One of my all time favorites.

Lyrically flawless, an amazing story, and an amazing message told through amazing songs. Simple as that.

Fantastic album.

An absolute classic. Though it certainly isn't a pick-me-up, The Wall keeps your attention and takes you on a journey for all 26 songs. Obviously, Comfortably Numb is the magnum opus- it's one of the best songs ever written with probably the greatest guitar solo of all time. The story of the album is one that has resonated especially well over the past several years, unfortunately. It's a story of how toxic masculinity, abysmal mental health care, and the cruelty of society and institutions, create generations of disassociated young men who isolate themselves from the world, self-medicate, and become susceptible to false-truths and conspiracies. It's one of the oldest tricks in the books - "Isn't this where we came in?"

As a musician who has been depressed and had an overprotective mother and witnessed drug abuse first hand; this album is very relatable. Regardless it's an absolute classic

It's long, but it's a great concept album and definitely influential. It was nice as background music

Confirmed. Enjoy this much better than DSotM

Yeah it's too long, and yeah it's basically Roger Waters's weird psychodrama, but man, David Gilmour's guitar can't be argued against

Amazing.

I like Dark side of the Moon better, but its still quite good

Masterpiece

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Classic album, the highs are super high but also with some filler.

A well thought out concept album that can slog a bit but is filled with some of Waters era Floyd’s best songs.

Childhood in postwar Britain, told in heartbreaking detail. Pink Floyd’s last truly great work.

I wasn’t super excited to listen to this one but I was hooked immediately. I loved the narrative and really enjoyed the overall feel of the record.

Masterpiece.

I've always dismissed this album since I don't really care for another brick in the wall pt. 2 (or at least it is super overplayed) and people tend to poo-poo the album. The last song or two were quite stinky but otherwise very good. not my favorite pink floyd album, but still good enough for a weak 5.

A couple overplayed songs but come on. That’s not their fault. Always liked this album.

Overall there were some fun tracks, but a lot of it sounded 'samey' and like noise to me - it's hard to appreciate the artistry when the guitars all sound the same across the different tracks. That could be a reflection of my relationship with heavy metal (very hit or miss). It's definitely genre defining, and there were some fun bits (like the bass in Subtraction). I may continue to give this a try, but right now it doesn't feel like the right fit. Also that album art is freaky dude.

This is a tough one. I love Pink Floyd and this album for sure is a 5 stars, but it's not one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums. It's just never quite worked for me and I just really enjoy a handful of tracks. Still this is high quality music and shows why Pink Floyd were the best at what they did.

the fact that this isn’t even thought of as their best album just shows how incredible Pink Floyd really is

peak musikk of all time

My third Pink Floyd album, and this one finally hits! Considering there's so many tracks, there's surprisingly few that are just ok. This album is also interesting, in that their more experimental bits I'm really on-board with, whereas that definitely wasn't the case on some of their other albums. I love the whole concept album approach, the way the tracks repeat and are re-worked, and how it all plays out in one big sweeping thing. It's way more expansive than I was expecting. There's a real epic feel to some of these tracks, but I also like some of the drama on this too, like 'One Of My Turns'. It's really interesting. The standout element though has to be the guitar playing. A lot of the guitar work in this album is genuinely amazing. Comfortably Numb is such a fucking tune, oh my god. His guitar tone is like liquid honey. I'm going to go 4.5 rounded.... up! I admire the ambition.

One of the very best albums of all time

So many great songs! Could have removed some of the not so great. But, didn't impact overall.

Great album 🙌🙌

great album, 0 skips fav: comfortably numb

One of my stranded on a desert island albums. Easy 5.

Pink Floyd always a masterpiece.

disillusionment, isolation, addiction, war... this album has some heavy themes. rock solid musicianship. it was one of my first introductions to a concept album and i have loved it ever since. as all concept albums, it is meant to be listened to at one setting. thoroughly enjoyed revisiting it. highlights: “mother”, “goodbye blue sky”, “nobody home”, “run like hell”.

This is an absolutely iconic concept album. For good reason. Song after song tells of disillusionment, depression and hallucinations alongside many other topic that sadly make the album as relevant today as it was in 1979.

A final masterpiece by the legends. Explores the same themes that grunge bands would pick up again 15 years later.

Oh my god this album is so much better than wish you were here.I’ll admit when I’m wrong and pink Floyd is actually pretty good.I like how the songs flow together and there are a few standout tracks,another burn in the wall,goodbye blue sky,,comfortably numb,run like hell,the trial.ITS REALLY LONG THOUGH and can be kinda pretentious at times but it’s still really good.

Album Notes: - ISSA CLASSIC - Idk if much needs to be said this is basically THE concept album - this guy has daddy and mommy issues - LET THE KIDS HAVE THEIR PUDDING AND MEAT AT THE SAME TIME!!! - Seems like part inspired by the downward spiral of Syd Barrett but also a general view on the glamourized rock and roll lifestyle that is often not so glamorous - I will admit it feels like "this is a concept album 101" which I find to be kinda boring but it also kinda set the groundwork for talking about a lot of these themes of isolation and depression in an era where that wasn't common while infusing their sound with styles of the era in a smart way - the spotify mix feels kinda quiet ngl i feel like i gotta turn up the volume more than usual -despite the lowish volume the album is mixed beautifully - solo on Hey You is excellent love the return to the Brick In The Wall melody and the soaring guitar -ngl the album has worn off on me a bit. Its still a great album but it's probably not my favorite Floyd record Best Tracks: Another Brick In The Wall Pt.2, Mother, Young Lust, Hey You, Nobody Home, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell Worst Tracks: I guess like... Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1 cuz nothing happens for like 2 minutes but there isn't really a standout "bad" track on the album

Epic.

Tbh, I got sick of this album a long time ago. But since I hadn't listened to it in a while I figured it deserved a spin. Hearing it again, I can recognize how epic this album was and still is. It's too long, but it is still an amazing work. Not my type, but I'll still call it a 5.

I've heard this many times, seen the movie more times that I can remember :) Hearing it again years later was really enjoyable and I appreciate it all over again.

Psychedelic maaaann Released in UK at a high tension time, the album reflects a somber feeling turning into anger at times. Some of the most gorgeous guitar riffs and solos in music Extremely influential, many genres have sampled or been inspired by this Masterpiece. "Hey You" is the absolute dagger in the heart, full of pain. My favorite track from this album.

Gets better every time I listen. Some of David Gilmours best guitar work.

<3<3 Bae

The Wall > Dark Side Of The Moon

The goat

One of the best albums of all time. Wasn’t in the habit of listening to albums before starting this, but I’ve listed to this one multiple times before. Easiest 5 star given here.

Un disco que heredé en cinta de mi hermano mayor y que escuchaba en bucle. Mi parte favorita era la que componen «Bring the Boys Back Home», «Comfortably Numb», «The Show Must Go On», «In The Flesh» y «Run Like Hell». Aunque las canciones que más me gustan son dos muy distintas «Mother» y «Goodbye Blue Sky». Por supuesto también son enormes las clásicas que conoce todo el mundo. Un disco redondo en muchos aspectos y que al oírlo en bucle te permite darte cuenta que el final de la última canción está enlazado con la primera permitiendo una escucha repetida sin cortes.

I think this might be my first time listening to this album in earnest.... Happiest Days of Our Lives is a great interlude. Mother is an immediate standout to me as well. In the Flesh is also great. The sheer amount of variety that this album hits on is incredibly well done. From instruments and intensities to singers and solos; it all comes together nicely and kept me interested throughout. I can't believe I went this long in my life without listening to this album in it's entirety. Definitely happy I read about the concept while listening to understand the songs greater meanings; Comfortably Numb especially.

Absolute masterpiece of an album with songs that transition so well into each other. I love how there are some all time classics on this album surrounded by songs that you wouldn't necessarily listen to by themselves but make the album so great

This isn't as good of an album as DSOTM, Animals, or WYWH, but it's a damn good album. Watching the movie growing up made me feel like I was on drugs before I knew what drugs were. Excellent dark album. Obvious standouts but one of my favorite transitions in all of music is Empty Spaces into Young Lust. Definitely an album that was 100% designed to listen to in order. Mother should I trust the government? NO!

I don't really care if I "get" the story or if it makes sense because the music, sound textures/samples, and hooks are so great.

Quite possibly my most favorite album of all time. What an example of masterful storytelling and musicianship. Every time I listed to it, I have to stop what I'm doing and listen to it in its entirety; it's enthralling. It is quite simply: a masterpiece.

Amazing album, fantastic in every way. ‘In the Flesh?’ Is a great opener. ‘Young Lust’ and ‘Comfortably Numb’ were probably my favorites, but it remains hard as almost every song is a great listen. 5/5

society

a classic

Het meest bekende conceptalbum aller tijden. Vertelt het verhaal van de beschadigde rockstar Pink, en zijn "muur" gebouwd van traumas. Gebaseerd op gebeurtenissen die de band zelf heeft doorgemaakt. Briljante compositie, intrigerend verhaal, geniaal album. leukste nummer: Comfortably Numb "The Show Must Go On" had bijna backing vocals van de Beach Boys gehad, maar hier werd door Roger Waters een streep door gezet. Beach Boy Bruce Johnston is wel te horen.

Wowzers

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A beautiful, painful album that will touch your soul, if you let it. Beautiful music, beautiful lyrics and presented in an incredible story you need to listen, in order, from start to end. I'm not the best writer and I am having a difficult time summing all the emotions and thoughts this album will make you feel. So, to start, this wonderful album. Certainly has to be considered one of the best of all time. I want to reference WWII. Do you hear the German planes preparing to bomb London at the end of In the Flesh? I can see it. Goodbye Blue Sky, when the child says, Look mummy. there's an airplane in the sky. Those are German planes coming to destroy your country. Vera Lynn, beloved by the English troops for her morale boosting tours and songs. Think she just passed in the last couple years and I remember when it was announce. Of course, I had to play Vera. One my favorites or sure, but damn, I love just about every song off this album. Even the ones radio tried to kill. Then to follow Vera, with Bring the Boys Back Home. Damn.....Waiting for the worms transitioning into Stop make me think of the British soldiers ready to die in their foxhole, preparing to become food for the earth and only wanting that war to just end, Stop. Outside the Wall, the war is over. And during a world war, we have this guy breaking down and losing his mind, losing his wife. Phuggen pain. Going from Empty Spaces to Young Lust, thinking he can replace the pain by banging a hoe. It doesn't work. Trying to reach his wife at the of the song, to have another man answer, hang up. Jesus, I wanted to kill for him. One of my Turns to Don't Leave me Now to Another Brick Pt 3 to Goodbye Cruel is beautiful, yet tough to hear. Nobody Home is my favorite song off the album, yet I don't like to play it. Makes me think of the darkest times trying to figure out how I phucked up so bad the girl I love with every ounce of love I have/had is in Kalamazoo, in OUR apartment, but I'm living in Ann Arbor. A drunken, miserable idiot who felt like he lost everything. I felt like this guy. I would call, just to let the phone ring............. Ok, enough rambling. Think I could write o book. This is a great album. This album brings out some deep ass feeling and emotions, in me. And it always does. Special shout to Mother - "Ooh baby, you'll always be baby to me." Love you Ash and Luke! 5

C'est tout là-haut, ça

Pink Floyd is probably my top 3 favorite classic rock artist. They made the prog rock music genre commercially successful and celebrated. The Wall is a great album that cuts the album j to shorter song snippets that mesh together. The concept album brings everything together and makes it easy to listen to again and again. It’s not their most popular and maybe not their best but it’s still Pink Floyd doing what they do best. 9.3/10

Talk about a no-brainer entry to this list

What a production. From beginning to end it simply carries a concert experience into an album. Their best songs, mainly those with the epic Gilmour solos, are on this album, the production is flawless and the flow iconic. This is Pink Floyd at their best. We can debate how effective concept albums are at actually conveying the story, but the album is an amazing experience still after all these years.

One of these albums where the question is not how many stars it gets but more whether or not it's a normal 5 oder a masterpiece 5. In the end of the day, it's a normal 5 because, judging from a purely musical perspective, the album has quite a few filler songs that only have the purpose of conveying the story and are thus not as enjoyable from a listening perspective aside. All that though is criticism on a very high level

Unbelievably good. It completely lives up to the hype. One of the best albums I've ever heard.

Classic! Did a 'fresh listen music afficionado' dive this morning in drive time.... Still got it, this ancient album does

I’ll be honest I’d never heard a Pink Floyd song before this so when I saw the album length I was a little sceptical that it would hold all the way through but I gotta say wow it exceeded my expectations. The attention to detail throughout the album made it theatrical at times whilst not straying to far from a psychedelic rock sound. Strong vocalist and guitar performances throughout and the right pacing to keep the 1 hour + run time feeling pretty short, very excited to check out the other Pink Floyd albums when they come up at some point later

The climax of Pink Floyd's Imperial run of albums in the 70's (just as an aside, its genuinely insane to me that Animals is not on this list) and certainly the messiest. It really is clear at this point that the band is becoming the Roger Waters show in real time, although it certainly feels like a team effort unlike its follow/B-Side collection The Final Cut. The solo from Comfortably Numb should make that clear enough. That messiness I mentioned is almost what makes this album as great as it is, going from critiques of the UK school system, to lamentations on the isolation created by living the life of a Rockstar (inspired by Waters' spitting on a fan at a concert in their previous Animals tour) and ending up as a decent into psychosexual fascist madness with a musical theatre finale. The whole album feels more theatrical than any other Floyd album, which really helps to sell the deep resentment and emotional turmoil that lays at the heart of this album. The other albums from this period had this cold and stern aura to them, only Wish You Were Here and both parts of Pigs on the Wing had any sort of emotional warmth to them (an emotion Dark Side especially traded in favor of all-encompassing grief and existential dread). Even the negative emotions explored on previous albums feel more human than on those records, which helps immensely to sell the slow decay of Pink into an emotionally dead fascist trapped inside his wall. On songs like Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky and Vera the band manages to reach a genuine sense of pathos, which is brilliantly contrasted by the cold rage of tracks such as Another Brick In The Wall pt 2, Run Like Hell and Waiting For the Worms. Ultimately The Wall could have ended up as an overly dramatic wreck of an album, suffocating under its own huge length and lack of substance (listen to the first few Roger Waters solo albums if you'd like an idea of how that would end up). But I can honestly say The Wall is a constantly engaging and incredibly well executed album, I never felt the length for a moment and it really is a perfect note for the best era of Pink Floyd to go out on (The Final Cut is ok but everything afterwards is dogshit, yes that includes the Division Bell. Sue me). Highlights: In the Flesh?, Another Brick in the Wall (Part II), Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, The Trial

ein klassiker

2 back to back W's?????

Kneiter

Which person, who spent any school year in the late 70s/ early 80s didn’t have their own version of Another Brick in the Wall? Hey [own teacher’s name here] leave us kids alone. And who doesn’t have it stuck in their head now for days to come? I love the album I love the film I owned the vinyl, the CD and I saw the movie in my local cinema as a teenager and was blown away. Thank the algorithm for this, I needed something iconic after the hellmouth of Napalm Death.

I love this album in all its messy glory. I would have watched the film tonight except I didn’t have any pot and it really should be watched while high.

The first thing I thought when seeing this as the album of the day was, "Well, here's a 5-star album." That was immediately followed by, "It's incomprehensible to me that Roger Waters is taking a pro-Putin stance in the war with Ukraine." I started doing a little research, as I listened to the album, and it's impossible to rectify Waters' stance and rants on the war. For all the overt and poignant and distressing anti-war imagery and lyrics contained in this epic, and for the frightening depiction of how fanatic devotion to a maniacal, deranged, deluded soul can birth something like Nazism, how can this be? What happened to Roger Waters? I've still got research to do to really get to the bottom of it, but the mere fact that he spoke to the UN on Russia's behalf concerning the war is irreconcilable. Does not compute. Back to the album. It's brilliant. Harrowing, difficult, beautiful — a masterpiece. It's an album that is equally great song-by-song and stronger for the sum of its parts. So many layers to the story. So many heartbreaking insights. So much loss and pain. And a stark anti-celebration of stardom and fame and the sense of isolation it can bring. It's hard not to be moved and ultimately depressed by the story. This is one of those albums where every listen (and I've listened to this a ridiculous number of times) produces a song that most resonates. I was really struck by "Mother" this time around. "Of course Mother's gonna help build the wall..." into the soaring guitar solo. Damn, David Gilmour has a tone for the ages. So, this evoked a lot. Great albums will do that. Pile on the rantings of a man who seems to have succumbed to the very things he most feared, and it gets even more complicated. Let's hope today's album is a little lighter.

It's hard to know what to write about such a seminal album. The entire concept and all the related media that came from this are just perfect—the movie, the album cover, the artwork. I can't even pick out select tracks that really rock because every single song slams and just fits like a perfect puzzle with the whole. I thought of voting down one start because of Roger Waters' complicated political views but I'm gonna keep it focussed on the goal of this endeaver: albums you must hear before you die.

Pink Floyd is the best psychedelic prog rock band in rock history. I've loved this band & album for a long while & have seen the movie at a local music venue. The whole thing is a misanthropic journey with nightmarish visuals, sharp lyrics, and guitars that will pull you in for an atmospheric ride. Aside from Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, Mother, Young Lust, Hey You & Comfortably Numb are my favorites. I remember first discovering Pink Floyd my freshman year at UT Austin when my intro to psych professor talked a about tripping balls to Floyd & Zeppelin...and somehow he'd weave it into our lectures. Such a liberal arts & hippy-rocker thing to do & very telling of Austin at the time. I used to hate Comfortably Numb because it reminded me of one of my first college jobs doing phone surveys & that song was part of the survey, but years later the association between song & job have faded and have come to deeply appreciate that tune. Floyd also reminds me a bit of a ex...we'd have discussions about the band & it's movies - good times. 5 stars. I can't wait for Dark Side of the Moon.

Can I give this a 6?

Worn out this one

Heard it the week it came out. Blew my mind, even back then. Still phenomenal.

Heard this one too

Listened Before? Y Oh yes. This is RIGHT in my wheelhouse. An amazing melodic rock album, awesome lyrics, and a cohesive story. It's no wonder it's already one of my favorite albums of all time! Added to Library? Y (it was already there) Songs added to playlist: Nobody Home, Mother

A classic. Genuinely engaging and groundbreaking to this day.

Will never be popular nowadays as it's an actual album with a journey and story to tell rather than overproduced individual songs. and what a sublime journey this is.

I mean, this is 5-stars, right? It has to be. Part of me wants to be a hipster and make a "yeah, but" argument for why this album is overrated - but I just can't do it.

Arguably one of the most well-executed story driven concept albums of all time, if not the top of that list. It’s not even my favorite Pink Floyd album (not even top 3 tbh), but damn it is still just so so good.

My favorite popular Floyd album for a lot of reasons. Other reviews hit most of them, but for me, it is primarily the first concept album that I touched. A vital masterpiece.

The only disappointment one can get in listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall is that sad feeling that isn't your first experience all over again. This concept album packs into its two discs 1.5+hr runtime what many albums on this list only wish and that is a top to bottom solid piece of art. 5/5.

Took a couple of listens to get it, but this is definitely amazing. Some of the vocals are shit, which drags down the initial appeal, but I love the overall experience.

Man relistening to this in its entirety was so awesome. This album and band are for sure some of the GOATs

It is very good 5/5

The penultimate Pink Floyd album. It's intense moments mix well with it's more pop songs to create a true concept album that works.

Didn't manage to listen to the whole album, but it's a classic for a reason I need to dedicate an afternoon to actually listening to the whole thing and see if I get it then

YEEEES! I wrote my finals about this! I love this album. I believe that this is one of the very best albums I have ever heard in my life, maybe even the best! I love the music, the lyrics, the meaning behind the concept album. I love it all. There are written various analyses of this album, with different interpretations. One have even made a whole website: http://thewallanalysis.com The album starts at the main character's Pink concert, where he warns the audience about the troubles you will meet in life. Then the rest of side 1 is about his childhood and how Pink doesn't remember it to be pleasant, as he was a war baby with a father who died during WWII. Side 2 we hear about Pink as a young adult an growing star, an according to himself facing more life troubles, where he in the end isolates himself completely from the world. Side 3 continues to hear about Pink's thoughts and doubts during his isolation. Side 4 is about the show he then does when he gets out of this isolation, where he additionally took drugs. So he gets on stage, totally drugged out and still preforms the show. During the show he is another character, still Pink, but he feels like someone else. Eventually during this show he has a peak of his existential crisis and concludes where all these "bricks" in his wall came from and that it was himself who in fact build it. This concept album concern themes such as existentialism, trauma, handling of emotion and much more. Fun fact: The sound track of the movie has additionally songs that there wasn't space for in the vinyls, and longer version of some songs.

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Godamn this album is good. The production is insane. This shit is timeless for sure.

Als ik denk aan albums die je 1x in je leven gehoord moet hebben dan denk ik zeker aan dit album. Het is niet m'n favoriete album ooit en ik luister het geen 100x achter elkaar want daarvoor is het teveel, maar het is een dijk van een conceptalbum. Daarom 5 sterren.

Amazing album, 10/10.

What can be said aside from not thw first time won't be the last.

Probablement, el millor disc conceptual de la història

First time I've listened all the way through. I thought it was an incredible album. It's got its share of hits, but even the lesser known songs were great and kept the album moving at a good pace. I love how many tracks flow into each other, giving a real sense of cohesiveness to the album. My new favorite Pink Floyd

Really dank album. So many good singles. Long album but didn’t feel long

A perfect example of a phenomenal album. It’s one of the best uses of the format and I still remember listening to it for the first time and how it made me really feel the music and the story.

A classic.

What can I possibly say about this album that hasn’t already been said. This concept album forces me to ponder my very existence in this world. Track by track, I am taken on an introspective journey that truly resonates with me deep in my soul. Definitely one of the greatest albums in the history of music.

I mean, can you really give this album a rating, that is not the highest one? THE album that popularized "concept-album" idea - listening to it is more akin to a night at an epic rock opera than anything else, but, in addition to this, the album also features some of the biggest rock singles of all time. Pink Floyd really did not hit a wrong note in the entire record.

This is just a beautiful work of art, nothing less. The music is second to none, the mood is grim yet I feel an overwhelming feeling of release and joy. I can’t quite explain it. I could keep going with my list. It’s banger after banger. 80min never sounded so good! 5! TBz 1. Young Lust 2. Comfortably Numb 3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 4. Run Like Hell 5. The Happiest Days of Our Lives 6. In the Flesh 7. Is There Anybody Out There?

When I first heard this album when it came out in '79, I was not overly impressed by it. It was a complete departure for Pink Floyd from the previous three albums, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. I liked Pink Floyd for who they were and didn't want that to change. The more I listened to it, the more I appreciated that the band had changed and grown. It didn't take long to really appreciate what the album was presenting. Today, the album sounds like what I would associate with Pink Floyd. There's nothing I can say in a critique that hasn't been said before. Except that even though this is a great album, it may not seem like it on the first listen. It's like a movie that you have to watch several times to catch all the nuances before you can really appreciate the movie to its fullest. But once you do, you begin to appreciate its greatness. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - I enjoyed listening to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

One of the greatest albums of all time and one of my personal favorites.

This has never been my favourite Pink Floyd album because it’s so intensely over-the-top dark and nihilistic, but it’s damn good at setting a mood and even the “bad” songs work towards that goal. Five stars with the sidenote that there are five-star albums I like better (and other five-star albums that I like worse).

Brilliant Album! David Gilmour's plying I phenomenal, I think every guitarist could pick something up from listening to him play, whether you're into Yngwie Malmsteen or BB King doesn't matter. On top of that the songwriting is phenomenal and all the song really fit together!

Iconic. The mood, the storytelling, the recurring musical themes and the great music makes it an all time classic

This album is a masterpiece! It is a double album psychadelic rock opera about a rockstar named Pink, and his issues with the childhood loss of a parent, being brought up during the Blitz by an overprotective mother, dealing with bullying on the playground, becoming a rockstar, getting married, infedelity, substance abuse, and depression (yeah, a real rollercoaster of emotions). The whole time, the protagonist is using these hardships in his life to build a proverbial wall around himself, blocking him from the outside world. At the end of the album, after a slight descent into madness, he is put "on trial" by his own psyche, and found guilty of displaying human emotion. The fine for this is the destruction of his "wall". After he demolishes his wall, and experiences life on the "outside", the album ends with the words "Isn't this where -". This ties in with the very first words of the phrase the begins this album which were "- we came in?" which also continues the melody of the last song, making a full circle, hinting at the constant cyclical battles of people who fight with depression and mental illness every day. This album hits hard, deals with some heavy material, and does so phenomenally with the help of various sound effects, and genre shifts throughout. The only way to truly appreciate this album is to listen to it cover to cover. Taking it in snippets at a time causes it to lose a lot of its meaning. As stand alone tracks, a lot of these songs wouldn't hold up, but as part the greater "whole" these songs are powerful! Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this album listening experience this morning. I had heard the hits from this album before, but never really sat down and listened to it before. You certainly have to be in the right headspace to fully enjoy the record, but when you are, if you can keep an open mind, man does it ever take you on a rollercoaster ride! Favourite song: Comfortably Numb Least favourite songs: I can't really pick one. They all have their place in the grand scheme of the album. 5/5

Top 3 best álbums ever

Beautiful!

Iconic - I battled initially but it grew on me.

One of the great rock operas

A great album

Apenas o fundamental para audição que garante sentir o rock envolver em ondas na narrativa em progressão.

Still amazing after all these years, especially side 2. Listened to this every night to go to sleep in the fraternity house my sophomore year 1990-1991.

Great album....generally I'm not a huge fan of concept albums. A lot of amazing songs.... Another brick in the wall, mother, goodbye blue sky, comfortably numb, hey you. There are songs which the album could do without imo, but the good ones more than make up for them. I nearly gave this a 4, then listened again and gave myself a slap..... Not their best album but still fantastic My dad loves pink Floyd so heard this a lot growing up, very nostalgic.

A masterpiece, Pink Floyd were unique, each recording an experience like no other

Anything I say about this album, its genius, the number of incredibly composed songs, its effect on the music industry and a generation of musicians, would all be woefully dull compared to what needs to be said. This album is a triumph and is likely the greatest progressive album ever written.

One of, if not the best, concept albums of all time. Every song on this album serves a purpose and the holds the album together cohesively. They were able to make both hard and songs without it seeming forced. All the sound effects give it the right amount of paranoia and anger the protagonist feels. I'm not sure if what I'm saying makes sense, but I get it. I get this album. Loved it. 5/5

I don’t care what they say, I still like The Wall.

Not their best, still a five

Legendary concept album, beautiful

One of the best of the Waters-era.

Amazing. Obviously.

classic

The Wall. The most popular album by my favorite band Pink Floyd, which is funny because this is basically a Roger Waters solo album in disguise, with Gilmour and producer Ezrin helping, and the rest of the band contributing a little more than nothing. The first thing that one will notice with this album is it's immensity. To begin with, it's a 26-track, 80-minute long double album. It has a lot of styles ranging from acoustic jams to disco-ish tunes. It covers a lot of emotions and atmosphere, after all, it encompasses the character Pink's entire life. Above all this is the denseness of its message. It's pretty deep and bursting with meanings. Dante's "Divine Comedy" comes to mind. Of course, "The Wall" is far from the epic poem. But I've only experienced the dizzying yet stimulating nature of "Divine Comedy" with "The Wall". In short, "The Wall" is not comparable to "Divine Comedy" but it blew my mind in the same way that "Divine Comedy" did. In fact, this album is my big turning point. It's my introduction to Pink Floyd, now my favorite band, and it's also the one that made me see what music can be in a whole new level. Of course, I can definitely see why some might not enjoy this dense story driven album. And I also agree that this is self-indulgent to some degree. As mentioned, it's a Waters solo album. And given the enormity and personal nature of this album, it seems that Waters wanted so bad to be taken seriously. This is evident on how he experienced the tours that they made. He was often irritated at their noisy fans, so much that he once spat on a bunch of them. Fortunately, his collective efforts with his bandmates and producers produced something that is worth taking seriously. "The Wall" has a knack at making the listeners experience the story and the journey of Pink. A demanding listen, but a worthwhile one. PS. > "Another Brick on the Wall Pt. 2" is far from Pink Floyd's best and is one of the most overrated rock songs of all time. The lyrics are shallow, the beats are cheap, and not even Gilmour's solo can save it. > "Comfortably Numb" will never fail to give me goosebumps. > One can ignore Waters's political views. But that doesn't change the fact that there are anti-semitic views fictionally expressed here, and that one of the songs has the old British equivalent of the n-word in it. > Definitely overhyped and even a bit overrated. Not among the band's Top 5 best album. Still, it's a 4.5.

It's a whole different beast from its three predecessors, and for a while I thought that it wasn't as good, but damn does this album still manage to grow on me. It's impressive!

It's the wall, what can I say about it. So many great sings, the soundtrack to a movie. Great concept album.

Fuck yes

There are parts of the album that give you those chills only great music can give you. Hands down a 5.

Incredible album from start to finish. Unique approach with background sounds in between songs. "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb", "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2" are among the best. 9/10.

Formative album for me. Will always be 5 stars.

Must I even say anything?

One Pink Floyd's best works and one of the greatest concept albums ever. Many of these songs had a major impact on me as a young musician. Every note of the Comfortably Numb guitar solos are imprinted in my brain.

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Would be the best album ever made it Kid A by Radiohead didn’t exist. 11/10

Epic. Iconic. Pivotal. The Wall.

I consider the Wall as on of 10-20 perfect albums. The songs maintain the theme well, some have hooks, some are more melancholy. The album has 2 of the best guitar solos of all time

This album is a full experience, none of the songs could be a favorite, maybe "Another brick in the wall (Part 2)" but even that song is just better with the previous and the next ones. Is the experience of listening to a story which is told not only by the lyrics but from all the instruments.

classic

The progressive rock opera magnus opum! I'm not a raging fan of everything that Floyd does, but it's hard to not be in awe of something this grand and ambitious coming together so perfectly. If, like me, you are one of the few people in the world who have never heard this album all the way through, consider giving it two listens. Start with a full playthrough without reading the Wikipedia page. What was the story about? Then go read the Wikipedia page (specifically the plot) and then listen to the album again. How did that effect what you heard?

This is definitely a masterpiece, I remember that this album was the first I've heard from PF, and since then I'm a massive fan

J’étais à l’adolescence quand j’ai écouté pour la première fois cet album. Je connaissais bien sûr Another Brick In The Wall, Pt.2, la pièce de cet album qu’on pouvait entendre régulièrement à la radio. Je trouvais ça correct, mais il me manquait de bagage musical pour vraiment apprécier l’œuvre. J’aimais beaucoup en revanche In The Flesh?. Quelle ouverture. Avec les années, le plaisir et l’envie d’y revenir ont grandi. Ça faisait un petit moment que je ne m’y était pas replongé. Pour vraiment l’apprécier encore plus, il faut l’écouter fort ou avec des écouteurs puisqu’il y a beaucoup de subtilités qui contribuent à la qualité. Les nuances, les constructions sonores et les dialogues en background viennent bonifier les pièces. La face A du premier album est sublime. J’ai eu des frissons au début de Comfortably Numb. Les solos de guitare sont parfait. En fait toutes les guitares. Vraiment, une œuvre à écouter, voire même posséder. Si tu ne l’aimes pas ou plus ou moins aujourd’hui, reviens-y à l’occasion, tu finiras par comprendre son importance et sa qualité et là le plaisir sera vraiment au rendez-vous.

As it turns out, The Wall still kicks major ass

Not much to be said here. The reputation stands for a reason. It's not my favorite PF album, but it's still a clear 5 stars. One thing I will say, is that this album hits home more and more as I get older.

My first time listening to The Wall. All I can say is WOW. Perfect album to test my new airpods pro. The composition is insane. Very long, but engaging throughout. Especially the end of Comfortably Numb. Loved it

Long opinion on this one so bear with me! So the Wall is essentially an opera, which I think means that the music has to be considered in a dramatic context as much as a musical one. If you look at it musically, I feel it's bloated at 80 minutes long, definitely uninventive melodically and harmonically, and if we're talking about Roger Daltrey being a bad singer, Roger Waters isn't too hot either. It does have some great tracks mind in my opinion - I really like the wall trilogy and mother in particular. David Gilmour is also a great guitarist to listen to, even if just for his tone. That being said, while Roger Waters isn't a good singer, he's a decent innovator, a very good lyricist, and a feckin great dramatiser. Looking at it from a theatric perspective, it's epic, both thematically and sonically, and listening to the songs through that lense shifts the focus away from melodic/harmonic mundanity and emphasises its strengths. The longer, more monotonous tracks become atmospheric and the lyrically heavy but musically dull tracks become more engaging. It's nowhere near the perfect album that I think dark side is. But it's a success in its own right

A problem with using popular entertainment as a medium to build up an unsympathetic figure for you to tear down later is that tons of people will take it and say, "This, but unironically." This is what happened in the small town where I grew up, where "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" was an anti-intellectual anthem, "Hey You" was co-opted by the wannabe anarchists, and numerous tracks on this album were celebrated for lines that matched their own intolerance. For years, I stayed away from this album because of that, but eventually I came to realize that I shouldn't let others' misuse/misinterpretation of the thing affect my own enjoyment. Best track: Comfortably Numb

This record was such a shock when I was a teenager. Spent hours listening to it, not only for the concept album that it is, but also for the very dark songs, here taken as individual numbers. Simply put, it was the soundtrack of my teenage angst. Growing up and discovering punk, I kinda repudiated it. But now that I'm middle-aged, I finally went back to it. "Comfortably Numb" is such a great track, and Gilmour's solo at its end is the very definition of epic. "Run Like Hell", "Empty Spaces", " One Of My Turns" or "Is there Anybody Out There?" are menacing, ominous cuts. They can tighten your throat and cut your breath short. As for "Another Brick On the Wall", it sure has been played to death, but the two other versions of the song make up for it. And let's not forget the slowest, ballad-like numbers, like "Mother", "Hey You" or "Goodbye Blue Sky". They are delicate, upsetting and heartbreaking all at the same time. So yes, *The Wall* owes a lot to Roger Waters' own neuroses, paranoia and delusions of grandeur, and as such, it is the very caricature of what a rock opera is. Hence why some listeners had a somewhat sarcastic take on it, and this, as soon as the album was released... But since those topics are actually addressed in the story itself, it's pretty fitting to find all those all-too-grand moments in this record. This is where the potential flaws of Pink Floyd's last great LP became assets in the long run. Because, as far as rock opera go, you can't do any better than this. And since this legendary album was released, no one even bothered trying to top it in said genre. Evidence enough that it's an essential listen, even if you end up disliking it... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 789 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 111 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 51 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 49

The perfect album for living in student housing.

Annoyingly good. Some of the songs sag a little but multiple songs have more depth than whole albums. Standouts: Another Brick In The Wall 1&2, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Young Lust, Is There Anybody Out There, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell.

Masterpiece

This is a classic. Everyone should listen at least once.

Having recently listened to the first third of Dark Side of the Moon… I think I probably preferred it musically. But this was more fun. I’m kind of surprised they’re in their mid 30s here. It feels like very early 20s every. Great album with headphones, I feel like this is how it’s meant to be listened to.

In playing catch-up on listening to albums, I kept avoiding this one because it's a double album (2.5 hours!) and I have a negative association with Pink Floyd. I wish I didn't because (most of) this album is truly amazing. I set that aside while listening and enjoyed it.

so good

Dit album heeft zo veel losgemaakt. Voor mij persoonlijk de introductie in conceptalbums, prog, songschrijven. Als album valt er nog wel wat op af te dingen. Waters heeft zich uit kunnen leven maar de sterkste momenten zijn toch als Gilmour de dag komt redden. Comfortably numb en Run like hell zijn pakkend, poppy én rockend. Maar toch, de voor een progband experimentele Vera, Bring the boys en The trial maken deze plaat tot wat het is. De drie versies van Another brick in the wall zijn zo sterk, wát een album. Zes sterren!

A classic, will always remind me of my undergrad days.

classic

Love this album and haven't listened for a long time. Gives me nostalgia for when I saw Roger Water live with my father at the Air Canada Center in Toronto.

I remember watching the movie starring Bob Geldoff. It was a good one and so is the album.

dystopian oedipal fascist betrayal

A classic!

Beautiful songs, intense emotion, sweet guitar solos. Simply one of the best

A classic. Not my favorite Pink Floyd album (Wish You Were Here), but still a great record. Comfortably Numb is brilliant and the overall story is well told. It's totally reflective of how big an asshole Roger Waters actually is, musicianship aside. Looking at the credits, there are some interesting cameos -- especially Toni Tenille singing backup vocals and Lee Ritenour playing acoustic guitar. Certainly not their genres.

I’d never actually heard this in full before and it was very impressive. I enjoyed it more the second time I listened once I better understood the story which was devastating. I do think it’s funny that a lot of the songs were basically disco or musical theater but were probably beloved by those who “hated” those genres. Another Brick Part 1 was my favorite . Would give a 4.5 if possible.

Favorite album of all time.

Easy 5, make it a 6 for timing Comfortably numb is the greatest song of all time Transitions throughout are spectacular, as always for Floyd Mother stood out to me a lot more this listen than it ever had before, specifically “Mama's gonna make all of your/Nightmares come true/Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you” No rock opera will ever compare to this, there’s not enough to say about this

Send me back to mamma in a cardboard box? Really? Roger Waters & David Gilmore crush a generational LP and it still resonates today. Isn’t it nice to be so comfortably numb?!?! I don’t need no education, and yes, you should run like hell!

An all time classic. What more needs to be said?

95/100: The ideal album is a standalone piece of art, a work that is greater than the sum of its parts. Most “great” albums don’t actually fit this description. The Beatles “White Album” is considered a classic because it’s chock full of legendary and ground-breaking songs, but I would argue that “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a better song than the “White Album” is an album. What I mean is most albums fail to follow a through line sturdier than the general sound of each song, but not the concept album and there is no greater concept album than Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” Although full of timeless songs like “Comfortably Numb,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2,” and “Mother,” none of these songs are better songs than “The Wall” is an album. I can think of no other album where the more forgettable, less listened-to songs, are arguably more important than the album’s singles and critically-acclaimed hits. This is the case because, although these songs—like “Don’t Leave Me Now,” “One of My Turns,” and “Stop”—are generally pretty atrocious listens in isolation, they carry the story of the album. They tell of an abusive relationship leading to a divorce, a man going through a manic episode with a roadie in his room, a suicide attempt, and a man begging for his downward spiral to stop having realized he alone might be at fault. This, to me, is what an album should be—a story told from a distance, not a conglomeration of good songs—and the story Pink Floyd is able to tell thanks to their respect for this philosophy should speak to the power of this approach. “The Wall” tells a story of a man’s trauma throughout his life—from a controlling mother and being raised during the Blitz to abusive schoolteachers and a divorce—leading him to isolating himself from the rest of the world. The album fades out with the same riff as it opens, making the album a loop—hammering home the powerful, albeit depressing, message that Pink’s problems are deeply rooted within him and will return, or maybe that the story isn’t over in that Pink’s trauma is something that every generation is susceptible to experience, ad nauseam. In this listen through I gained a new respect for the dream sequence portion of the album between “Comfortably Numb” and “Stop,” specifically in the song “In The Flesh.” Previously, this section and specifically this song felt directionless compared to the rest of the album, like Roger Waters stretching the capacity of an album as a story-telling vessel to its breaking point; however, perhaps due to current events, this listen through revealed that perhaps the most important message of the album lies within this section, specifically in the song “In The Flesh.” In this song, Pink hallucinates that his concert is a Neo-Nazi rally as he calls out minorities in the crowd: “Are there any queers in the theater tonight? Get them up against the wall. Now there's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me, get him up against the wall. And that one looks Jewish and that one's a coon! Who let all of this riff-raff into the room… If I had my way, I'd have all of them shot!” This is the end result of isolation: radicalization. This is the answer, told four decades beforehand, to how QAnon and other radicals can harbor their levels of intense hatred. They’re all Pink, radicalized in their own way by their isolation. They’ve all experienced their own controlling mothers, their own Blitzes, their own manic episodes and divorces. They’ve all let walls be built brick by brick around them until it’s easy for them to hurl slurs and threats of violence at minorities and “riff-raff” like Pink does in “In the Flesh.” Perhaps keeping this in mind can help us, when faced with inexcusable prejudice and racism in our lives, to respond not with further anger but maybe with sympathy or, at the very least, pity.

absolute rammer

Jævlig bra

I was living in the Soo in 1979 and the local radio station announced Pink Floyd was releasing a new album and the station would play the entire album the day before The Wall was released in the record stores. Before it started, my buddy Arnie and I discussed how the band had gone downhill; Animals was a big step down from Wish You Were Here and DSOTM. We listened to The Wall that night and couldn't get into it. Couldn't say we "felt the warm thrill of confusion - that space cadet glow." We concluded Pink Floyd was continuing their downhill slide. A fews days later Arnie called and said he bought the album to give it another chance. Why not? Sure enough, by the 4/5th listen we both loved it. The album is Roger's masterpiece. The movie version with the cartoons and Bob Geldof's excellent acting effort, and the 1988 concert in Berlin have made this album bigger than Pink Floyd itself. Funny thing is, if I had written this review after my first listen back in 1977, I would have given it a 2. lol

I still vividly remember first listening to this album over 40 years ago and it instantly became seared into my consciousness. It's been decades since I've listened to it in its entirety so thank you 1,001. One thing that strikes me is that its held up remarkably well over the years and damn there's no filler here. Even the non-musical sound effects and recordings between songs seem so right, everything flows seamlessly and very naturally. Roger Waters may be a dick, and the band may have been on the edge of imploding because of his douchery, but maybe that tension resulted in some artistic alchemy because it resulted in a masterpiece here. I'm pretty miserly so I give a very good albums 4 stars. But if they are truly, uniquely iconic they get 5.

A classic