The Wall

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

Love this album.

The best concept album. Amazing masterpiece. Love this album.

How can you not love the wall. Such a landmark piece of music that has such wide appeal. The guitar is great, the lyrics are great, Pink Floyd is just pretty great

this is one of the easiest 5’s i’ve given so far. just an amazing album in every respect

If i would rate the album based by songs it would be a 4 but rating the whole album as an experience is a 5

Masterpiece, movie was amazing too, lyrics kill it, music is great

Nearly as good as Dark Side of the Moon 😁

This is a masterpiece.

A couple of days ago the generator generated Tommy and now The Wall. Just like Tommy the lyrics on their own are not so special but the music and the overall atmosphere is as great as ever of course.

My generator algorithm loves Pink Floyd, apparently. I’ve gotten 3 of their 4 included albums, and this is only album #62 today. This is not a complaint. I recently saw Classic Albums Live perform this album, so I didn’t do a full listen again today. I highly recommend going to see CAL if you’re in Canada or the USA. Anyway, this album is amazing and it’s obviously an automatic 5 stars. This is the 7th album the generator has given me that I already knew.

5/5. Perfection.

The soundtrack of my early teenage years. I've certainly watched the film as well. I think there are still things I'm coming to terms with with this album. Aspects I do not understand. It is one of the most complex and rich albums of all time. You could teach a semester on this album.

Buena mezcla y buenos temas. Ya eran los late 70s entonces era de esperarse una obra así, sin embargo es demasiado buena propuesta para época. Muy creativa y muy integral. Las guitarras son perfectas

I absolutely believe that everyone in the world should hear this album at least once BUT they should also watch the film. 5/5

It's understandable why this is considered one of the world's best albums ever. Every song is its own planet, on a very specific and cohesive solar system.

Tough to even find new things to say about Pink Floyd. This album is a classic and definitely one of the best concept albums of all time.

Wow. This is incredible. The instrumentals on this album feel so lush and refreshing and feels new despite it being over 40 years old. I had high expectations for this album since I listened to dark side of the moon but this blew them out of the park. The transitions are seamless and the concept is incredible. Truly a fantastic work of art and an incredibly influential album.

This is more than just a regular album: it's an experience. It tells the story of a rock star's descent into insanity, but it ends with a glimmer of hope. I would give this album 5 stars just for Comfortably Numb alone, but the whole thing is awesome.

Mucho se puede decir de esta obra maestra pero solo me centraré en dos cosas. La primera es la genialidad de la historia que cuenta, del poder representar qué tan lejos podemos llegar las personas cuando llegamos a un punto de quiebre. Lo segundo es el tema que se repite en varias de las canciones, como le da cohesión al disco y como se va deformando poco a poco, como el personaje principal. 6 estrellas que bajo a 5 porque no caben más.

Uno de los mejores discos de la historia del Rock, con todo y todo. Desde mi gusto como fan de la banda no es mi favorito, pero es sin lugar a dudas el más icónico, conocido e incluso el disco introductorio porque hasta el menos iniciado en Pink Floyd ha visto la portada y escuchado alguna de las rolas. Lamento que ya no se pueda escuchar la versión en vivo de la gira en los servicios de streaming, porque era una chulada. Al final, es un disco que me gusta tanto que es difícil decir cuáles son mis rolas favoritas. El combo In The Flesh y Run Like Hell tiene un lugar especial, así como Is There Anybody Out There? y Nobody Home.

Roger Waters' recollections or tales told by his family of London during the Blitz. Pink Floyd's magnum opus.

I began listening to this album for the first time just enjoying it as some good rock but a couple of songs in, I was reading about it and realized it was a concept album. It became an entirely new experience then to read along with the plot of the album and hear the songs that correspond with the story it was telling! Not only is it great music, but the idea behind it makes it so much more powerful and impressive!

Wow. Wow, wow, wow! I've heard the popular songs off this album but I've never listened to the entire thing and holy shit was I missing out. Amazing album all around. I loved every second of it and I'm a bit sad I'll never get to experience that first listen again.

This is a complete album, with excellent musical qualities and really solid vocals to go with it. This is an album meant to be listened to in its entirety and there really isn’t a disappointing song. So surprisingly good.

Fantastic story and album. Loved the whole thing front to back.

Yeah judge, shit on em!

Remember listening to this CD over and over again on my dad's stereo system as a kid. What a great album, with a mix of sounds and types of songs, and interesting stories woven into the proggy soundscapes. Love this.

Rock sinfónico.

in the flesh? UF MEN como vas a empezar un disco así tremendo te engancha del principio EL SOLO DE THE THIN ICE another brick in the wall p1 y 2 🛐

Amazing concept album - worth watching the film as well

An absolute classic.

I have a very vivid memory in middle school of several teachers huddled around a desk after class one day. I went over to see what they were looking at and someone had written/carved into the desk: Goodbye cruel world I'm leaving you today Goodbye all you people, there's nothing you can say To make me change my mind. Goodbye They were in a right panic trying to figure out who's desk it was. Still makes me chuckle. Bonus fun fact: Pink Floyd The Wall is the only movie I ever owned on Betamax. I did not, however, own a Betamax player. Anyway. What can you say about The Wall. My life wouldn't be the same without it. A singular achievement which very much belongs on this list.

one of the best albums of all time

Fantastic album, pleasure to return to and give a listen after almost twenty years

Una obra maestra, no podía falta en esta lista

In my mind, this is what albums should be - a set of songs thematically linked, telling a story rather than just a collection of songs the artist wrote in a certain window. There are a lot of valid criticisms, The Wall is self-indulgent, a reflection of Roger Waters' ego, and it does contain songs that exist purely to drag the story along, which wouldn't stand up when listened to on their own. However, I don't think this detracts too much from the experience. There are songs that on their own are part of rock history, but this album should be consumed as a whole. This isn't the best Pink Floyd album, but that does not mean that it is not an incredible album-cum-experience. It is more of a musical soundtrack than anything. I could write about this album all day, but I have better things to do.

5/5. Best Album objectively 👍

I had been waiting patiently for this album

One of my favourites album.

4.6 - A supreme road trip album. Ideally consumed in its entirety in one sitting. Each song fits together like a puzzle piece to build a narrative arc that involves a misfit who won’t conform to an authoritarian regime, gets addicted to drugs and whores which leaves him feeling lonely and ultimately drives him insane. In the last quarter of the album we follow him from institutionalization, to crime, to recrimination. And he’s ultimately executed. Heavy! Lots of amazing and familiar songs along the way (“Comfortably Numb”, “Run Like Hell”, “Young Lust”, “Hey You”).

It's a story. It's a well crafted story of education, hope and despair. And it needs to be listened to as an album rather than one track on a playlist. Hell, the whole album should be passed off as one track

This album just gets better with every listen. This is only my second PF album from the list with 2 more upcoming in the final 140 albums. A new appreciation, easy 5 stars: Run Like Hell really caught my attention on these listens.

Been a while - still love this.

This was going to be a 5-star before I listened again, but it was a real treat go back into this album with purpose and desire to look into it more deeply.

Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall... Depressing, dark, psychotic, disturbing and some how beautiful, just absolutely brilliant. It's shame Waters was(is) such a narcissistic dbag and this was the last great piece of music he and the rest of the band ever made.

While there are couple of individual tracks that are great stand alone songs to listen to this record is best consumed as a whole, listening to its entirety in sequence. When it is, it’s a product of brilliance. As such it’s a 5. If thought of as a traditional collection of individual songs it would be a 3.5 or 4.

Taken as a whole, it's pretty amazing. It has some parts that sort of drag for me, but I think they may be necessary in the concept album as a whole. It has some of their best singles, with Hey You, Comfortably Numb, and of course, Another Brick in the Wall being stand outs. Not my favorite Pink Floyd album, but it's still great.

A phenomenal album. The transition from Part One and Part Two of Another Brick in the Wall is perhaps the greatest in all of music.

There is nothing else like this sound. Been listening since it released

Great story and album. 100% classic.

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

Masterpiece!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5/5. Absolute perfection.

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

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

Isn't this where we came in?

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

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

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

All-time great

One of my faves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wanna take a bath? 10/10

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

It's epic, huge, and awesome.

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

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

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

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

Damn.

This is a masterpiece. Simple as that.

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

A masterpiece..

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

Amazing

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

Iconic concept album, classic 70’s rock

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

9/10

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

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

Alltså det är ju så bra?

Pivotal album into psychedelic rock and metal.

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

A classic rock-opera masterpiece.

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

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

Already know but won't complain about listening - 5

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

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

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

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

Sonically brilliant, sounds great loud on a big system. Yes, it could be seen as pretentious but there is a story underneath that ties it together. Guitar solo on Comfortablely Numb is staggering, that tone and melody is so distinctive.

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

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

One of the greatest albums i’ve listened to.

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

Great album. Cool story behind it as well

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

One of the best of all times

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

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

Legendary

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

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

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

Master

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

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

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

An absolute masterpiece

Peak Floyd

Brill

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

Another great song after great song.

its like dark side but less erratic

Classic

Destin, FL, Patrick Hall vis a vi

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

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

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

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

Some of the best music ever made

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

Classic. So good

A masterpiece. One of my favorite albums ever.

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

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

Classic rock is classic.

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

Masterpiece

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

generic 80s

Master piece

Top 10 for sure. What a classic.

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

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

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

issa classic

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

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

Amazinggggg. Exactly as expected.

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

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

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

No notes needed.

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

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

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

Masterpiece

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

Great album

This is an absolute belter.

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

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CLASSIC

Fantastic!

Me gustan los motivos em diferentes canciones. Un clásico

Anhother brick in the wall

is there anybody out there... hey you... uno de mis favoritos

A masterpiece out of its time. It is great and complex, but time and more music helped me to understand it.

excellent and very easy to listen

Discazo

La transición entre la parte uno y dos, The Happiest Days Of Our Lives, debe ser el mejor interludio musical en la historia.

A classic of classics

I have never listened to The Wall all the way through. I'm very familiar with a lot of the songs from the album but I haven't listened to them in their intended form- all together. While these songs aren't my favorite Pink Floyd songs I think this album has rightly earned its place as one of the best concept albums. The rock opera quality really shines through with visual qualities to the music with an effect where you really feel like your moving through the main characters life just by listening to the songs.

Front to back incredible album. 10/10

Already listened beforehand, an extraordinary concept album; like nothing else I've ever listened to

I'm very familiar with this album since I wore it out on vinyl 40 years ago. Absolute classic, one-of-a-kind concept album, probably the best pure concept album ever made. The music starts flagging a bit for me at the end, starting with Waiting for the Worms, where it feels a little forced to try and draw the story to its conclusion, but that's a minor complaint. 5 stars. Fun fact - the album was released on my 14th birthday. Fun fact #2, I played and sang Nobody Home in front of an audience at an open mike night at my college.

Still amazing

Classic album. I love it, but it can be overly dramatic/over the top at times. Still, it is quite a journey across a complete album and has just some epic, amazing songs.

I love this album so original and atmospheric

Great album, as is anything floyd!

Bro u already know it

This is definitely my favorite Pink Floyd album. I love how theatrical is it.

I mean... it’s The Wall. One of the greatest “modern” albums!

Fantastic Album. The first time I heard it, a lot of dust was blow around. I worked for a stage power company. Had to test an amplifier and speaker set I just repaired. At that time I did not know the album. As it starts of on a low volume I turned up the volume of the amplifier. You must know this was a sound set for a big theater hall. But after the start of the album it kicks in. The complete hall was shaking and all the dust collected from over years came free. :-) I can tell you everything was working fine. Bought this album almost instantly after this. Still love it. It is my favorite album of Pink Floyd.

Erre nincs mit mondani. A valaha készült egyik legjobb lemez.

A classic Rock opera

Love this and any album that tells stories

a work of art

pink floyd sempre é nota máxiima

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Epic

Classic. Legendary. Simply Pink Floid

Бриллиантовая работа буквально во всех аспектах. тот самый редкий случай, когда возложенные на слушателя ожидания оправдываются в полном объеме, а может даже и больше. ода из известнейших рок-опер может похвастаться отличной логикой в гармониях и последовательности песен. Тут концептуальность работает несколько иначе чем на "Темной Стороне Луны", это похоже на мюзикл: от прог-рокового звучания Флойды не отказались, но импровизации, соло и сложные ударные рисунки пользуются на работе малым спросом, но красоты и величественности звука тут не занимать. Хочется поговорить про смысл этой работы в текстовом плане, ведь какой хороший мюзикл может быть без глубокого поэтичного смысла? Весь альбом является ярким примером борьбы человека против самого себя, ведь герой пытается закрыться от общества, считая, что ему так будет жить спокойно. Но, под конец альбома нас ждет блистательный и не наигранный хэппи энд, в котором Флойд выходит в мир, от которого отказался ранее, признавая свою ошибку. Это действительно хорошая и поучительная выдуманная история, которая для многих людей в какой то степени является отражением себя, поэтому многие обращают внимание на смысловую ценность альбома, что определенно хорошо. Кстати стоит отметить, что многие песни этого альбома слушаются прекрасно и без всей этой сложной концепции стены, которую Флойд выстроил вокруг себя. "Young Lust", "In The Flesh", "Nobody Home", "Comfortably Numb" - мои субъективные любимцы, а "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2" стал самой узнаваемой песней группы. Описывая вкратце, можно сказать одно предложение: "Все еще красиво, все еще величественно, все еще по гениально." 10/10.

the album that spawned almost all of Floyd's radio singles. While I'm not fond of some of the songs by themselves, listening to the album as a whole elevates the entire experience. The only Pink Floyd album I fully enjoy

Fucking A

It achieves what it sets out to do, but it's pretty cheesey and a bit naff in places, especially all the disco influence on the first disc. It's a better opera than album, and whilst you can't fault the writing or perfomances or the scale of what they were aiming for it's just not as good as Dark Side

This is a great album but it is overly long and overly British. Lots of bands don't have and album this good, but Pink Floyd tops it with both Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. To be fair to this album and to not compare it to its sister albums; Hey You, Young Lust, and Comfortably Numb are all classics. With the run from Comfortably Numb to Run like Hell being a particular high point. Also I think Another Brick in the Wall is pretty overrated at this point. It was my (and I'm sure many others) first, favorite Floyd song but it falls a little flat now. That chorus just doesn't hit as hard now that I'm not in high school and looking at the state of the world maybe we do need that education.

Great!!!

Intense classic

Muy bueno, pero demasiado largo para que lo considere un álbum que volvería a escuchar. En general bien, destaco varias canciones y la onda en general estaba muy bien. Banco.

Musically impressive, flow of the album was perfect; pretty standard rock template album. Songs didn’t really stick out because of the flow save for a couple of the big ones. Will revisit sometime, but not in any rush

Big old concept album here gotta love it. Probably my least favorite of the big four punk Floyd albums but still very good

It's a fun listen, a little long. But vibed out pretty hard

I'm not as in for this one but it still is great Will I listen to again: 66%

This went crazy as an angsty teen

This is the first album that feels at least comfortably like a 4/5 or higher. The songs flow together really well, and the music is, sonically, super interesting. The guitar parts are really fun, the bass parts are as well. There's some serious cold war vibes in the lyrics throughout the album. *I did not do research before listening* Is this a rock opera? Did Pink Floyd do one of those? *EDIT* Yes they did. Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell are definitely the highlights of the second half. This album is weird, sonically coherent, pretty good, exhausting, clever, and up it's own ass all at the same time. It flows very well, and has some very high highs! This is like an hour and a half and gets a bit tedious and repetitive, though. By the time I got to the Trial and it's attempt at being an explanatory song from a play I was pretty much done. This is such a strange album. Musically, it's pretty amazing, lyrically and conceptually it's a bit annoying. I'd still give it a 4/5. It's better than an album with just a few bops, but there's enough on here keeping it from being a 5/5. This thing is pretty good, but good lord does it know it. Album Highs: Another Brick in the Wall pt 1 Another Brick in the Wall pt 2 Goodbye Blue Sky Young Lust Comfortably Numb Run Like Hell Album Lows: Mother The Trial

Um dos primeiros álbuns que eu peguei pra ouvir inteiramente em minha vida, junto de Revolver dos Beatles e Plastic Beach do Gorillaz. Seleção esquisita, mas é essa aí. Então possuo um longo histórico com ele. E é um disco incrível, ambicioso, e sinônimo do tal Rock De Pai. Não é nem perto de ser o meu favorito da banda, na realidade, está bem baixo no meu ranking pessoal deles, mas ainda assim eu o admiro tremendamente. Possui inúmeros momentos memoráveis e icônicos. The Wall é um disco extremamente maximalista. A indulgência de Waters é palpável nesse álbum, não só na sonoridade, que é repleta de efeitos e passagens, mas também nos temas. Digo, esse disco fala sobre… Tudo. É um disco sobre auto-isolamento, suas causas e suas consequências. É um escopo amplo, que em minha opinião, é bem melhor explorado no filme do que aqui no álbum. Na verdade, eu gosto mais do filme do que do álbum, sendo totalmente honesto, mas a review é sobre o disco e tentarei manter o foco. Os momentos mais sutis do disco são os melhores pra mim. Como o sinistro riff de Brick pt. 1, ou o dedilhado maravilhoso em Hey You, o motif de In The Flesh, e por aí vai. Esse disco realmente me ganha nos detalhes, e me perde no exagero. Pra começar com sua exacerbada duração, que é aumentada por canções inconsequentes como Vera ou Don’t Leave Me Now. É possível imaginar um corte desse disco como álbum único, sendo esse bem mais agradável de se ouvir. Mas simultaneamente, seu escopo máximo faz parte do seu charme. The Wall como álbum único simplesmente não teria o mesmo efeito. Desse modo, por mais que não seja um aspecto do disco que eu particularmente goste, preciso admitir que há sim mérito nessa loucura. Há lógica no caos. Acho criminoso o quão ruim é a mixagem desse álbum em serviços de streaming. Tudo é nivelado e o ganho é muito baixo. Um daqueles discos que se você não possui uma cópia física, você fica quase incapaz de ouvi-lo da forma correta. Mas é isso. Um álbum clássico e icônico, que já foi um vício meu em tempos passados, mas que atualmente, testa um pouco minha paciência e minha tolerância em alguns momentos. Mas acredito que todo fã de Pink Floyd passa por essas fases com esse disco. Acredito que seja normal. E este é um ótimo álbum. 4/5

This album reaches the highest highs, but not consistently enough for me to rate it among the greats

4 but I've heard it a billion times

look this was really good but also SOOOO long and took me two days to finish it. and then my next album is also a long one. rip

One of the great epic albums, but I personally prefer a few other PF albums (Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, etc.)

Inarguably a classic and my favorite of the Floyd albums featured so far

와 좋다… 이 앨범은 존나 슬플때, 그냥 슬프고싶을 때 다시 듣고싶다 특히 Don’t leave me now가 좋았는데 이 앨범을 계기로 그 유명한 dark side of the moon도 한 번 돌려봐야겠다

I wanted to give it a 5 but some of the tracks are so overplayed it brings it down, but honestly this is a masterpiece.