The Wall

I recently watched the movie for the first time since college and it still hits with the same heavy-handedness. The album contains some of their best melodies - Goodbye Blue Sky, Numb, Vera, Mother - along with rest of the surreal bombast (which now sounds a bit like the Residents with a bigger budge- "Waiting for the Worms" in particular) everyone knows, but it, along with Dark Side, is a bit of a slog.

Now this is how you do a high-concept, bombastic rock opera!

This is one of the first albums I think of when I think of Pink Floyd, but it's kinda overrated. 3.5 rounded up

first album

It was p good. I enjoyed the overall story looking more into it. Makes sense why this is a well known album from Pink Floyd.

Wow, that was beautiful, like I was watching a movie but it was in music form, my favorite song in this album was Comfortably Numb.

great album, went from listening to my parents play it, to "Another Brick in the Wall" being our elementary school anthem, to tripping while watching the movie in HS lol

idk how ive never listened to this before? its pretty fuckin great the main thing that struck me was that "another brick in the wall (part 2)" was like, my least favourite of the "another brick in the wall" parts? i think it might just be another overexposure thing since it's the one track everyone knows (its sure as hell the only one i'd heard from this album). i preferred part 1's more minimal take on the theme, the pulsing guitar with all that delay and reverb is real atmospheric.... thats that good shit,...... my only real issue with this album is that it's like. it's a feature length concept album. its basically a movie. which makes me not really wanna go back in for another listen right away. thats kinda why im not goin into which tracks are my favourite and etc cos im really not feeling like locking in for another 81 minutes right now. so..... altho it's a great album, i can't really give it a 5 in good faith. 5 is for albums i could put on repeat all day, yknow? maybe i'll come back and update this review once i'm ready to go back in for another listen,

knew all the big hits on here before listening obviously, but doing this album as a whole is such a whirlwind experience. does feel slightly padded at times imo but it's still good

Rating:★★★★ Good concept album, lots of angry and scared lyrics, and the main character trying to escape and blame others for everything until it is no longer possible.

Le mur des lamentations

Fantastic album. The second album is a little odd, but in terms of a story arc its a beautiful album.

Bloated as it is, it's still a solid album that tells a compelling story. It's not the Pink Floyd album I typically reach for when I'm in the mood for them though. I prefer to listen to The Wall in the movie on occasion. The visual context helps the songs resonate.

Everything here is exceptional and a fantastic concept album. It is a little long/drawn out for my tastes, which is probably the only drawback. I think as background music, the length is an asset, but for focused listening, an hour and twenty is a LONG time to sustain attention.

Aunque sea de los albums mas importantes, no se si le pondría las 5 estrellas por simple gusto personal

If there was ever a time to ask "has rock music gone too far?" it was in 1979 after Pink Floyd released The Wall. Goes kinda hard though. If I grew up in the 70s I'd probably think this was the best thing ever made.

being aware of the culture of and around this album i had every intention of being too cool for it but it is just pretty dope. i've always had a weakness for the concept album and this one stays interesting for almost the whole feature-length runtime. it's packed with so many little breakdowns and triumphs it seems silly to get too specific. that being said i think there isn't a song i'm inclined to pick out and listen to a dozen times so it doesn't feel too perfect. Empty Spaces into Young Lust is pretty sick. strong 4

Very awesome, though hard to rate because it's GOOD but also seven hours long and a very full-bodied listening experience. Meets the hype, hits are great of course, the rest of the "performance" and story is fun as well even if I don't fully understand it 7.8/10

Amazing

familiar, like it as background. should listen with some headphones sometime.

Mycket bra

8/10 A lot of it is excellent, and those songs really shine. Some of it is too theatrical for me - I'd rather have had a 5 star 45mins album rather than the musical hall, but it is one of the most enjoyable albums of this length that I've had so far.

Definitely my favorite Doug Walker album.

Very very good. Only reason for 4 is that there are some tracks I generally skip because they're quite distracting.

This one’s very difficult. I’m a big fan of the Folding Ideas video about Doug Walker’s The Wall….I watch it every couple of months….I can’t separate the real music from Doug Walker’s shitty parody. I’m sure this is good, but I just hear ‘Comfortably Dumb’ instead.

It’s Pink Floyd, it’s the Wall. It’s Mabo

Real cool and fascinating

ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL, BIG CLAPS FOR MA MAN PINKY PINK

Pretty good

Klassikko. Pirun toimiva.

Like ittt, buena musica, muy buena la forma en que conecta cada canción

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This album sounds incredible. There’s aome brilliant musicianship and songwriting here. The way the motif from Another Brick in the Wall recurs throughout the album in slightly different ways is really cool.

Far from my favourite Pink Floyd album, but still it is incredible. I'm coming to the conclusion that I think they may be my favourite band/artist...

amazing!

A slightly resistant 4. Where it hits, it really hits, but it's very long and feels like a lot of filler, which was making me think give it a 3. But there are enough iconic tunes in here to give it a 4.

I understand why it is a double but getting inside Waters mind for 80 minutes can be taxing. That said I would do it agfain.

All up, it's not as consistent an album as some of their others; a few amazing songs but not quite a 5. Did take two listenings to get to that decision

i’ve heard this album tons before, i could probably recreate it in my mind note for note in my sleep. kinda overplayed it to the point i don’t like it nearly as much now. still good though. meddle, dark side and animals better. yea the wall is good, big whoop. it’s very tight. every detail was very clearly thought out. incredibly meticulous record. it’s been said but they say “ooh babe” way too many times on this thing. the fretless bass on hey you cannot go understated. thank you david gilmour. for its length, the album really doesn’t drag. i’m giving this a four, if i had done this project a couple years ago it would’ve been a 5 for sure. i like the ending of waiting for the worms a lot, its sick.

Me gustó mucho, tiene canciones re icónicas y el sonido te atrapa un montón. Aunque es un álbum largo, se disfruta de principio a fin y deja una vibra muy única.

I've listened to the album before this and yeah pretty good :D

A bit of a slog to get through in one sitting, and not Dark Side of the Moon, but good nonetheless.

This is fantastic

It has at least half a dozen of Pink Floyd's best songs, but as a whole it's just so silly and self-indulgent

Alles geht perfekt ineinander über wirkt wie eine zusammenhängende Geschichte viele Songs kann man nicht alleine hören

Like all teenagers who have learned guitar since the 70s, I had a Pink Floyd phase, and since I was a teenager of a somewhat theatrical bent this was the album that resonated most strongly with me. I think I even played Goodbye Blue Sky for a recital once. Since then I’ve fallen away from Pink Floyd and haven’t listened to this record in probably fifteen years. It’s a completely different album to me now; as a teenager I approached it as a kind of allegory, and since teenagers are narcissistic I could hear my own life in it. I now hear it as someone whose pains have calcified into a wall of my own -different, but no less vulnerable - and I’m living through a time when I can see many people my age build their own walls during a descent into fascism, and it’s all the more sinister for it. This album absolutely fucking rips. That said, I really hate the film.

This isn't the best Pink Floyd album, but that is kind of like saying a given pizza place isn't the best in NYC. It's still very good and has a couple of moments which one could consider essential. That said, it suffers from bloat in a way that isn't super uncommon for prog. A lot of the genius on other Pink Floyd albums is in avoiding that sort of thing, but this thing is 80 minutes long and feels like it.

I don't think this album is the best of pink Floyd, but it's still a great listen , and I just wanna say that the writing in this album and the story telling is second to none. 4/5

Going back to ones I missed . I knew this was going to be a 4 but did think it might be a 5 . Having listened all tge way through on a car journey I stick with 4 . Do live a concept album though . Would give the video a 5 .

A bit overwraught at times and too long but the good bits are very good.

Yey! Pink Floyd, Oh no! the Wall I thought. Not my favourite album of theirs . The last time I listened to it I was peeved because it was too long and felt many songs were fillers; this time I remembered that this band to me are magicians of music, their moderate English voices, the tunes, they hit deep into my heart, and so I was peeved because there were too many songs of short duration, just when I was getting emotionally involved it cuts to another song. And if I was their producer, I would have called a halt at the Show Must Go on. Nothing to see after that.

I AM JUST A NEW BOY

Incredible stuff. I love some Pink Floyd. Other Floyd albums are totally better than this one, but it’s still nice. I didn’t like the length of the album still I’m glad I listened to it all. Favorite song: The Trial

This is overlong and overly ambitious, but still very, very good. The concept album run including this, Animals, Dark Side, and Wish You Were Here is pretty unbelievable as a whole. However, despite it's pretensions, this is not the magnum opus, and is actually the weakest of the four albums, IMO. There's still a lot to love here. The recurring leitmotifs of certain riffs, lyrics, and so forth sets the gloomy, dramatic tone that Waters aimed for. It's a smashing success in this regard. The most famous songs, except for maybe "Young Lust," will deservedly be played on classic rock radio forever. Many deep tracks are great as well, esp. "Goodbye Blue Sky," "Mother," the "In the Flesh"(es), and Part III. It's an interesting thing to deconstruct, and I find it pretty interesting in terms of plot, themes, arc, etc. It's just too much between the war stuff, the Freudian stuff, and the idea that Pink is some fascist dictator rock star. This is where it feels overly ambitous for me, and, like so many double albums, about half-a-disc too long. Best songs: "In the Flesh?/!" "Goodbye Blue Sky" "Comfortably Numb" "Run Like Hell" Worst songs: "Waiting for the Worms" "The Trial"

Some absolute classics and a few songs that I enjoyed that are not as well known. Not a front to back album for me as there are still some skips in there.

epic album; commercial and complex

"The Wall" may be the most successful concept album of all time - one in which the narrative actually holds together and the music and story complement each other well. There are also some truly great songs here - Gilmour's "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb" and Waters' "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2". But it is also really long, and there is a bit of filler that may be primarily for narrative purposes. A crowning achievement for the band, but not a perfect album.

It’s great don’t get me wrong but they kind of lost me halfway through side 2 and got me back for Comfortably Numb almost at the end.

One of *the* concept albums/rock operas of '70s rock. While alot of the tracklisting can come across as filler (in my opinion, the film adaptation is a much better realization of Water's vision because of this), they don't overstay their welcome too long, and even divorced of context the biggest hits from this album (Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Hey You) can still go hard for an inattentive listener. Just on the whole a very deeply angry and bitter album. I don't know when Roger Waters originally came up with the concept of the titular, metaphorical Wall to write the album's narrative around, but he uses it to vent many deep grievances he carried growing up in post-WWII Britain. Not hard to see why Waters was so deeply resentful of a conflict that stole his father from him. Other targets of hatred include the systematically abusive post-war British education, and the rising fascism of a Britain that ironically claimed superiority for having defeated Nazism. It's kind of silly that I feel like I could type another couple paragraphs to defend the album from those who engage with it on the most shallow level and deride it as "we live in a society" junk, a critique which I could give leeway too if some of the loudest people shouting it are idiots like Doug Walker. 8/10.

8.5/10 I really like the concept and the songs flow well, maybe they could've done away with some of the interludes as I don't think they added much imo. But overall it was a really solid listen. Can't wait to see the movie!

A titan of rock for sure. Not their Magnum Opus however. Fave track: Comfortably Numb

It’s a great album and Comfortably Numb is one of the greatest songs ever made. But there are (I assume) 3 albums to come from Pink Floyd that I think are better. 4/5

Great concept album that contains some of my favourite songs of all time and tells a story along the way. That said, I don't think the whole thing adds up to more than the sum of its parts, and it goes on for a bit long. Faves: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, Mother, Comfortably Numb, The Trial

Pink Floyd's excesses in stage performance and a Rodger Waters breakdown culminated in this seminal work from the English psychedelic rockers. For my money, The Wall may be the best example of a concept album with a plot that makes sense and isn't dumb or gross. What's more, the album doesn't feature much useless filler (though there is some), or overstay its welcome. Engaging and very listenable throughout, though I did find I enjoyed the musical theatre of the last suite of songs more as a kind than I do as adult. Highlights: "Comfortably Numb", but honestly most of the album rules. lowlights: "Bring the Boys Back Home"

A classic.

Lots of good songs including one absolutely fire one

Great album.

It’s what I think of when people refer to a concept album - some great tracks - comfortably numb one of the all time classics. Some of it felt almost like a musical “Trial” had shades of Les Miserables

Gas

Excellent album, although not something I will regularly add to my listening rotation.

Great album. Probably their 4th best.

Foi a minha primeira vez escutando os dois discos de The Wall de forma completa. O primeiro disco ganharia 4,5. O segundo disco ganharia 3,5. Com isso, minha nota final será 4 e um reconhecimento de que escutarei ele completo mais vezes! De certa forma, essas músicas sempre estiveram e ainda estão presentes na minha vida. 4/5

O primeiro disco é fantastico. O lado A na verdade é excepcional, o disco começa muito bem. O lado B nao é excepcional, é bom. Ja o segundo disco, so gosto de Hey You e Comfortably Numb (que é a melhor do disco e uma das melhores da banda) 4/5

Pretty cool album. I like the first half more then the second. The first is a bit more rocking, and the second pleasantly lolls you in a sleepy state. Not that you can get tired of the album because it is great. I don't think this is as good of an album as Wish You Were Hear and Dark Side of the Moon better, which I think will be 5 stars for me. You can hear echoes of what the Wish You Were Here album brings to this one. Interested in diving deeper into the meaning of each song.

Listened to this once before and was impressed it was good the second time too.

A mislim vrhunski kultni album, šta se tu ima puno za reći. Imam love & hate odnos prema njima, pa mi je teško dati najveću ocjenu, ali bit će jaka 4/5, 8/10

the wall has surrounded me for too long and i don't know how to get out

Very interesting to be a member of Gen Z, constantly vaguely bitter about the lack of freedom/offline opportunities for socialization and experimentation and low-stakes mistake-making that people my age and younger have grown up with, constantly bombarded with thinkpieces written by people our parents' age about the emotional stuntedness of our generation in sanctimonious tones as if the way they raised us and the world they built to raise us in had nothing to do with causing it, et cetera, et cetera... and then to listen to tracks like Mother on this album. I suppose to some extent every generation really does feel they're facing some of the same struggles... The music is, of course, pretty good here, but not quite good enough the whole way through that dealing with an 80+ minute runtime doesn't feel like a bit of a chore. Still, it's one I wouldn't mind doing again.

The wall is a Pink Floyd classic of course. Probably my 4th favorite after animals, wish you were here, and dark side of the moon. Thematically, it’s one of the best. Overall tone and vibe pertains to today’s issues just as well as the issues of the 70s. Timeless classic

album nie jest zły, posiada parę dobrych utworów, ale pink floyd ma lepsze albumy

Despite Comfortably Numb being a truly fantastic song, there's not that many other moments of genius, which made me quite disappointed since it has the cultural prestige that it has. Not bad or even okay by any means but it's not even near being the best Pink Floyd album.

🥰❤️ I love when he screams and crashes out.

4.5/5 I have such a strong connection to Pink Floyd as they were my first experience getting into a band and going through their discography, not just simply listening to radio hits. I learned to play guitar to many of the tracks on this album, and I was lucky enough to see Roger Water perform The Wall live in DC in 2010 as one my first concerts and it was a really formative experience for me musically. While I love The Wall, I think it suffers a bit from being almost exclusively a Roger Waters project and I feel like I'm missing some David Gilmour input that was present on previous albums. I'm also a bit bummed the movie version of Empty Spaces, which included What Shall We Do Now? was cut from the final album, I feel some room could've been made for it. Still The Wall is undeniably a masterpiece of a concept album and I'm happy when it comes on over most other albums. It's a bit hard for me to pick out favorites as I enjoy the whole thing so much, but Hey You and Comfortably Numb would be those if I had to pick.

Relisten Pink Floyd's most emotionally poignant work in spite of its slightly bloated length. Roger Water's life experience bleeds through every song on this album, and I'm always surprised by the amount of people who view this album as pretentious - a little on the nose maybe, but given Water's specific attachment to this project so many years after its release makes it clear that this was a personal piece first and foremost. It's not my favorite Pink Floyd album, but it offers some of the group's strongest emotional highs. Fav tracks: Another Brick in The Wall Pt. 1 thru Pt. 2, Comfortably Numb, Run Like Hell, The Trial Least fav: Young Lust 4.5/5

It's great, but it's long and it's hard to pick out individual songs. 4.5

an absolute classic. defining member of the genre "they are singing with audibly non-american accents". goodbye blue sky--nice acoustic guitar obviously the album is very moody. probably the most so of the big floyd albums. honestly unsettling at times. ya know, these days i do not care for excessive angst. life is too short to focus on that shit. on that note, i would give this a 3/5. however, out of respect for past me that did love listening to this album in the angst-filled freshman year of college, and out of respect for pink floyd being absolute classics, i will consider giving it a 4/5.

Ожидания были большие. 6/10

Art

Clearly Iconic, but there is some filler here as well.

Me agrada, aún quiero seguir escuchando el álbum :)

El concepto del álbum es interesante y llamativo, pero no lo es un álbum que me apetezca escuchar a menudo. Aunque existen temas buenos, la verdad es que muchos de ellos no los puedo escuchar de forma individual debido al concepto del álbum, lo qué para mí lo hace decaer un poco. Entiendo que el álbum se ideó con la idea de escucharlo de corrido, pero me gustaría que tenga más temas para escuchar de forma individual a parte de los poquisimos que tiene.

I liked this more than I expected. 4. Some awesome songs and the album feeds one song into the next so well.

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Another Brick In The Wall Pts. 1, 2, Goodbye Blue Sky, Is Anybody Out There?, Comfortably Numb It's a fantastic album. The track transitions are seamless; the music is fresh, exciting, varied and somehow still familiar. The guitar playing is on-point. The story being told is interesting and prescient. I think my only real complaint is that some of the skits (should they be called skits?) sort of draw out the length of the album to levels where you start antsy for the album to end, but then bam another banger track comes on and you're good for another 15 minutes :) Definitely not as good as Dark Side or Wish You Were Here. Its just too long, even if its telling a cohesive story.

Got this on vinyl!

I like it!!

Stellar album.

in the flesh brings a really intense beginning to the album which definitely gives a big starting point for Pink Floyd to shape the other songs. Thin ice being a slower song really draws attention to itself and it reminds me of Elton John a little... the songs in this album are very diverse and it also contradicts the morals at the time with the impact of rock that changed the way people saw music

Water wailing about mommy and daddy and the rest of his hangups. (Poor Gilmour! Can't have been his proudest moment voicing "mommy.") The album sounds great nonetheless, but if it is so it is probably in spite of this trite "concept" than because of it.

Är team Gilmour, och hans lite sävliga, subtila och eleganta stil. Ljudet är leadgitarrernas heliga graal. Har en mycket rik bekant i Djursholm som trots bristfällig gitarrskicklighet lagt ner en förmögenhet på pedaler för att försöka fuska till sig gilmours ton. Ett nästan bibliskt fåfängt försök till genväg som fortfarande inte lyckats. Det faktum att man lite varstans hör hur outhärdlig Roger waters kan vara drar ner helheten lite. I synnerhet hans tillgjorda skriksång. Men jävlar vad man uppskattar konceptalbum med tydliga genomgående ledmotiv. Föredrar skiva 2, och såklart de spår där gilmour varit mer delaktig. 4,5/5

All we are is just another brick in the wall ... The Wall is very long, 150 minutes is an adventure for sure.

Dark Side of the Moon wins, but pretty good. Seemed like some filler tracks to fill out the double album

Listened to this growing up - still great

-this is such a cool album -I keep imagining the imagery in the movie when listening to this which adds a lot in my opinion -I need to look into the background behind this album again because that also adds a lot

When they breach out da acoustic I go :O, better than previous listens and nice to sit through Highlights: "Mother", "Goodbye Blue Sky", "Is There Anybody Out There?", "Comfortably Numb"

Classic, but flawed.

I am *intimately* familiar with this album. I've heard it like dozens of times, perhaps for the worst, but still. I understand the scope, and the narrative ambition of The Wall, but I honestly have some problems with it. But it is still a really great album. The narrative of the album chronicles a rock-star as he shuts himself off from the world due to a trauma and the ensuing process of escaping this "wall". The narrative is pretty compelling and, most impressively, can be more or less pulled out of the music in-tact. I will say that it kind of ends up feeling a *little* like an ego project, but it is definitely more than that. The songs themselves are pretty great across this whole project. But at the length that The Wall is, there are a few tracks that feel like filler. But that may come with the theatrical territory. Speaking of which: one small underlying problem for this whole project is that I just prefer spacier Floyd, and just don't think these theatrical elements are always able to fill the gap there. Although Another Brick In The Wall 2, and Comfortably Numb are some of Pink Floyd's greatest songs. I like this album more than it sounds like, The Wall is an achievement, but I just have some problems with it that keep it from being quite up with my favorite Floyd.

It overstays it's welcome. It's the weakest big 4 Floyd album. I'd even argue that Meddle is stronger. For every amazing song you have 5 mid songs. Still I can not go below a 4, just for Another Brick in The Wall pt 2. Also I must say I need to watch the movie.

No as good as Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. But still good one.

Was quite good

Great effort by Bob Ezrin

Gran álbum. Como me gustan sus solos de guitarra.

I like Pink Floyd for their high-quality sound. This album is no exception; the sound quality is excellent. Unlike the lengthy albums of the CD era, it has a convincing length.

I wonder why much of the album isn’t available on Spotify? Anyhoo, this is a classic, and I always enjoy it. A little ahead of my time, but still really good.

A really solid album, filled with interesting yet highly enjoyable classic songs with a few songs that I found myself wanting to skip. I don’t know if I would pick it over Dark Side of The Moon, but it still has some stand out hits. Pink Floyd has been an enjoyable listen for me since I was a teenager, and while not every song on this album was a hit for me, I still enjoyed it overall.

I hold a fairly strong opinion that any double album would be improved by trimming down a few songs to single. This doesn't totally disabuse me of the notion, but it makes a strong case for that extra run time. It's big, ambitious, and is a constant surprise in audio form. I think it might still be better if it was shorter, but I enjoyed those 80 minutes.

This is a double album, and there are several popular (i.e., radio stations play them a lot) tracks here. Even though I never have been a major Pink Floyd fan, I did appreciate this record more than expected. And this is yet another band where the members don’t get along, although they have reunited many times.

Fav: goodbye blue sky 4.5/5

I have different feelings about this album every time I hear it. On balance a 4

I listened to the first half of this album as I was folding laundry, and the second half as I was resting on the couch, in a suburban apartment in the United States of America in the year 2026. This is one of the first albums I inherently knew would be on this list without a doubt; it is THE rock opera concept album, it was a almost guaranteed. I had seen glimpses of the performances which accompanies this album, and was under the impression it was strictly about fascism and/or rebellion against authoritarianism (hearing lyrics about somebody running for president and insisting they need to "build a wall" set off a lot of unfortunate alarm bells in my head), only to be pleasantly surprised by the incredibly personal and introspective reality of the project. The Wall wound up being right up alley, as an analysis of the struggles and turmoil of a performer in the public eye, which is a topic I often find to be incredibly compelling in any form of art. Capturing this idea through a very compelling metaphor, catchy hooks and lyrics, and instrumentation that gets stuck in your head and smoothly moves from one track to the next, The Wall has me completely bought in; if disc one were its own album, I'd give it a 5. However, the final quarter of the album does lose me; from Run Like Hell on, I feel like the songwriting loses a lot of the personal emotion and introspection which I found so compelling, and The Trial leans a little too theatrical for it to feel like a fitting conclusion to me. While the ending does feel a little dull, the highs here are still incredibly high, and I completely agree that The Wall deserves all of the acclaim that it receives. Highlights: In The Flesh?, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1, Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Young Lust, One of My Turns, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3, Goodbye Cruel World, Hey You, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On, In the Flesh

First disc is incredible. Second disc has more experimental songs, however still insanely good, bare in mind it contains one of my favourite songs.

Incredible. Loved the storytelling. I thought a few of the songs on a standalone basis weren’t amazing, which it’s why it’s only getting a 4. However, this is one of my favourites from Pink Floyd

I mean, it's The Wall. Epic, genre defining, with a message. Not my favorite, but respect.

It was good for 70s

I feel like we should watch the movie. Last time was as a teenager

Good concept album. As a whole, it was a good listen.

1/30/26: idk man it's good but dare I say slightly overrated. 7/10

white boy's goodnight punpun

GUEST REVIEW Teddy, my Pug. Upon turning on the album the first few seconds, his ears perked left and right. He does not seem to care for this. For Another Brick 1 & 2 he barked with the child voices. Generally just seemed chill & relaxed during the solos. He did not care for the beeps in the intro to Mother, but started to have an errection. So that's a thing that happened. He is quite the Momma's Boy though. He seems to mostly annoyed & seems to respond to voices & odd sounds. His nap is beginning. It will not be a very good nap as we are listening to The Wall. Not Napping. He can barely last through Young Lust. Lazy pug! He awoke after the next track & he ate a chip. Still not amused by the music. Back to sleep. Doesn't seem to like to Don't Leave Me Now as seemed to shudder a few times & lots of brow wiggles up & down. Seemed to listen to a whole verse of Hey You & went back to sleep. He woke up. That seems to his favorite song, I guess. He seems like the slow strumming parts. Nobody Home he perks up and is reacting to the sound effects & voices rather than the music. We took a break & went outside. Teddy decided to dig in the snow by The Fence. I wonder where he's getting these defiant ideas from. Certainly not Pink Floyd. He also took a dump. Then started digging by fence again. Then ran away when I tried to stop him. We went back in. He seems disinterested in this & is back at attempting to nap. We're still listening to The Wall. He doesn't seem to understand that double albums tend to be bloated & long. Especially rock operas. Because, well, he's a pug dog. All he wants to do is sleep. Little to no reaction to Comfortably Numb other than disinterest & sleepiness. MY SHORT SWEET REVIEW: I don't believe double albums can be perfect albums (5 star album) They tend to be bloated & over indulgent. Which is of course the problem with The Wall. I thought the Wall would be the exception but like The Pumpkins: Melon Collie & The Beatles' infamous White Album, the bloat seems to win. It's so close but no cigar. That doesn't mean it's not brilliant. I know this album, I love this album. Hence the reason I had my pug dog review it. For a different perspective. Also, Teddy got treats. Lots of em.

I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this. I'm not a big classic rock guy in general, and what with having heard a bunch of these songs so many times over the years on classic rock radio, I wasn't expecting to really get into this album. Boy, was I wrong! This truly took me on a journey. The production was really unique, in that it didn't feel like a modern recording in any way, and yet it still felt relevant and important. Definitely not dated at all. The songwriting was really good, and even the songs I've heard a million times just made more sense with their place in the tracklisting. I wish I could have listened with the lyrics to get the sense of the full story, but I was working and that just wasn't an option. I really enjoyed this. A pleasant surprise.

solid 4

Percebe se por que sao uma banda iconica

Such a great band. In the same double album you may find great songs like Comfortably numb, The wall, or Young lust. Other songs are not as great, but the album has an overall nice sound, great guitars and dreamy and troubled feeling.

ooo i liked this!

crazy how it seems like everyone loves the wall and yet there are still so many boot lickers out there. anywho…acab, fuck ice, and free palestine.

Natürlich ein Brecher. Das Konzept (vor allem instrumentaler Seite) überzeugt mich dennoch nicht 100%. Da passen andere Pink Floyd Platten besser.

Thats pretry good, it got such emotions, a classic one. It got another brick in the wall, hey you and comfortable numb, wich is amazing songs. The only problem worth to comment is the duration of the album... boy, thats too long, making you eventully get tired of it.

Great albums. Timeless

Enjoyed it and found a couple new songs but don’t think I would seek it out

Much more operatic and theatrical than I would've assumed going into it knowing next to nothing. Very dense and grand, with some fun Bowie-isms that I enjoyed quite a bit.

I recognized a lot ore than I expected. If only better audio technology was available back then...

Like most fairweather Pink Floyd fans, I know the "hits," but whenever I listen to this as a whole concept album, I appreciate it much differently.

Good story and mix of instrumentals.

it had taken me awhile to get into pink floyd because their music is....something. after listening to this album, I realize they're not artist that you can listen to on shuffle. i'm a changed and evolved woman. favorites: the happiest day...; goodbye blue sky; young lust; don't leave me now

Felt a little uneasy at some points during the songs. I had a feeling of “war” or “machinery” while listening to the album. Very nice A classic

Listen man, I love Pink Floyd, I really do, but this one never connected with me in the same way as Dark Side or WYWH. I would even go as far as to say it’s probably my fifth favorite album by them. It’s just a little too long and I don’t think it really sticks the landing in the same way as an Eclipse or Echoes. That’s not say it isn’t great. It absolutely is. The transition between The Happiest Days Of Our Lives and Pt 2 is amazing still.

Classic album, great concept.

I head some David Bowie type sounds in some of the tracks and enjoyed the iconic hits that everyone knows by heart.

Подзатянули историю, но все равно целиком слушается прикольно

Not my favourite Pink Floyd album, but obviously pretty great if you like them. It is very long as well.

Iconic album

Ambitious and entertaining

This would be a great single disc album. I knew more songs on this than I expected to. Too much Rogers Waters’ dominance throughout. Need more David Gilmore songwriting contributions. Comfortably Numb is achingly beautiful — words by Waters, music by Gilmour. Wright and Mason had minor roles. The beginning of the end for this great group. Still pretty good stuff, though. No commercially available surround stream or blu-ray available, sadly.

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this before, I just know the big songs through cultural osmosis (ABITW, mother, hey you, comfortably numb, run like hell). But, pretty good

Album #1 January 12th 2026 Favorite Song: Comfortably Numb This is a cool album. It goes through a mix of things, seeming to start with abuse in education, then moving to a lustful age, then an unstable mental state, then a cry for help, then a state of acceptance. The instrumental music is great, all of the guitar parts just sound so good and everything fits together so well. I did really enjoy the "non instrumental" parts of the music. For example, when they would add screaming to some of the songs or talking in the background that wasn't necessarily lyrical. Another part of this album that I thought was really cool was the transitions between songs, for majority of them, if I wasn't reading the lyrics while listening I wouldn't have known a new song had come on. Overall this whole album told a story and especially near the end you could tell. The second to last song "The Trial" seemed to come straight out of a play. This was a long album but I would say it was worth it. I would rate this a solid 8.5/10.

Very surreal in some places and I like the idea of a metaphorical wall being built to shelter the main character

Classic! It’s an album you have to listen in order from start to finish

Pink Floyd is always a safe bet. The Wall is not a Pink Floyd favorite (behind Dark Side of the Moon and Whish You Were Here), but its an enjoyable listen.

I liked the storytelling and progressive/creative style. Favorites: The Thin Ice, Goodbye Blue Sky

Really good album. Hadn't heard The Wall before and although different from what I'm used to from Pink Floyd, definitely interesting ideas and sounds. Reminded me a lot of Queen's albums

Works as an album, works as single songs too. I love the recurring chords running through the whole album. Quite long for an album would be my main problem. If this album was kept shorter, wouldve been a 5 for sure. The blueprint of storytelling through an album.

great album

Album 2/1001. Listened 1/7/2026. The whole thing is an experience not to be forgotten. I don't love every minute of it, but I can listen to it again and again and enjoy it.

Prog rock is a weird one isn’t it? Most of it is shite but Pink Floyd are good. It’s like not really being into horror films but enjoying the Exorcist. I didn’t need to hear Another Brick In Wall three times though, even if it is a toon. And Comfortably Numb is a stone cold banger. Simpsons: Yes

I didn't even notice how long this album was so evidently it wasn't boring in the slightest. Obviously the clue is in the name but I loved the constant references to 'the wall', be it in many different ways. The storytelling is brilliant, particularly of course with 'another brick in the wall' 1, 2 and 3, 'the trial'. I still feel that there is something missing from this that I'd need to give it a 5.

Second half of this album has to have been inspired by Tim Curry’s brilliant rendition of ‘I’m Going Home’

Didn't finish but liked what I heard

I liked this album, it was an interesting concept. I liked the mix of media (ex phone calls and children’s choir). The instrumentals shined. A bit long for me, and felt like it sort of dragged.

There's no denying that this is an exceptional album - every song is perfectly tied together and plays a vital role to the overall identity. I think the continuity (cohesive narrative and motifs throughout) is what makes this so stand out in terms of craftsmanship and ambition - few others can create such a smooth integration and fusion of different musical styles into a single album. I admire Pink Floyd's skill in every way but that doesn't mean it has to be my favorite type of music and whilst I do enjoy occasional listens there are other albums I prefer.

found this a bit overwhelming. It’s a bit ambitious too. dare I call it a cocaine album? theatrical but it’s not glamorous in any way.

Not the best Pink Floyd album but still a damn good one. It's just long and scattered as shit but has some banger throughout like Hey You and Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2 along with Comfortably Numb.

7.5 Très bon album mais sûrement qu’il me touche moins je le réécouterai moins facilement que les autres mai de très très bon sons dedans

While listening to The Wall, it came to my attention that I am not 100% sure I have ever listened to this entire album all the way through. First, it is a double album, which always increases the degree of difficulty in some ways to listen all the way through. Second, it is a "concept album" and those of you who I am sure have read all of my reviews know that I generally do not like concept albums, as I feel they are overblown and the music takes a backseat to the "story" being told in the songs. If I can't listen to a song outside of the concept of the album then I tend to not enjoy that song/album as much. Because I am a living human being with access to a radio, I have heard Comfortably Numb and Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2 more than I have heard possibly any other Pink Floyd songs. This is a really good album, even if I don't love the talking and whole bizarre insistence on having yelling on certain songs to further "the plot." Absolutely worth a listen and it has more individual songs I like than Dark Side of the Moon does, but I enjoy that album on the whole more.

An epic album, one of the best concept albums ever done.

I mean this is kind of the quintessential Pink Floyd album and I love Pink Floyd so going to be a high score. It's also the most overplayed album of theirs and probably near the bottom of the list for Pink Floyd albums for me. I love this album but am least likely to put it on.

Pink Floyd never disappoints. Their albums are not a set of songs, but a story told in chapters, and the wall definitely lives up to that. Of course, songs like Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall pt2 stand out as beautiful powerful songs, but I think Goodbye Cruel World and Mother deserve more attention than they get. All in all, one of the peak works of Pink Floyd. 8/10

Det er vanskelig å sette seg ned og høre gjennom et album som er så ikonisk, så omtalt at man allerede har en formening før man har startet avspilling. Jeg ble rørt til tårer av å høre Another Brick In The Wall pt. 2 i kontekst av albumet. Det er noe med et band som er så stort som lager storslått kunst i forsvar av barna. Min favoritt er disk 2, med Is There Anybody Out There? og Nobody Home. Favorittspor: Comfortably Numb, Is There Anybody Out There, Nobody Home I've got a little black book with my poems in Got a bag with a toothbrush and a comb in When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on Got those swollen-hand blues I've got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from I've got electric light, and I've got second sight I've got amazing powers of observation // Does anybody else here feel the way I do?

A classic.

I'm sounding like a broken record the further into this challenge we go, but I'll still say it anyway: how do you review an album like The Wall? in this case, it's not just because we're talking about one of the best-selling albums of all time, but also because it's one of the most culturally significant albums of the past several decades; it was a big enough deal to get adapted into a film which, in the eyes of some, is even better than the album it's based on! my mom used to go to midnight screenings of it in college all the time, and she first showed it to me as a kid (although she stood in front of the TV and fast-forwarded through the more salacious bits). I'm not really going to get too far into the narrative or themes of either the album or film, since you can find plenty of coverage of both, and this is supposed to be a series of (relatively) short and snappy reviews anyway. so, how do I feel? personally, I do think that a lot of the material here, especially on the second disc, is elevated quite a bit through the addition of visuals, and doesn't stand up as well without that component. it's usually the more interstitial tracks: "The Thin Ice", "Empty Spaces", "One Of My Turns", "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3", "Nobody Home", "Bring the Boys Back Home". "Stop", et cetera. even if they do serve the function of keeping things moving along to the more consequential tracks (they often sound really cool), I often find myself wishing they were more fleshed-out from a compositional perspective. you can also hear Roger Waters really start to assert himself as the leader of Pink Floyd, which can often make the contributions from its other members feel more subservient than I would like (especially from keyboardist Richard Wright, who was actually fired during the album's sessions and retained as a mere session/touring musician). but, hey, at least Waters' egomania isn't nearly as bad here as it is on The Final Cut! thankfully, the more consequential tracks still stand as some of Pink Floyd's best, and they're the thing that really keeps me locked in from one end to the other. both takes of "In the Flesh(?)", "Another Brick... Part 2", "Mother", "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell" really make it worth listening to The Wall in full at least a few times; I love a good David Gilmour solo as much as the next guy. but after that, I think you're better off watching the film. the animated parts in particular are so cool. just stay far away from Nostalgia Critic's The Wall and you're good to go. light 7/10.

quite long but I enjoyed

3,5

I really love comfortably numb and the solo is like the best one in the history of the guitar, but some songs I wish were b sides. And it really feels like there is no Rick magic here. But overall good album, behind animals, wish, moon

3.8 stars

8.3/10

this album reminded me of listening to 97.1 the river when i was a kid. hey you would scare me tbh. also ,was i supposed to listen to disc 1 + 2??? the entire thing is a creative masterpiece. they were most def fueled by blow and psychedelics while writing this album. best tracks: young lust, hey you and comfortably numb (duh)

Anything I could possibly say about this album as a 27-year-old in 2025 feels frivolous. Listening to The Wall creates a visual montage of every band after 1979 that will be inspired by Pink Floyd. I prefer the theatrics of the A Side. Fave songs: In the Flesh?, The Happiest Days of Our Lives-> Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2, The Trial

Lives up to its iconic status. Also has some of the annoying trappings of many concept albums that stop it from being a stone cold masterpiece.

Amazing, but not best Pink Floyd album by far

My favorite Floyd album

My previous review from before I was in the group: Perhaps could do without a couple of the ajoining interlude tracks but on the whole, lots of epic sprawling prog to be had. Don’t think I’ve listened to this in full before.. it’s a journey!

I can’t quite justify a 5 but this includes some incredible classics and shows how you do a concept album.

There was a long period of time in high school where I called Pink Floyd my favourite band, but at this point it has been years since I gave this album a listen all the way through. There are some top tier tracks on this album, but the Wall isn’t even close to my favourite Pink Floyd album. I’d much rather have Animals or Meddle on this list, but I do fully understand why it’s here. It’s basically the benchmark for concept albums, the production is immaculate, and Gilmour’s playing is phenomenal. That said, this album is incredibly long and somewhat bloated. Honestly, I think I much prefer experiencing this album through the film, which I should really watch that again sometime.

Wasn't fully listening so I prolly don't actually get it but I liked the music.

Some very good tracks, really wanted to rare 5,but unfortunately a few songs bring it down.

Rock. Opera.

4.5

This was fun! Very Space-y. Reoccurring themes throughout were a lot of fun. I don't get the concept, but still fun! This was more of an experience. Actual rating...3.5 Liked Songs: "In the Flesh?" , "The Thin Ice" , "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" , "Mother" , "Young Lust" , "Hey You" , "Nobody Home" , "Comfortably Numb" , "In The Flesh" , "The Doctor"

Really solid album

Навіжений концептуальний альбом, історія починається з дитинства і йде до символічного "падіння стіни". Політичний альбом. Comfortably numb мабуть моя улюбена. І Goodbye blue sky

This is quite the experience, and rather demands your full attention across the full album. The result is a rewarding experience, if not a tad harder to get into compared to some of their other albums.

From start to finish, this sounds like a concept album with a story. I am a fan of their earlier albums. This one is distinct from the others before it and sounds like an evolving turning point in their journey as a band. I'm glad to have finally given this album a chance.

Very spacy, in many senses.

rock opera can be good, actually

Haven't listened to this in its entirety for maybe 25 years. I was surprised at how well it held up. Yeah, it's bloated, but it didn't feel overwhelming. I mean, the structure is the point! Happy to give this a 4.

Unlike Donald Trump, this wall was rather successful

Мой отец мертв. Я говорил с ним первый раз за год. И он больше не понимает, что сейчас зима, что новый год, мой день рождения, страны, границы, жизнь. Он не смотрит телевизор, не работает. Думаю, ворует. Он все еще знает, кто я. Он никогда не говорил "я люблю тебя", и сейчас, когда в своем отчаянии я сказал ему "я люблю тебя, папа", он просто хмыкнул. Я надеюсь, что какие-то остатки Его приняли эти слова. Кажется, я только осознаю, что всю жизнь только и искал какой-нибудь связи с ним через свои увлечения. А он никогда не мог принять меня всё равно. Мне жаль, пап, что всё было и есть вот так. Лучшая песня - Mother.

This album goes for roughly 3.79 lunar years. Incredibly evocative of the feelings of isolation & paranoia. Self-indulgent to the max, but with enough stellar moments to justify wading through some of the more turgid entries.

In The Flesh? // Another Brick In The Wall // Don’t Leave Me Now // Comfortably Numb //

I truly expexted to have more of an opinion on this. Like YEA it's good. All the "Another Brick in the Wall" parts are fucking great and there's absoloutely no room to disagree on that. But yk for being **THE** album ever this was, yk, cool. I liked the mixing up of the styles and tbh it probably is way too dense for me to understand it on my third relisten (esp. because I didn't have the time to watch any of the music videas) but yea. This was good? Very good. I guess it might be a tiny bit bloated but that's just me trying to actually retain anything being communicated to me. When this expiriment is over (2029 fml) I will actually take my time to sit down with it but for now it goes on the shelf.

good

Marvellous stuff. Although I don't delve too often due to its length - it has taken all day to get through it over three sittings. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ ★★★★☆ (7/10)

There are some glorious moments here of course, but overall the concept doesn’t really interest me, it’s all a bit self-indulgent by Roger Waters, and the film sounds terrible. Production is great. Could do with trimming off some of the fat leaving ‘the hits’, which would completely negate the point of the album but there it is. I suspect relistens would be beneficial. Genuinely surprised this has so many 5 star reviews

Must say that I had a better time listening to "The Wall" today than the last time. I still think this is not even a top 3 Pink Floyd album (which speaks volumes about the overall quality of their 70s imperial streak), but it is still one for the history books.

Hard to rate this one. It's long and the beginning of a switch in a sort of 80s sound that I personally don't like. But it's bold and deep, something I will always appreciate about Pink Floyd.

It was pretty cool. I liked many of the songs. I think the concept was interesting although I thought the first half of the album was stronger than the second half. The album felt like it went quickly for 80 minutes. I’m not sure if it’s something I would listen to straight through again, but I’m glad I got to experience it.

There is a 5 star albums worth of songs in here - especially Comfortably Numb. I just personally don't like the baggage. I don't like Concept albums. I dont need an album to have a story or a journey. If i wanted that I would read a book or watch a film.

It's a classic for a reason.

I am shocked at how much I liked this. It is a little bloated - a few songs could easily be trimmed. But I really enjoyed this

josema dice que tengo que escucharlo de forma activa, le doy 4 estrellas por las dudas...

I really wanna see it in film form, tbh, but obviously great.

A big theatrical rock opera. Long, but glorious. Pretentious, but you know about it beforehand. If I was going in blind I imagine I'd have had a very different score

This is the music my dad always listened to. I actually really liked the album. It felt dynamic and there were really great interludes that reminded me of other modern albums. It felt more like a story was being told.

The album doesn't quote stand up, but epic guitar playing carries it. Gets long and disjointed with with sound effects.

This as muuuch better than the other Pink Floyd album. It’s good tunes to start than it is turns into a rock-opera at one point then gets back on track.

A force to be reckoned with.

Taken on their own, not everything on here is worth listening to. I'm not going to fire up "Vera" because it's a great song (it's not). But obviously that's not the point, and I'm not going to take away points because of that. While it's true that I almost never listen to this anymore, it does hold up very well, and for me it's probably the most obvious example of a concept album that works. "Comfortably Numb" in particular stands out as a great track, deserving of it's stand-out status on the album behind only *that one other song.* Lots of people were stoned when they listened to this. And if you ever watched the movie, you were almost definitely stoned at the time. If I spent a week as any of these dudes in 1979, I probably wouldn't remember any of it now because I was too drugged out. Fun anecdote: Ben and I saw these guys on the Division Bell tour back in 90-whatever at Rice Stadium. During Another Brick in the Wall, it started to rain/thunder/lightning like crazy (like it only can in Texas). The thunder and lightning somehow managed to hit right at all the climaxes in the song (at least that's how I remember it). By the end of the song, the stage was starting to collapse and they had to call it. It was such a dramatic end to the show, that it almost wasn't disappointing that it had to end early. Good times.

This album has some Pink Floyd absolute bangers on it, comfortably numb, Another Brick, Run like Hell etc but it’s also quite a chore to get through. I know it’s telling a story and each song makes up a component of that story but it can feel a little bloated. On the whole it’s still great though, just not brilliant like some other Floyd albums.

The Wall has been one of my favourite albums for a long long time. I haven't listened to it in a minute though so nice to have a prompt to.

Massively influential and, Hey You, Comfortably Numb and Another Brick in the Wall pt1,2 and 3 are all incredible songs. But the album is really pretentious sounding to me other than that, no matter how many Floyd albums there are on this list, I just can't get into them!

If we were talking about the whole package it would be an easy 10/10. If we are talking about the album minus the visuals it’s a little bloated in places. Still a fantastic listen with lots of great songs but falls just short of perfection.9/10 favorite tracks- “Another Brick in the Wall pt1” “Hey You” “Run Like Hell”

Phenomenal album, just feels tediously long at points. I'm not sure there's anything I'd cut though. It's kinda right where it needs to be with its contents.

Grand ambitious record that’s deeper than its big hit. Some excellent guitar work (particularly In the Flesh and Run Like Hell) and generally a decent experimental album.

Not my favorite floyd album. They tried a little too hard for my tastes at times. A lot of really awesome sobgs though throughout.

Hasn't given this a listen in a long looooooong time. But man, I was in desperate need of David Gilmore solos. Ah, to have such an ear for guitar work, and such excellence in execution. The songs are legendary at this point, but the solos are a song within the song.

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It was a matter of time before I got this album. The Wall is often considered the last hurrah of Pink Floyd's successful run through the 1970s, culminating in a film adaptation and Roger Waters's departure from the band. I've heard bits and pieces of this album here and there, but this will be my first full listen through. How does it hold up? Let me start with the narrative of this record, because it is the foundation The Wall is proverbially built on. Drawing inspiration from his and Syd Barrett's lives spent in the band, along with the frustration experienced during the prior In the Flesh tour, Roger Waters embodied the character of Pink Floyd, an up-and-coming rock star who has a lot of baggage. The death of his father in World War II, his overprotective mother, his abusive schoolteachers, his wife who cheated on him as he cheated on her; all these traumas end up as bricks in "the wall" that ends up isolating Pink from human interaction and the outside world. Only after the completion of this wall does Pink begin to question himself and yearn for reconnection. As he starts to realize this, however, he is snapped out of it via drug injection from a paramedic, as Pink's manager wanted him out on stage for his performance. From there, Pink hallucinates that he is a dictator leading a Neo-Nazi rally, and proceeds to commit hate crimes on fans he considers unworthy. Once this hallucination ends, Pink begs for it all to stop and ends up placing himself on trial within his mind, against his own inner judge, who orders Pink to "tear down his wall" for his actions. This internal intervention is what opens Pink back to the outside world, except it's alluded to at the end that the cycle will begin anew and Pink will soon be back to putting up his wall again. To say this plot is a lot is an understatement, taking conceptual ideas from previous records and going for a more grandiose scale while managing to stay relevant in terms of exploring mental health problems that go unchecked. I'll admit, some portions of this narrative rang a bit too close to home for me; I'll spare y'all the details. So the narrative is rather strong for this record, and, in spite of tensions in the recording and development, the band was still operating well in their performance, and Bob Ezrin went all-out on the production. What's stopping me from outright calling The Wall an exceptional album? Well, it is a rather daunting double-album, clocking in at 81 minutes, and it becomes clear that not every song works on an individual. Aside from those songs that continue to get regular FM radio airplay like "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" and "Comfortably Numb", the tender ballad "Goodbye Blue Sky", the opening number "In the Flesh", and its reprise in the final act, the rest don't work as well outside of the larger story. I can't imagine seeking out the likes of Waters' staccato delivery on "The Thin Ice", or the reference to Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" in "Vera", and the subsequent choir singing on "Bring the Boys Back Home". Some songs exist purely as transitions from one major tune to the next, such as "Empty Spaces" bridging "Goodbye Blue Sky" to "Young Lust" or "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" bridging parts 1 and 2 of "Another Brick in the Wall". I could see how this album would have benefited from trimming down to the more essential tunes of the album and connecting those stronger elements. Still, that doesn't stop The Wall from being an album that served as an end-all-be-all to the progressive rock movement of the 1970s, capping it with a full-on rock opera experience that was worth it to behold. Even if I still prefer Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals, I cannot deny how amazing this record is.

I'll need to give this one another listen. Even though I'm generally aware of Floyd I've somehow never given The Wall a spin until today. I'm not sure it's entirely for me, a little overly long. Some really gorgeous songs in there, I'm sure more layers get revealed the more you go through it. 3.5 stars but I'll round up to the four as I know albums like this are impossible to give a fair appraisal to on one listen.

such a november album

Gotta love the Floyd!

En realidad no lo he escuchado, no estaba con el cuerpo para escuchar nada nuevo, pero tiene pintaza. Por encima, buen álbum de rock si es lo que apetece escuchar.

Another classic. Full album listen for sure on this one. The trial is probably the only skip.

It's not my go to Pink Floyd, or even anywhere near my favourite records of theirs, but it's still got some landmark tracks ("Another Brick in the Wall Pt.2", "Mother", and of course, "Comfortably Numb"), and it really does offer up quite the positively disorientating experience. Quite markedly different from the psychedelic, atmospheric nature of their earlier works, it's a difficult, suffocating listen in some respects, but the pay-off is bountiful.

Great concept, but most of the songs are just mid

My problem with this album has always been that it's too long and I stand by that. Double album or not. Still though, some amazing musical moments and songs on here.

Waters was definitely steering the good ship Floyd by this stage…

118/1001 :: Pink Floyd - The Wall Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 8 Listen before you die: Yes This is not a perfect album. At 26 songs it can get be a laborious listen but as you make your way through it you realize there’s incredible around every corner. I saw a review say “it’s comfortably shit” and frankly that’s just not true. It’s an impressive work of art with some of the bands greatest moments. Mother, Hey You, Comfortably Numb, Brick in the Wall are all timers. Do we need 3 Bricks in the Wall; probably not but love how the songs flow in and out of each other. Also can we get a round of applause for David Gilmour; dude is astonishing when it comes to playing the guitar.

Epic and awesome I love bricks in the wall

Já escutei, bom pra krl, faixas inacreditáveis 9/10

It's another gatefold that sings over the lines. But that doesn't matter, you're supposed to listen to the whole thing. Still gotta flip sides every 15 minutes, really kills your buzz. Eh, just watch the movie instead and call it a day.

Great album and so many tracks that are loaded with meaning. An album that worthy of a full weekend experience to listen to the album, watch the movie, digest and discuss.

Masterful piece of work

muito bom

7.5/10

One's late middle-age self has a difficult time taking this anywhere nearly as seriously as one's mid-teenage self did. The Final Cut seemed better then and still so today. "Comfortably Numb" holds up better than many another war-horse-dinosaur arena rock cut. Still, it's quite a vision and achievement and – okay – could be said to be iconic (most overused world). Despite being overdone, one will round up because The Wall itself is in the rock and roll HOF. One wonders how the movie holds up – one suspects not all that well.

Classic album has to be up there.

Had forgotten how many great tracks there are on this album. The creativity is amazing. Would sell a kidney for the Comfortably Numb solo alone. If it didn't tail-off quite so badly it would have got 5*

They really did bury my favourite guitar solo of all time in an 80 minute concept record

This is a great album. If i had jever heard it before especially the singles I would.like it more. Even though im biased by hearing the same songs on this album too many times its inarguable that Pink Floyd were a a great band worthy of their reputation and success. I cant go past a 4 because of the length of the album and because the singles while great have at least to me been overplayed.

Not their best, but still good

A good one for wallowing in existential dread and despair.

Some great songs in amongst a bloated concept album that probably isn't quite as clever as Pink Floyd think it is. Gave it 4 for the classic songs but someone really should have had a word.

always love a concept album. insane guitar. feel like i could critique the type of nihilism that seems to permeate most of the songwriting, at times more self-pitying than self-aware which can get repetitive. masterful use of samples; war broadcasts and sound bites of domestics encapsulate the mood and concept. the transition to acoustic guitar and haunting violin on ‘is there anybody out there’ feels as if the album takes a quiet moment, not of relief, but of more reserved despair. loved it. not sure i liked the almost musical theatre-esque ending to the album though. 3.5/5

day 3: i got excited seeing this one since im a huge animals fan and really enjoy DSOTM and WYWH, but have only listened to this once before. nothing is quite as empowering as ‘hey! teacher! leave the kids alone!’ an album full of incredible electric and bass guitar work, this sees the band at their catchiest and most accessible. it’s a testament that a bands 4th best album is still this good. while it is hugely long, there is still a collection of fantastic hits and deep cuts in here, which feel like i’m listening to a love child of Matilda and Rocky. for a band characterised by prog-rock, psychedelia and copious amounts of lsd, it seems mostly the latter part is present here side note: watched the film after this, wow wow wow that propels this up even more. the visual context and imagery is extremely necessary for getting the story of this album

Somehow have never done a full listen through - thought there might be more iconic bangers but really enjoyed the vibe nonetheless

While Pink Floyd were the band that got me into music, this album has never done it for me in the way Dark side, Animals and Wish You Were Here have. Don't get me wrong, the storytelling and song writing here is excellent, telling a captivating narrative that is probably the best single narrative in album history, but it also has drawbacks due to that, certain songs aren't at the quality they should be simply because of the narrative. This album will always have a close place in my heart and is probably in my top 100 albums (I've heard about 500 at the time of writing) but it certainly has room to be improved upon

Это был интересный экспириенс. Я не особо вникла в глубину всей этой театральности и смыслов, но звучало хорошо!

I wish I could’ve heard this in the time it was written and not in the context of how they are now. Impressive in many ways, incoherent in many others. Suspect it would be better interrogated for its flaws were it released now - got to give it respect, but it’s not stupendous. Glad I heard it, good to ever hear it again. (Also mildly confusing the best song is skipped on Spotify).

One of my favorite albums and probably my first real dive into Pink Floyd when I was a youngster. It holds a special place in my heart, so imaginative, tells the story, and as always, the production is through the roof. While it has great tracks on their own, I feel I can only really appreciate this as a whole.

Favorite tracks: Another Brick in the Wall pt. 2, Goodbye Blue Sky My first time actually listening to this album! It definitely is unique and well crafted to tell a story, but goodness it is SO LONG. I would call it more interesting than enjoyable, there's a very slim chance I would listen to it in its entirety again.

Was skeptical, but it was actually pretty good. Might try it again after a few too many edibles

I mean, yeah, great album. I didn't really need to listen to it in order to rate it, but I did anyway, haha.

Classic.

Oh God, I'm going to need to feel in a strong constitution to survive this! It was a fave when I was more maudlin / morose / depressive / suicidal / drink in nature! Listening to it now the shock is how pleasant it is to listen to despite the subject matter and dark introspection. Kudos to Waters for bringing the songs when others were unproductive BUT it's the others that make it so enjoyable and listenable.

Heard before, didn’t relisten. Not as attached to this album as many people seem to be but it definitely has a lot of great tracks

Rosa flott verk eða öllu heldur upplifun

Perfect for the art critics types. Compelling concept in not so symphonic songs. Tracks to Track: Comfortably Numb

(4.5) franz kafka reference?

Das wahrscheinlich beste Konzept-Album, das jemals geschrieben wurde. Nicht immer einfach zu hören und kann nicht nebenher laufen.

4 estrelas. Eu daria 5 quando era adolescente...

I'll never forgive the damage this album did by making potheads seem intellectual

Great

For fear of prosecution, no matter what I rate this album I shall leave no notes...

Just great

Nice. second disk was odd

It’s a classic for a reason

I have a real soft spot for this album, maybe because it was the first Floyd album I really fell in love with. It’s a rock opera in every sense, with a story and take on stardom that actually develops over the course of the whole album. It’s definitely over baked, and looking back it’s far more Roger Waters’ vision of rock stardom than a true Pink Floyd record. But when it hits, this is a hell of a work, and its theatricality matches the skill of the band perfectly.

Great album. Too much Roger Waters.

There’s some of this that is not to my taste (The Trial), but overall you have to admire the musicianship and the ambition.

Pink Floyd is great. One of their best albums.

From a story-telling perspective, it's great. Musically, there are some truly great tracks on here: Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, Hey You, Comfortably Numb to name a few. But part of me feels like I'd only give it a 5 because it "should" get that. The other part feels this double album is too drawn out and experimental at times to merit the top score. 4/5

Dark and brooding. Classic and scared me as a kid. Wicked.

Una gran recopilación de las mejores obras musicales de está excepcional banda

Didnt listen. Have heard it too many times.

When I was a pretentious teenager I had the choice to get into a self serious overwrought double LP rock opera that has some good guitar solos but goes on for too long, & I chose Joe's Garage by Frank Zappa.

I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Pink Floyd... In theory I should love them, it's right up my alley. But everytime I listen to them I end up thinking was this 3 minute boring intro to this song necessary? And the answer is no, it was not. I mean Young Lust is such a cool, fantastic song. Then two songs later you have Don't Leave me now which is a 4 minute slog through nothing. Yes I get it's thematic, and the whole thing goes together to create an overall experience. But man some of this album is super boring, and then some of it is super good. Mixed bag of feelings on this one for sure. Overall though, I love a lot of this album and the good songs far outweigh the boring ones, so it still gets 4 stars since the high moments are pretty high.

A long, double album. Felt self indulgent at times. A couple of excellent songs that really stand out but unless you're following the concept closely a lot of the rest of the songs feel a bit like filler. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 2 and Comfortably Numb elevate the whole affair.

D Hits da druf sind 1A, aber s ganze Album isch für mich chli lang. S Konzept vonere Rock-Opere gat für mich au ned ganz uf. Ned weg de Genrekombi, sondern eher will d komponente vom Schauspiel nur sehr asatzwis umgsetzt wird.

The Wall has never been my favorite Floyd album. I typically put on Animals, Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of the Moon or Meddle when I'm in a Pink Floyd mood. But listening to it in its entirety for the first time in probably decades, I was surprised by how much I still do like it. The thing that used to turn me off was the pretty clear shift to hearing more of Waters or Gilmours writing styles, where previous records things sounded more collaborative. But my tastes have shifted a lot over the years and Waters songs that I used to not enjoy I actually really liked on this listen through. So it's climbed from a 3 to a 4+, and I could see it eventually becoming a 5 for me on subsequent listens. 4.4/5

This is a solid concept album and has a cohesive narrative all the way through. It's dark and bleak at times and elicits some unpleasant nostalgia from me. I can't give this a 5 solely because of Roger Waters' whiny nasal voice. It's so distracting at times for me, it rips me out of the vibe.

This was pretty theatrical. I always left this one cause it said over 2 hours but it's 80 minutes. The vibe is good and you get drawn into it. I'll give a 4

First half is really good but kinda teeters out on the end of disc 2 with the British humor not for me Fav songs: mother, goodbye blue sky, young lust, hey you, comfortably numb, run like hell and of course another brick in the wall at. 1 &2