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[CRAZY-HORSE]

OK HERE IT IS!



OK....now the nerves set in..what with so many Floydophiles on this site!

its probably the most famous conceptual album ever made, i love the cover art,its simplicity at its best.
The Wall is a double cd/album released in 1979, it details the story of rockstar Pink(no, not the female) from early childhood when his father left to fly bombers in WW2. his father never returned and although his mother loved him she burdened him with all her fears and anxieties, and so to protect himself from the pain of the 'real' world, Pink retreated inside his head,putting up imaginary bricks in a wall for evertime he felt pain, from dads death,mums anxieties, brutal school teachers,struggles with success as a pop star, his unfaithful wife etc, the story and Pinks psychosis escalate until he shuts himself off from the world completely. eventually the small part of him that is still sane holds a trial inside his head, and all the bricks come foreward as witnesses in the trial,eventually the metaphoric 'wall of bricks' crumbles one after the other as he regains his sanity to become whole again.
although it is a 'dark' album i found it extremely positive in the fact that anyone who has suffered serious depression and anxiety related mental health issues can get through it by dismantling their lives one bit(brick) at a time and resolving their issues.
from what ive read about the album,Roger Waters got the inspiration for the album from two sources, the first, his own father dying in WW2 and the alienation he felt as a child, and secondly, the social withdrawl and psychotic tendances from witnessing the downfall of Floyd founder Syd Barrett in the late 1960s.
this is a brilliant album,not a dud track to be found, i found the vocals of Roger and Dave to express the various songs perfectly, from sadness,fear,anger...whatever the song needed, they provided.
i am not usually one to listen to basslines of songs(as a rule) but the ones here set the scene for the whole album. overall, its one of the best albums i own. i dont know if this sounds right to Floydophiles but to me its 'the white album' 'band on the run' 'ziggy stardust' all rolled into one album with ELO harmonies and nick cave lyrics.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM!!

best track: comfortably numb & run like hell
worst track: n/a

tracks disc 1:

1....in the flesh (2.0)
2....the thin ice (2.5)
3....another brick in the wall pt.1 (2.0)
4....happiest days of our lives (2.5)
5....another brick in the wall pt.2 (3.0)
6....mother (3.0)
7....goodbye,blue sky (2.0)
8....empty spaces (no rating,its not a song,its an interlude/prelude)
9....young lust (2.0)
10..one of my turns (2.0)
11..dont leave me now (2.0)
12..another brick in the wall pt.3 (3.0)
13..goodbye cruel world (3.0)

disc 2:

1....hey you! (2.5)
2....is there anybody out there? (2.0)
3....nobody home (3.0)
4..vera (2.0)
5..bring the boys back home (no rating,its not a song,its an interlude/prelude)
6..comfortably numb (3.0)
7..the show must go on (2.0)
8..in the flesh (3.0)
9..run like hell (3.0)
10..waiting for the worms (2.5)
11..stop (no rating,interlude/prelude)
12..the trial (2.5)
13..outside the wall (2.0)

rating:

disc1--2.4
disc2--2.6

average 2.5