Pink Floyd - The Wall
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Artist: Pink FloydBrand: EMI
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 2002
CD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Music Label: Capitol
Product features:
- PINK FLOYD THE WALL (2CD)
Music CD 1
- In The Flesh?
- The Thin Ice
- Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)
- The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
- Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
- Mother
- Goodbye Blue Sky
- Empty Spaces
- Young Lust
- One Of My Turns
- Don't Leave Me Now
- Another Brick In The Wall (Part III)
- Goodbye Cruel World
- Hey You
- Is There Anybody Out There?
- Nobody Home
- Vera
- Bring the Boys Back Home
- Comfortably Numb
- The Show Must Go On
- In The Flesh
- Run Like Hell
- Waiting For The Worms
- Stop
- The Trial
- Outside The Wall
Free Music Notes for The Wall
Free Music Review: A concept album with a discernable concept! 90+/100
Hit: 5 Stars
Not exactly sure which release date my cd is, but I had no problems with the sound quality...there are versions of this which are listed as being remastered, but that was done years ago, apparently. Will limit this review to just the songs that I think are particularly noteworthy...or remind me of other songs. Anyway, this is the first album described as a concept album where I can actually see that the label is meaningful and not just a woolly term applied more in hope than certainty. As you listen to this double cd album, you'll realise that it is thematically coherent and the songs relate to the unfolding story (that second listen had me pick up on the trajectory of the album's central character...the album gives you their conception and points to their death). It comes across as filmic in quality, with ambient soundbites which paint a picture of an artist in decline...physical and mental. These moments are like scenes in a movie. Subsequent listens reinforce this perception and make it even clearer. Recently watched a docu which made me realise that perhaps the concept behind this album was even clearer when viewed in concert. That docu might have been "Which one's Pink?", or the multi-episode docu series on the history of rock music, by the BBC..."Seven ages of rock". The episode this album featured (if it did) would have been the one concerning stadium rock. In any case, my point is that watching the album performed in concert would create the necessary imagery to grasp the nature of the story contained in the work. The album did that well enough, in my view, but watching the docu made me realise I was missing elements which would have made the album clearer in intent.
The Classics:
The happiest days - like a lot of tracks on this album, it features a cool transition to it from the previous song. You hear a helicopter, then the musical theme of the following track is established. Great vocal theatre in the song. A brilliant, operatic score. Drums are interesting at the end. More themes and motifs of the following track are introduced.
Another brick in the wall (part 2) - another brilliant transition to this song. Great lyrics, cool guitar and especially bass guitar work at the start. The guitar solo at the end of this song is my pick as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The children's choir in the middle is also really cool. An all time great song.
Comfortably numb - makes use of the preceding song's lyrics. Bassy, synth, cool vocal theatre. Has beautiful, swirling violin type sounds. The lyrics are excellent. Not sure if this is the first song that deliberately includes extraneous human noises...you hear the singer clear his throat at the start. Maybe Jimi Hendrix did this kind of stuff too...just don't remember. In one Hendrix song you could hear him chewing gum, but I don't think that that was intentional, like it was in other songs of his.
Run like Hell - yet another really cool intro, with the riff and beat. Sounds like Gilmour is rubbing the guitar strings initially, for effect. This track should have been on their best of "Echoes". The riff is good and open.
Best of the rest:
Outside the wall - pleasant, mellow, genteel music and singing. Piano accordion and children's choir feature.
Best of the rest (on second listen):
The thin ice - opens with a baby crying. Synthy track with a slow tempo. Piano tinkling, gets a bit rock with the lead guitar style.
Another brick in the wall (part 1) - very nice note picking on the guitar...delicate and a little ethereal. Synthesiser plays musical motifs that we know from Brick part 2.
and...
Mother - starts with an exhalation, as if to summon the strength to sing the song. About the unhealthy relationship with the central character's mum. Acoustic guitar, organ and bassy sound feature.
By the by...
In the flesh - has Black Sabbath open riffs type rock. Starts with the harmonica then gets Gothic. Veers to more 'normal' type rock, with a good tone to the drums, and some 1950s style backing vocals.
Goodbye blue sky - nice acoustic guitar part which reminds me of Metallica's immortal song "Fade to black" (the part before their killer riff kicks in). Pleasant vibe to this track.
Empty spaces - an instrumental to start with, then you hear voices (backwards), then the lyrics start.
Young lust - riff a little bit "Walk this way", by Aerosmith. Funky. Rock song with a very bassy sound. Keyboard. A key part of the thematic progress of this album.
One of my tunes - arty, like a movie scene. Then it gets a bit psychotic rock.
Hey you - guitar has a "Sounds of silence" vibe to it (Simon & Garfunkel song). Delicate electric guitar and bass. Slow tempo.
War - wistful lyrics of Vera Lynne (famous English singer during World War II). Organ, acoustic guitar, some orchestral arrangement.
Bring the boys back home - rousing orchestra, choir, military style drumming, overwrought male vocals.
The show must go on - 1950s style harmonies (barber shop quartet territory) as well as Beatles style harmonies.
In the flesh - Beach Boys type harmonies and vocals, 1950s style bass. Starts off as a rock instrumental with open riffs, then going on to bigoted lyrics (part of the concept).
Waiting for the worms - 1950s style surf harmonies. Some German World War II references, bigoted lyrics, piano, bassy, interesting drums. The megaphone voice sounds like that used in the all time Australian psychedelic classic "The real thing", by Russell Morris.
The trial - has sort of a "Baby elephant walk" vibe to it, with the symphony. Then gets very English musical theatre type stuff. Later there's some rock guitar and someone who sounds like John Cleese doing a school master type voice.
Recommendations (concept albums):
Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation. A pleasant listen. A discernable concept to be found...not as coherent as The Wall though, it seems to me.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak out! A pleasant listen. Can't really discern any concept behind this album. Occasionally challenging to listen to, if you only like pleasant music. Gets whimsical and jazzy at times.
King Crimson - In the court of the Crimson King. A pleasant listen, for the most (apart from the more raucous opening track). Title track is a beautiful classic. Not sure what the concept is here either!
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Over-rated, so don't go in expecting a masterpiece. "A day in the life" is a bona fide masterpiece though. A very slight concept to this album...which has been overblown, in my opinion. Some Beatles say as much themselves.
The Wall Poster
1994 digital re-master of Pink Floyd's classic "The Wall".The Wall is less a collection of songs than a single work, which is sometimes frustrating; the plot lacks enough coherence to hold the snippets of music together. However, there are occasional flashes of brilliance on what ranks as Pink Floyd's most ambitious project. Most of these come from the fully developed songs, which have become classics in their own right. "Hey You," "Mother," and especially "Comfortably Numb" are subtle, incredible pieces of music. Though complex, they move at a relaxed pace, allowing the listener to absorb them slowly; this kind of pacing was something Pink Floyd excelled at. Also worth noting is the "Another Brick in the Wall/The Happiest Days of Our Lives" medley, which has become a staple of rock radio. --Genevieve Williams
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