Pink Floyd : The Wall
The Wall
is the eleventh
studio album by
English rock band
Pink Floyd
It was released as a
double album
on November 30 1979,
by Harvest Records
in the United Kingdom
and by Columbia Records
in the United States.
It received an initially
mixed critical response,
but was
commercially successful,
reaching number 3
on the UK Albums Chart,
and topping the
US Billboard 200
chart for 15 weeks.
The album is considered
one of the most recognisable
concept albums It is the
band's second
best selling album
(after The Dark Side of the Moon)
and one of the
best selling albums of all time.
In 1982,
it was adapted into a
feature film of
the same name.
Bass guitarist
studio album by
English rock band
Pink Floyd
It was released as a
double album
on November 30 1979,
by Harvest Records
in the United Kingdom
and by Columbia Records
in the United States.
It received an initially
mixed critical response,
but was
commercially successful,
reaching number 3
on the UK Albums Chart,
and topping the
US Billboard 200
chart for 15 weeks.
The album is considered
one of the most recognisable
concept albums It is the
band's second
best selling album
(after The Dark Side of the Moon)
and one of the
best selling albums of all time.
In 1982,
it was adapted into a
feature film of
the same name.
Bass guitarist
and songwriter
Roger Waters
conceived the album as a
rock opera during
Pink Floyd's 1977
In the Flesh Tour,
when his frustration with
the audience
became so acute
that he spat on them.
Its story,
which follows themes of
abandonment and
personal isolation,
explores Pink,
a character whom
Waters modeled
after himself
and the band's
original leader
Syd Barrett.
Pink's life begins with
the loss of his father
during the
Second World War,
and continues with abuse
from his schoolteachers,
an overprotective mother,
and the breakdown
of his marriage;
all contribute to his
eventual self-imposed
isolation from society,
represented by
a metaphorical wall.
The band,
who were then struggling
with personal and
financial difficulties,
supported the idea.
Waters enlisted an
outside collaborator,
Canadian producer
Bob Ezrin,
due to his need for
somebody who he felt was
"musically and intellectually"
similar to himself,
as well as a helping hand
for the cumbersome amount
of material that was written.
Recording lasted from
December 1978
to November 1979,
with stops in France,
England,
New York,
and
Los Angeles.
Waters' song
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
became the band's first
and only
chart-topper
when released as
the album's lead single.
Two songs co-written by
guitarist
David Gilmour,
"Run Like Hell"
and
"Comfortably Numb",
were also issued
as singles.
The Wall
Roger Waters
conceived the album as a
rock opera during
Pink Floyd's 1977
In the Flesh Tour,
when his frustration with
the audience
became so acute
that he spat on them.
Its story,
which follows themes of
abandonment and
personal isolation,
explores Pink,
a character whom
Waters modeled
after himself
and the band's
original leader
Syd Barrett.
Pink's life begins with
the loss of his father
during the
Second World War,
and continues with abuse
from his schoolteachers,
an overprotective mother,
and the breakdown
of his marriage;
all contribute to his
eventual self-imposed
isolation from society,
represented by
a metaphorical wall.
The band,
who were then struggling
with personal and
financial difficulties,
supported the idea.
Waters enlisted an
outside collaborator,
Canadian producer
Bob Ezrin,
due to his need for
somebody who he felt was
"musically and intellectually"
similar to himself,
as well as a helping hand
for the cumbersome amount
of material that was written.
Recording lasted from
December 1978
to November 1979,
with stops in France,
England,
New York,
and
Los Angeles.
Waters' song
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
became the band's first
and only
chart-topper
when released as
the album's lead single.
Two songs co-written by
guitarist
David Gilmour,
"Run Like Hell"
and
"Comfortably Numb",
were also issued
as singles.
The Wall
was the
last studio album
released with the
11-year-spanning line-up of
Waters,
Gilmour,
keyboardist
Rick Wright,
and drummer
Nick Mason.
Wright was fired
from the band by
Waters during
its production,
but stayed as a
salaried musician,
performing with
Pink Floyd on their
subsequent live tour.
The live performances,
which were later released
as a live album,
featured elaborate
theatrical effects.
Some of the album's themes
would be continued in
the band's next album,
The Final Cut (1983),
which contained some
outtakes from
The Wall.
By 1999,
the album had sold over
23 million
RIAA-certified units
(11.5 million albums),
making it the
third-highest certified album
in the US.
In 2003,
Rolling Stone placed
The Wall
at number 87
on its list of
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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last studio album
released with the
11-year-spanning line-up of
Waters,
Gilmour,
keyboardist
Rick Wright,
and drummer
Nick Mason.
Wright was fired
from the band by
Waters during
its production,
but stayed as a
salaried musician,
performing with
Pink Floyd on their
subsequent live tour.
The live performances,
which were later released
as a live album,
featured elaborate
theatrical effects.
Some of the album's themes
would be continued in
the band's next album,
The Final Cut (1983),
which contained some
outtakes from
The Wall.
By 1999,
the album had sold over
23 million
RIAA-certified units
(11.5 million albums),
making it the
third-highest certified album
in the US.
In 2003,
Rolling Stone placed
The Wall
at number 87
on its list of
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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