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THE REVIEW
This is the album that closes the '70s, a period of great importance for music, dominated by progressive and fading when the explosion of punk occurred. However, it can be said that few bands were able to interpret such a complex decade as the Pink Floyd.
This very ambitious album was not only their last masterpiece, but also a work that knew how to read some themes of the decade through the metaphor of the wall: both political divisions and segregations, and the state of separation between Roger Waters and the public, between him and his past (many key figures, particularly the mother depicted in the beautiful "Mother") and between Waters himself and the remaining members of the band.
Musically, the work is superb: if Waters was the undisputed and monarchic mind, Gilmour on his part managed to carve out incredible spaces, with fantastic solos as in "Another Brick in the Wall" and especially "Comfortably Numb", which proves that the essence of Pink Floyd's music is always to alienate the listener, lost in beautiful psychedelic dimensions.
Surely the best album of Pink Floyd together with "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn". "The Wall" is a grand fresco on man's fear of being unable to communicate with others, and remaining alone in a world he does not understand. After it, the end of Pink Floyd.
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Pink Floyd's The Wall is heralded as a complex and ambitious album that closes the 1970s era of music. The work uses the metaphor of a wall to explore political divisions and personal alienation. Waters' lyrical depth pairs with Gilmour's exceptional guitar solos to create psychedelic soundscapes. The album is considered one of Pink Floyd's best alongside their debut. It artistically captures the fear of isolation and communication breakdown.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd formed in London in 1965 and became a defining force in psychedelic and progressive rock. The classic lineage spans Syd Barrett’s founding vision, Roger Waters’ conceptual leadership, Richard Wright’s harmonic textures, Nick Mason’s pulse, and David Gilmour’s arrival in 1968, shaping their signature sound.237 Reviews
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By charles
"This is not an album, but a true 'masterpiece'; that no one will ever remove this album from the foundations, the 'Bibles' of music history."
"'The Wall' is irremediably in each of us, and it always will be. After listening to it once, it will never leave us."
By bogusman
one of the most unbearable monstrosities in rock history
the final result is a dull and colorless hodgepodge of worn-out stadium hard rock, techno-instrumental appendages, second-hand disco music, classical-like wallpapers, and fake 30s cabaret
By AngeloLecce87
The Wall is Roger Waters' outpouring, developed between the loss of his father during World War II and the deterioration of his friend Syd Barrett.
The songs must be heard in the context of the album and not individually; small details like a baby's cry and warplanes make this album so touching.
By Francesco123
"Watching the film, it’s not just the eyes that are working, nor the ears: what is most affected is our imagination, our fantasy."
"What is The Wall really?... on one side, the surrender to what life offers us... on the other, the opportunity to give something to life... two things separated by a huge wall..."
By jimi
The Wall, for me, is the ultimate work I’ve ever heard capable of conveying emotions.
When you think that in this album, everything about solos has already been said, here comes Dave, who turns everything upside down, with superlative bends and accelerations that are terrifying.
