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Pink Floyd - The Wall (Digitally Remastered) (CD)
*Double CD
R 111
Was R 112
eB1 110
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Product Info
- Artists
- Barcode
- 5099902894423
- Category
- Performer
- Rock & Pop
- Art Rock
- Copy Control
- No
- Country
South Africa- Country of Origin
- UK
- Distributor
- EMI
- Duration
- 80m 54s
- Engineer
- James Guthrie
- Format
- Audio CD
- Label
- EMI Music Distribution
- Media
- CD2
- Mono / Stereo
- Stereo
- Notes
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger Waters (vocals, bass); Nick Mason (drums).
Additional personnel: Bruce Johnston, Toni Tenille, Joe Chemay, John Joyce, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, Islington Green School (background vocals).
Producers: Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour, Roger Waters.
Recorded at Superbear Studios, Miravel, France; Producer's Workshop, Los Angeles, California; CBS Studios, New York, New York between April and November 1979.
Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California).
Personnel: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar, baritone guitar, Clavinet, synthesizer, bass guitar, sequencer); Roger Waters (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Richard Wright (piano, Clavinet, organ, synthesizer); Nick Mason (drums, percussion).
Recording information: CBS, New York (04/1979-11/1979); Producers Workshop, Los Angeles (04/1979-11/1979); Studio Miraval, France (04/1979-11/1979); Super Bear Studios (04/1979-11/1979).
The Wall was Roger Waters' crowning accomplishment in Pink Floyd. It documented the rise and fall of a rock star (named Pink Floyd), based on Waters' own experiences and the tendencies he'd observed in people around him. By then, the bassist had firm control of the group's direction, working mostly alongside David Gilmour and bringing in producer Bob Ezrin as an outside collaborator. Drummer Nick Mason was barely involved, while keyboardist Rick Wright seemed to be completely out of the picture. Still, The Wall was a mighty, sprawling affair, featuring 26 songs with vocals: nearly as many as all previous Floyd albums combined. The story revolves around the fictional Pink Floyd's isolation behind a psychological wall. The wall grows as various parts of his life spin out of control, and he grows incapable of dealing with his neuroses. The album opens by welcoming the unwitting listener to Floyd's show ("In the Flesh?"), then turns back to childhood memories of his father's death in World War II ("Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1"), his mother's over protectiveness ("Mother"), and his fascination with and fear of sex ("Young Lust"). By the time "Goodbye Cruel World" closes the first disc, the wall is built and Pink is trapped in the midst of a mental breakdown. On disc two, the gentle acoustic phrasings of "Is There Anybody Out There?" and the lilting orchestrations of "Nobody Home" reinforce Floyd's feeling of isolation. When his record company uses drugs to coax him to perform ("Comfortably Numb"), his onstage persona is transformed into a homophobic, race-baiting fascist ("In the Flesh"). In "The Trial," he mentally prosecutes himself, and the wall comes tumbling down. This ambitious concept album was an across-the-board smash, topping the Billboard album chart for 15 weeks in 1980. The single "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" was the country's best seller for four weeks. The Wall spawned an elaborate stage show (so elaborate, in fact, that the band was able to bring it to only a few cities) and a full-length film. It also marked the last time Waters and Gilmour would work together as equal partners.- Number of Discs
- 2
- Number of Items
- 1
- Performer
- Pink Floyd
- Previews
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.116) - Ranked #87 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Hypnotic in its indulgence....Rock-star hubris has never been more electrifying..."
Q (1/03, p.64) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
CMJ (1/6/03, p.12) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"
CMJ (1/5/04, p.6) - Ranked #1 in CMJ's "Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1980".- Release Date
- 15 September 2011
- Songs / Tracks
- [ Disc 01 Track 01 ] In the Flesh?
- [ Disc 01 Track 02 ] Thin Ice, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 03 ] Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1
- [ Disc 01 Track 04 ] Happiest Days of Our Lives, The
- [ Disc 01 Track 05 ] Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
- [ Disc 01 Track 06 ] Mother
- [ Disc 01 Track 07 ] Goodbye Blue Sky
- [ Disc 01 Track 08 ] Empty Spaces
- [ Disc 01 Track 09 ] Young Lust
- [ Disc 01 Track 10 ] One of My Turns
- [ Disc 01 Track 11 ] Don't Leave Me Now
- [ Disc 01 Track 12 ] Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3
- [ Disc 01 Track 13 ] Goodbye Cruel World
- [ Disc 02 Track 01 ] Hey You
- [ Disc 02 Track 02 ] Is There Anybody Out There?
- [ Disc 02 Track 03 ] Nobody Home
- [ Disc 02 Track 04 ] Vera
- [ Disc 02 Track 05 ] Bring the Boys Back Home
- [ Disc 02 Track 06 ] Comfortably Numb
- [ Disc 02 Track 07 ] Show Must Go On, The
- [ Disc 02 Track 08 ] In the Flesh
- [ Disc 02 Track 09 ] Run Like Hell
- [ Disc 02 Track 10 ] Waiting for the Worms
- [ Disc 02 Track 11 ] Stop
- [ Disc 02 Track 12 ] Trial, The
- [ Disc 02 Track 13 ] Outside the Wall
- Studio
- EMI
- Studio / Live
- Studio
- Title
- The Wall - Discovery Version
- Tracks
Disc 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 3
Goodbye Cruel WorldDisc 2:
Hey You
Is There Anybody Out There
Nobody Home
Vera
Bring The Boys Back Home
Comfortable Numb
The Show Must Go On
In The Flesh
Run Like Hell
Waiting For The Worms
Stop
The Trial
Outside The Wall- Year
- 2011
