The Wall
| 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 30 November 1979 in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records and in the United States by Columbia Records. Bassist and songwriter Roger Waters conceived the album as a rock opera during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when he became so frustrated with the audience that he spat on them. Its story explores Pink, a jaded rockstar character that Waters modeled after himself and the band's original leader Syd Barrett. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
(1980) Even Floydstarved devotees may not be sucked into The Wall‘s relatively flat aural ambiance on first hearing.
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Classic Rock Review
The Wall was the most ambitious album of a long and storied career filled with ambitious projects by Pink Floyd.
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Sputnik Music
Although some people will disagree
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All Music
The Wall was a mighty, sprawling affair.
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XS Noize
This is a triumph for the band.
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BBC Music
Despite some of the morbidity of most of the material, there are some very beautiful tunes nestling amid the pomp.
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Consequence of Sound
The Wall brings narrative concept records to an emotional and theatrical pinnacle. It’s a visceral ride, but one that rewards with each successive listen.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
'The Wall' offers a wealth of new demo material that reveals tantalizing clues as to how the epic concept album was shaped.
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American Songwriter
Now, 33 years after the release of the original studio album that spawned a giant, theatrical tour and film, we get a box set stuffed with fan-pleasing goodies.
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The Pink Floyd Fandom
The timing of the sound effects and panning effect through the stereophonic system is impeccable. It is no doubt a masterpiece that touches my soul immensely.
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Pop Matters
Put simply, this is the definitive edition of an essential album.
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The Wall Analysis
The Wall is one of the most intriguing and imaginative albums in the history of rock music.
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Gold Mine Mag
Pink Floyd has come up with a box worth immersing one’s self in.
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Only Solitaire
Funny, how one record can be so spirit-raising and the other so yawn-inspiring. I really hate giving the album a 7 because I love the first disc so much, but unfortunately it doesn't get sold as two separate albums.
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Record Collector Mag
This Immersion version does it justice. You might not want to hear it all in a single sitting, though.
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Off the Tracks
It’s a smart conceptual album – if you’re a dummy. It’s borderline nonsensical, spreading strange tones of racism, homophobia and smash-the-state politics under some strange guise of the war-affected when actually no one ever simply told Roger Waters to shut the fuck up.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
It is a a very, very good album, but it is in no way deserving of the reputation that it has earned in today's culture. This album shows one thing to me in the end: Pink Floyd entered the 70's as one of the world's most underrated bands, and left the 70's as the most overrated.
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Classic Rock Review
With musical and lyrical motifs that complement the concept perfectly, Pink Floyd’s eleventh studio release is an exceptional part of their overall discography.
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Medium
Pink Floyd’s 1979 album “The Wall” is the most intriguing piece of music I have ever listened to.
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The Independent
The impression is of someone picking obsessively at an emotional scab, which is effectively what The Wall is all about. But though apt, it adds little by way of illumination.
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The Top Tens
This album disappointed me immensely.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
'The Wall' throws the heart out of your chest, stamps on it, then chucks it against the ceiling before it falls to the ground, leaving a bloody mess on the carpet. 'The Wall' is that kind of an album, and a must-listen.
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