The Wall

The Wall

Vinyl - UK - 1st edition.

Artist	Pink Floyd
Published	1973-03-01
Type	Concept, Studio
Genre	Progressive rock, Art rock, Rock
Themes	Abuse, corruption, death, depression, mental illness, racism

The Wall is the eleventh studio album by Pink Floyd released on 1979-11-30. Due to it's length, it was released as a double album on vinyl and cassette. It is a concept album and rock opera which follows the life of a rock star named Pink who builds up a psychological "wall" to block out the evils of the world around him.

Roger Waters, who wrote the majority of the album said the character Pink is loosely modeled after himself and former band member Syd Barrett. During the recording of the album, Waters frequently clashed with keyboardist Richard Wright and Wright was eventually fired. The album was made into a surreal film in 1982 which was partially animated.

Personal

Own?	Yes, CD - USA.

My brother and sister were fans of Pink Floyd because of our father, but I didn't have much interest in them when I was still a kid. In my teen years, the more I heard from this album on the radio, the more I liked it. I bought my own copy in the late 1990s or early 2000s and listened to it many times which helped cement it into my psyche. It is now my favorite Pink Floyd album. I've also seen two different visual productions of this album including an old-fashioned laser show.

Track Listing

Track	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Rank
A1	In the Flesh?	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	14
A2	The Thin Ice	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	13
A3	Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	12
A4	The Happiest Days of Our Lives	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	6
A5	Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	3
A6	Mother	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	5
B1	Goodbye Blue Sky	Roger Waters	David Gilmour	9
B2	Empty Spaces	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	15
B3	Young Lust	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	David Gilmour	10
B4	One of My Turns	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	19
B5	Don't Leave Me Now	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	22
B6	Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	8
B7	Goodbye Cruel World	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	17
C1	Hey You	Roger Waters	David Gilmour, Roger Waters	2
C2	Is There Anybody Out There?	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	23
C3	Nobody Home	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	11
C4	Vera	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	20
C5	Bring the Boys Back Home	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	21
C6	Comfortably Numb	David Gilmour, Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	1
D1	The Show Must Go On	Roger Waters	David Gilmour	16
D2	In the Flesh	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	7
D3	Run Like Hell	David Gilmour, Roger Waters	Roger Waters	4
D4	Waiting for the Worms	Roger Waters	Roger Waters, David Gilmour	18
D5	Stop	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	24
D6	The Trial	Roger Waters, Bob Ezrin	Roger Waters	25
D7	Outside the Wall	Roger Waters	Roger Waters	26

The album's total score is 457.

Media

Album Art

Because Roger Waters didn't like the fact that designer Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis included his design for the previous Pink Floyd album, Animals in his book, the company was not rehired for this album, resulting in the very dull white wall backdrop. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe was hired to design the hand-written title logo which was printed to stickers in black and sometimes red and applied to the albums. Later re-releases print the logo directly on the album cover, sometimes in red, but usually in black. Scarfe went on to contribute to the various cartoons used to promote the album and the animated segments in the 1984 film.