Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Out of the issues and themes raised from the work done in the sessions for The Wall, in my opinion Pink Floyd’s greatest work, many ideas still weren’t developed by the completion of the double LP. Roger Waters’ isolation is less an issue here, but it’s clear that The Wall opened up a lot of scars regarding the death of his dad in World War II, which is the primary focus here.

This is in no means the Pink Floyd of the 70’s. For all intents and purposes this is the first Roger Waters solo record, much more so than The Wall even. There are little significant instrumental passages throughout and not so much as a residue of psychadelia. I don’t know exactly what you’d call most of the music on the album actually... singer songwriter? Adult alternative? Some other made up genre so that everything fits into a neat little box? All I can tell you for certain is that these are good songs, they have a good amount of emotional connection to the audience and they mean something to the person performing them.

Production wise a lot of the sound effects that are layered throughout the album are recorded binaurally, so if you’re listening on headphones they will move around and over the top of your head. 3D sound dudebro. There are two versions of the album that are readily available. I recommend the remaster which also has When The Tigers Broke Free from the Wall film which despite its awkward placing after the third track doesn’t detract from the album as much as you’d think. All in all even if it is just another brick in The Wall it's still one of my favourite Pink Floyd albums.

 
Two Suns in the Sunset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOJHz6Przdw