The Final Cut

This is my favorite PF album and it's not really all that close. This came well packaged and it sounds great!

MY GOD, THAT'S ANNOYING! There's a review a few entries down, by a long-time Floyd fan, with a less-than-favorable review, some good points, but, my God, CAN'T YOU SEE IT WRITTEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? And this goes for the people who insist on adding an "L" to Waters' name, making it "Walters." GET A CLUE, THEN WRITE YOUR REVIEW! It's "Waters." And "Gilmour." This is not difficult. Every Pink Floyd entry has people doing this, it kills the credidibity of your review. OK, enough venting.Now, the record. "The Final Cut" is essentially a Roger Waters solo work, with David Gilmour and Nick Mason as members of the backing band. It seems to have the Pink Floyd name on it, as a selling point. Waters went head-long into this period of intense creative activity in 1976, and it lasted on into 1984, with no less than four VERY wordy albums, "Animals," "The Wall," "The Final Cut," and "The Pros And Cons Of Hitchiking," as well as a whole side of material for the film soundtrack "When The Wind Blows." Just in lyric content alone, these four (and a half) LP's, have more material in them than most people put out in their whole career. And to get it into perspective, listen to Bob Geldof's babbling in the toilet on "The Wall (film version)," where he sings "Stop." Before singing the lyrics to "Stop," he is singing "The Moment Of Clarity," from "The Pros And Cons Of Hitchiking," so, obviously, "Pros And Cons..." was written a full two years or more before "The Wall" movie ever came out, even though it was released two years after. There is a lot of over-lapping material in these works, and if you can take Waters' style of singing, it would be a humbling experience to hear all of them together, albeit, a little heavy-handed.As for "The Final Cut" itself,the reviews fall into two catagories, those who really like it, and those who really dislike it; I am in the first group. The other members of Pink Floyd (Gilmour and Mason, with Wright out of the band at this point), would be in the latter. Gilmour has described "The Final Cut" as "a bunch of songs that were rejected from 'The Wall,' because, "nobody liked them then, why would anybody like them now?" I think, in the context presented here, it is a very good piece of recorded work, dark as it is. The sound quality is really beautiful, so clear, with sound effects playing into the score perfectly, as on any Floyd-related work.The two explosions on this disc, are spectacular. The one at the end of "The Hero's Return," is so unexpected, I always laugh when I see someone not familiar with this recording whiplash theirself at it. And the holophonics used on "Keep Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert," sends a missile over your head, to explode behind you; really cool, even if your stereo doesn't have that good of fidelity.The high points on this disc would be, the medly of "Southampton Dock," which leads into the title track, "The Final Cut," and "Not Now, John," even with the excessive use of a certain expletive, you get to hear the Floyd as they were meant to be; playing with authority, Gilmour singing the verses, trading vocals with Waters, the backing vocals sounding like something from "The Dark Side Of The Moon."And too bad, it really was the final cut. The members of the band were so polarized at this point, that they couldn't be around one another. It HAD to fold, and in 1985, it did. The legal battle that went on for the next how many years, nearly crippled all their careers, and when they released "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason," it barely resembled a Floyd record, but looking at their output circa 1967 - 1977, nothing from "The Wall" on, did either.

One of my favorites from Floyd, My Wife's Personal Favorite from them. The record is good weight, and the quality is superb. Delivery was fast too. 5stars.

The 12th studio album that was done by Pink Floyd is also the most polarizing one - it is one that is either loved or hated.I remember when I first got into Floyd; I was absolutely mesmerized by the whole package - lyrics, sound effects, guitar solos, the whole 9 yards. Of course, I consider myself a firm Gilmour man and don't get me wrong - Dave is still my all-time favorite guitarist. However, the more I listened to the Roger dominated albums like "Animals", "The Wall", and "The Final Cut" compared to what came out after this album, it is no contest to me - Roger was TRULY Pink Floyd. Yea, Gilmour is the better musician and the better singer, but he can't write songs like Roger can and he definitely does not have the creative vision of a Waters.People are right in that "The Final Cut" is essentially more of a solo album for Roger than an actual Floyd album but what about "A Momentary Lapse of Reason"? That album didn't even have Rick Wright or Waters and Nick Mason appears on only half that album - so, if "The Final Cut" is indeed Roger's first solo album, then AMLOR is Gilmour's 3rd solo album. The point of mentioning this is to simply say that Roger Waters is not the only person in Floyd who tried to pass off a solo album as a "Floyd album" - so it gets tiresome to read when people complain about that with "The Final Cut" but never mention the next "Floyd album".The point is that no one truly knows what was going on with Roger at that time in his life - the dude was having some serious issues, but he was still able to put together some amazing stuff. Sure the lack of guitar solos is disappointing, but when they do appear in songs like "The Post War Dream", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", and "Not Now John", they are simply outstanding. It is like their infrequent use makes them that more powerful when they do appear. But some of the other tracks are just amazing to me, especially after repeated listens like "The Gunner's Dream", "The Final Cut", and especially "When the Tigers Broke Free" (one of the saddest Floyd songs ever).If you enjoyed "Animals" and "The Wall" more than the other Floyd stuff, I feel that you will enjoy "The Final Cut". If "Animals" and "The Wall" were your least-favored Floyd albums, you will probably have a tough time with "The Final Cut", but just go into it with an open mind and give it a chance. If you happen to enjoy "The Final Cut", you must buy Roger's solo stuff, especially "Amused to Death" (the best solo album by any member of Floyd although Gillmour's first solo album is pretty damn good) and "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking".Personally, "The Final Cut" is just behind "Meddle" for me in terms of favorite Floyd albums and #6 overall - "Animals", "Dark Side of the Moon", "The Wall", "Wish You Were Here", and "Meddle" then "The Final Cut".

Lo tenía en lp y es un gran album por li que es una gran continuacion de "the wall"

O produto chegou dentro do prazo, perfeitamente emabalado e sem danos.Um dos meus preferidos, desde muitos anos.Roger, eu te amo!!!

Efter Roger Waters koncept. Han har också skrivit alla låtar. Inte lika bra som dom föregående ( Meddle,Dark side of the moon, Wish You Were Here.Animals och The Wall)och efterkommande plattorna men klart bättre än sitt rykte.

Obowiązkowa pozycja w płytotece.

Good, prompt service