Pink Floyd The Wall mp3 256k 1979

The Wall is the eleventh album by the English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released as a double album on 30 November 1979, it was subsequently performed live with elaborate theatrical effects, and adapted into a feature film, Pink Floyd – The Wall.

As with Pink Floyd's previous three LPs, The Wall is a concept album and deals largely with themes of abandonment and personal isolation. It was first conceived during their 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when bassist and lyricist Roger Waters's frustration with the perceived boorishness of the spectators became so acute that he imagined building a wall between the performers and audience. The album is a rock opera that centres on Pink, a character Waters modelled after himself, with some aspects based on the band's original leader, Syd Barrett. Pink's life experiences begin with the loss of his father during the Second World War, and continue with ridicule and abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother and finally, the breakdown of his marriage. All contribute to his eventual self-imposed isolation from society, represented by a metaphorical wall.

The Wall features a notably harsher and more theatrical style than Pink Floyd's previous releases. Keyboardist Richard Wright left the band during the album's production but remained as a salaried musician, performing with Pink Floyd during The Wall Tour. Commercially successful upon its release, the album was one of the best selling of 1980, and by 1999 it had sold over 23 million RIAA certified units (11.5 million albums) in the United States. Rolling Stone magazine placed The Wall at number 87 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Mason played at one show in London at The O2 Arena.[87]
Track listing

All songs written and composed by Roger Waters, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "In the Flesh?" Waters 3:16
2. "The Thin Ice" Gilmour, Waters 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" Waters 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" Waters 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Gilmour, Waters 3:59
6. "Mother" Waters, Gilmour 5:32
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Goodbye Blue Sky" Gilmour 2:45
2. "Empty Spaces" Waters 2:10
3. "Young Lust" Gilmour, Waters Gilmour 3:25
4. "One of My Turns" Waters 3:41
5. "Don't Leave Me Now" Waters 4:08
6. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" Waters 1:48
7. "Goodbye Cruel World" Waters 0:48
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Hey You" Gilmour, Waters 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Waters 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" Waters 3:26
4. "Vera" Waters 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" Waters 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" Waters, Gilmour Waters, Gilmour 6:23
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "The Show Must Go On" Gilmour 1:36
2. "In the Flesh" Waters 4:15
3. "Run Like Hell" Waters, Gilmour Waters 4:20
4. "Waiting for the Worms" Waters, Gilmour 4:04
5. "Stop" Waters 0:39
6. "The Trial" Waters, Ezrin Waters 5:13
7. "Outside the Wall" Waters 1:41
Personnel

Pink Floyd[88]

Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Richard Wright

Additional musicians

Bruce Johnston
Toni Tennille
Joe Chemay
Jon Joyce
Stan Farber
Jim Haas
Islington Green School



Production

David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Bob Ezrin – production, orchestral arrangement
Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangement
James Guthrie – co-producer and engineer
Nick Griffiths – engineer
Patrice Quef – engineer
Brian Christian – engineer
Rick Hart – engineer
John McClure - engineer
Phil Taylor – sound equipment
Gerald Scarfe – sleeve design
Roger Waters – sleeve design