Biography
Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in the history of popular music. Pink Floyd were founded in 1965 by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London’s underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett’s leadership released two charting singles and a successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
Album & Cover
The Wall is the eleventh album by Pink Floyd. It was released as a double album on 30 November 1979, by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It received an initially mixed critical response, though was commercially successful, reaching number 3 on the UK Albums Chart, and topping the US Billboard 200 chart for 15 weeks. The album is considered one of the most recognisable concept albums. It is the band’s second best selling album (after The Dark Side of the Moon) and one of the best selling albums of all time. In 1982, it was adapted into a feature film of the same name. Bass guitarist and songwriter Roger Waters conceived the album as a rock opera during Pink Floyd’s 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when his frustration with the audience became so acute that he spat on them. Its story, which follows themes of abandonment and personal isolation, explores Pink, a character whom Waters modeled after himself and the band’s original leader Syd Barrett. The Wall remains the last studio album released with the 11-year-spanning line-up of Waters, Gilmour, keyboardist Rick Wright, and drummer Nick Mason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
The album’s cover art is one of Pink Floyd’s most minimal – a white brick wall and no text. Waters had a falling out with Hipgnosis designer Storm Thorgerson a few years earlier when Thorgerson had included the cover of Animals in his book Walk Away Rene. The Wall is therefore the first album cover of the band since The Piper at the Gates of Dawn not to be created by the design group. Issues of the album would include the now-famous handwritten lettering of the artist name and album title by cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, either as a sticker on sleeve wrapping or printed onto the cover itself, in either black or red. Scarfe, who had previously done animated segments for the band’s “In the Flesh” tour, also did the LP’s inside sleeve art and labels of both vinyl records of the album, showing the eponymous wall in various stages of construction, accompanied by characters from the story. The drawings would be translated into dolls for The Wall Tour, as well as into Scarfe’s animated segments for the film based on the album. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall
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Who Did What: Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Gerald Scarfe.
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Tracklist
| Side One In The Flesh? The Thin Ice Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) The Happiest Days Of Our Lives Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Mother |
Side Two Goodbye Blue Sky Empty Spaces Young Lust One Of My Turns Don’t Leave Me Now Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 Goodbye Cruel World |
Side Three Hey You Is There Anybody Out There? Nobody Home Vera Bring The Boys Back Home Comfortably Numb |
Side Four The Show Must Go On In The Flesh Run Like Hell Waiting For The Worms Stop The Trial Outside The Wall |
Credits
Arranged By [Orchestra] – Michael Kamen
Backing Vocals – Bruce Johnston, Islington Green School, Jim Haas, Joe Chemay, John Joyce, Stan Farber, Toni Tennille
Co-producer, Engineer – James Guthrie
Drums, Percussion – Nick Mason
Engineer – Brian Christian, John McClure, Nick Griffiths, Patrice Quef, Rick Hart
Mastered By – Doug Sax
Other [Sound Equipment] – Phil Taylor
Piano, Organ, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Bass [Pedals] – Richard Wright
Producer, Arranged By [Orchestra] – Bob Ezrin
Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Sequenced By, Synthesizer, Clavinet, Percussion – David Gilmour
Producer, Written-By, Artwork By [Sleeve Design], Vocals, Bass, Synthesizer, Guitar – Roger Waters
Words By – Bob Ezrin (tracks: 25), David Gilmour (tracks: 19), David Gilmour (tracks: 22), David Gilmour (tracks: 9), Roger Waters (tracks: 1-8, 10-18, 20, 21, 22-24, 26), Roger Waters (tracks: 9, 19, 22)
Notes
Double gatefold sleeve. Inner sleeves also feature the “Wall” design with lyrics (graphics by Gerald Scarfe).
