Pink Floyd The Final Cut (LP Vinyl)

Released in the shadow of grief and geopolitical disillusionment, The Final Cut stands apart from everything else in the Pink Floyd catalog, less a band record than a Roger Waters solo statement made under the band’s name. The tensions surrounding its creation effectively ended Pink Floyd as a functioning unit, with Waters departing the following year. What remains is one of rock’s most unflinching anti-war records, raw in ways the band rarely allowed itself to be.

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, originally released on 21 March 1983. It is Pink Floyd’s last studio album to include founding member, bass guitarist and songwriter Roger Waters, and their only album on which he alone is credited for writing and composition. It is also the only Pink Floyd album that does not feature keyboardist Richard Wright. Waters originally planned The Final Cut as a soundtrack album for the 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. With the onset of the Falklands War, he rewrote it as a concept album, exploring what he considered the betrayal of his father, who died serving in the Second World War. Waters sings most of the lyrics; lead guitarist David Gilmour provides vocals on only one track. The packaging, also designed by Waters, reflects the album’s war theme.

Tracklist

Side A

1.The Post War Dream2.Your Possible Pasts3.One Of The Few4.When The Tigers Broke Free5.The Hero’s Return6.The Gunner’s Dream7.Paranoid Eyes

Side B

1.Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert2.The Fletcher Memorial Home3.Southampton Dock4.The Final Cut5.Not Now John6.Two Suns In The Sunset

UPC: 888751842915
Label: Pink Floyd Records
Release Date: 1.20.17
Format: LP Vinyl