Pink Floyd
1979
Tracks
1. In The Flesh?
2. Thin Ice
3. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 1
4. Happiest Days Of Our Lives
5. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2
6. Mother
7. Goodbye Blue Sky
8. Empty Spaces
9. Young Lust
10. One Of My Turns
11. Don't Leave Me Now
12. Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 3
13. Goodbye Cruel World
14. Hey You
15. Is There Anybody Out There
16. Nobody Home
17. Vera
18. Bring The Boys Back Home
19. Comfortably Numb
20. Show Must Go On
21. In The Flesh
22. Run Like Hell
23. Waiting For The Worms
24. Stop
25. The Trial
26. Outside The Wall
Should an album really be an hour and twenty minutes long? I know I gave Fleetwood Mac a pass yesterday (Tusk clocked in at around an hour and fifteen minutes), but those guys can get away with anything. Also this one is longer by a whole five minutes. So, you know...not a hypocrite.
I really don't like rock operas. I didn't like it when the Who did it and I don't like it now. I know I am supposed to worship all things Pink Floyd, but this album really seemed like a dip in quality from Wish You Were Here. There were a few standout tracks (with "The Trial" being my favorite) but most of the songs sounded like filler. I think that is why I hate rock operas so much. Inevitably, there will be songs that are simply there to push the story along and don't really add that much artistic value.
Too long and too pretentious. I know Pink Floyd can do better than this.
RATING: 2/5
