Pink Floyd-The Wall CD 1 Review.

Pink Floyd-The Wall.

Artist:Pink Floyd.

Genre:Rock

Released:November 30,1979.

Fav Tracks:In The Flesh?, Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Comfortably Numb, One Of My Turns.

Least Fav Tracks:In The Flesh,

Review:

Pink Floyd The Wall is an album about abandonment and isolation and tells the story of Pink a character created by Syd Barrett(the founder of Pink Floyd) and Roger Waters(Singer and Bass player). Pink has a terrible life due to his father dying in World War 2 explained by the sound of bombs dropping and then a baby crying at the end of the 1st track of cd 1, In The Flesh?, and his mother who is smothering him and that is only scrapping the surface of the depressing things that have happened to Pink. This album was split up into two CDs so that's what I'm gonna be doing for this review.

CD-1 review.

The first track In The Flesh? is my personal favourite track on the album because of the calm opening which suddenly changes moods. The song has an amazing riff and a slow yet satisfying production for a rock album. The song randomly changes moods but it is so fluent that it doesn't really bother me.

The next track, The Thin Ice which is an allegory to the saying "Your skating on thin ice" which means that you better not do anything that is bad because if you do your gonna go right through the ice. This is heavily applied to the song.The song is ok but I feel as though it lacks character and so it isn't really that memorable. The production is good, the riff is better then okay but not quite good and the vocals like in every track of the album are really a love/hate relationship. They are good for most people but bad for others and please keep that in mind for the rest of my cd 1 review because it's the case with all the songs on cd 1.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 1 gives off a creepy atmosphere whilst also setting up the riff for Another Brick In The Wall Part 2. 

The Happiest Days Of Our Lives is an introduction track to Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 and was surprisingly good, even for an introduction track. It sets up the production very well whilst also enhancing the riff that was set up in Another Brick In The Wall Part 1. Also might I just add that the transition from this song to Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 is so phenomenal that you don't even notice that the song has changed until you look at what track you're on. Overall very good.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 is one of Pink Floyd's most well known songs and was my favourite song of all time for a couple of months. The production and riffs give off a creepy atmosphere whilst also being a very enjoyable piece of music. The vocals are great and overall this song is probably Pink Floyd at their best. The song tells an amazing story about kids in school after the events of WW2.

Mother, oh my god. This song was depressing as hell. The song had a pretty basic riff and an enjoyable production but where the song excels is in it's storytelling and vocals. The story is all about Pink's mother and for most of the song it is, no joke, just Pink asking questions to his mother. But when the chorus starts to play you will get a chill down your spine. Roger Waters singing in this song is almost enough to bring you to tears. It feels as though he has been through some tough and scarring things with his mother. Overall a very depressing song.

Goodbye Blue Sky is a song about WW2 and how it affected innocent people. It has amazing singing and it gives off a creepy yet also happy vibe. The guitar in this song is pretty much what makes it happy. The lyrics are really creepy as well.

Empty Spaces starts of slow and gets progressively faster but by the end of the song it's still pretty slow. It's also an introduction track to Young Lust.

Young Lust starts off strong and stays that way with a great riff, good production, good vocals and a good keyboard accompaniment. The song tells of how Pink wants a fun women in his life. The transition from this song to the next is probably the worst in the whole entire album.

One Of My Turns tells us of Pink's descent into craziness. He causes his girlfriend to run away from him in horror. The first time I heard this song, I did not expect such an emotional ending. The production is good and so is the riffs. Overall this song was a trip into madness.

Just so you know the next two songs are about Pink going crazy and then finally deciding to kill himself in the final song.

Don't leave me now is probably my least favourite song on the album due to there not being a good flow or production for the first three quarters of the song. This song has two meanings. The fact that he doesn't want his girlfriend to leave him and that he is also starting to realise that he is crazy.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 is all about him being crazy and supposedly "not needing anything at all"yet he really does. It has a good production and a good riff.

The last track of CD 1, Goodbye Cruel World, is all about how Pink is going to kill himself. No seriously, that is the whole concept of the song and really the song kinda sucks. It's very powerful and was a satisfying ending to the first half of the album but it lacks a good riff or production. In fact I don't even think the production in this song can even be counted as a production.

Overall the first half of the album was very enjoyable and really deserves a listen. The review of the next half of the album will be out by the end of the year so please don't be coming back to the blog next week expecting it to be out. Also please check out Those Guys Who Review Films for more reviews of your favourite movies.

CD 1 rating-9/10