Release date:
March 21st, 1983
Recorded at: Mayfair, Olimpic, Abbey Road, Audio
International, RAK, Hookend and The Billiard Room Studios
(July-December 1982)
Dedicated to Eric Fletcher Waters (1913-1944)
"The Final Cut" is perhaps the most controversial Pink
Floyd album of all. It is the closest thing to a Roger Waters
solo album that ever went out under the name of Pink Floyd. The
material had been written for The Wall and rejected at the time
by the rest of the group. By this time, Rick Wright had left the
fold, Gilmour and Mason were reduced to the status of mere
session men, and Waters' domination of the group reached its
height.
David Gilmour: "I said to Roger, If these songs weren't good enough for The Wall, why are they good enough for now? We had the most awful time of my life. Roger had got Rick out, Nick wasn't around much and now he was starting on me. A most unpleasant and humiliating experience."
By sticking to one basic theme--the betrayal of
the post-1945 socialist dream by the Thatcher government--Waters
was able to write far more incisively than he had done on
"The Wall".
Tracks:
Total Playing Time: 43'14
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