But 1979's The Wall is, once separated from its makers' peak-period accolades, not quite as impressive as the preceding trio of tighter LPs - Dark Side…, 75's Wish You Were Here and 77's Animals - by virtue of its ambitious design.Ī sprawling monster of a rock opera, The Wall is ripe with rewards for intrepid listeners but those returning to Floyd after the curt critiques proffered by the 40-odd-minute Animals were surely dizzied by this double-length package. Consistently breaching international top 10s from 1973's mainstream breakthrough The Dark Side of the Moon until 1994's swansong The Division Bell, they've attained an untouchable status amongst critics the sole exception to the five-stars-on-reissue rule being Roger Waters' parting shot, 1983's The Final Cut. That Floyd are no longer a going concern has crystallised their legend. Some bands will be mainstays on shelves until the death knell finally sounds for physical formats, and these 1965-founded prog-rockers are sure to be amongst them, with new revisions of old material arriving with impressive punctuality. The powers that be behind the Pink Floyd catalogue are not alone in assuming that someone, somewhere, doesn't yet own one of this outfit's certified classic LPs - also guilty are those ruling the canons of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and… well, you get the idea. Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 87) (order: 87) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 87) (order: 87) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 129) (order: 129)ĬritiqueBrainz ReviewsThere are 2 reviews on CritiqueBrainz. Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live: 1980–1981 Roger Waters: The Wall by Roger Waters The Wall: Live in Berlin by Roger Watersĭiscovery Oh by the Way Shine On The Pink Floyd Collection
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