Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
Track List:
01 - The Post War Dream
02 - Your Possible Pasts
03 - One Of The Few
04 - The Hero's Return
05 - The Gunners Dream
06 - Paranoid Eyes
07 - Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
08 - The Fletcher Memorial Home
09 - Southampton Dock
10 - The Final Cut
11 - Not Now John
12 - Two Suns In The Sunset
By the end of the touring in support of their mammoth album "The Wall", relations between Waters and Gilmour had reached an all time low. Waters, who was becoming more egotistical and harder to work with as time went on, had kicked Richard Wright out of the band mid-tour . While it wasn't unusual for him to write a majority of the songs, The Final Cut is often regarded as "a Roger Waters solo album" rather than a Pink Floyd album. Due to the fact that he wrote and performed vocals exclusively on all twelve songs (with the exception of "Not Now John", where Gilmour shares vocal responsibilities), this album gets brushed off by most critics and by the most avid Floyd fans. I find this to be such a shame, because in my opinion, The Final Cut is one of the best releases by the band. What Waters had envisioned for this album is successfully portrayed through his heart-wrenching lyrics and almost theatrical-like approach, while David Gilmour and Nick Mason also showcased the best of their abilities. Everything about The Final Cut is damn near perfect, and listening to it takes you away to a foreign place. The imagery produced not only by Waters' vocals but each instrument and each noise is unreal, at times it feels like you're watching a movie rather than listening to a concept album. Although The Final Cut will never be publicly agreed upon as being one of Pink Floyd's best albums, I still personally believe it to be the most underrated and overlooked of all their releases. Anyone who is skeptical, I dare you to listen to "The Gunner's Dream" and tell me otherwise.
