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All reviews by user Date  Helpful Rating 3 out of 3 users found this helpful  beyond all musicThe Wall is indescribable. Pink Floyd transformed rock n roll in the sixties with frontman Syd Barrett, and continued to do so with The Wall. The Wall is a concept album that tells the story of a young rock star named Pink, not Pink Floyd, a common mistake. I wont tell the story, as I feel one should create there own interpretation of exactly what Pinks journeys entail and amount to. Musically the wall is incredible, mixing Waters lyrics with blisteringly hard, and sometimes rather un-Floydlike, riffs, and the occasional face melter from Gilmour (of course there are the acoustic pieces, such as Goodbye Blue Sky, Mother, and others which are just as impressive lyrically and musically). The album lacks the contributions of Mason and Wright, Wright having been preoccupied with drugs and Mason not seeming to have much interest in the band anymore. But, one can plainly see, that Pink Floyd without Wright and Mason is by no means a worse Pink Floyd. The album itself actually received poor reviews from such music magazines as Rolling Stone, but one must consider that Rolling Stone is the same magazine that tore apart every Zeppelin album (including their fourth, the album containing Stairway, go figure). I think the poor reveiws were due to timing, the album being released in the late seventies, the time when disco ruled the earth rather unfortunate for the Floyd, but what are more people listening to now, Brick House or Comfortably Numb? Take that, disco. The album is beyond music, and is basically indescribable in words. DEFINITELY listen to it from start to finish if you havent already. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1-1 of 1 Per Page |
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