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The Wall is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 30 November 1979 by Harvest/EMI and Columbia/CBS Records.It is a rock opera which explores Pink, a jaded rock star, as he constructs a psychological "wall" of social isolation.
The album artwork featured the life-masks of the four band members in front of a black wall; the masks were worn by the "surrogate band" [6] during the song "In the Flesh". "Goodbye Blue Sky" and parts of "Run Like Hell" were taken from the 17 June 1981 show, the very last performance by the four-man Pink Floyd until the 2005 Live 8 concert.
"Bring the Boys Back Home" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd released on their 1979 album, The Wall. [1] The song was released as a B-side on the single, " When the Tigers Broke Free ". [ 2 ]
Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 British live action/adult animated surrealist musical drama film directed by Alan Parker, based on Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters .
3. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)" Roger Waters: Sax solo by Garth Hudson: 4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" 5. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" Cyndi Lauper: Guitar solos by Rick Di Fonzo and Snowy White, organ solo by Nick Glennie-Smith, keytar solo by Thomas Dolby: 6. "Mother" Sinéad O'Connor and the Band
"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" was released as a single, Pink Floyd's first in the UK since "Point Me at the Sky" (1968). [citation needed] It was also the Christmas number one of 1979 and the final number one of the decade in the UK. [16] In the US, it reached number 57 on the disco chart. [17] The single sold over 4 million copies ...
Roger Waters: The Wall is a live album by Roger Waters, a former member of Pink Floyd. It is a live recording of Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera The Wall , captured during his solo tour of 2010–2013, The Wall Live .
The Wall tells the story of Pink, an alienated and embittered rock star. [1] At this point in the narrative, Pink is now grown up and married, but he and his wife are having relationship problems because of his physical distance and nearly complete emotional "wall". Pink asks himself how he should complete its construction.