FInal Cut: A PF or Waters album?

It's a Pink Floyd album, and the last one worth owning.

Cygnus X-2 wrote: It's too hit or miss to me. Roger Waters was really just putting the "final cut" on the whole "My Daddy Died in the War" notion that we got from the Wall. I enjoy the solos, the best song on that album is Not Now John.

I don't know where people get this "My Daddy Died in the War" notion all over the Wall & TFC from. Three songs... Another Brick in the Wall 1, The Post War Dream, and When the Tigers Broke Free only mentioned anything about his father, give or take one I may have forgotten

Cluster One wrote: Lunarscape wrote: T(he)F(inal)C(ut) was originally to be the third side of T(he)W(all) album This statement is completely false. [quote=Lunarscape]but the record company didnt allow PF to put a Triple record on the market so the stuff on TFC was released later. The relations between band members had deteriorated badly after TW was released and Waters remixed TFC almost on his own with guest musicians, and the album was released as a PF recording, to satisfy a contract, between PF and the record company. Are you sure about these two points?

The info was printed, I cant recall where, just after the release of TFC. Recently I discussed the matter with Maani over pm's and this piece of info was brought up again.

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Lunar

 

It's a Roger Waters album. Here's my reasoning. It's like a stripped down Pink Floyd album with phoned in performances from David Gilmour and Nick Mason. Roger the egomaniac now has complete control of every aspect of the band. It's also very similar in musical style to The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Roger's next album.

TFC was originally to be the third side of TW album, but the record company didnt allow PF to put a Triple record on the market so the stuff on TFC was released later. The relations between band members had deteriorated badly after TW was released and Waters remixed TFC almost on his own with guest musicians, and the album was released as a PF recording, to satisfy a contract, between PF and the record company.

Personally I believe it to be a great album with higher musical standards than TW. Great compositions and the technical output is finer than that of TW. The Finall Cut just proves that Roger Waters is indeed Mr Pink Floyd and without him, the remains just survived on the Brand Name and would have been better off calling themselves "The David Gilmore Blues Band" or whatever.

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Lunar

While I do rate David's playing contributions as important, I think of it mainly as a Roger Waters album with guest musicians (I should also add Michael Kamen as an important guest on this one).

As far as Roger's solo albums, this would be the best one he's done. None of the rest stacked up to this. Amused to Death got close, but not quite.

Davids contributions were the guitars, rather obviously. But it is a Waters album

Although I consider it a Waters album, I still love it--The Gunner's Dream especially. What a great song.

the solos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the solos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!1

gilmour produced OUTSTANDING solos on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ask 3-fates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the compositions are however waterian! so, gilmourian solos, and waterian arrangements, if not kamenian!