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I don't want to go into detail on the individual songs, because they basically all suck. Even the highly regarded "Comfortably Numb" is a pale shadow of anything Pink Floyd did before this album. The playing here mostly resembles cheesy 80's rock (that feel hitting its peak with "Young Lust").

The concept of a Rock-Opera essentially gives the musicians no room to breath. Instead of well-structured 10+ minute tracks we get a string of 3 minute fillers used only to push the story along. The story isn't really even tangible anyway; even after reading the lyrics and seeing the movie I was just left dumfounded by the completely disjointed and weak storytelling.

The one and only interesting track here is "Goodbye Blue Sky", which would have made a good opener for something similar to Animals.

Roger Waters comes off as whiney and self-indulgent. Its like listening to a kid at the store whose parents won't buy him the toy he wants... I can tolerate most emotional expressions in singing, but not whining.

Please, if you are reading this review in hopes of discovering Pink Floyd- just pass up this album, no matter how popular it is. Go back and try WYWH or Animals first.

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