THE FINAL CUT

Field Marshal Roger von Waters confines Private Dave Gilmour to the barracks while Rick Wright is AWOL on this one. This work is essentially a Roger Waters solo effort and a continuation of themes explored on the Wall double album. It has little to do with the trippier Floyd albums like Meddle or Animals. Still not able to come to terms with the death of his father who lost his life serving as a Royal Air Force bomber pilot during The Second World War Waters uses this album as a platform to condemn political policies and ideologies and focuses to some extent on The Falklands War. Inconsistent throughout, the album does have it's moments and the listener's full attention is required. Despite all the anger Waters has to get off his chest the music is rather subdued as it weaves it's way through many different textures employing various effects. We even get to hear a sonic boom from a jet fighter which introduces the track Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert.Definitely get the headphones out for this one for it is superbly engineered. If you had too much of The Wall, though you might want to bypass this disc.