What do you guys think of "The Final Cut"

That's the thing that makes Pink Floyd so great for me. Even one of my least favourite albums from them is, for me, a great album. I only wish they had originally included When the Tigers Broke Free and the two parts of The Heroes Return (I really like that song, but it's so short it's frustrating... hearing both parts together makes it so much better, but unfortunatley the second part was only released in a single. And then when they made the remaster of the album and included When the Tigers Broke Free, I don't understand why they didn't include the whole Heroes Return... if only they had done that, then I guess I would have bought the album again.

Not as great as their 70s stuff, but I think its their last good album.

Some dismiss TFC as 'stuff leftover from The Wall' - it is way more than that.

And it makes for a more complete album if you get one of the more recent reissues that includes 'When the Tiger's Broke Free' (from the film of The Wall).

That’s my point though. It didn’t seem like the rest of the band was into the thing which is obvious when you find out how it was recorded.
My tip for Rog at the time would probably have sounded somewhat close to: if the rest of the band doesn’t seem remotely interested in your venture, do it under a different moniker.

I have always had a difficult time with The Final Cut. I too think it should have been a Waters’ solo album as it never felt like a Floyd joint to these ears. It sounds like The Wall 2 but in an infinitely more sterile dressing.
The Wall was certainly also very much a personal thing for Waters but when you hear that thing over live albums you get ‘Pink Floyd’..mostly because I think the band generally backed him up on this very personal journey. I could never imagine Floyd doing The Final Cut live and sounding like ‘Pink Floyd’...but maybe that’s just my very biased take

I personally love TFC - I find it a more satisfying & coherent album than The Wall.

Stellar recording.