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Dedicated to Eric Fletcher Waters (1913-1944)
"The Final Cut" is perhaps the most controversial Pink Floyd album of all. It is the
closest thing to a Roger Waters solo album that ever went out under the name of Pink Floyd. The material had been written for The Wall and rejected at the time by the rest of the group. By this time, Rick Wright had left the
fold, Gilmour and Mason were reduced to the status of mere session men, and Waters' domination of the group reached its height.
David Gilmour: "I said to Roger, If these songs weren't good enough for The Wall,
why are they good enough for now? We had the most awful time of my life. Roger had got Rick out, Nick wasn't around much and now he was starting on me. A most unpleasant and humiliating experience."
By sticking
to one basic theme - the betrayal of the post-1945 socialist dream by the Thatcher government - Waters was able to write far more incisively than he had done on "The Wall".
Tracks:
- The Post War Dream (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - Your Possible Pasts (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - One of the Few (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - The Hero's Return (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - The Gunners Dream (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - Paranoid Eyes (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - The Fletcher Memorial Home (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - Southampton Dock (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - The Final Cut (Waters)
Vocals by Waters. - Not Now John (Waters)
Vocals by Gilmour and Waters ("Make em.., Hold on
John"). - Two Suns In The Sunset (Waters)
Vocals by Waters.
Total Time: 43'14
Musicians:
- David Gilmour: Vocals, Guitars
- Nick Mason: Drums
- Roger Waters: Bass Guitar, Vocals
- Michael Kamen: Piano, Harmonium
- Andy Brown: Organ
- Ray Cooper: Percussion
- Raphael Ravenscroft: Tenor Sax
- Andy Newmark: Drums on "Two Suns In The Sunset"
- Orchestration: The National Philarmonic Orchestra with Michael Kamen
Lyrics
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