The Wall (album)

The Wall is an album from 1979 by the British rock band Pink Floyd . The Wall is the best-selling double album of all time [1] with worldwide sales of 30 million copies. [2] [3]

The album is a rock opera . Live performances were grand scale with elaborate theatrical effects. The rock opera is built around the character Pink and largely based onWaters' personal lives. Pink struggling since childhood with life. The loss of his father in a war ("Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)"), abuse by teachers ("The Happiest Days of Our Lives"), education through an overprotective mother ("Mother") and leave the by his wife ("Do not Leave Me Now"). All this contributed to Pink's mental isolation from society, figuratively named as "The Wall".

The title was inspired by an incident which took place during the In the Flesh-tour to promote the album Animals in 1977. Roger Waters hereby spat in the face of a fan.While offering his apologies to the public, he said he wished there was a wall between him and the audience. During live performances of the album was actually used a cardboard wall between the audience and the band.

The Wall is also the title of a music film from 1982 by Alan Parker, based on the music of this album.

In 2009, Roger Waters announces he is going to make a world tour to perform live The Wall. In the autumn started the tour in the US and Canada. Early in 2011 he crossed the ocean for a series of concerts in Europe. Netherlands was done on 8, 9 and 11 April, at the Gelredome (Arnhem). In 2013 he again gave a series of shows with The Wall, again Netherlands was done, this time in the Amsterdam ArenA .

Content
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 * 1 Another Brick in the Wall
 * 2 The album
 * 3 Tracks
 * 3.1 Plate 1
 * 3.2 Plate 2
 * 4 Sales
 * 5 Trivia
 * 5.1 Hitnoteringen
 * 5.2 Dutch Album Top 100
 * 5.3 Flemish Ultratop 200 Albums

Another Brick in the Wall [ edit ]
The single "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" years later, still seen as a classic.

The album [ edit ]
The album was hailed by fans and critics alike as one of Pink Floyd's best albums (along with The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here ). The album is known as a rock classic and the songs have inspired many contemporary rock musicians.

Plate 1 [ edit ]
Side 1: Side 2:
 * 1) "In the Flesh?" - 3:16
 * 2) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 3) "The Thin Ice" - 2:27
 * 4) * Vocals: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
 * 5) "Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)" - 3:21
 * 6) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 7) "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" - 1:46
 * 8) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 9) "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" - 4:00
 * 10) * Vocals: David Gilmour, Roger Waters and the Islington Green School choir
 * 11) "Mother" - 5:32
 * 12) * Vocals: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
 * 1) "Goodbye Blue Sky" - 2:45
 * 2) * Vocals: David Gilmour
 * 3) "Empty Spaces" - 2:10
 * 4) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 5) "Young Lust" - 3:25
 * 6) * Vocals: David Gilmour
 * 7) "One of My Turns" - 3:35
 * 8) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 9) "Do not Leave Me Now" - 4:16
 * 10) * Vocals: Roger Waters and David Gilmour
 * 11) "Another Brick in the Wall (Part III)" - 1:48
 * 12) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 13) "Goodbye Cruel World" - 0:48
 * 14) * Vocals: Roger Waters

Plate 2 [ edit ]
Side 1: Side 2:
 * 1) "Hey You" - 4:40
 * 2) * Vocals: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
 * 3) "Is There Anybody Out There?" - 2:44
 * 4) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 5) "Nobody Home" - 3:26
 * 6) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 7) "Vera" - 1:35
 * 8) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 9) "Bring the Boys Back Home" - 1:21
 * 10) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 11) "Comfortably Numb" - 6:24
 * 12) * Vocals: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
 * 1) "The Show Must Go On" - 1:36
 * 2) * Vocals: David Gilmour
 * 3) "In the Flesh" - 4:13
 * 4) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 5) "Run Like Hell" - 4:19
 * 6) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 7) "Waiting for the Worms" - 4:04
 * 8) * Vocals: David Gilmour and Roger Waters
 * 9) "Stop" - 0:30
 * 10) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 11) " The Trial "(co-written by Bob Ezrin ) - 5:13
 * 12) * Vocals: Roger Waters
 * 13) "Outside the Wall" - 1:41
 * 14) * Vocals: Roger Waters

[Trivia Edit ]

 * In the background of "Is There Anybody Out There?" is a fragment of the Pink Floyd track " Echoes "to hear.