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How Pink Floyd Came to a Grinding Halt with Didactic ‘Final Cut’

How Pink Floyd Came to a Grinding Halt with Didactic ‘Final Cut’

Released 40 years ago this week, ‘The Final Cut’ presented Pink Floyd songs as nothing more than infrastructure for Roger Waters’ narratives.

How I Finally Fell For Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’

How I Finally Fell For Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’

Released 50 years ago, Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ was from a different time – and from a very different place. A long while passed before I grew into it.

Pink Floyd – ‘Animals: 2018 Remix’ (2022)

Pink Floyd – ‘Animals: 2018 Remix’ (2022)

A remix reminds us why classic LPs like Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ – which burned prog-rock fire in the midst of a punk explosion – still deserve our attention.

Roger Waters – ‘Us + Them’ (2020)

Roger Waters – ‘Us + Them’ (2020)

Roger Waters has been fighting this fight for a long time, and it is amazing how songs that he wrote decades ago sound so relevant today.

Pink Floyd’s ‘Atom Heart Mother’: 50 Years Gone

Pink Floyd’s ‘Atom Heart Mother’: 50 Years Gone

Celebrating the upcoming anniversary of Pink Floyd’s often-overlooked ‘Atom Heart Mother,’ a transitional album that’s significant for what it started.

‘Pink Floyd – The Wall,’ February 7, 1980: Shows I’ll Never Forget

‘Pink Floyd – The Wall,’ February 7, 1980: Shows I’ll Never Forget

Pink Floyd created a signature concert experience during their first performances of ‘The Wall,’ but I was lucky to have been there at all.

Roger Waters should have left Pink Floyd’s The Wall at this

Roger Waters should have left Pink Floyd’s The Wall at this

When Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ arrived on Nov. 30, 1979, it included a deep cut that perfectly summed up the theme. Too bad he kept going.

Roger Waters Created His Solo Masterwork With Focused, Trenchant ‘Amused to Death’

Roger Waters Created His Solo Masterwork With Focused, Trenchant ‘Amused to Death’

‘Amused to Death,’ released on September 1, 1992, found Roger Waters returning to a tried-and-true formula. The result was his best solo album.

In defense of Roger Waters’ oft-derided, over-the-top Radio K.A.O.S.

In defense of Roger Waters’ oft-derided, over-the-top Radio K.A.O.S.

Roger Waters’ ‘Radio K.A.O.S,’ released on June 15, 1987, was defined by a tangled narrative and plasticine production. Here’s why we like it, anyway.

Roger Waters Discusses the Beatles’ Impact on Pink Floyd: ‘There Was a Value in That Freedom’

Roger Waters Discusses the Beatles’ Impact on Pink Floyd: ‘There Was a Value in That Freedom’

Pink Floyd recorded their 1967 debut just one studio over from the Beatles at Abbey Road. But Roger Waters says that’s where the similarities end.