The Final Cut [Remaster]

Performer: Pink Floyd
Artist: Michael Kamen
Engineer: Roger Waters; Andy Jackson
Producer: Roger Waters; James Guthrie; Michael Kamen
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Roger Waters (vocals, bass guitar); Nick Mason (drums). Additional personnel: Raphael Ravenscroft (tenor saxophone); Michael Kamen (piano); Andy Bown (Hammond b-3 organ); Andy Newmark (drums); Ray Cooper (percussion); National Philharmonic Orchestra. This is not a pretty album. Described as "a requiem for the post-war drama," it is Pink Floyd at their most miserable. In addition to the somber lyrics and themes explored by Roger Waters, it was recorded while the band were so fragmented, they had effectively broken up. Gilmour and Waters' feud has been well documented and this could well have been titled THE FINAL STRAW. The only hint of lightness and humour throughout is in "Not Now John," but only in the shape of irony ("Can't stop lose job mind gone silicon"). Not an album to be played at parties or anniversaries.

Q (1/95, p.275) - 3 Stars - Good. Uncut (5/04, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Waters is uncompromisingly, grimly realistic as he rages at the causes and effects of war." Mojo (Publisher) (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] whispers with a sparseness and distance that suggests demo tape material..."

From their first Syd Barrett-led psych-pop record to their concept albums and elaborately presented live shows of the 1970s, these space-rock pioneers reached unprecedented heights of commercial and aesthetic success. Their '73 opus, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, remained on the album charts for an astounding 14 years, making it one of the best-selling records ever. Even after the departure of main conceptualist Roger Waters following 1983's THE FINAL CUT, Floyd continued to release albums well into the '90s, with David Gilmour leading the band.

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