ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL: The Stories Behind Every Pink Floyd Song [Paperback]

Cliff Jones (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Carlton Books (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560252073
• ISBN-13: 978-1560252078
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,854,088 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not A Clue, August 1, 2002

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Richie Weaver (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Another Brick In The Wall (Paperback)

While the book's title and subject matter present an interesting topic and a "must-read" look to any Pink Floyd fan, Cliff Jones simply dropped the ball with this one. His "in-depth description" of the meaning behind every Pink Floyd song is suspect at best, often simply rambling on about something I've read somewhere else before or by writing a description that often has nothing at all to do with the song itself. While the book has many quality color and black & white photographs, many have poor cutlines or misidentify the persons in the picture (in one instance, Jones misidentifies Roger Waters!!!). If you're a true Floyd fan, it's a quality buy for novelty alone. But if you're looking for the true meaning behind the songs of Pink Floyd, this ain't the book for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby, April 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Another Brick in the Wall: The Stories Behind Every Pink Floyd Song (Paperback)

The title of Cliff Jones' book is enough to catch the eye of any Pink Floyd fan, as it did for me. I was immediately intrigued, therefore I decided I had to own this book. I got just about everything that I had expected. Whether you're an avid listener of the band or just starting out, all in all it is pretty informative. However, the 100-something page book is not perfectly written. I couldn't help but notice typos, and mis-identified photographs of the band, not to mention the author tends to go a little off track and start to ramble. If you know your Floyd, it's basically nothing new, although I feel that there is always somethign new to learn. If you're someone new to the group, it's a good book to start off with. Some of the rare black-and-white, and color photos make it worthy to be apart of any Floyd collection. In conclusion, after reading this book I found myself not only informed, but quite content as well. Despite a few spelling errors, I feel that it was money well spent.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, But Errors Bring It Down, May 17, 2001

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Bill R. Moore (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Another Brick In The Wall (Paperback)

This is an interesting and nicely presented book, but it's numerous errors keep it from being perfect. It is a useful pick up for the Floyd fan, because there is quite a bit of information on the individual tracks, as well as some background on the albums. If you are interested in buying this book, you are probably already a hard-core enough Floyd fan that you will already possess most of the knowledge that this book has to offer, but, as was with me, there will be some tidbits here and there that you did not know that you will appreciate. Also useful to the Floyd-head are the instrumentation lists for each song. There are also numerous quality pictures, many of them rare. Rounding out the book is a discography. However this book, though information-packed and presented in a high quality form, is less than perfect. THERE ARE A LOT OF ERRORS, that are more than likely simply typos, but just as annoying in the end. For example, the captions for several pictures are erronous (Waters is listed as Gilmour, etc.) and there are several errors in the instrumentation lists (Wright isn't credited for his vocals on "Time", for example), and, sadly, the credits for The Wall are all fallacious. This is unfortunate because, due to the heavy presence of sessionists on the album, this is the Floyd work where a list of the musicians would be most appreciated. Also, despite the title's claim, this book does not include every Pink Floyd song. True, none that you will probably miss are excluded, but it's annoying to completists (i.e. Floyd fans.) This isn't the best Pink Floyd book out there. If you want to start, get Schaffner's A Saucerful of Secrets instead, or Crazy Diamond or Lost In The Woods if you want something relating specifically to Syd. However, if you already possess these books, or are looking for something that focuses mainly on the songs themselves, then this book is worth picking up.