The Final Cut

Pink Floyd | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 12, 2004
• Release Date: April 12, 2004
• Label: Capitol
• Copyright: (C) 2004 Pink Floyd Music Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 2004 EMI Records Ltd
• Total Length: 46:14
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• ASIN: B000SXOGW2
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant !, May 25, 2008

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Robert "Peace" (Brighton, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Final Cut (MP3 Download)

I admit that I apprehensively purchased this cd, not expecting much more than a BITW wannabe. Was I ever wrong. This album is a union of tremendous music and intellectual art. The poetry of Roger and musicianship of the boys blended together seamlessly. The sound effects, classical and WW2 inspired music are mixed in a delicious drink for the senses; as good as any Floyd album. EVER. Much more coherent than The Wall. Blasphemy, you say. Beter music than DSOTM? Yes. A+

4.0 out of 5 stars An Album that Grows on You, September 29, 2010

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K. Berglund "pinkflyd7" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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"The Wall" is my favorite album of all time, not just by Pink Floyd, but by any band. So you can imagine my anticipation when "The Final Cut" came out 4 years later in 1983. However, it wasn't quite what I expected, it was a bit of a surprise. Rick Wright is no longer there. David Gilmour's vocals are almost entirely absent from the record (with the lone exception, "Not Now John".) Even Gilmour's distinctive guitar work is relegated to just a few songs. It became obvious right away that this is almost entirely a Roger Waters solo album. But, if you look at it as a Roger Waters solo album, it's a pretty great one.

There are a quite a few classics on this. "The Final Cut", the title track, is one of my all time favorite PF songs, and features a beautiful solo by Gilmour that could easily stand up to anything on "The Wall." I'm not sure why this wasn't the song they used for "Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd", rather than "The Fletcher Memorial Home." "The Gunner's Dream" and the aforementioned "Fletcher" are also standout tracks. "Not Now John" was the big single, and it's the only true "rock" song on the whole album, and is nothing like anything else on the album. Roger's favorites from the album seem to be "Keep Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" and "Southampton Dock", as these are the songs he seems to perform live the most, but these aren't really complete songs, they're more like segues into other, better songs. "Two Suns in the Sunset" is a good closer to the Roger-era Floyd, about the futility of nuclear war.

I hope that the remaining members of Pink Floyd can reunite one more time to create a true, collaborative record, but if "The Final Cut" is meant to be Roger's last PF album and "The Division Bell" is Gilmour's last, they've still left a pretty good legacy.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best album of Pink Floyd, December 27, 2007

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Ekin Burak Arikan (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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Everybody has their own best albums. This, in my opinion is the best of Pink Floyd. Using a US credit card only rule for MP3 downloads is disturbing.