Sorry, every listening produces the same feeling -- overly pretentious, hopelessly recycled themes, excessively self indulgent drivel and desperately in need of the restraining and creative hands of Gilmour, Wright and Mason. Every Waters solo album since Pros & Cons has been a steady decline in unlistenability -- for me. Pardon me for saying so, but without David Gilmour joining the band after Barrett went off the rails -- there would have been no Dark Side, No Wish You Were Here, Meddle, Animals or The Wall. As for the latter, think of the songs you know and love from The Wall (Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell) those were largely completed compositions that Gilmour offered to the band from a solo album he was working on when The Wall came up short of material and it was Bob Ezrin who (against the wishes of the entire band) recorded the school children choir for another Brick In The Wall, Part 2. Waters was a great creative force but without the rest of the band, principally Gilmour, he would be relegated to the early (and only years) of Pink Floyd.
Roger Waters Amused To Death
I realize I might be in the minority on this one, but after recently purchasing this Analogue Productions pressing and listening to it a few times, I can honestly say I am not impressed.
First of all, the content is less than compelling. I enjoyed Roger Waters' work with Pink Floyd and even some of his other solo works, but this record feels like pretentious drivel.
Second, and more importantly, the sound quality is so artificial sounding that it's annoying. The overly holographic sound stage is hard to listen to. To me, this kind of production is too glossy and lacks musicality and warmth. It sounds more like a movie played in surround than it does a two channel stereo recording.
I found the title a bit ironic, in that the style of recording and all the sound effects he used are nothing more than amusement, adding little if anything to the message.
I just put my copy back on the shelf and I do not expect to ever play it again.
First of all, the content is less than compelling. I enjoyed Roger Waters' work with Pink Floyd and even some of his other solo works, but this record feels like pretentious drivel.
Second, and more importantly, the sound quality is so artificial sounding that it's annoying. The overly holographic sound stage is hard to listen to. To me, this kind of production is too glossy and lacks musicality and warmth. It sounds more like a movie played in surround than it does a two channel stereo recording.
I found the title a bit ironic, in that the style of recording and all the sound effects he used are nothing more than amusement, adding little if anything to the message.
I just put my copy back on the shelf and I do not expect to ever play it again.
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