Album Review: Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)

Waters-era Pink Floyd comes across as being negative, pessimistic and angry at times.  When Juxtaposed alongside the band's 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, this quickly becomes obvious.  And the latter album is boldly refreshing and brilliant because of it.  But even when things get overly negative or dark, the Floyd is still not a band to be messed with.  The famous concept album from 1979, The Wall, is a testament to this.  Its rock opera, concept-orientated theme channels this negativity and turns it into a palatable artwork.  It is brilliant from start to finish.  It is the very definition of art.  And it is neither overrated nor underrated - it's legacy is well deserved, and makes for essential listening for anyone who loves their classic rock.  It's at times euphoric, manic, and psychotic, angry, confused.  But in spite of all this, it's a joy to listen to every time.  Oh, and funny too - as Roger Water famously says at the end of "Another Brick Wall Part II", "if ya don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!"  Damn straight.  And there's that legendary David Gilmour guitar solo on "Comfortably Numb."  "Run Like Hell", "Mother" and "Young Lust" are other favorites.  But don't follow what I like best, listen to it from start to finish and find out what you love about it for yourself.  A-