The Final Cut

by Pink Floyd

The Final Cut cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 March 1983
  • Label: Harvest Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:18
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 13 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Newmark, Doug Sax, Ray Cooper, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The last Pink Floyd album to feature Roger Waters, 'The Final Cut' is a deeply personal and political concept album that serves as an anti-war statement and a requiem for Waters' father. Dominated by his songwriting and vocals, the album is a dark and theatrical work, featuring lush orchestral arrangements and a sound that often feels more like a Waters solo project. It is a powerful, if bleak, artistic statement that explores themes of loss, betrayal, and the madness of war.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, political, anti-war, personal, war

Tracklist

  1. The Post War Dream (2:59)
  2. Your Possible Pasts (4:23)
  3. One of the Few (1:14)
  4. When the Tigers Broke Free (3:17)
  5. The Hero's Return (2:42)
  6. The Gunner's Dream (5:18)
  7. Paranoid Eyes (3:41)
  8. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert (1:16)
  9. The Fletcher Memorial Home (4:09)
  10. Southampton Dock (2:09)
  11. The Final Cut (4:47)
  12. Not Now John (4:59)
  13. Two Suns in the Sunset (5:18)

Credits

  • Pink Floyd - primary artist, performer [performed by]
  • The Artful Dodgers - artwork
  • Roger Waters - composed by [all tracks composed by], design, sleeve [sleeve design], performer [performed by], producer [produced by]
  • Michael Kamen - conductor, arranged by [orchestra], piano, harmonium, producer [produced by]
  • Andy Newmark - drums
  • Andy Bown - electric organ [hammond organ]
  • Andy Jackson - engineer
  • James Guthrie - engineer, producer [produced by]
  • Andy Canelle - engineer [assistant egineers]
  • Jules Bowen - engineer [assistant egineers]
  • Mike Nocito - engineer [assistant egineers]
  • Steve O'Rourke - management
  • Doug Sax - mastered by, mastering
  • National Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra
  • Ray Cooper - percussion
  • David Gilmour - performer [performed by]
  • Nick Mason - performer [performed by]
  • Willie Christie - photography by
  • Raphael Ravenscroft - tenor saxophone [tenor sax]

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