Pink Floyd - The Wall [Japanese Ed. 1st press. 2CD] (1979)

Year: 30 November 1979 (CD Jun 21, 1985)
Label: CBS/Sony Inc. (Japan), 50DP 361-2
Style: Progressive Rock, Art Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 39:19, 42:00
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 260, 286 Mb

The Wall is a 1979 Pink Floyd album, created after their success with The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. It is unique in that it tells a complete story about the life of Pink, a fictional rock star, and his gradual decline into shutting himself away from the world. Being a double album, the first disc chronicles his life from his rocky childhood, with a father who died in war (the ending of In The Flesh?, The Thin Ice, and Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1), abusive teachers (The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2), an overprotective mom (Mother), and living in constant fear of war (Goodbye Blue Sky).
To paraphrase from Dan Olson (Folding Ideas on YouTube), the variety of these childhood events is core to the album's theme: there is no one singular event that causes us to shut ourselves off from the world. They are all just bricks in the wall that keep us from others. Empty Spaces, Young Lust, and One Of My Turns show that he's resorted to sex and rock and roll (through the style of these tracks) to fill himself: to numb himself from the possible pain the world can bring him. But it becomes unavoidable when his wife finds out he's been cheating on her (Don't Leave Me Now), and combined with his abusive tendencies towards her, she leaves Pink for good.
This causes him to trash his apartment (Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3) and decide, “I don't need anything at all,” finally shutting himself out (Goodbye Cruel World). The album's first half is very catchy, with the swing of In The Flesh? and the disco beat of Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 being the best parts for me. The lyrics do a good job of describing his rough childhood and how he's attempted to fill himself with sex, rock and roll, and, as Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 reveals, drugs. But this is a double album, and the story isn't over yet.
(full version: craccum.co.nz/the-wall-1979-album-review/)

01. In The Flesh? (03:19)
02. The Thin Ice (02:29)
03. Another Brick In The Wall (Part I) (03:10)
04. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives (01:51)
05. Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) (04:00)
06. Mother (05:33)
07. Goodbye Blue Sky (02:49)
08. Empty Spaces (02:07)
09. Young Lust (03:33)
10. One Of My Turns (03:34)
11. Don't Leave Me Now (04:16)
12. Another Brick In The Wall (Part III) (01:17)
13. Goodbye Cruel World (01:14)

01. Hey You (04:41)
02. Is There Anybody Out There (02:57)
03. Nobody Home (03:11)
04. Vera (01:29)
05. Bring The Boys Back Home (01:26)
06. Comfortably Numb (06:23)
07. The Show Must Go On (01:37)
08. In The Flesh (04:15)
09. Run Like Hell (04:20)
10. Waiting For The Worms (04:01)
11. Stop (00:31)
12. The Trial (05:19)
13. Outside The Wall (01:44)

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