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Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Sold Date:
January 25, 2022
Start Date:
January 20, 2022
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$16.50
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The Final Cut is the 12th studio album by English rock band , released on 21 March 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 2 April in the United States through and . It comprises unused material from the previous Pink Floyd album, (1979), alongside new material recorded throughout 1982.
The Final Cut was the last Pink Floyd album to feature founding member , who departed from the band in 1985. It is also the only Pink Floyd album not to feature founding member and keyboardist , who left the band after the Wall sessions. The recording was plagued by conflict; guitarist felt many of the tracks were not worthy of inclusion, but Waters accused him of failing to contribute material himself. Drummer 's contributions were mostly limited to sound effects.
Waters planned the album as a for the of The Wall. With the onset of the , he rewrote it as a exploring what he considered the betrayal of his father, who died serving in the . Waters provided lead vocals for all but one track, and he is credited for all songwriting. The album was accompanied by a released in the same year.
The Final Cut received mixed reviews, though retrospective reception has been more favourable. Though it reached number one in the UK and number six in the US, it was the lowest-selling Pink Floyd studio album worldwide since (1971). - Wikipedia.
Columbia Records 1983 QC 38243
