Pink Floyd - The Final Cut [180g]

Pink Floyd

The Final Cut [180g]

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  • Reissue
  • Remastered
  • 180g, Gatefold
  • Gatefold sleeve
  • Subtitled 'A Requiem For The Post War Dream By Roger Waters'

Pink Floyd released The Final Cut in March 1983 as a stark departure from the band's previous work—a largely solo effort by Roger Waters that functioned as both a Pink Floyd album and a deeply personal artistic statement. Subtitled "A Requiem For The Post War Dream," the record marked Waters' most direct engagement with autobiographical and political material, drawing heavily on his father's death in World War II and contemporary anxieties about nuclear conflict. Within the band's catalog, it stands as their most stripped-down and introspective work, abandoning the synth-heavy production of The Wall in favor of sparse arrangements that prioritize lyrical clarity and emotional weight.

The album navigates post-war disillusionment through sequences like "The Post War Dream," which establishes the conceptual framework with understated guitar work, and "When The Tigers Broke Free," where Waters' vocals cut through minimal instrumentation to reckon with generational trauma. "The Gunner's Dream" and "One Of The Few" present contrasting perspectives on military service and institutional power, while "Your Possible Pasts" and "The Hero's Return" explore the gap between wartime mythology and lived reality. The record's sparse production—built around acoustic guitars, subtle orchestration, and Waters' often unadorned vocal delivery—creates an atmosphere of vulnerability and documentary-like precision that distinguishes it from Pink Floyd's stadium-rock legacy.

This 2017 remaster arrives in a gatefold sleeve, presenting the album with restored audio that clarifies the original recording's intentional minimalism without adding unnecessary sheen. The vinyl pressing captures the record's intimate dynamics while maintaining the spatial separation that defines its arrangement choices, making it the preferred format for an album where restraint and clarity function as artistic statements rather than limitations.


Title: The Final Cut
Artist: Pink Floyd
Label: Pink Floyd Records
Style: Rock, Prog Rock
Product Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, 180g, Gatefold
Country: US
Release Year: 2017
Barcode: 8 88751 84291 5

Tracklist:

A1. The Post War Dream
A2. Your Possible Pasts
A3. One Of The Few
A4. When The Tigers Broke Free
A5. The Hero's Return
A6. The Gunner's Dream
A7. Paranoid Eyes
B1. Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
B2. The Fletcher Memorial Home
B3. Southampton Dock
B4. The Final Cut
B5. Not Now John
B6. Two Suns In The Sunset

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