Back in time
26 December 2024
Legendary psych-rock giants PINK FLOYD topped the US Album Charts
this day 45 years ago, on 26 December 1979 with their 11th LP THE WALL.
It occupied the top seat for 15 weeks. In the UK it peaked at #3.
The Wall is a rock opera that explores abandonment, cycles of violence, and isolation, symbolized by a wall. The songs create a storyline of events in the life of Pink, a fictional rock star based on Waters and Pink Floyd‘s former frontman Syd Barrett. The first half of the album largely features events from Waters’ childhood and young adulthood, such as the death of his father in WWII, and his wife’s infidelity.
Melody Maker (UK) wrote : “Not sure whether
it’s brilliant or terrible, but it’s utterly compelling.”
SINGLE
“We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control”
ALBUM
