Pink Floyd - The Wall (180g Remastered Vinyl 2LP)

Released in 1979, The Wall is Pink Floyd's sprawling double-album rock opera, built around the story of Pink, a troubled rock musician who retreats behind an imaginary wall. Each painful experience becomes another brick: the loss of his father in war, an oppressive education, fractured relationships and the alienation of fame. Written largely by Roger Waters, the album turns those experiences into a dramatic exploration of isolation, authority and the need for human connection.

The project grew from Waters' feelings of distance from concert audiences during Pink Floyd's enormous stadium tours. Working with producer Bob Ezrin, the band expanded the story into a richly staged musical work that moves between intimate ballads, aggressive rock, orchestral passages and unsettling sound effects. David Gilmour's guitar and vocals provide some of its most powerful moments, while Richard Wright's keyboards and Nick Mason's drumming help give the narrative its shifting atmosphere.

The first side introduces Pink's childhood through In the Flesh?, The Thin Ice and Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1. The schoolroom rebellion of Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 became an unlikely international hit, with its children's chorus and unmistakable bass groove. Mother closes the side on a quieter but equally unsettling note, showing how protection can become another form of control.

As the story darkens, Goodbye Blue Sky evokes the shadow of war, while Young Lust and One of My Turns portray Pink's increasingly destructive behaviour. The third side contains the desperate call of Hey You, the loneliness of Nobody Home and the extraordinary Comfortably Numb, whose contrasting vocal passages and soaring Gilmour guitar solos form one of the album's emotional peaks.

The final side pushes Pink's isolation into a surreal nightmare. Run Like Hell drives forward with a tense, propulsive rhythm; The Trial stages a grotesque reckoning with the figures from his past; and Outside the Wall closes with a fragile reminder of life beyond the barriers people build. The music is cinematic and sometimes deliberately uncomfortable, but its human themes remain compelling decades later.

This remastered 180g double-vinyl edition presents the complete twenty-six-track album across four sides, with barcode 888751842816. From the famous Gerald Scarfe imagery to its ambitious storytelling, The Wall remains a defining example of what a rock album can achieve when conceived as a complete work.

Supplied brand new and sealed.

Available from Heathen Records, your independent Australian online record store specialising in new and collectible vinyl.

Details

• Artist: Pink Floyd
• Album: The Wall
• Format: Remastered 180g vinyl 2LP
• Genre: Progressive Rock / Rock Opera
• Original Release: 1979
• Records: 2
• Tracks: 26
• Label: Pink Floyd Records / Sony Music
• Barcode: 888751842816
• Condition: Brand new & sealed

Track List:

Side A
A1 In the Flesh?
A2 The Thin Ice
A3 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
A4 The Happiest Days of Our Lives
A5 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
A6 Mother

Side B
B1 Goodbye Blue Sky
B2 Empty Spaces
B3 Young Lust
B4 One of My Turns
B5 Don't Leave Me Now
B6 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3
B7 Goodbye Cruel World

Side C
C1 Hey You
C2 Is There Anybody Out There?
C3 Nobody Home
C4 Vera
C5 Bring the Boys Back Home
C6 Comfortably Numb

Side D
D1 The Show Must Go On
D2 In the Flesh
D3 Run Like Hell
D4 Waiting for the Worms
D5 Stop
D6 The Trial
D7 Outside the Wall