Roger Waters Amused To Death Vinyl Review

This review is about the 5 1 blu ray release but will touch on the original 1992 cd.

Roger waters amused to death vinyl review.

View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1992 vinyl release of amused to death on discogs. Roger waters amused to death label. With amused to death roger waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly and unthinkingly in thrall to its television screens twenty three years later amused to death speaks to our present moment in ways that could. The musicianship and instrumentation on amused to death scores big being the heavy influence over most of the album.

There isn t one bad line of lyrics on amused to death as all of the songs have strong but straight forward lyrics. The album s title was inspired by neil postman s book amusing ourselves to death. While a wholehearted pink floyd roger waters fan there were philosophical elements of the lyrics that made me uncomfortable. Ex pink floyd bassist songwriter roger waters hasn t had a proper solo album since 1992 s amused to death and it wasn t exactly heavily trumpeted at the time of its release the newly liberated.

The final cut his last album with pink floyd functioned as an explicit sequel to the wall but 1992 s amused to death acts as something of a coda a work where waters revisits his obsessions both musical and lyrical and ties them together with the masterful. If you ve browsed for the title on amazon recently you may have noticed that there are a multitude of options for the buyer including three double vinyl editions a cd blu ray deluxe and a hybrid sacd so what s going on and which edition should the discerning music fan go for. As announced back in april roger waters 1992 album amused to death is to be reissued in july. For what turned out to be his final solo studio album to date 20 years and counting roger waters composed a complex and often confused concept album called amused to death the title came from a book by author neil postman which explored the history of the media and the concept although cloudy is of aliens arriving after the extinction of humans and finding all our skeletons sitting.

The album features jeff beck on lead guitar on several tracks. Columbia 88875065801 legacy 88875065801 sony music 88875065801. Another thing about amused to death is roger s songwriting. Amused to death is the third studio album by english musician roger waters released 7 september 1992 on columbia produced by waters and patrick leonard it is mixed in qsound to enhance its spatial feel.

An unblinking look at an entertainment obsessed society amused to death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades.