Pink Floyd Album Covers The Wall
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Pink floyd album covers the wall. The album germinated during the band s 1977 animals tour when frontman roger waters growing disillusioned with stardom and the godlike status that fans grant to rock stars like himself spit in the face of an overzealous concert goer. A mess of an album a live disc together with a disc divided into four solo half sides ummagumma has a silly name but an iconic cover. It was a very long project scarfe recalls. By teamrock 13 july 2016.
The wall album cover. Scarfe subsequently created animation shorts for floyd live shows and for alan parker s 1982 film the wall. He s fucking mad the speaker was roger waters sharing his enthusiasm with band mate nick mason after watching long drawn out trip an animated take on american society by british cartoonist gerald scarfe. English rock band pink floyd released their eleventh studio album titled the wall in november 1979.
The wall is the eleventh studio album by english rock band pink floyd released 30 november 1979 on harvest and columbia records it is a rock opera that explores pink a jaded rockstar whose wall represents his eventual self imposed isolation from society. Of course the wall album was just the start. As with most art pink floyd s concept album is a combination of imagination and the author s own life. Since the studio album s release in 1979 the tour of 1980 81 and the subsequent movie.
Pink floyd takes it to the wall. The album was a commercial success topping the us charts for 15 weeks and reaching number three in the uk. The design is simple enough the four members of pink floyd in various locations near the back door of a house with a frame on the wall housing the exact same picture excpet with the four members in different positions and with the frame on that. See more ideas about pink floyd pink floyd albums floyd.
Welcome to behind the cover brought to you by pure music manufacturing. This is a feature where we look into the music and cover art of a well known album cover. The year was 1971 and pink floyd was yet to become a house hold name. Gilmour and mason continued as pink floyd rejoined later by wright.
The waters written musical film based on the wall album pink floyd the wall 1982 won two bafta awards. An album cover art story we ve got to have this guy on board.