Pink Floyd: The Wall

The Wall is a 1979 album by the English rock-group Pink Floyd. It has been performed live with elaborate theatrical effects, and adapted into the 1982 feature movie, Pink Floyd – The Wall. The Wall deals largely with themes of abandonment and personal isolation. It was one of the best selling albums of 1980, and has sold over 11.5 million albums in the United States. Rolling Stone magazine placed The Wall at number 87 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Another Brick in the Wall refers to three songs in The Wall with similar tunes. The songs, called Reminiscing, Education, and Drugs, were written by Roger Waters. Released as a single, Education is a protest song against rigid schooling, and was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany, and many other countries.

Pink Floyd was founded in 1965, and originally consisted of Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. David Gilmour joined in 1967. After Barrett's departure in 1968, Waters became the band's primary lyricist, and eventually its dominant songwriter. One of the most successful and influential rock bands of all time, Pink Floyd was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2010.

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