Το The Wall είναι το ενδέκατο στούντιο άλμπουμ από το αγγλικό progressive rock συγκρότημα Pink Floyd. Κυκλοφόρησε ως διπλό άλμπουμ, στις 30 Νοεμβρίου 1979, άρχισε να ερμηνεύεται ζωντανά με περίτεχνα θεατρικά εφέ, και μετατράπηκε σε μια ταινία μεγάλου μήκους με τίτλο "Pink Floyd The Wall". Ο αριθμός των πωλήσεων παγκοσμίως ξεπέρασε τα τριάντα εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα. Το "The Wall" είναι το καλύτερο σε πωλήσεις διπλό άλμπουμ στην ιστορία της μουσικής
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, rhythm guitar
David Gilmour - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals, bass, fretless bass, mandolin
Nick Mason - drums, percussion
Richard Wright - keyboards
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "In the Flesh?" Waters 3:16
2. "The Thin Ice" Gilmour, Waters 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" Waters 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" Waters 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Gilmour, Waters 3:59
6. "Mother" Waters, Gilmour 5:32
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Goodbye Blue Sky" Gilmour 2:45
2. "Empty Spaces" Waters 2:10
3. "Young Lust" Gilmour, Waters Gilmour 3:25
4. "One of My Turns" Waters 3:41
5. "Don't Leave Me Now" Waters 4:08
6. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" Waters 1:48
7. "Goodbye Cruel World" Waters 0:48
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Hey You" Gilmour, Waters 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Waters 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" Waters 3:26
4. "Vera" Waters 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" Waters 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" Waters, Gilmour Waters, Gilmour 6:23
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "The Show Must Go On" Gilmour 1:36
2. "In the Flesh" Waters 4:15
3. "Run Like Hell" Waters, Gilmour Waters 4:20
4. "Waiting for the Worms" Waters, Gilmour 4:04
5. "Stop" Waters 0:39
6. "The Trial" Waters, Ezrin Waters 5:13
7. "Outside the Wall"
Additional musicians
Bruce Johnston
Toni Tennille
Joe Chemay
Jon Joyce
Stan Farber
Jim Haas
Children of Islington Green School
Bob Ezrin – organ, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
James Guthrie – percussion, synthesizer, sound effects
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Joe Porcaro, Blue Ocean & 5 others – snare drums
Lee Ritenour – guitars
Joe (Ron) di Blasi – classical guitar
Fred Mandel – Hammond organ
Bobbye Hall – congas, bongos
Frank Marrocco – concertina
Larry Williams – clarinet
Trevor Veitch – mandolin
New York Orchestra – orchestra
New York Opera – choral vocals
Unnamed children's choir from New York – children’s choral vocals
"Vicki & Clare" – backing vocals
Harry Waters – child's voice, "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Chris Fitzmorris – male telephone voice
Trudy Young – voice of the groupie
Phil Taylor – sound effects
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, rhythm guitar
David Gilmour - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals, bass, fretless bass, mandolin
Nick Mason - drums, percussion
Richard Wright - keyboards
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "In the Flesh?" Waters 3:16
2. "The Thin Ice" Gilmour, Waters 2:27
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1" Waters 3:21
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" Waters 1:46
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" Gilmour, Waters 3:59
6. "Mother" Waters, Gilmour 5:32
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Goodbye Blue Sky" Gilmour 2:45
2. "Empty Spaces" Waters 2:10
3. "Young Lust" Gilmour, Waters Gilmour 3:25
4. "One of My Turns" Waters 3:41
5. "Don't Leave Me Now" Waters 4:08
6. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" Waters 1:48
7. "Goodbye Cruel World" Waters 0:48
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Hey You" Gilmour, Waters 4:40
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" Waters 2:44
3. "Nobody Home" Waters 3:26
4. "Vera" Waters 1:35
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" Waters 1:21
6. "Comfortably Numb" Waters, Gilmour Waters, Gilmour 6:23
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "The Show Must Go On" Gilmour 1:36
2. "In the Flesh" Waters 4:15
3. "Run Like Hell" Waters, Gilmour Waters 4:20
4. "Waiting for the Worms" Waters, Gilmour 4:04
5. "Stop" Waters 0:39
6. "The Trial" Waters, Ezrin Waters 5:13
7. "Outside the Wall"
Additional musicians
Bruce Johnston
Toni Tennille
Joe Chemay
Jon Joyce
Stan Farber
Jim Haas
Children of Islington Green School
Bob Ezrin – organ, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
James Guthrie – percussion, synthesizer, sound effects
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Joe Porcaro, Blue Ocean & 5 others – snare drums
Lee Ritenour – guitars
Joe (Ron) di Blasi – classical guitar
Fred Mandel – Hammond organ
Bobbye Hall – congas, bongos
Frank Marrocco – concertina
Larry Williams – clarinet
Trevor Veitch – mandolin
New York Orchestra – orchestra
New York Opera – choral vocals
Unnamed children's choir from New York – children’s choral vocals
"Vicki & Clare" – backing vocals
Harry Waters – child's voice, "Goodbye Blue Sky"
Chris Fitzmorris – male telephone voice
Trudy Young – voice of the groupie
Phil Taylor – sound effects
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