• ' / ' Released: 3 May 1983 The Final Cut is the twelfth by English band, released on 21 March 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 2 April in the United States, through. Initial recording for the album took place from 1978 to 1979, where outtakes from the group's previous record, (1979), were shelved and later used for the record. Additional recording took place throughout 1982 in several studios in Britain.

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The sessions were plagued by interpersonal conflict, and was the last album from the group to feature founding member, who departed the band in 1985, and the first to not feature keyboardist. Kartoteka utrennih besed v pervoj mladshej gruppe. Waters originally planned the album as a for the of The Wall, but with the onset of the, he rewrote it as a exploring what he considered the betrayal of his father, who died serving in the. Waters sings most of the lyrics, and provides lead vocals on one track. The record is somewhat viewed as a de facto solo album from Waters, as he is the only member to receive writing credits in the lining notes.

It was accompanied by a released in the same year. The Final Cut received mixed reviews from critics, but was a commercial success, reaching number one in the UK and number six in the US.

Retrospective reception towards the record has been more favorable, with praise directed towards its concept. Since its release, it has sold over 2 million copies. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] The Final Cut was originally planned as a for the 1982 film. Under its working title Spare Bricks, it would have featured new music or songs rerecorded for the film, such as '. Bass guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Roger Waters also planned to record a small amount of new material for the album, expanding The Wall's narrative. As a result of the, Waters changed direction and wrote new material.

He saw 's response to 's invasion of the islands as and unnecessary, and dedicated the new album—provisionally titled Requiem for a Post-War Dream—to his father, Eric Fletcher Waters. A of the 8th, Eric Waters died during the Second World War at in Italy, on 18 February 1944. Waters said: The Final Cut was about how, with the introduction of the Welfare State, we felt we were moving forward into something resembling a liberal country where we would all look after one another. But I'd seen all that chiselled away, and I'd seen a return to an almost Dickensian society under Margaret Thatcher. I felt then, as now, that the British government should have pursued diplomatic avenues, rather than steaming in the moment that task force arrived in the South Atlantic.

Gilmour was unimpressed by Waters' politicising, and the new creative direction prompted arguments. Several pieces of music not used on The Wall, including ', ', ' and ', had been set aside for Spare Bricks, and although Pink Floyd had often reused older material, Gilmour felt the songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Waters remained doubtful as Gilmour had lately contributed little to the band's repertoire.

Gilmour said: I'm certainly guilty at times of being lazy, and moments have arrived when Roger might say, 'Well, what have you got?' And I'd be like, 'Well, I haven't got anything right now. I need a bit of time to put some ideas on tape.' There are elements of all this stuff that, years later, you can look back on and say, 'Well, he had a point there.' But he wasn't right about wanting to put some duff tracks on The Final Cut. I said to Roger, 'If these songs weren't good enough for The Wall, why are they good enough now?' The album's working title was changed to The Final Cut, a reference to 's: 'This was the most unkindest cut of all'.

'When the Tigers Broke Free' was issued as a single on 26 July 1982, with 'Bring the Boys Back Home' on the B-side, the single was labelled 'Taken from the album The Final Cut' but was not included on that album until the 2004 CD reissue. Concept and storyline [ ]. British guard Argentine prisoners of war on the. Waters' frustration at the events surrounding the is evident in the album.

Fs real-time key. The Final Cut is an anti-war concept album, whose lyrics explore what Waters regards as the betrayal of fallen British servicemen—such as his father—who during the Second World War sacrificed their lives in the spirit of a post-war dream. This post-war dream was that their victory would usher in a more peaceful world, whose leaders would no longer be so eager to resolve disputes by resorting to war.