…called Is This The Life We Really Want? Nigel Godrich producing. First album in 25 years. I find it amazing that the previous 25 years covered Piper.. to Amused to Death. Time flies, eh?
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Bargepole says
Really looking forward to this, presumably released in time for the start oh his tour beginning in May.
Gary says
That’s an interesting observation, DrJ. 12 albums with Pink Floyd and three solo albums in the first 25 years of his career, just 1 really, really crap opera album in the second 25 years. The lazy feck.
I’m really looking forward to hearing this. That clip sounds a little reminiscent of Bowie’s Five Years.
dai says
And in the first 25 years 1 Wall tour, in the next 25 years 14 Wall tours *
* this may be an exaggeration
Bartleby says
Sadly it sounds like he’s still on the multimillionaire hectoring trip. If I were a swan, I’d be gone.
dai says
I am guessing his answer to this question could well be “No”
Bartleby says
Apparently expectations of another lofty social/political rant are much overdone. Here’s the leaked track listing:
1. Giraffes on the Wing (Part 1)
2. Cats
3. Giraffes (Three Different Ones)
4. Pigeons
5. Giraffes on the Wing (Part 2)
(h/t Keith V, Steve Hoffman forum)
Moose the Mooche says
Bleating and babbling we fell on his Immersion Box Set with a scream.
Bargepole says
A new brief clip
Bargepole says
Roger Waters, the creative power and song writing force behind Pink Floyd, announces his first rock album in 25 years, Is This The Life We Really Want?. The album will be available for pre order tomorrow, 21 April and released globally on Friday 2 June on Columbia Records.
Roger Waters’ last studio album, 1992’s Amused To Death, was a prescient study of popular culture, exploring the power of television in the era of the First Gulf War. The long-awaited follow-up, 2017’s Is This The Life We Really Want?, is an unflinching commentary on the modern world and uncertain times. Waters’ forthcoming LP serves as a natural successor to classic Pink Floyd albums such as Animals and The Wall.
Produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Beck, U2, “From the Basement”), Is This The Life We Really Want? includes 12 new Roger Waters musical compositions and studio performances.
The physical album release includes a double 180-gram vinyl LP in a gatefold jacket and a 4-panel soft pack CD. All album formats, physical and digital, are available for pre-order from 21 April.
The musicians on Is This The Life We Really Want? are: Roger Waters (vocals, acoustic, bass), Nigel Godrich (arrangement, sound collages, keyboards, guitar), Gus Seyffert (bass, guitar, keyboards), Jonathan Wilson (guitar, keyboards), Joey Waronker (drums), Roger Manning (keyboards), Lee Pardini (keyboards), and Lucius (vocals) with Jessica Wolfe and Holly Proctor.
Tracks on Is This The Life We Really Want? include: “When We Were Young,” “Déjà vu,” “The Last Refugee,” “Picture That,” “Broken Bones,” “The Life We Really Want,” “A Bird In A Gale,” “The Most Beautiful Girl,” “Smell the Roses,” “Wait For Her,” “Oceans Apart,” and “Part of Me Died.” The lyrics for ‘Wait for Her’ were written by Roger Waters and inspired by an English translation by an unknown author of “Lesson from the Kama Sutra (Wait for Her),” by Mahmoud Darwish.
Is This The Life We Really Want? Tracklist
1. When We Were Young
2. Déjà Vu
3. The Last Refugee
4. Picture That
5. Broken Bones
6. Is This The Life We Really Want?
7. Bird In A Gale
8. The Most Beautiful Girl
9. Smell The Roses
10. Wait For Her
11. Oceans Apart
12. Part of Me Died
Chrisf says
Is the same Roger Manning on keyboards that used to be in Jellyfish ?
Bargepole says
Gary says
“If I had been God
I would have rearranged the veins in the face to make them more resistant to alcohol and less prone to aging.”
New Waters track.
Bargepole says
A slimmed down version of the song Lay Down Jerusalem that Waters has been trying out live on and off over the last few years – according to a recent interview, half the recorded version was eventually left on the cutting room floor.
Bargepole says
and another