What else can I say about The Wall from 1979? That it sold over 30 million copies? That it was the second to last album with Roger Waters? The brilliant lyricist and bassist? Whose ego and contentiousness are just as big as his lyrical brilliance? I would rather mention the partly autobiographical elements, because here Roger Waters deals with the death of his father. And Waters' dissatisfaction that the song "When the Tigers broke Free" did not make it onto the album. In short: the musician Pink sits completely apathetic in his hotel room, alcohol and drugs. His manager wants to get him because the next performance is just around the corner. But Pink fantasizes and recapitulates how he came to become more and more self-absorbed. This culminates in a fascist nightmare. And no, fascism is not romanticized here, quite the opposite is the case.

I was 16 when I started listening to The Wall. In 1983, and I only ever played “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. II”. At some point “Mother” was added. The band Marillion transformed The Wall into the psychedelic prog monster that it is. Since then, I have always listened to the whole album and the prog path has become mine.

But it's not just the lyrics that are great. Roger Waters (bass), David Gilmour (guitar), Richard Wright (keyboards) and Nick Mason (drums) are musicians of the highest caliber. With The Wall they created a profound concept album that made history. I can only recommend it.

My LP is from 1986 and still sounds decent. Considering its age and various parties. Did I say buy it? Yes? It doesn't matter! Buy it, whether it's vinyl or CD! Play: "The Thin Ice", "Mother", "One of my Turns", "Hey You", "Comfortably Numb", "Run like Hell" and "The Trial".

The photos are all from my LP. The rights to all motifs, logos, texts and fonts that can be seen in the photos are of course owned by the copyright holder.