The Wall

The Wall is the title of a double album recorded by Pink Floyd and released on 30 November 1979 on EMI in the UK. It was the group's eleventh studio album and remains one of their most successful and best known. It entered and peaked at no.3 in the UK album charts in December 1979, maintaining the same position into early 1980, spending a total of twenty-two weeks in the Top 40.

Tracklisting
original 2xLP release (timings not stated on original and taken from a subsequent digital release)


 * A1. In the Flesh? (3:20)
 * A2. The Thin Ice (2:30)
 * A3. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 (3:11)
 * A4. The Happiest Days of Our Lives (1:51)
 * A5. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (4:01)
 * A6. Mother (5:34)


 * B1. Goodbye Blue Sky (2:50)
 * B2. Empty Spaces (2:07)
 * B3. Young Lust (3:33)
 * B4. One of My Turns (3:35)
 * B5. Don’t Leave Me Now (4:17)
 * B6. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3 (1:18)
 * B7. Goodbye Cruel World (1:15)


 * C1. Hey You (4:44)
 * C2. Is There Anybody Out There? (2:43)
 * C3. Nobody Home (3:27)
 * C4. Vera (1:36)
 * C5. Bring the Boys Back Home (1:29)
 * C6. Comfortably Numb (6:26)


 * D1. The Show Must Go On (1:38)
 * D2. In the Flesh (4:20)
 * D3. Run Like Hell (4:27)
 * D4. Waiting for the Worms (4:00)
 * D5. Stop (0:32)
 * D6. The Trial (5:22)
 * D7. Outside the Wall (1:44)

Singles

 * 7": Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) b/w One of My Turns (UK no.1)
 * 7" (non-UK?): Run Like Hell b/w Don't Leave Me Now

Significant dates

 * 26 November 1979: John Peel plays four tracks from the album commending it for its anti-fascist lyrical content.
 * 03 December 1979: The Wall enters the UK album charts at no.3, its peak position for 4 + 1 weeks (kept off the top by Rod Stewart and ABBA Greatest Hits albums).

Tour
A world tour, with a set-list comprising the whole album, began in Los Angeles on 07 February 1980, arriving in the UK on 04 August 1980 for six consecutive nights at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. It returned to the same venue on 13 June 1981 for a further five nights. Each performance made extensive use of stage theatrics, most notably a giant wall constructed across the stage.

Film
The album also spawned a full length feature film Pink Floyd – The Wall, directed by Alan Parker and starring Bob Geldof in the leading role of Pink. The film was premiered in 1982.

Re-releases
In 2011, a "Discovery" edition of The Wall, featuring the remastered version with no extras was released and in 2012, an "Experience" edition, which adds a bonus disc of unreleased material and other supplementary items, and an "Immersion" version, a seven-disc collection that also adds video materials, were also released.