Roger Waters – Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Roger Waters – Is This The Life We Really Want? (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:12 minutes | 609 MB | Genre: Progressive Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Since 1979, Roger Waters has been up against The Wall. Almost 40 years after the release of The Wall, the former Pink Floyd bassist has never fundamentally surpassed his great work, the double album that entered into rock legend but which also marked a turning point in the life of the group that he founded in 1965 with Syd Barrett, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. In his several solo albums, as well as in the great live performances that re-interpret The Wall, Waters has always worked on the same grandiloquent musical and ideological themes. With Is This The Life We Really Want?, his obsessions with the alienation of the individual by society and imminent apocalypse have not changed one iota. Madness like the excesses of our times naturally form a central part of this record, his first proper studio album since Amused To Death, which came out in 1992. Roger Waters, who surely knew that he needed to introduce a little novelty into his creative universe, had the good idea of entrusting the production to Nigel Godrich, who is mainly known for his work with Radiohead. And to amplify the winds of change, the British producer even roused some of the big names of his generation, like the guitarist Jonathan Wilson, the drummer Joey Waronker and keyboard player Roger Manning. But the Waters fundamentals are still very much audible. And his fans, as well as Floyd fans, will soon feel a sense of homecoming. Roger Waters has not revolutionised his art, his words, and even less his personal touch. Instead, he has set about developing the talent for which he is known. And in his register of rock that verges on the theatrical, he truly excels.

Tracklist:
01. Roger Waters – When We Were Young (01:38)
02. Roger Waters – Déjà Vu (04:27)
03. Roger Waters – The Last Refugee (04:12)
04. Roger Waters – Picture That (06:47)
05. Roger Waters – Broken Bones (04:57)
06. Roger Waters – Is This the Life We Really Want? (05:55)
07. Roger Waters – Bird In A Gale (05:31)
08. Roger Waters – The Most Beautiful Girl (06:09)
09. Roger Waters – Smell the Roses (05:15)
10. Roger Waters – Wait for Her (04:56)
11. Roger Waters – Oceans Apart (01:07)
12. Roger Waters – Part of Me Died (03:12)

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