The logistics of the original production in 1980 had restricted it to just four locations but advances in technology - and concert ticket prices – now made it an economic possibility. In 2010 Waters took on his biggest challenge – touring The Wall.
He also released his first album of new material for 13 years – a full-scale classical opera titled Ca Ira. I am pretty sure that it is also the last Pink Floyd album with Roger Waters. It was really meant to be a Roger Waters solo album (as he wrote it all pretty much) but because of the other band members put it as a Pink Floyd album. Once the unrealistic expectations of a permanent Pink Floyd reunion had died down after their unexpected one-off at 2005’s Live 8, Waters lined up another solo world tour, this time taking a leaf out of his former band’s book and performing the whole of Dark Side Of The Moon (as they had done in 1994). The reason of those reviews is because it doesnt have the Pink Floyd sound as the prior albums did.
He remained out of public view until the end of the decade when he re-emerged with the In The Flesh tour that combined Pink Floyd songs with his solo material including a couple of new songs and eventually ran for three years. In 1992 he released his third solo album, Amused To Death, although there was no accompanying tour. Waters’ creative control over Pink Floyd had increased through Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here and Animals until by The Wall in 1979 it was complete – and by 1983’s The Final Cut was dictatorial. In an interview with Record Collector magazine back in 1996 he revealed his 10 favorite albums of all time. The 1987 agreement that effectively ended the bitter dispute between Waters and his former bandmates gave Waters all rights to The Wall while David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright gained the rights to the name Pink Floyd. Legendary Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright created amazing albums with the band and is considered one of the best musicians of all time. Since both of those were released in the early '80s (and time travel being unavailable even to Pink Floyd ), they obviously left out any tracks from. Ironically, Waters was a victim of the faceless image that Pink Floyd had deliberately fostered in order to preserve their anonymity away from the limelight.ĭecades on, Waters’ contribution to Pink Floyd’s legacy has got the credit it deserves, especially since he buried the hatchet with his former bandmates (although the handle is still above ground) for Pink Floyd’s reunion at 2005’s Live 8. Being the quintessential album rock band, Pink Floyd hasn't had much luck with 'best-of' and 'greatest-hits' compilations, like A Collection of Great Dance Songs and the bizarro follow-up, Works. To the average punter he was just the bass player. It didn’t matter that Waters had been the main creative force behind every Pink Floyd album since Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973.
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