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The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074643929028
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
MPN: 39290
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Sony
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Editorial Review:
With Eric Clapton's valuable assistance, Waters takes the concept album to new heights on this 1984 masterpiece, his first LP after leaving Pink Floyd. Each of the 12 songs represents a scene of a surreal dream (nightmare?), and Waters brilliantly captures the pendulum of emotions. Periods of serenity and clarity accompany frenzied and distorted passages of chaos and moments of great irony and humor. Along the journey, Waters confronts murderous Arabs in Germany, a steamy sexual liaison, mundane family life, bikers, truckers, housewives, and strangers. He sucks you into his vision by blurring the lines between what's real and what's part of the dream. Meanwhile, his use of recurring themes gives the work cohesion. As the mood shifts, Clapton's guitar perfectly accents Waters's story, whether with fiery electric explosions or delicate acoustic touches. -- Marc Greilsamer
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This Nightmare Proves Sum Much Greater Than Parts
This first solo album by Waters is largely unlistenable. The concept is a nightmare but the real nightmare is if you are a huge Floyd fan like myself who believes Waters was the mastermind behind it all and you loved the Final Cut and then you have your high expectations crushed by this dismal effort. Roger simply talks for 40 minutes with a cacophony of miscellaneous sounds in the background that I guess is called music. Rock legend Eric Clapton is totally wasted here. There are no melodies, ... Read More
Rating:  - Some great stuff, but Roger will make you work for it
This album is very tough to evaluate without knowing exactly who is reading the review: does one review it for the general music-buying public or fans of Pink Floyd/Roger Waters? For the general public who just know Waters from Pink Floyd and only like the radio hits like "Money," "Wish You Were Here," and "Another Brick In The Wall," I can honestly say there is next to nothing here for you. Much as it pains me to admit it (because I am a big fan of Roger Waters), David Gilmour was right when he ... Read More
Rating:  - his best solo effort!
my fav out of his 3.
radio kaos is great pop. amused is decent but boring.
fav tracks are apparantly they were traveling aboard,running shoes, sexual revolution, and pros and cons.
nice album cover
the final cut is slightly better if you consider that a waters solo album. hehe
Rating: - The Boot
This WALL rehash is the very reason they had to kick Waters out of Pink Floyd. He makes music that only he himself and a handfull of acid heads could like. Weird nonmusical and just plain dull. Waters used to actually be able to write good music and even sing fairly well, but this is a shell of his former self. Maybe he can go make a duet album with Syd Barrett. After ANIMALS Waters career was over, meanwhile the rest of the band actually got better without him.
Rating: - The needed lost step between PF-RW
Arguably the darkest album of RW's, you can only understand it if you hear it as a whole, however, a really must have, if no, olnly just to hear slow-hand-Clapton at one of his best preformances until 24 Nights.
If you have TW at hand you will hear similar passages and tunes, mostly due to the fact that it's something of what was left behind...at least, so it was in RW's believe...
A must have, a must enjoy.
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