Roger Waters, the creative power and songwriting force behind Pink Floyd, presents Is This The Life We Really Want ?, his first rock album in 25 years. The album is produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Beck, U2, “From the Basement”), and includes 12 new Roger Waters musical compositions and studio performances.
Roger Waters’ last studio album, 1992’s Amused To Death, was a prescient study of popular culture, exploring the power of television in the era of the First Gulf War. This long-awaited follow-up, Is This The Life We Really Want ?, is an unflinching commentary on the modern world and uncertain times, and a natural successor to such classic Pink Floyd albums as Animals and The Wall.
Tracks on Is This The Life We Really Want ? include: “When We Were Young,” “Déjà vu,” “The Last Refugee,” “Picture That,” “Broken Bones,” “The Life We Really Want,” “A Bird In A Gale,” “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World,” “Smell the Roses,” “Wait For Her,” “Oceans Apart,” and “Part of Me Died.” The lyrics for Wait for Her were written by Roger Waters and inspired by an English translation by an unknown author of “Lesson from the Kama Sutra (Wait for Her),” by Mahmoud Darwish.
The musicians on Is This The Life We Really Want? are: Roger Waters (vocals, acoustic, bass), Nigel Godrich (arrangement, sound collages, keyboards, guitar), Gus Seyffert (bass, guitar, keyboards), Jonathan Wilson (guitar, keyboards), Joey Waronker (drums), Roger Mannning (keyboards), Lee Pardini (keyboards) and Lucius (vocals) with Jessica Wolfe and Holly Proctor.
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Is This The Life We Realy Want? Note: This record contains political statements and sentiments that you might not agree with. If this bothers you do not purchase this album.Roger Waters first solo album in twenty five years is better than it has any right to be. The production is really strong, all the performances are good, and it’s nice to see that Waters hasn’t mellowed any in the past two decades (if anything he is more misanthropic and angry). Not all of the songs here take hold quite as they should but everything…
This may be Waters final cut? Long time Waters fan here, I have almost every floyd and all of his solo material. I played a lot of the sample songs from this new cd before I bought it, and i was not too impressed. But when I heard it on my system all the way through, I liked it a lot better. And I can not remember the last time I sat through a whole cd. I’m sure with more plays it will grow on me. The only gripe I have is that I wish there were a little more lead guitars and more of his usual female background singers. I do…
The title /////////////////////// says it ////////// all. Redaction cannot hide the //////////////// truth. This is rapidly becoming my favorite Waters effort. It’s as if all his career as a musician he has been warning us about where we are headed as humans. With this album, Roger has crossed the threshold and is telling us how it is. It’s slower and more heartfelt, but unbelievably sad. There’s plenty to remind one of earlier works, but what’s new here is tightly coupled with current events: The refugee lost at sea; men damaged by war; senseless drone killings. The list goes on. But I find the most…