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''The Final Cut'' (occasionally subtitled ''A Requiem For The Post-War Dream by Roger Waters''〔CD booklet, page 2. 1983 UK/ Harvet edition〕) is the twelfth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. It was released on 21 March 1983 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom, and several weeks later by Columbia Records in the United States. ''The Final Cut'' is Pink Floyd's last studio album to include founding member, bassist and songwriter Roger Waters, and their only album on which he alone is credited for writing and composition. It is also the only Pink Floyd album that does not feature keyboardist Richard Wright. Waters originally planned ''The Final Cut'' as a soundtrack album for the 1982 film ''Pink Floyd – The Wall''. With the onset of the Falklands War, he rewrote it as a concept album, exploring what he considered the betrayal of his father, who died serving in the Second World War. Most of its lyrics are sung by Waters; lead guitarist David Gilmour provides vocals on only one track. The packaging, also designed by Waters, reflects the album's war theme. Although it reached the top of the UK Albums Chart, the album received mixed reviews. Recorded in eight British studios from July to December 1982, with an accompanying short film released in the same year, production of ''The Final Cut'' was dominated by interpersonal conflict. Waters left the band in 1985 and ''The Final Cut'' remains the last Pink Floyd album he worked on. ==Background== ''The Final Cut'' was originally planned as a soundtrack album for the 1982 film ''Pink Floyd – The Wall''. Under its working title ''Spare Bricks'', it would have featured new music or songs re-recorded for the film, such as "When the Tigers Broke Free" and "Bring the Boys Back Home", respectively. Bass guitarist, vocalist, and primary songwriter Roger Waters also planned to record a small amount of new material for the album, further expanding ''The Walls narrative.〔 As a result of the Falklands War, Waters changed direction, and began writing new material. He saw British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's response to Argentina's invasion of the islands as jingoistic and unnecessary, and dedicated the new album – provisionally titled ''Requiem for a Post-War Dream'' – to his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, a second lieutenant of the 8th Royal Fusiliers, who died during World War II, at Aprilia, between Anzio and Rome in Italy, on 18 February 1944, when Roger was five months old.〔; for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission entry on Eric Waters see: (【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Commonwealth War Graves Commission )〕 Gilmour disliked the political direction, which sparked arguments between him and Waters. Several pieces of music considered for but not used on ''The Wall'', including "Your Possible Pasts", "One of the Few", "The Final Cut" and "The Hero's Return", had initially been set aside for ''Spare Bricks'', and although Pink Floyd had often re-used older material in their work, Gilmour felt the songs were not good enough for a new album. He wanted to write new material, but Waters remained doubtful as Gilmour had lately contributed little to the band's repertoire.〔 The album's working title was changed to ''The Final Cut'', a reference to William Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'': "This was the most unkindest cut of all". "When the Tigers Broke Free" was issued as a single on 26 July 1982, with "Bring the Boys Back Home" on the B-side. The single was labelled "Taken from the album ''The Final Cut''" but was not included on that album until the 2004 CD reissue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Final Cut (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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