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〕 |rev2=''Rolling Stone'' |rev2score= |rev3 = Sputnikmusic |rev3score =〔(Sputnikmusic review )〕 }} ''The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking'' is the first solo album by Roger Waters released in 1984, the year after Waters announced his departure from Pink Floyd. The album was certified gold in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America in April 1995. ==Concept history== The concept, as envisioned by Waters in 1977, rotated around a man's scattered thoughts during a road trip through California, focusing on his midlife crisis, and how he dreams of committing adultery with a hitchhiker he picks up along the way. Along the way he also faces other fears and paranoia, with all of these things taking place in real time in the early morning hours of 04:30:18 AM to 05:12 AM on an unspecified day. In July 1977, Waters played some of the music demos of what he had pieced together, but he also played parts of another album he was preparing titled ''Bricks in the Wall'' to the rest of his bandmates in the group Pink Floyd. After a long debate, they decided that they preferred the concept of ''Bricks in the Wall'' instead,〔 even though their manager at the time, Steve O'Rourke, thought that ''Pros and Cons'' was a better-sounding concept,〔Roger Waters quoted in Mojo Magazine issue 193 (December 2009)〕 and David Gilmour calling ''Pros and Cons'' stronger musically.〔 ''Bricks in the Wall'', retitled ''The Wall'', became the next Pink Floyd album in 1979, and Waters shelved ''Pros and Cons''. In early 1983, Waters undertook the shelved project himself. The album was recorded in three different studios between February and December 1983 in London, the Olympic Studios, Eel Pie Studios and in Waters' own Billiard Room, the studio where his demos were constructed. Several people appeared on the album, including musical conductor Michael Kamen, the vocal talents of actor Jack Palance, saxophonist David Sanborn and rock and blues guitarist Eric Clapton. Track 7, 4.50 AM (Go Fishing) includes the same refrain as "The Fletcher Memorial Home" from Pink Floyd's ''The Final Cut'' uses for the line: "''The Fletcher Memorial Home for incurable tyrants and kings''". This song also includes the chorus melody from that album's "Your Possible Pasts". 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 Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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