Amused to Death

Waters, Roger

Genre: music4me > Pop > Pop

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 9 Nov 1992

Catalogue Number: 468761.2

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Description:
Amused to Death is perfectly titled; it conveys its maker's mordant humor and underlying pessimism. Roger Waters's third solo album allowed a faint but perceptible return to the sound of his estranged former band, Pink Floyd. There are moments here ("What God Wants," "Three Wishes") that recall nothing so much as the densely textured sound of Animals and The Wall. And like those works, this is a concept album--the concept (as ever with Waters) being the crappy nature of modern life. Fair enough, but as usual, his satire is blunt and the targets of his scorn obvious. Former Eagle Don Henley duets on "Watching TV," while Jeff Beck contributes taut, lyrical solos to a number of tracks, notably "It's a Miracle." Waters's voice, however, remains the same: a weary whisper, positively dripping with contempt.

Track Listing:

1.	The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
2.	What God Wants, Part I
3.	Perfect Sense (Part I)
4.	Perfect Sense (Part II)
5.	The Bravery of Being Out of Range
6.	Late Home Tonight, Part I
7.	Late Home Tonight, Part II
8.	Too Much Rope
9.	What God Wants, Part II
10.	What God Wants, Part III
11.	Watching TV
12.	Three Wishes
13.	It's a Miracle
14.	Amused to Death