A vast spectrum is created for this story to play out across its two discs, and it is sprawling with appropriately taken advantage of theatrics that bring the production into focus the most, showing the spaciousness of emptiness. The idea of the wall itself is such a pitch-perfect metaphor because it embodies the blank, bleak and lonely atmosphere that Pink Floyd paints. It is similar to The Dark Side of the Moon in that it is a concept album, but this offering 1-ups itself in scale by being a rock opera about a rock star cleverly named “Pink”, who isolates himself from the world around him with a metaphorical “wall”. The original set of songs itself still holds up as the quintessential double-album of progressive rock, and nearly 33 years after it’s original release at that. The two editions, “Experience”, and the ultimate seven disc “Immersion”, each come with previously unreleased material and related memorabilia.
The album is also the third and last of 3 of the band’s most successful efforts that have been chosen to be released as expanded collector’s edition box sets, following The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. The Wall is the most recent of Pink Floyd’s album discography in line for remastered re-releasing as a part of the “Why Pink Floyd…?” campaign. Review Summary: An intricately detailed re-release celebrating the last amazing album in Pink Floyd's discography.
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