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List Price: $34.99 | | Label: Classic Rock Legends
Salesrank: 126928
Released: October 4, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Conceived by Roger Waters as an ambitious double album, a spectacular live show and a ground breaking feature film, The Wall has gone on to achieve iconic status in the history of popular music. Using the actual words of the band and the critics then and now, this is the independent critical review of a milestone in popular culture, which strips away the prejudices to produce the ultimate retrospective on one of the most important popular works of the twentieth century. The book is a detailed analysis of the creation of the work drawing extensively on the views of the members of Pink Floyd themselves and featuring a 1979 track-by-track review of the album by Roger Waters.
Critical Review of The Wall Reviews:
rip off 
2008-06-07 - This series is horrible. The original content is mostly people without any real credentials other than they must have been cheap to hire. All interviews with people involved in "The Wall" have been taken from other sources. The constant stream of copyright messages hints that they paid no royalties and are trying to squeak by as fair use. The song tracks are not performed by Pink Floyd, but some (cheap) cover band. The basic tenant of this series - how can we get people's money by selling a DVD with no real effort or cost?
The only good part - the Critical Review of Dark Side of the Moon is far worse.
I have actually seen it too and I hate it 
2006-05-12 - The book part of this dvd & book set may indeed be worth a read but I didn't pay to read the book I wanted to see the DVDs, so my review is of the DVDs.
Disc 1 was ok to watch. At least they broke down the album and went through each track (even if some explanations of a track were just that an explanation). At least we got to see the members of Pink Floyd talk about The Wall and their experience being with the band.
Disc 2 the so called Pink Floyd in their own words was just that (or from what I saw was). The first few minutes I watched was filled with images of mixers, drums, tape recorders and music with no talking. If that is all you are going to show at least play music that was performed by the band. The version of Another Brick in the wall part 2 I heard made me cringe. When you did hear the members of the band and production members talk it was just that... talking... with maybe a picture of the person who was speaking.
If there is actually any point of the 2nd Disc where you see a member of the Band being interviewed please let me know because I ended up stopping this Disc out of pure frustration.
The book may be good to read but I certainly wouldn't pay this much money to buy a book.
I have actually seen it ... 
2005-09-24 - Unlike the previous reviewer I have actually seen the DVD and read the book and yes it is indeed a very good and thorough review of The Wall . It's not anything else nor does it claim to be .It seems totally wrong to paste reviews of products you haven't seen
Might be complete garbage... 
2005-09-04 - If this is in any way related to the series of Pink Floyd "Critical Review" DVDs, then this will most likely be complete garbage. I object to reviews being posted to items that are not yet released, but I felt it would be a crime not to counter the previous five star review. Just wait and see what people think about it once it is released. Again, it comes from the same studio (Classic Rock Legends) as those other horrible DVDs, and will most likely stink if it is in fact related. The book seems like a nice extra, but you simply can't call it a must own DVD.
A Real Must Have!! 
2005-08-25 - This DVD is a real must have for any genuine Pink Floyd fan out there.
The pacakge contains a 72 page (which is worth the money on its own) plus 2DVD's.
I may be slightly biast but The Wall was and still is my favourite album of all time. To here the views of others is great but not always agreeable, to here the why's and wherefores as to what influenced the bands creative juices was fascinating to say the least.