Forty years ago, on Nov. 30, 1979, the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd released its 11th studio album, “The Wall.” Featuring 26 tracks, two records and an operatic story line, the ...

The Wall topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks, and went on to sell more than 24 million copies worldwide, making it Floyd’s second biggest smash, after 1973’s monstrous The Dark Side of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn the case of a teacher fired for showing Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' in class on Dec. 14, 1987.

The Wall stands out as one of the most polarizing classic albums in rock music history. Some people hear it as the culmination of Pink Floyd's efforts to combine striking music with lyrical themes ...

“Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” became Pink Floyd’s only chart-topper in the United States. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and stayed on the chart for 25 weeks ...

Of his performance as Pink in the fever-dream film based on Pink Floyd’s legendary 1979 album, Geldof minced not one word. “David Bowie is not a good actor. Sting is not a good actor.

COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE: (As Pink Floyd, singing) All in all, it was just a brick in the wall. LEVITIN: Now, these are early days, but they captured enough of it that the song is recognizable by ...

But does The Wall, Waters’ most enduring creation and one of the greatest rock operas, work without the rock? Yes and no. The bad news is that it is not Pink Floyd ‘s The Wall .

Rolling Stone named Pink Floyd’s rock opera album “The Wall” No. 87 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. To even be mentioned on such an esteemed list is an honor — to make it into the ...

In a November 2024 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Cyrus revealed that she based a lot of her album on Pink Floyd’s monumental 1979 concept album and rock opera, The Wall. For Cyrus, it’s ...