- Audio CD (Jan 1 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B0000025ZF
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. 4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad) |
| 2. 4:33 AM (Running Shoes) |
| 3. 4:37 AM (Arabs With Knives And West German Skies) |
| 4. 4:39 AM (For The First Time Today, Part 2) |
| 5. 4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution) |
| 6. 4:47 AM (The Remains Of Our Love) |
| 7. 4:50 AM (Go Fishing) |
| 8. 4:56 AM (For The First Time Today, Part 1) |
| 9. 4:58 AM (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin) |
| 10. 5:01 AM (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Part 10) |
| 11. 5:06 AM (Every Strangers Eyes) |
| 12. 5:11 AM (The Moment Of Clarity) |
Product Description
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With Eric Clapton's valuable assistance, Waters takes the concept album to new heights on this 1984 masterpiece, his first LP after leaving Pink Floyd.. Each of the 12 songs represents a scene of a surreal dream (nightmare?) and Waters brilliantly captures the pendulum of emotions. Periods of serenity and clarity accompany frenzied and distorted passages of chaos and moments of great irony and humor. Along the journey, Waters confronts murderous Arabs in Germany, a steamy sexual liaison, mundane family life, bikers, truckers, housewives, and strangers. He sucks you into his vision by blurring the lines between what's real and what's part of the dream. Meanwhile, his use of recurring themes gives the work cohesion. As the mood shifts, Clapton's guitar perfectly accents Waters' story, whether with fiery electric explosions or delicate acoustic touches. -- Marc Greilsamer
Album Description
Import only remastered pressing. Sony. 2003.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Roger's best solo album,
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This review is from: Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking (Audio CD)
Right before Roger Waters left Pink Floyd, he released The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. The album was originally supposed to be a Pink Floyd album, but it got shelved in favor of The Wall. 5 years later, Roger releases it under his own name.How to describe the music and lyrics. It sounds much like The Final Cut but more "rocking" if you should say. Roger's lyrics are usually very deep and meaningful, but the lyrics to this album can be read like a book. I'll try to explain the plot of the album: There's a man who is dreaming about driving around country with two hitch hikers in the back seat. As he keeps driving he keeps having sexual fantasies about the female passenger. He then awakens and his wife threatens to leave him. He then suggests that to save their marriage they move to his wife's native land, but she soon cheats on him and the man leaves her for good and he then goes out on his own again. He get's picked up by a trucker and tells his story about his marriage and the trucker feels sorry for them. They then stop at a truck stop and there is a waitress there who is kind to him and he then begins to feel better about himself. After that he wakes up to see that it was all a dream, and then he looks over at his wife and tells her that he loves her. There's more to the story than that, but I tried my best at explaining it. It's a very bizarre album to say the least, but if you appreciate Roger Waters like I do you'll realise the masterpiece this album truly is. Eric Clapton plays guitar aswell to add to it! I usually give a run down of the songs but it's hard to explain them, you'll have to hear it for yourself.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant,
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This review is from: Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking (Audio CD)
With the Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, Roger Waters took some of the musical ideas that he has been using since Dark Side (connecting songs together in beautiful ways), but somehow, this album was done differently. The entire album sounds like it is one song tied together with the voices of actors (other than in the middle when you would turn the record over). Using his brilliant sound effects to tell a story of a strange nightmare and the brilliant guitar of Eric Clapton. Although nothing that Roger Waters has done as a solo artist has become to come close to what he accomplished with the Floyd, this album is well worth the buy. It is beautiful, melodic and sometimes a little odd with bits of guitar solos that are amazing. The only criticism on the album is that this album is a little too much like the other things he has done with his career. Using the same blueprint: good songs, sound effects and it needs to tell a story. In conclusion, this album is as good as Roger Waters gets. So pick it up, it would be better if you were to pick it up on vinyl though, brings out the character the album already has
5.0 out of 5 stars
Waters' first post-Floyd effort is a classic,
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This review is from: Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking (Audio CD)
Roger Waters released his second solo album The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking in April of 1984. The album was recorded between February and December of 1983 at Roger's home studio and featured assistance from the legendary Eric Clapton on guitar, the late Michael Kamen on piano and orchestrations, Roxy Music drummer Andy Newmark and jazz great David Sanborn on saxophones. Roger Waters takes the concept album to new heights on this masterpiece. Each of the 12 tracks marks the a scene of a surreal dream (nightmare?). Along the journey, Waters(whom wrote, sang, played bass and rhythm guitar and produced with Michael Kamen) deals with murderous Arabs in Germany(Arabs With Knives and West German Skies), a sexual encounter(Sexual Revolution), mundane family life(The Remains of Our Love and Go Fishing). He also encounters bikers, truckers, housewives, Shane and Yoko Ono(all mentioned in the title cut) and strangers(the album's best cut, Every Stranger's Eyes). The album is balanced with great doses of Slowhand's playing, the late Kamen's orchestrations and Waters' lyrics. To date, this is the only Waters solo album to go Gold in the US and peaked at #31 here in the US. However, notwithstanding sales figures, this album is a great solo disc. Highly recommended!
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