Pink Floyd The Final Cut released

The Final Cut Pink Floyd

Released: March 21, 1983 Peak: 6 US, 12 UK, 2 CN, 3 AU, 9 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.1 UK, 7.0 world (includes US and UK), 7.51 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks: Click on a song titled for more details. The Post War Dream [3:02] Your Possible Pasts [4:22] One of the Few [1:23] When the Tigers Broke Free [3:16] * The Hero’s Return [2:56] The Gunner’s Dream [5:07] Paranoid Eyes [3:40] Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert [1:19] The Fletcher Memorial Home [4:11] Southampton Dock [2:13] The Final Cut [4:46] Not Now John [5:01] Two Suns in the Sunset [5:14] Total Running Time: 43:14 The Players: Roger Waters (vocals, bass) David Gilmour (vocals, guitar) Nick Mason (drums, percussion)

Rating: 3.723 out of 5.00 (average of 25 ratings)

About the Album “The Final Cut extends the autobiography of The Wall, concentrating on Roger Waters’ pain when his father died in World War II. Waters spins this off into a treatise on the futility of war, concentrating on the Falkland Islands, setting his blistering condemnations and scathing anger to impossibly subdued music that demands full attention. This is more like a novel than a record, requiring total concentration since shifts in dynamics, orchestration, and instrumentation are used as effect.” AM “This means that while this has the texture of classic Pink Floyd, somewhere between the brooding sections of The Wall and the monolithic menace of Animals, there are no songs or hooks to make these radio favorites. The even bent of the arrangements, where the music is used as texture, not music, means that The Final Cut purposely alienates all but the dedicated listener.” AM “Several of those listeners maintain that this is among Pink Floyd’s finest efforts, and it certainly is an achievement of some kind – there’s not only no other Floyd album quite like it, it has no close comparisons to anybody else’s work (apart from Waters’ own The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, yet that had a stronger musical core). That doesn’t make this easier to embrace, of course, and it’s damn near impenetrable in many respects, but with its anger, emphasis on lyrics, and sonic textures, it’s clear that it's the album that Waters intended it to be.” AM “It’s equally clear that Pink Floyd couldn’t have continued in this direction – Waters had no interest in a group setting anymore, as this record, which is hardly a Floyd album in many respects, illustrates. Distinctive, to be sure, but not easy to love and, depending on your view, not even that easy to admire.” AM The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

The Post War Dream Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 17 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 13.42 streaming

One of the Few Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 31 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 15.63 streaming

The Hero’s Return Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: B-side of “Not Now John” (4/2/1983), The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 31 AR, 25 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.78 streaming

The Gunner’s Deam Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 15.18 streaming

Paranoid Eyes Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 27 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.88 streaming

Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 33 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 7.49 streaming

The Fletcher Memorial Home Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983), Echoes (compilation, 11/6/2001), A Foot in the Door (compilation, 11/7/2011) Peak: 20 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 18.13 streaming About the Song: It wasn’t a single and it didn’t get radio airplay, but for some reason this is the only song from The Final Cut which has been featured on any Pink Floyd compilation.

Southampton Dock Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 31 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.57 streaming

The Final Cut Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 30 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 37.77 streaming

Not Now John Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: single (4/2/1983), The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 7 AR, 30 UK, 10 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 13.64 streaming About the Song: This is the only song on The Final Cut that comes close to being radio friendly – although the prominent use of the F-bomb rendered that impossible. The song did make the top 10 on the album rock chart.

Two Suns in the Sunset Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: The Final Cut (3/21/1983) Peak: 23 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 13.37 streaming

Resources/References: AM AllMusic.com review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine WK Wikipedia Related DMDB Pages: First posted 3/22/2008; last updated 8/24/2025.