Roger Waters Amused to Death released

Amused to Death Roger Waters

Released: September 7, 1992 Peak: 21 US, 8 UK, -- CN, 14 AU, 12 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.10 UK, 0.19 world (includes US and UK) Genre: classic rock

Tracks: Click on a song titled for more details. The Ballad of Bill Hubbard [4:21] What God Wants, Part I [6:00] Perfect Sense, Part I [4:15] Perfect Sense, Part II [2:51] The Bravery of Being Out of Range [4:45] Late Home Tonight, Part I [4:01] Late Home Tonight, Part II [2:13] Too Much Rope [5:47] What God Wants, Part II [3:40] What God Wants, Part III [4:09] Watching TV [6:06] Three Wishes [6:52] It’s a Miracle [8:30] Amused to Death [9:07] Total Running Time: 72:36

Rating: 4.023 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Quotable: “Waters proves that he can still reveal his conceptual ideas with pristine clarity.” – Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album “Amused to Death is perfectly titled; it conveys its maker’s mordant humor and underlying pessimism.” AZ Sonically, there is “a faint but perceptible return to the sound of his estranged former band, Pink Floyd” AZ “There are moments here (What God Wants, Three Wishes) that recall…the densely textured sound of Animals and The Wall.” AZ “Waters’ voice…remains the same: a weary whisper, positively dripping with contempt.” AZ “Like every studio album Roger Waters has done since [Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece] The Dark Side of the Moon, Amused to Death is a concept album.” WK Waters deals with “the dangers of capitalism, the insensitivity of the human race, the ridiculousness of war, and the onslaught of mindless entertainment,” AM essentially an indictment of modern Western society. “The album was inspired by the book Amusing Ourselves to Death, a critique of television and its related culture by Neil Postman.” WK “Fitting all these aspects into 14 songs is a task in itself, but accomplishing this task alongside music that is forceful and appealing is extremely difficult, and still Waters succeeds in doing this throughout the duration of the album.” AM It “is a solid album both conceptually and musically, showcasing Waters as an artist who, like his work with Pink Floyd, conveys his thoughts and ideals with pinpoint accuracy so that they are engraved within his audience’s mind.” AM The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

The Ballad of Bill Hubbard Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.29 streaming About the Song: “The Ballad of Bill Hubbard is a moving spoken intro from Alf Razzell, a former member of Britain’s Royal Fusiliers.” AM

What God Wants, Part I Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: single (8/24/1992), Amused to Death (9/7/1992) B-side: “What God Wants, Part III” Peak: 4 A, 35 UK, 1 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 2.60 video, 4.07 streaming About the Song: A stab at the false sense of security that lies within religion is dealt with on the powerful ‘What God Wants, Pt. 1.’” AM The 2015 reissue featured Jeff Beck on guitar.

Perfect Sense, Part I Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992), In the Flesh (Roger Waters live, 12/5/2000), Flickering Flame (compilation, 4/30/2002) Peak: 14 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.83 streaming About the Song: “The Bravery of Being Out of Range” and Perfect Sense both serve as indictments of the first Gulf War. On the latter, “famed sportscaster Marv Albert narrates a war as if it were a basketball game.” WK

Perfect Sense, Part II Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992), In the Flesh (Roger Waters live, 12/5/2000), Flickering Flame (compilation, 4/30/2002) Peak: 15 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.41 streaming

The Bravery of Being Out of Range Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: single (11/30/1992), Amused to Death (9/7/1992), In the Flesh (Roger Waters live, 12/5/2000), This Is Not a Drill (Roger Waters live, 8/1/2025) Peak: 22 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 2.70 video, 4.35 streaming About the Song: “The cowardice of the world’s leaders is addressed in The Bravery of Being Out of Range, one of the albums most blatant tracks.” AM

Late Home Tonight, Part I Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.85 streaming

Late Home Tonight, Part II Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.75 streaming

Too Much Rope Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992), Flickering Flame (compilation, 4/30/2002) Peak: 24 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.79 streaming

What God Wants, Part II Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.72 streaming

What God Wants, Part III Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: B-side of “What God Wants, Part I” (8/24/1992), Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.75 streaming

Watching TV Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992) Peak: 27 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.98 streaming About the Song: Don Henley contributes vocals to Watching TV, a song which “explores the influence of mass media on the Chinese protests for democracy in Tiananmen Square.” WK

Three Wishes Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: single (1993), Amused to Death (9/7/1992), Flickering Flame (compilation, 4/30/2002) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 1.50 video, 2.30 streaming

It’s a Miracle Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992), In the Flesh (Roger Waters live, 12/5/2000) Peak: 24 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.50 streaming About the Song: “Jeff Beck contributes taut, lyrical solos to a number of tracks, notably It’s a Miracle.” AZ

Amused to Death Pink Floyd

Writer(s): Roger Waters Released: Amused to Death (9/7/1992), In the Flesh (Roger Waters live, 12/5/2000) Peak: 19 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 5.63 streaming About the Song: “Ending with the title track, a song that sums up the whole of the album with its subtle yet hard-hitting demeanor, Waters proves that he can still reveal his conceptual ideas with pristine clarity, only on Amused to Death, the music is as equally entertaining and effective.” AM

Resources/References: AM AllMusic.com review by Mike DeGagne AZ Amazon.com review by Andrew McGuire WK Wikipedia Related DMDB Pages: First posted 1/12/2010; last updated 8/25/2025.