the final cut
general information


uk release date - march 21, 1983
us release date - april 2, 1983

uk chart - #1; us chart - #6


a requiem for the post war dream
by roger waters

performed by pink floyd
david gilmour - nick mason - roger waters
with
michael kamen - piano harmonium
andy brown - hammond organ
ray cooper - percussion
andy newmark - drums on "two suns"
raphael ravenscroft - tenor sax
and the national philharmonic orchestra
conducted and arranged by michael kamen

the post war dream
your possible pasts
one of the few
the hero’s return
the gunners dream
paranoid eyes
get your filthy hands off my desert
the fletcher memorial home
southampton dock
the final cut
not now john
two suns in the sunset

produced by
roger waters
james guthrie and michael kamen

engineered by
james guthrie and andy jackson
assistant engineers
andy canelle
mike nocito
jules bowen

cover design
roger waters
photography
willie christie
artwork
artful dodgers

recorded in england at mayfair - olympic - abbey road
eel pie - audio international - rak - hookend and
the billiard room between July and December 1982

holophonics by
zuccarelli labs. ltd
pink floyd management
steve o’rourke
mastered by doug sax at the mastering lab
special thanks to neal wharton

for eric fletcher waters 1913-1944