Classic Albums. Hosted by Stevie Nix
Not all albums stand the test of time, but plenty do and Australian music critic Stevie Nix will bring one to you each week. He'll cover all eras and most genres and tell you why each record is so revered and, equally, why it deserves to be. And he only uses six songs to do it.
Classic Albums. Hosted by Stevie Nix
The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
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Released in 1983, The Final Cut arrived in a Britain gripped by the Falklands afterglow, austerity economics, and the cold dread of nuclear escalation. It’s an album forged in a cultural moment when patriotism, paranoia and political theatre were colliding in real time. And into that moment Roger Waters poured something deeply personal: his lifelong grief for a father lost at Anzio, the trauma inherited from a generation of veterans, and a fury at leaders eager to turn conflict into capital. And if you listen closely, beneath the explosions and the sarcasm, you’ll hear something else: a fragile belief that empathy might yet survive the darkest times.
Featured songs:
The Post War Dream
Your Possible Pasts
The Gunner’s Dream
Paranoid Eyes
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Not Now John