Waters third solo album, Amused To Death, is by far his most accomplished.

In this work he continues to vent spleen over subjects dear to his heart.

Foremost among these is the futility of warfare: the piece is dedicated to Private William Hubbard,
a rifleman remembered by fellow soldier Alf Razzell, who relived the horror of the First World War
trenches in a TV documentary and whose words Waters samples for the album.

Waters' other bugbears in this work continue to be consumerism and market forces.

His main asset was to secure Jeff Beck as his lead guitarist and Patrick Leonard as his producer but,
as with all of his solo albums, this concept-based work is heavy going and best appreciated through headphones.

The album was originally planned for release on EMI, but its extended production time, coupled with contractual difficulties and his ongoing litigation against Pink Floyd, prompted a shift to Sony.

Incidentally, at this time there were strong rumours of an original sleeve design by Gerald Scarfe,
showing Waters' three former colleagues floating rather lifelessly in a cocktail glass.



To complete the album Waters assembled an extremely varied and impressive line-up which comprised:

Don Henley, Rita Coolage and P.P. Arnold (lead vocals)
John Joyce, Jim Haas, N'Dea Davenport, Natalie Jackson, (backing vocals)
Lynn Fiddmont-Lindsay, Katie Kissoon and Doreen Chanter (backing vocals)
Jeff Beck, Andy Feathweather-Low, Tim Pierce, Steve Lukather, B.J. Cole (guitars)
Rick DiFonzo, Bruce Gaitsch and Geoff Whitehorn (guitars)
James Johnson, John Pierce and Randy Jackson (bass guitars)
John Patitucci (upright and electric bass)
Graham Broad, Denny Fongheiser and Jeff Porcaro (drums)
Luis Conte and Brian MacLeod (percussion)
Patrick Leonard (keyboards and piano)
John "Rabbit" Bundrick (Hammond organ)
Steve Sidwell (cornet)
Guo Yi & The Peking Brothers (dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe and bass)
The National Philharmonic Orchestra was arranged and conducted by Michael Kamen and
The London Welsh Chorale conducted by Kenneth Bowen.

Taken from Roger Waters Online