ROGER WATERS
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Columbia CK
39290 CBS/SONY
(P) 1984 Made in Japan by
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| Tracks: | Time: |
| 1. 4.30 Am (Apparently They Were Travelling abroad) | 3:11 |
| 2. 4.33 Am (Running Shoes) | 3:22 |
| 3. 4.37 Am (Arabs With Knives and West German Skies) | 2:21 |
| 4. 4.39 Am (For the First Time Today, Part. 2) | 2:44 |
| 5. 4.41 Am (Sexual Revolution) | 4:49 |
| 6. 4.47 Am (The Remains of Our Love) | 3:08 |
| 7. 4.50 Am (Go Fishing) | 6:49 |
| 8. 4.56 Am (For the First Time Today, Part. 1) | 1:48 |
| 9. 4.58 Am (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin) | 3:03 |
| 10. 5.01 Am (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking part 10) | 4:36 |
| 11. 5.06 Am (Every Strangers Eyes) | 4:48 |
| 12. 5.11 Am (The Moment of Clarity) | 1:28 |
| Total Time: | 42:07 |
| Interesting notes The album was put to the other 3 members of Pink Floyd, along with The Wall as Roger's next conceptual ideas for a Floyd album. The remaining members of Pink Floyd went along with The Wall, as they felt The Pros and Cons to be too personal to Roger. The model on the front cover is Linzi Drew, who soon found a black bar across her bottom on the American release. Roger used Eric Clapton to great effect on the album, his unique guitar style sets the dream sequences beautifully. This abum carries a dedication to Roger's second wife Carolyne. The album follows a man's 45 minute dream/nightmare. Production Credits Produced by Roger Waters and Michael Kamen. Engineered by Andy Jackson. Assistant engineer: Laura Boisan. SFX - Michael King. Holophonics - Zuccarelli Labs Ltd. All lyrics and music written by Roger Waters. Roger Waters - Vocals, Rhythm guitar, Bass guitar. Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar. Andy Bown - Hammond Organ & 12 String Guitar. Ray Cooper - Percussion. Michael Kamen - Piano. Andy Newmark - Drums. David Sanborn - Saxophone. Madeline Bell, Katie Kissoon and Doreen Chanter - Backing Vocals. Raphael Ravenscroft, Kevin Flanagan and Vic Sullivan - Horns. The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted and arranged by Michael Kamen. Review Roger Waters, first solo album proper (The Body was a collaboration with Ron Geesin). True, the album is not easy to review, mainly because there is hardly any melody on the album (apart from the title track and 5:06 AM (Every stranger's eyes), which are the only straightforward songs), it is more a collection of recurring musical fragments. Many of these had already appeared on the last two Floyd albums, therefore the album sounds a lot like a Floyd album. A salient detail: Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton collaborated again in 1987 on the movie soundtrack for Lethal Weapon, which, in it's turn, sounds a lot like Pros and Cons... But through the years opinions have changed. The same critics who slagged off the album back in '84 ranked it among "the wordiest albums in the history of Rock 'n' Roll" years later. And also the Floyd diehards, who were let down at first, appreciated the album later on. Suffice to say it's an album that needs time to grow on you. Thanks to ROGER WATERS ONLINE |
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