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I'm the first to admit that I'm not a Pink Floyd fan. There are a lot of die hard fans out there who consider The Wall one of their weaker efforts. There is a lot of division in the ranks about Roger Waters. Many think that at this point in the band's history Roger was a detriment instead of an asset and they consider The Wall a huge pretentious work of crap. I think I am lucky that I am more of a fan of this album because I'm distanced from a lot of this argument. I don't care what Floyd sounded like before this album; I don't care what Waters took with him when he left. This album is simply incredible in and of itself.

Thanks to a friend of mine, I've spent the last few years becoming familiar with the rest of Floyd's catalog. I introduced him to The Wall; he took it and ran with it, becoming one of the biggest Pink Floyd fans I've ever met. While I can now see the reason behind the cult-like status of such albums as Dark Side of the Moon and Shine On You Crazy Diamond, I can now say with a little more authority that this is hands down the best Pink Floyd album available. I've listened to Waters's work after leaving Floyd; while some of it is great, it is obvious that he left a lot behind in David Gilmour as an instrumentalist; in all of his solo albums there are moments when you say "hey, I heard that in The Wall."

A lot of people have said that Pink Floyd should have disbanded after Waters. I agree that the last two albums are Wall, but The Division Bell is a solid album, both musically and thematically, and I have listened to it very solidly. There is still a lot of Floyd for me to explore; I'm in no hurry.

It is interesting to note that all performances of The Wall in concert were performed before the album was actually released. Can you imagine your introduction to this immense album being a live performance? Mind-blowing indeed. If there was one concert that I would love to travel back in time to see it would definitely be one of the performances of The Wall.

Roger Waters bitterly left Pink Floyd soon after The Wall was released and since then Pink Floyd have toured twice without him. I narrowly missed the chance to see them in 1994, and have been kicking myself ever since. Even without Waters, even performing only the hits and not entire albums, I've seen enough and read enough about the "New Floyd" to convince myself that I will do anything within reason to see them next time around. Rumors have them launching a new world tour sometime in the near future and maybe even they'll be a reunion tour with Waters. That I would pay good money to see.