Long-time audiophile favorite returns as a 45 RPM on four 180-gram LPs!
Mastered from the original analog tapes to high-resolution digital by James Guthrie and Joel Plante. Lacquers cut by Bernie Grundman.
Plated and pressed at RTI!
QSoundTM "surround sound — Every cricket chirp and dog bark in stellar detail!
An essential upgrade to the listening experience; improved sonic intensity
Roger Waters' take on America's entertainment-obsessed society
This audiophile favorite — and a brisk seller since its Analogue Productions 33 1/3 reissue in 2015 — is back with an upgrade. Now a 45 RPM 4LP 180-gram set, the remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie is chillingly detailed — every cricket chirp and dog bark on this distinctive album has even more sonic intensity and dimension.
An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly — and unthinkingly — in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago. In 2021, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view.
The 2021 4LP 45 RPM 180-gram vinyl edition of Amused to Death features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, and has been pressed at RTI in California. The updated cover and gatefold art is by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters' 2010-2013 "The Wall Live" tour and movie.
Tracklist:
A1 The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard
A2 What God Wants Part I
B1 Perfect Sense Part I
B2 Perfect Sense Part II
C1 The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
C2 Late Home Tonight Part I
C3 Late Home Tonight Part II
D1 Too Much Rope
D2 What God Wants Part II
D3 What God Wants Part III
E1 Watching TV
F1 Three Wishes
G1 It's A Miracle
H1 Amused To Death
Label: Analogue Productions
Released: 1992/2023