What is The Final Cut (album)?
{{Infobox Album | name = The Final Cut | type = studio | artist = [[Pink Floyd]] | cover = | released = 21 March 1983 <small>(UK)</small><br />2 April 1983 <small>(U.S.)</small> | recorded = July–December 1982 | genre = [[Progressive rock]] | length = 43:27 <small>(original album)</small><br /> 46:40 <small>(2004 re-issue)</small> | label = [[Harvest Records|Harvest]], [[EMI Records|EMI]] <small>(UK)</small><br />[[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] <small>(U.S.)</small> | producer = [[Roger Waters]], [[James Guthrie (record producer)|James Guthrie]], [[Michael Kamen]] | prev_title = [[The Wall]] | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = [[A Momentary Lapse of Reason]] | next_year = 1987 }} '''''The Final Cut''''' is the twelfth studio album by [[Pink Floyd]]. It was recorded at various studios in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] from July to December 1982. It is the final Pink Floyd studio album with the band's [[bass guitar|bassist]] and primary songwriter [[Roger Waters]]. The album is mostly the work of Waters. It is the only Pink Floyd album on which the credit for writing every song is given to Waters alone. Keyboardist [[Rick Wright]] had been fired by Waters during the recording of ''[[The Wall]]'', so this is the only Pink Floyd album on which Wright does not participate at all. Meanwhile, [[David Gilmour]] sings lead vocals on only one of the album's twelve songs, the rest being sung entirely by Waters. During the recording of ''The Final Cut'', there was a lot of tension between Waters and the other members of the band, particularly Gilmour, who now says that he doesn't like most of the album. For these and other reasons, it is sometimes regarded as a Roger Waters solo album rather than a true Pink Floyd album. None of the album's songs has ever been performed live by Pink Floyd, though some have been performed live by Waters during solo tours. Waters' dominance on the album is most clearly seen on the back cover, which reads: ''The Final Cut: A Requiem for the Post-War Dream - by Roger Wat