Should 'The Wall' have been Pink Floyd's last album?

According to interviews, it was a toss up between The Wall and The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. The band decided to do The Wall and their last album ended up being the Final Cut (which was very autobiographical). When the band parted ways, Waters released The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking as a solo album, which was better than anything the rest of the band ever produced without him. Waters' vision has always been on the cutting edge from The Dark Side of the Moon onward. I know fans are divided on this issue, but I will always believe that Waters was Pink Floyd full stop.

You ain't got a license to kill bookies and today I ain't sellin any. So take your flunky and dangle

I like Final cut, one of my favorite song is in that album.

'Animals' is their masterpiece imo, with The Wall a close second, but I'm one of the few who consider The Final Cut as an underrated classic. As a study on war lyrically it's never been equalled. It was relevant at the time of release because of the Falklands conflict, and is not exactly a barrel of laughs but if given a chance it has some glorious moments that rank alongside any of Floyd's best moments.

'Two Suns In The Sunset' is just stunning, and Waters & Gilmour rock the hell out of 'Not Now John'. I think the problem it's always had with fans is it's basically a Waters/Gilmour album rather than a Floyd one, Wright was fired and Mason was even dropped for a few tracks and replaced by Andy Newmark. Waters is always given short shrift for dominating and being a "dictator" but let's be honest here, who else was bringing ideas and songs to the table at the time? Amazingly for all the flack it's recieved it reached number one in the UK, something Dark Side and The Wall couldn't manage.

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I personaly love The Division Bell and consider it my favorite. But The Final Cut and AMLoR have always been my least favorite. As some people said: one is more of a Waters-solo album and the other a Gilmour-solo album. Both lacked the debpt of their previous work. As for Division Bell, I always considered it as a comeback to what made Pink Floyd such an amazing band.

The Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and The Division Bell have all gotten better with age especially thanks to their remastered rereleases which have improved the sound quality significantly and given them less of a distinctly ‘80s sound and more of a timeless feel. Also with the release of The Endless River, it makes The Division Bell feel more complete (as if it were building towards The Endless River) and gets rid of the “this is really their last album?” feeling associated with the album.

I'm a huge Floyd fan, I even saw David Gilmour in concert in Kansas City, Missouri in the summer of 1984. However, in hindsight I'll say that yes, they should have broke up after The Wall it never got better after that album, Final Cut was really a Roger Waters solo album. I will say that Water's solo album Radio K.A.O.S. is one of the catchiest albums I've ever heard. I listened to that over 3 assignments in the Air Force(Incirlik, Turkey..Tinker Oklahoma..Osan, South Korea). However, K.A.O.S. doesn't stand the test of time like the classic Floyd albums of the 60's/70's.

What Pink Floyd tried to do musically was extremely difficult and definitely not long lasting. Still, nobody ever came close to their quality output. Queensryche had a few good songs similar to Floyd but they fell apart rather quickly.