Roger Waters discography
 Roger Waters performing at London's O2 Arena on 18 May 2008 | |
| Releases | |
|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 3 |
| ↙Live albums | 2 |
| ↙Compilation albums | 1 |
| ↙Singles | 14 |
Roger Waters' primary instrument is the electric bass guitar. He briefly played a Höfner bass but replaced it with a Rickenbacker RM-1999/4001S, until around 1970 when he switched to Fender Precision basses. He often plays bass using a pick but is also known to play fingerstyle. Not only a bassist and vocalist, Waters has experimented with the EMS Synthi A and VCS 3 synthesisers and has played electric rhythm and acoustic guitars in recordings and in concert. Throughout his career he has used Selmer, WEM, Hiwatt and Ashdown amplifiers, also employing delay, tremolo, chorus, panning and phaser effects in his music.
His solo career has included three studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), and Amused to Death (1992). The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, has been certified Gold by the RIAA.[1] Amused to Death is Waters' most critically acclaimed solo recording to date, garnering some comparison to his previous work with Pink Floyd.[2] Waters described the record as "…a stunning piece of work", ranking the album with The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall as one of the best of his career.[3] The album had one hit, the song "What God Wants, Part 1", which reached number 35 in the UK in September 1992 and number 5 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart in the US.[4] Amused to Death was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.[5] Jeff Beck played lead guitar on many of the album's tracks, which were recorded with an impressive cast of studio musicians at ten different studios.[6] Sales of Amused to Death topped out at around one million and there was no tour in support of this album. Waters would first perform material from it seven years later during his In the Flesh tours.[7]
In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. In 1990, he staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, on the vacant terrain between Potsdamer Platz and the Brandenburg Gate, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance.[2] In 1996, Waters was inducted into the US and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tours of 2006–2008. In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Etienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine Delahaye's libretto about the early French Revolution. On 2 July 2005, he reunited with other members of Pink Floyd—Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour—for the Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, Pink Floyd's only appearance with Waters since their performance of The Wall at Earls Court in London 24 years earlier.[8] In 2010, he commenced The Wall Live tour.
Albums[9]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Class. | US[10] | US Class. | |||||
| 1970 | Music from The Body (with Ron Geesin)
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— | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
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13 | — | 31 | — | US: Gold[1] | ||
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows (various artists soundtrack)
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— | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | Radio K.A.O.S.
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25 | — | 50 | — | |||
| 1990 | The Wall – Live in Berlin
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27 | — | 56 | — | US: Platinum[1] | ||
| 1992 | Amused to Death
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8 | — | 21 | — | UK: Silver[11] | ||
| 2000 | In the Flesh – Live
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170 | — | 136 | — | US: Gold[1] | ||
| 2002 | Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1
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— | — | — | — | |||
| 2005 | Ça Ira
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— | 1 | — | 5 | |||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US Main. [4] | |||
| 1984 | "5:01am (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking)" | 76 | 17 | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking |
| "5:06am (Every Stranger's Eyes)" | — | — | ||
| 1987 | "Radio Waves" | 74 | 12 | Radio K.A.O.S. |
| "Sunset Strip" | — | 15 | ||
| "The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)" | 54 | — | ||
| 1988 | "Who Needs Information" | — | — | |
| 1990 | "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" (with Cyndi Lauper) | 82 | — | The Wall – Live in Berlin |
| "The Tide Is Turning" (with Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison and Paul Carrack) | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "What God Wants, Part 1" | 35 | 4 | Amused to Death |
| "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Three Wishes" | — | — | |
| 2004 | "To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut" | — | — | non-album single |
| 2007 | "Hello (I Love You)" | — | — | The Last Mimzy |
| 2010 | "We Shall Overcome" | — | — | non-album single |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
Non-album tracks
- 1987 "Going to Live in LA", from the "Radio Waves" single
- 1987 "Sunset Strip" / "Money" : Sunset Strip (single)
- 1987 "Get Back To Radio" (Demo Recording) : The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid) (single)
- 1987 "The Russian Missile" - "Towers Of Faith" - "Hilda's Dream" - "The American Bomber" - "The Anderson Shelter" - "The British Submarine" - "The Attack" - "The Fall Out" - "Hilda's Hair" - "Folded Flags" : When The Wind Blows (OST)
- 1987 "Molly's Song" : Who Needs Information (single)
- 1998 "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" : The Dybbuk of The Holy Apple Field (OST)
- 1999 "Lost Boys Calling" : The Legend of 1900 (OST)
- 1999 "Incarceration Of A Flower Child" (Waters composition) : Marianne Faithfull's Vagabond Ways
- 2000 "Each Small Candle [live]" : In The Flesh (live)
- 2001 "Flickering Flame" [new demo]
- 2004 "To Kill The Child" & "Leaving Beirut" : To Kill The Child & Leaving Beirut (single)
- 2007 "Hello (I Love You)" : Hello (I Love You) (single)
- 2007 "Lost Boys Calling" : We All Love Ennio Morricone (various)
- 2007 "Another brick in the wall part II (live)" : Live Earth The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "RIAA Certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blake 2008, pp. 347–352
- ↑ Manning 2006, pp. 141, 252
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Roger Waters: Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Billboard. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ "BPI Certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ↑ Blake 2008, pp. 348–349
- ↑ Povey 2008, pp. 323–324
- ↑ Povey 2008, pp. 237, 266–267
- ↑ Povey 2008, pp. 320–339
- ↑ "Roger Waters: Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ↑ "BPI Certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
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