When the Wind Blows [Soundtrack] [Import]

when the wind blows [soundtrack] [import]

Track Listings
1. When the Wind Blows
2. Facts and Figures
3. Brazilian
4. What Have They Done?
5. Shuffle
6. Russian Missile
7. Towers of Faith
8. Hilda's Dream
9. American Bomber
10. Anderson Shelter
11. British Submarine
12. Attack
13. Fallout
14. Hilda's Hair
15. Folded Flags

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When the Wind Blows [Soundtrack] [Import]
When the Wind Blows
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • More like a singles album
 When the Wind Blows
Roger Waters
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000760V
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

  1. When the Wind Blows
  2. Facts and Figures
  3. Brazilian
  4. What Have They Done?
  5. Shuffle
  6. Russian Missile
  7. Towers of Faith
  8. Hilda's Dream
  9. American Bomber
  10. Anderson Shelter
  11. British Submarine
  12. Attack
  13. Fallout
  14. Hilda's Hair
  15. Folded Flags

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars More like a singles album.......2007-01-30

With Roger Waters' songs on this album clocking in at under half an hour, it is hard for for much filler to exist. But exist it does in what appears to be more background soundtrack than actual songs. The two real songs, Towers of Faith and Folded Flags, are top notch Waters solo efforts. I would place them in ranks with his best stuff on Amused to Death and better than anything on Radio K.A.O.S. , or at least equal to The powers that be or home. Folded Flags should have taken the place of The Tide is Turning on KAOS, I think it suits the darker mood of the album better. The two Waters songs are relatively easy to obtain by digital piracy. I am not saying you should go download them, that is simply a fact. Oh, and the bowie song is good too.
When the Wind Blows (CD Release of 1986 Film)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • More Nukes for Waters
  • Awesome but Depressing
  • What a waste of $
  • Excellent Roger Waters Track
  • good atmospheric music, 2 excellent roger waters songs
 When the Wind Blows (CD Release of 1986 Film)
Various Artists - Soundtracks
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009EO0
Release Date: 1996-11-21

Tracks:

  1. When The Wind Blows-David Bowie
  2. Facts And Figures-Hugh Cornwell
  3. The Brazilian-Genesis
  4. What Have They Done-Squeeze
  5. The Shuffle-Paul Hardcastle
  6. The Russian Missile-Roger Waters
  7. Towers Of Faith-Roger Waters
  8. Hilda's Dream-Roger Waters
  9. The American Bomber-Roger Waters
  10. The Anderson Shelter-Roger Waters
  11. The British Submarine-Roger Waters
  12. The Attack-Roger Waters
  13. Te Fall Out-Roger Waters
  14. Hilda's Hair-Roger Waters
  15. Folded Flags-Roger Waters & The Bleeding Heart

Album Description

Released only on vinyl in the U.S. when the film first cameout in 1986 (and deleted shortly thereafter), this is theCD edition of the soundtrack to Raymond Briggs' anti-nuclearsci-fi cartoon about the fate of an ill-prepared retiredEnglish couple when nuclear Armageddon strikes. 15 tracks,including many especially recorded for the film by DavidBowie, Squeeze, Hugh Cornwell, Genesis, Paul Hardcastle andPink Floyd's Roger Waters with the Bleeding Heart Band. 1986Virgin Records release.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars More Nukes for Waters.......2004-06-12

I bought this album being a big Floyd fan ten years ago, and I spin it occasionally but not often. "When the Wind Blows" is a solid album, but not amazing by any stretch of the means. David Bowie's title track is decent and sung in his signature voice. The drum sound is pretty cool, almost tinny. I agree with everyone here that the Hugh Cornwell song is...well, corny. "The Brazilian" is a pretty cool instrumental found on Genesis' "Invisible Touch" album. The drum fills are pretty cool, and when the song comes together it's a powerful orchestration. Squeeze's contribution is okay, and Paul Hardcastle's funky smooth jazz instrumental sounds out of place on this album.

Now, for Roger Waters' contribution to this album. Still having not lived down nuclear holocaust scares from "Final Cut" and "Radio K.A.O.S." he continues here waiting for the button to be pushed. This makes him a great match for this project. Waters' provides half of the material for this soundtrack, but most of it is filler and samples. Nothing to really complement the man on. Again, I agree with everyone here that his best two tracks are "Russian Missile" and "Folded Flags." These cuts sound as if they belong on "Radio K.A.O.S.", but didn't make the final cut.

This is a hard album to find, and probably isn't worth finding unless you're a big Waters fan. His sound is still very Floydish, but for the amount of Waters on this album it may just be better to skip the effort of finding this disc. I mean, there is a reason they aren't pressing it anymore, and that it was never released in the US on anything but vinyl.

4 out of 5 stars Awesome but Depressing.......2003-11-05

A friend of mine found this one in a used record store a few years ago. I listened to it and enjoyed the Roger Waters part. After some searching, I found the album for myself. Again I enjoyed it. The best part is of course the Roger Waters part (especially the first and last songs). The other songs are a good 80's retrospective but not as good as the Waters stuff.

It's a good album, albeit a bit depressing especially with the vocals from the movie interspersed. It's a very depressing subject.

My only wish is that a couple more of the Waters songs were included on the album, namely the one from the movie where all the different agencies were flying across the screen and the other one where the characters were waxing about WWII.

Anyways, after much more searching, I found it on CD which made me a happy camper.

2 out of 5 stars What a waste of $.......2000-12-19

I am a huge PFloyd fan and I bought this Cd because of Roger Waters. This album is a waste of money and the only nice songs (2 of them) resemble in parts other songs done by Waters. Save your money!

4 out of 5 stars Excellent Roger Waters Track.......2000-11-13

The only song I have heard off this cd is the 24 minute Roger Waters composition. But I will go ahead and review the album based on that song, because that is the main (only?) reason anyone still cares about this album.

As for the Roger track, I must say it is very good indeed. It starts out slowly but builds and eventually goes into the vocal part where we get some characteristically good and biting lyrics from Roger. This leads into an excellent guitar solo, and then to an equally excellent saxophone solo from Mel Collins. Then, the song goes into 10+ minutes of dialogue and noise, which isn't of much interest in itself, but syncs with the movie. Eventually, it leads to Folded Flags, the second "real" Waters song on this album. It features some nice acoustic guitar playing backed with an orchestra (or synth) and once again has another set of excellent lyrics as only Roger can deliver them. If you are a Roger Waters fan, my advice for you is to pick this extremely rare album up, it is worth it, because the track on here is better than anything Rog has done since leaving Pink Floyd, with the exception of Amused To Death. Like I said, I haven't heard the other songs, but they can't be anything more than icing on the cake.

4 out of 5 stars good atmospheric music, 2 excellent roger waters songs.......2000-10-02

The Roger Waters music (23 minutes) is great even though it was mostly atmospheric music. If that was all that was on the CD, I'd give it 5 stars. However, the other music was not as good. The Genesis song was really good, the Bowie song was okay, and the other songs...were bad.So, I took off 1 star for them. But, if you want this CD because of Roger Waters, its worth it if you can find it...

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