The Final Cut
by Pink Floyd
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The Final Cut is ranked 10th best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 55,829.
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The Final Cut track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Final Cut rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1983 | 17/77 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 70/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 39 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/39 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 19 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/19 | 3 |
| 2026 |  JMGL95 | Top 32 Music Albums of 1983 | 13/32 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Top 14 Music Albums of 1983 | 14/14 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best Of The 80's Pt.3 (201-300) | 60/100 | - |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 66 Music Albums of 1983 | 27/66 | 3 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 94 Music Albums of the 1980s | 94/94 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 19 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/19 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 409 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,162 | |||
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The Final Cut ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Siromynian | 1,708 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 15:00 | RockyRaccoon | 7,234 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:19 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.9/100, a mean average of 69.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.9.
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BestEverAlbums 08/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5413): By telegram Purplepash 05/08/2024 10:10 in What album are you listening to right now?
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JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/07/2017 04:04 | #197412 | TOP COMMENT
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I would like to inform all of you of a key fact, that apparently everyone is missing. Not only is The Final Cut far and away the best album in Pink Floyd's discography, it is one of the greatest albums of all time. Waters digs into the past, revealing the scars in his country and civilization, still fresh 40 years after the greatest war humankind had ever seen. And if that wasn't enough, he feels that another is coming. In a world still recovering from the last great war, Water's see preparations for the next; this one to be the largest, and the Final, as we all die in a nuclear holocaust. The way Waters is able to weave the past, present, and future together in such a seamless way, to some of the most emotional music he's ever written, is spectacular.
So get off yer asses and start appreciating it for the masterpiece it is. That is all. Good day.
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/28/2017 10:18 | #196830 | TOP COMMENT
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When the tigers broke free is a perfect fit for the album (after One of the few), that song is a masterpiece. Just like the whole album. Not Now John is the only below 90 rating here for me...
This album is more like the first solo work of Roger Waters than the last of the classic line up of Pink Floyd. Most songs are very beautiful and heartfelt, although I think that Roger Waters exaggerates a bit in his style of "whispering-shouting-whispering" I don't like so much "Not Now John", which was selected as a single, but I think that "Southampton Dock" and "The Final Cut" are amongst Pink Floyd greatest songs.
The songwriting and arrangements on here are honestly brilliant, a departure from the usual spaced out Floyd tone, but equally enjoyable. Of course Gilmour often turns the songs he plays solos on into the standout tracks, but the short acoustic ones like Southampton Dock are still great little bits of music. Some awesome sax on here too.
There are two albums that don’t seem to fit the Pink Floyd formula of their post early 70’s output. This album and Animals. The difference is I think Animals is absolutely brilliant whereas this is a Roger Waters solo album and only Pink Floyd in name. I don’t hate this album, I like it, but I just don’t think of it as a Pink Floyd album. My first objection was no Rick Wright and then Nick Mason not having his heart in it for personal reasons with Andy Newmark and Ray Cooper being brought in to enhance the percussion.
Like I said it would be Roger’s best solo album but as a Pink Floyd album not so much. If you like Roger’s solo output then this highly recommended, if not then avoid. (Edited)
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