Bring The Boys Back Home (track)
by Pink Floyd
Year: 1979
From the album The Wall (track #18)
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Bring The Boys Back Home appears on the following album(s) by Pink Floyd:
- The Wall (track #18) (this album) (1979)
- Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 (track #21) (2000)
- Shine On (track #45) (compilation) (1992)
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| ! | 08/24/2025 19:13 |  ExTeaSea | 12,264 | 85/100 |
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Squonk007 03/21/2022 19:58 | #283174
Central to the whole concept of The Wall and look what it leads into.
I like how powerful the backing choir and orchestral instrumentation are in this song, just for them to die out at the end and leave the lead vocalist singing the final word "home" on his own. It's a nice way to emphasise the isolation of the main character.
Integral to the album, but it's not a song I would ever listen to on its own. I'd say it's my least favorite song in the Wall but I can't deny that the lead in to Comfortably Numb is pretty epic.
I love the choral singing of this song, I think it's the most underappreciated part of the album. Short, simple, and segues nicely into the best song in the album with the is there anybody out there/in there contrast. Can't ask for more
GandalfORiley345 06/26/2014 00:07 | #115306
Yeah! Bring them back home, just to listen to this....this, i don´t know, that´s why I love it
Just another song really, but Comfortably Numb is next. Woo!
Awesome, adventurous, and dramatic.
Jasonconfused 12/11/2012 05:56 | #57416
Not even sure how to rate this. It's not so much a song as it is a section of the album.
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