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| Released | March 21, 1983(UK) April 2, 1983(US) |
| Recorded | July - December, 1982 |
| Studio | Mayfair Recording Studios RAK Studios Olympic Studios Abbey Road Studios Eel Pie Recording Studios Audio International Studios Billiard room in Hook End Recording Studios |
| Label | Harvest • Columbia |
| Length | 43:14 46:30(2004 onwards, with "When the Tigers Broke Free") |
| Genres | Art rock |
| Producers | Roger Waters • James Guthrie • Michael Kamen |
  Released May 3, 1983 | |
| A-side | "Not Now John"(censored edit) |
| B-side | "The Hero's Return" |
The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It is the band's last album to feature bassist Roger Waters, who would depart from the band in 1985. It is the only Pink Floyd album not to feature keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright, who had been pressured to leave the band during production of The Wall, the band's last album. Waters is solely credited for the songwriting on every song on The Final Cut.
Releases and track listings[]
All tracks written and sung by Roger Waters except where noted. Releases of the album from 2004 onwards feature "When the Tigers Broke Free" as the fourth track, between "One of the Few" and "The Hero's Return".
| UK release (March 21, 1983) runtime: 43:14 | |||||
20:19 |
No. | Song name | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Post War Dream" | 3:00 | |||
| 2 | "Your Possible Pasts" | 4:26 | |||
| 3 | "One of the Few" | 1:11 | |||
| 4 | "The Hero's Return" | 2:43 | |||
| 5 | "The Gunner's Dream" | 5:18 | |||
| 6 | "Paranoid Eyes" | 3:41 | |||
22:42 | |||||
| 1 | "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" | 1:17 | |||
| 2 | "The Fletcher Memorial Home" | 4:12 | |||
| 3 | "Southampton Dock" | 2:14 | |||
| 4 | "The Final Cut" | 4:43 | |||
| 5 | "Not Now John" | Roger Waters • David Gilmour | 5:02 | ||
| 6 | "Two Suns in the Sunset" | 5:14 | |||
| 2004 CD reissue runtime: 46:30 | ||||
| No. | Song name | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Post War Dream" | 3:00 | ||
| 2 | "Your Possible Pasts" | 4:26 | ||
| 3 | "One of the Few" | 1:11 | ||
| 4 | "When the Tigers Broke Free" | 3:16 | ||
| 5 | "The Hero's Return" | 2:43 | ||
| 6 | "The Gunner's Dream" | 5:18 | ||
| 7 | "Paranoid Eyes" | 3:41 | ||
| 8 | "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" | 1:17 | ||
| 9 | "The Fletcher Memorial Home" | 4:12 | ||
| 10 | "Southampton Dock" | 2:14 | ||
| 11 | "The Final Cut" | 4:43 | ||
| 12 | "Not Now John" | Roger Waters • David Gilmour | 5:02 | |
| 13 | "Two Suns in the Sunset" | 5:14 | ||
| Vinyl re-release (January 20, 2017) runtime: 46:30 | |||||
23:35 |
No. | Song name | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Post War Dream" | 3:00 | |||
| 2 | "Your Possible Pasts" | 4:26 | |||
| 3 | "One of the Few" | 1:11 | |||
| 4 | "When the Tigers Broke Free" | 3:16 | |||
| 5 | "The Hero's Return" | 2:43 | |||
| 6 | "The Gunner's Dream" | 5:18 | |||
| 7 | "Paranoid Eyes" | 3:41 | |||
22:42 | |||||
| 1 | "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" | 1:17 | |||
| 2 | "The Fletcher Memorial Home" | 4:12 | |||
| 3 | "Southampton Dock" | 2:14 | |||
| 4 | "The Final Cut" | 4:43 | |||
| 5 | "Not Now John" | Roger Waters • David Gilmour | 5:02 | ||
| 6 | "Two Suns in the Sunset" | 5:14 | |||
Credits[]
- Roger Waters - lead vocals on all songs but Not Now John , bass, synthesizer, tape effects, acoustic guitar, sleeve design
- David Gilmour - guitars, lead vocals on Not Now John, bass
- Nick Mason - drums, percussion
with
- Michael Kamen - piano harmonium
- Andy Bown - hammond organ
- Ray Cooper - percussion
- Andy Newmark - drums on "Two Suns In The Sunset"
- Raphael Ravenscroft - tenor sax
- The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted and arranged by Michael Kamen
- James Guthrie; Remastering producer, engineer, remastering on 2004 re-issue
- Andrew Jackson - Engineer
- Willie Christie - Photography
- Doug Sax; mastering on original album and Remastering on 1994 and 1997 re-issues