Roger Waters’ celebrated 1992 solo album, Amused to Death, will return July 24—better than ever—courtesy of a new remaster from Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings.
One of the album's noteworthy guest musicians was guitar great Jeff Beck, whose brilliant playing is a true highlight of several tracks, including “What God Wants, Part III”—and seven others.
"I still don't know how he does it," Waters says of Beck. "He's incredibly technically gifted in ways the rest of us can't even begin to think about. He also has incredible pitch. When you play a harmonic and then play a melody on the whammy bar, it's quite extraordinary to listen to."
“I’m remembering the record from [more than] 20 years ago, that most of what I had to say then sadly still pertains today and is maybe even more relevant to our predicament as people in 2015 even than it was in 1992,” Waters says.
Besides Beck, the album features guest vocalists include Don Henley (“It’s a Miracle”), Rita Coolidge (“Amused to Death”) and P.P. Arnold (“Perfect Sense” Parts I and II). Also contributing were Waters’ longtime collaborators, guitarist Andy Fairweather Low and drummer Graham Broad; percussionist Luis Conte and Pat Leonard, who played keyboards on several tracks. The album reunited Waters with Michael Kamen, who supervised orchestral arrangements for Pink Floyd's The Wall.
