when did pink floyd the wall album come out

Rolling Stone magazine placed The Wall at number 87 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was one of the best selling of 1980, and by 1999 it had sold over 23 million RIAA certified units (11.5 million albums) in the United States. Wright left the band during its production but remained as a salaried musician, performing with Pink Floyd during the Wall tour. The Wall features a harsher and more theatrical style than Pink Floyd's previous albums. Waters conceived the album during Pink Floyd's 1977 In the Flesh Tour, when his frustration with the audience became so acute that he imagined a wall between the audience and the stage.

Pink's life begins with the loss of his father during the Second World War and continues with abuse from his schoolteachers, an overprotective mother, and the breakdown of his marriage all contribute to his eventual self-imposed isolation from society, represented by a metaphorical wall. The album is a rock opera that follows Pink, a character bassist and lyricist Roger Waters modeled after himself and the band's original leader, Syd Barrett. As with Pink Floyd's previous three albums, The Wall is a concept albumand explores themes of abandonment and personal isolation.

When did pink floyd the wall album come out