Broken China

I think Tim Renwick is the guitarist on Broken China.

(Heh, 69 posts and rank of Ummagumma.)

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Tim Renwick is one of the guitarists, yes. Dominic Miller also plays on some tracks. Steve Bolton plays rhythm guitar on one track--but is very kindly awarded a credit for his work! You'll find Mr. Wright VERY carefully gives credit when due! (What a gentleman!) :grin:

And to Pedge--I'm sorry I didn't get to your comments earlier. That was fixxy posting my review of Broken China, with the ATD comment (and it was very kind of him to do that). Broken China is on par with ATD...they are opposite albums. One musically centred; the other is lyrically centred. Clearly I have my favourite.

And yes--he's right. You see...I'm showing this album to people one by one. Who knows? Maybe I can get something going here!

And, of course...hats off to Mr. Wright for this beautiful work of his.

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"But now the day has broken, can see in better ways,
A path leading to the light, a hope that never fades.
All power to the brave."

--"Along the Shoreline" by Richard Wright

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

"Broken China" is wonderful. I, too, just picked it up recently. I liked "Wet Dream" also (excellent guitar work by Snowy White, another favourite of mine). "Amused To Death" isn't even close to "Broken China". At least Rick came up with something original whereas Roger just did another rehash of "The Final Cut".

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"You hear the night birds calling you,
But you can't catch the words they say,
Close ears and eyes,
Be on your way"

-The Narrow Way

I am so glad to see that more people are now becoming aware of this wonderful artist and his work. It's about time.

"Wet Dream" is a beautiful album, too. In parts I think it's a lament on what IS (I think the two of us would understand each other there...conflict hurts)--but at the same time, a dream of what could BE. It is the idea of standing at a crossroads...leaving one life and moving to the next. When I heard this...I believe he saw everything coming from a long way away.

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"But now the day has broken, can see in better ways,
A path leading to the light, a hope that never fades.
All power to the brave."

--"Along the Shoreline" by Richard Wright

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

I like Wet Dream alot, though it's somewhat different than I originally imagined it would be. I had thought it would be more upbeat than it is. It turned out to be more laid back, with lyrics that are rather depressing. But I suppose this can be expected, as this was a very difficult time in Rick's life. It's a great album anyways, very real.

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"You hear the night birds calling you,
But you can't catch the words they say,
Close ears and eyes,
Be on your way"

-The Narrow Way

hey floydwaters speaking of rick wright (imagine that) i swear i could remember you saying you don't have that stupid zee album. if this was ever true and still is than go to this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1511455204

and no bids yet.

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last orders please.

oh also its an LP. hope that doesn't get your hopes up if you don't have a record player.

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last orders please.

And therein lies the problem, Thorin.

But thank you so much for trying!

As for the lyrics...yeah, they really were despondent in some places. But the thing is--I IDENTIFY with this. I am not the kind of person, like Mr. Waters, who seems to thrive on conflict. It slowly eats at me. I hate it; it makes me feel terrible. I do not like to fight--it isn't in my nature. When I try to defend myself, somehow my efforts fall short and I don't know why. And I get this overwhelming desire to just get AWAY.

"Holiday" kind of picks up at the end, even lyrically--the thought of sailing is so pleasant! I have never actually sailed...yet for so long I have not been able to get the idea out of my head. In fact...I think I will learn. The ocean has a hold on me that I can't explain.

Someday I may post a poem inspired by this album that I wrote just a few weeks ago...

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

I'm resigned i'll never have a copy of Pros&Cons and one of Broken China, "out of production". That's sad cause Waters is by far my fav solo artist and Broken China would have been interesting for a guy who suffers of serious clinical depressions like me.

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If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
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What? Broken China is by Rick Wright. Not Roger Waters.

yeah for being your fav artist you would think that would be a good thing to know.

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last orders please.

Hicks, even though Broken China is supposedly out of production, you can still order it from a few places, such as CDNow.com, Amazon.com, and I suspect you could pick it up used on eBay.

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"And with these words I can see
Clear through the clouds that covered me
Just give it time then speak my name
Now we can hear ourselves again..."

WrightSatellite #1

Radiochair and Thorin, I meant:

1) I'm afraid i'll never have a Pros&Cons original copy --> cause Waters is my fav solo artist

2) I'm afraid i'll never have a Broken China original copy --> cause I have probs with depression and so BC would have been an interesting subject to me.

Of course i knew BC is not a Waters work, I put P&C in my post cause it is out of production like BC, and i just wanted to point this out.

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If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Thanks, i'll take a look :smile:

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If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way