Beyond its elucidation and critique of traditional notationcentric musicology this books primary emphasis is on the negotiation and construction of meaning within the extended musical multimedia works of the classic British group Pink Floyd. Encompassing the concept albums that the group released from 1973 to 1983 during Roger Waters final period with the band chapters are devoted to Dark Side of the Moon 1973 Wish You Were Here 1975 Animals 1977 The Wall 1979 and The Final Cut 1983 along with Waters third solo album Amused to Death 1993. This books analysis of album covers lyrics music and film makes use of techniques of literary and film criticism while employing the combined lenses of musical hermeneutics and discourse analysis so as to illustrate how sonic and musical information contribute to listeners interpretations of the discerning messages of these monumental musical artifacts. Ultimately it demonstrates how their words sounds and images work together in order to communicate one fundamental concern whichto paraphrase the music journalist Karl Dallasis to affirm human values against everything in life that should conspire against them. show more