Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992) [Complete 2xLP] Europe

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Amused to Death is the third studio album by English musician Roger Waters, released 7 September 1992 on Columbia. Produced by Waters and Patrick Leonard, it was mixed in QSound to enhance its spatial feel. The album features Jeff Beck on lead guitar on several tracks. The album's title was inspired by Neil Postman's 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death.

Tracklist:
A1 - The Ballad Of Bill Hubbard 0:00
A2 - What God Wants, Part I 4:18
A3 - Perfect Sense, Part I 10:18
A4 - Perfect Sense, Part II
B1 - The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range
B2 - Late Home Tonight, Part I
B3 - Late Home Tonight, Part II
B4 - Too Much Rope
B5 - What God Wants, Part II
C1 - What God Wants, Part III
C2 - Watching TV 43:10
C3 - Three Wishes 49:30
D1 - It's A Miracle 56:21
D2 - Amused To Death 1:05:00

Personnel
Roger Waters – vocals (tracks 2–14), bass guitar (2 intro, 13), EMU synthesiser (2, 4), acoustic guitar (11, 14), twelve-string guitar (5)
Patrick Leonard – keyboards (1–5, 8–14), percussion programming (1), choir arrangement (2, 9–11, 13), 2nd sportscaster voice (4), Hammond organ (5, not on 2015 reissue), synthesisers (5, 13), acoustic piano (11, 13)
Jeff Beck – guitar (1, 11, 13) solo guitar (2, 5 (2015 reissue only), 10, 12, 14)
Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar (2, 9, 12) acoustic rhythm guitar (2, 9), guitars (6, 7), Rickenbacker 12-string guitar (8, 12),[38] acoustic guitar (11)
Tim Pierce – guitar (2, 5, 9, 12)
Geoff Whitehorn – guitar (2, 8, 10, 14)
B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar (3, 4)
Rick DiFonzo – guitar (3, 4)
Steve Lukather – guitar (3, 4, 8)
Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar (3, 4)
David Paich – Hammond organ (5, 2015 reissue only)
John "Rabbit" Bundrick – Hammond organ (12)
Steve Sidwell – cornet (6, 7)
Randy Jackson – bass (2, 9)
Jimmy Johnson – bass (3–4, 6–8, 10, 12–14)
John Pierce – bass guitar (5)[39]
John Patitucci – upright bass, electric bass (11)
Guo Yi & the Peking Brothers – dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe, bass (11)
Graham Broad – drums (2–4, 6–10, 12, 14), percussion (6, 7)
Denny Fongheiser – drums (5)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (13)
Brian Macleod – snare (3, 4), hi-hat (3, 4)
Luis Conte – percussion (1, 3–4, 6–8, 10, 12)
John Dupree – strings arranger and conductor (3, 4)
National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited – orchestra (7, 8)
Michael Kamen – orchestral arranger and conductor (7, 8)
Alf Razzell – speech (1, 14)
London Welsh Chorale – choir (2, 10, 11, 13)
Kenneth Bowen – choir conductor (2, 10, 11, 13)
Katie Kissoon – backing vocals (2, 8, 9, 12, 14)
Doreen Chanter – backing vocals (2, 8, 9, 12, 14)
N'Dea Davenport – backing vocals (2)
Natalie Jackson – backing vocals (2, 5)
P.P. Arnold – vocals (3, 4)
Marv Albert – sportscaster voice (4)
Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals (5)
Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard – screaming kids (8)
Charles Fleischer – TV evangelist speech (9)
Don Henley – vocals (11)
Jon Joyce – backing vocals (13)
Stan Farber (credited as Stan Laurel) – backing vocals (13)
Jim Haas – backing vocals (13)
Rita Coolidge – vocals (14)

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