On September 7, 1992, “Columbia” label released “Amused to Death”, the third Roger Waters studio album. It was recorded 1987 – 1992, at “The Billiard Room”, “Olympic Studios”, “CTS Studios”, “Angel Recording Studios” and “Abbey Road Studios” in London, “Compass Point Studios” in Nassau, “Ameraycan Studios” and “Devonshire Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, “Johnny Yuma Recording” in Burbank, and was produced by Roger Waters and Patrick Leonard.
Personnel:
- Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, EMU synthesiser, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar
- Jeff Beck – guitar
- Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, guitars, Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, acoustic guitar
- Tim Pierce – guitar
- Geoff Whitehorn – guitar
- B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
- Rick DiFonzo – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Bruce Gaitsch – acoustic guitar
- Patrick Leonard – keyboards, 2nd sportscaster voice, Hammond organ, synthesizers, acoustic piano, percussion programming, choir arrangements
- John “Rabbit” Bundrick – Hammond organ
- Randy Jackson – bass
- Jimmy Johnson – bass
- John Pierce – bass guitar
- John Patitucci – upright bass, electric bass
- Graham Broad – drums, percussion
- Denny Fongheiser – drums
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Brian Macleod – snare, hi-hat
- Luis Conte – percussion
- Guo Yi & the Peking Brothers – dulcimer, lute, zhen, oboe, bass
- Steve Sidwell – cornet
- John Dupree – strings arrangements, conductor
- National Philharmonic Orchestra Limited – orchestra
- Michael Kamen – orchestral arrangements, conductor
- Alf Razzell – speech
- London Welsh Chorale – choir
- Kenneth Bowen – choir conductor
- Don Henley – vocals
- P.P. Arnold – vocals
- Rita Coolidge – vocals
- Marv Albert – sportscaster voice
- Jessica Leonard, Jordan Leonard – screaming kids
- Charles Fleischer – TV evangelist speech
- Katie Kissoon – backing vocals
- Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
- N’Dea Davenport – backing vocals
- Natalie Jackson – backing vocals
- Lynn Fiddmont-Linsey – backing vocals
- Jon Joyce – backing vocals
- Stan Farber (credited as Stan Laurel) – backing vocals
- Jim Haas – backing vocals
- Hayden Bendall – engineer
- Jerry Jordan – engineer
- Stephen McLaughlin – engineer
- James Guthrie – mixing
- Nick Griffiths – co-producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Roger Waters.
- The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
- What God Wants, Part I
- Perfect Sense, Part I
- Perfect Sense, Part II
- The Bravery of Being Out of Range
- Late Home Tonight, Part I
- Late Home Tonight, Part II
- Too Much Rope
- What God Wants, Part II
- What God Wants, Part III
- Watching TV
- Three Wishes
- It’s a Miracle
- Amused to Death
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