- Mini-Disc
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sony/Columbia
- ASIN: B0000026BP
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Radio Waves |
| 2. Who Needs Information |
| 3. Me or Him |
| 4. Powers That Be |
| 5. Sunset Strip |
| 6. Home |
| 7. Four Minutes |
| 8. Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid) |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Things were never the same for rock auteur Roger Waters after he split from Pink Floyd in the early 1980s. While Floyd has soldiered on as a dumber but still popular version of its old self, Waters has seen his own creative vision left mostly unrealised. Like his other solo projects, Radio KAOS too often falls flat without the hypnotic musical passages he enjoyed with Floyd. Not helping are the album's thin electronic sounds that haven't aged well since its 1987 release. Radio KAOS tells the quasi-sci-fi tale of a boy "vegetable" who can receive radio waves in his head. Along the way, Waters attacks Reagan, Thatcher, nuclear war, commercial radio and all the usual suspects. --Steve Appleford
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Things were never the same for rock auteur Roger Waters after he split from Pink Floyd in the early '80s. While Floyd has soldiered on as a dumber, but still popular version of its old self, Waters has seen his own creative vision left mostly unrealized. Like his other solo projects, Radio K.A.O.S. too often falls flat without the hypnotic musical passages he enjoyed with Floyd. Not helping are the album's thin electronic sounds that haven't aged well since its 1987 release. Radio K.A.O.S. tells the quasi-sci-fi tale of a boy "vegetable" who can recieve radio waves in his head. Along the way, Waters attacks Reagan, Thatcher, nuclear war, commercial radio, and all the usual suspects. --Steve Appleford
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
RADIO KAOS, not one of my favourite albums but still worth listening to, if you've not heard it already. Concentrated around a story about a cripple who can communicate through radio-waves Waters filters his disdain at a host of political issues through the passages of the music. Complimentary to this, there are various references to the narrative, to the albums character Billy, and Billy's communications with a subversive radio station, called KAOS. Billy, lacks the same depth as Pink did in The Wall Video, and the album seems somewhat 80's influenced. Yet, this is still a good album, with The Tide is Turning a gem in comparison to some of the other material. I believe Roger even used his own two children on this album, for texture in one of the songs. (background sounds) Dedicated 'to all those who find themselves at the violent end of monetarism', I would say this is a reasonable album with the occasional hint that it could have been far better, and would still recommend it despite its lack of flair that his other albums contain. For other RW albums, check out Amazon. (see also the When the Wind Blows soundtrack which contains music by Waters with the Bleeding Heart band and other artists)
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The story behind this album is great and the pressure slowly builds as things get more and more messed up. Monkeys and dogs, fish with soles (sic), radio transmissions, longing to go home and then the final button pushing magic. If you like Roger Waters other stuff, you'll love this album - totally 5 star !
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Roger Waters. Just sheer listening brilliance, every person who has had a listen to it has thought the same. Another album which is even better is Amused to Death all in all anything this guy does is top bannana
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