Roger Waters – Is This The Life We Really Want?

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Label:	Columbia – 88985 43649 1, Sony Music – 88985 43649 1, Columbia – 88985436491, Sony Music – 88985436491, Columbia – C-192609, Sony Music – C-192609
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, 180 Gram
Country:	Europe
Released:	Jun 2, 2017
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1		When We Were Young
A2		Déjà Vu
A3		The Last Refugee
B4		Picture That
B5		Broken Bones
C6		Is This The Life We Really Want?
C7		Bird In A Gale
C8		The Most Beautiful Girl
D9		Smell The Roses
D10		Wait For Her Lyrics By [Lyrics Written By] – Roger Waters Songwriter [Songs Written By] – Waters, Mahmoud Darwish
D11		Oceans Apart
D12		Part Of Me Died

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Jule Pond Productions LLC
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Jule Pond Productions LLC
Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH
Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By – Columbia Records
Licensed To – Columbia Records
Recorded At – United Recording Studios
Recorded At – Fivestarstudios
Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
Recorded At – Wack Formula
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Mastered At – Alchemy Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Alchemy Mastering
Pressed By – MPO
Copyright © – Roger Waters Music Overseas Ltd.
Published By – Roger Waters Music Overseas Ltd.
Published By – BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Published By – Copyright Control
Copyright © – Civic Bakery
Copyright © – Big Noise Films

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – David Campbell
Creative Director, Design [Album Design] – Sean Evans (4)
Design [Album Design] – Dan Ichimoto, Danny Kamhaji
Drums – Joey Waronker
Engineer – Sam Petts-Davies
Engineer [Assistant At Electric Lady] – Gosha Usov
Engineer [Assisted By] – Monique Evelyn, Rouble Kapoor, Wesley Seidman
Engineer [At United Recording] – Darrell Thorp
Keyboards – Lee Pardini, Roger Manning*
Keyboards, Guitar – Jonathan Wilson
Keyboards, Guitar, Arranged By, Engineer, Producer [Produced By], Mixed By, Sounds [Collages], Arranged By [Strings] – Nigel Godrich
Keyboards, Guitar, Bass Guitar – Gus Seyffert
Lacquer Cut By – Bazza*
Management [Associate] – Kate Watkins
Management [Manager] – Mark Fenwick
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mastered By [Vinyl Mastering By] – Barry Grint
Photography By [Smell The Roses] – Viktor Bulla
Photography By [The Most Beautiful Girl] – Richard Rowley
Songwriter [Songs Written By] – Roger Waters (tracks: A1 to D9, D11, D12)
Vocals – Holly Laessig, Jess Wolfe
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar – Roger Waters
Voice [Recorded Voices] – Celia Drummond, Emma Clarke, Ingrid Schram, Jane Barbe, Kathy Somers, Rachel Agnew

Notes

Comes in a gatefold cover, inner sleeves with lyrics.
Download code included.

Parental Advisory
Explicit Content
Strong Language

Back cover:
© 2017 Jule Pond Productions LLC / ℗ 2017 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Jule Pond Productions LLC, under exclusive license to Columbia Records,
a Division of Sony Music Entertainment. / Distributed by Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH,
PO Box 510, 33311 Gütersloh, Germany. / “Columbia” and [Columbia logo] Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. Marca Registrada. / All Rights Reserved. / Made in the EU. / LC00162

Gatefold interior:
The lyrics for 'Wait For Her' were written by Roger Waters and inspired by an English translation by an unknown author of Lesson from the Kama Sutra (Wait For Her) by Mahmoud Darwish

Runouts are etched

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 8 89854 36491 5
Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 889854364915
Label Code: LC00162
Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
Other (On hype sticker): 88985 43649 1 S1
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AL88985436491
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): BL88985436491
Matrix / Runout (Label side C): CL88985436491
Matrix / Runout (Label side D): DL88985436491
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): AL88985436491-A2 121364 MPO BAZZA ALCHEMY
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): BL88985436491-B2 121364 MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, etched): CL88985436491-C2 121365 MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, etched): DL88985436491-D2 121365 MPO

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Is This The Life We Really Want? (CD, Album)	Columbia	88985 43648 2	US	2017
Recently Edited	Is This The Life We Really Want? (2×LP, Album)	Columbia	88985 43649 1	US	2017
Recently Edited	Is This The Life We Really Want? (CD, Album, Stereo)	Columbia, Sony Music	88985436482	Europe	2017
New Submission	Is This The Life We Really Want? (CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia	88985 43648 2, 8898543482	Australia	2017
Recently Edited	Is This The Life We Really Want? (CD, Album)	Sony Records Int'l	SICP 5425	Japan	2017

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Reviews

DJMO72 Nov 18, 2023
Oh my....did'nt notice that my album came with a signature of RW inside the gatefold with a piece sign. Anybody else got this?
lunsj Apr 22, 2023
Not the best of pressings and certainly not the greatest music. Quite clear the RW is well past his prime now.
Jesus__ Apr 5, 2023
Unfortunately this pressing has a muddy dark sound, almost similar to an Scandinavian original pressing of Animals.
FranksAndBeenz Jan 17, 2022
The 180g has held up and stayed flat for a few years now. This pressing had tons of what appears to be surface scratches. After looking closely it almost looks like they are below the surface. The record needed a good wet cleaning to clear the static and minor debris. Sounds amazing Start to finish now.

This pressing is nice and dynamic. This album is really really good. I am more of a Gilmour fan but I must admit Roger did a great job not going overboard on his lyrics and the music has several Floydian moments which was very cool. I had no idea this album was going to grow on me like this.
TheGreatGigi Apr 21, 2019
How can i download my digital copy to the site: Is this the life we really want?
i have the coupon, the site, but what i need to put in the username/passqord field?
ILikePlyciuSiDi Jan 10, 2019
My CD version has a separate booklet with texts translated into Polish.
pierrebonis Jan 5, 2019
no problem at all with this pressing (european). excellent album though a little bit too expected music from waters. in french we would say « un peu téléphoné ». brilliant production
big_deti Sep 30, 2018
always the same frustration: us-releases better sound but poor pressing... eu-releases the opposite... can somebody confirm, that he has a clean us without surface noise and crackling?
Rollo-Records Apr 28, 2018
Does anyone know about a misprint of this vinyl lp?
I have the european version (88985 43649 1 5) and the side A label is none existent and instead it has the side B label.
So vinyl one has double side B labelling
Can anybody explain this?
fazergutt Mar 14, 2018
I have opened 4 different copies, all of them had scruffs and damage.. and the asshole at sony music, tells me that is is like never happening.... somebody at the press factory should loose their job...