![]() ![]() In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. Waters would first perform material from it seven years later during his In the Flesh tour. Sales of Amused to Death topped out at around one million and there was no tour in support of this album. Jeff Beck played lead guitar on many of the album's tracks, which were recorded with an impressive cast of studio musicians at ten different studios. Amused to Death was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry. The album had one hit, the song " What God Wants, Part 1", which reached number 35 in the UK in September 1992 and number 5 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock chart in the US. Waters described the record as "a stunning piece of work", ranking the album with The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall as one of the best of his career. ![]() Amused to Death is Waters' most critically acclaimed solo recording to date, garnering some comparison to his previous work with Pink Floyd. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, has been certified Gold by the RIAA. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), and Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017). His solo career has included four studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. Throughout his career he has used Selmer, WEM, Hiwatt and Ashdown amplifiers, also employing delay, tremolo, chorus, panning and phaser effects in his music. Not only a bassist and vocalist, Waters has experimented with the EMS Synthi A and VCS 3 synthesisers and has played electric rhythm and acoustic guitars in recordings and in concert. He often plays bass using a pick but is also known to play fingerstyle. He briefly played a Höfner bass but replaced it with a Rickenbacker RM-1999/4001S, until around 1970 when he switched to Fender Precision basses. Roger Waters 's primary instrument is the electric bass guitar. Roger Waters performing at London's O2 Arena on ![]()
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