It is a rock opera that explores Pink, a jaded rock star whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society forms a figurative wall. It was the last album to feature Pink Floyd as a quartet; keyboardist Richard Wright was fired by Waters during production but stayed on as a salaried musician.

With its fusion of orchestral and rock elements, it has been cited as one of the first examples of progressive rock. The label asked them to record an adaptation of Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 for Deram in order to demonstrate their latest recording techniques, but they started (without the label's knowledge) recording the album.

Played-A-Live, the lead single of the album, became the fourth-fastest-selling single ever in Europe.

Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) decided to release Drukqs primarily to circumvent a potential leak after he accidentally left behind an MP3 player containing 180 of his unreleased tracks on a plane.

Live recording; described as one of the greatest live jazz albums of all times, the concert ironically had low expectations and Joe Morello was recovering from a flu.

With trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Charlie Haden, and drummer Billy Higgins. The album was a breakthrough and helped to establish the free jazz movement.

Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet was introduced to the accordion- and piano-driven music of Yann Tiersen by his production assistant. Greatly impressed, he immediately bought Tiersen's entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the film.

2011 recording. Before his death, Chopin expressed the wish to destroy his unpublished musical works but his mother and sister did not abide by that wish. They decided to move forward with publishing the compositions that had not yet come to light. Today many of the waltzes, polonaises, and nocturnes attributed to Chopin were published after his death.

It marks the first time Nobuo Uematsu has had any assistance in composing the score for a Final Fantasy game. Fellow composers Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano contributed 38 tracks to the game.