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In the last decade, Roger Waters’ live extravaganzas have seen him enter the record books as the highest grossing solo act of all time. He’s been trading on former Pink Floyd glories, of course, and you wonder if he’s sold himself short in some respect. Here’s the remarkable thing about his first new rock album in 25 years (2005’s opera Ça Ira doesn’t count) – vast swathes of this new album could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with his best work in the Floyd, and don’t seem in the slightest bit out of place.