Da Roger Waters i midten af 1977 åbenbarede sin fremtidige vision for bandet løst skitseret på baggrund af hans nylige oplevelse med at spytte en lidt for ivrig fan i hovedet var bandet med på idéen om at fjerne sig fra forgrunden og lade musikken tale på dens egne præmisser.
Så deres næste projekt skulle være en rock opera om musikeren Pink (som mange mener er løst baseret på både Syd Barrett & Roger Waters selv) og dennes tiltagende distancering fra sig selv som musiker og den snigende sindssyge og storhedsvanviddet der følger efter.
Resultatet var et kompromistløst album som blander traditionel rock, discobeats, og folkelige sange i et særdeles godt forløst mix, centreret omkring den faderløse rocksanger Pink (Mother og Empty Spaces) der efterhånden lukker sig inde i sig selv (Goodbye Cruel World og Comfortably Numb) for til sidst at ende som en facistoid karakter (In The Flesh og Run Like Hell), men som til slut nedbryder muren han har bygget op omkring sig selv (The Trial og Outside The Wall).
Pladen betragtes retteligt som et af musikhistoriens absolut største mesterværker, hvilket er fuldt fortjent set med nutidens optik, og pladens svimlende salg på mere end 35 millioner eksemplarer er kun slået af The Dark Side Of The Moon skiven.
Albummet er produceret af Bob Ezrin, Roger Waters & David Gilmour og byder bl.a. på Pink Floyds første reelle hitsingle Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2, og den smukke & inciterende Comfortably Numb. Alt er remasteret af James Guthrie i 2011, ganske som de andre sæt.
Indholdet på Immersion boksen er udover den nye 2011 remaster, bl.a. en lang række aldrig hørte demoer og outtakes, samt 1980 live ur-opførelsen af pladen (Is There Anybody Out There?), og ikke mindst en DVD med en dokumentarfilm, livebidder og videoer samt en bog om albummet, sjældne fotos, replica billetter, 9 stk.ølbrikker, halstørklæde og marmorkugler.
Tracklist
1. CD
In the Flesh?
The Thin Ice
Another Brick in the Wall Part 1
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2
Mother
Goodbye Blue Sky
Empty Spaces
Youg Lust
One of My Turns
Don't Leave Me Now
Another Brick in the Wall Part 3
Goodbye Cruel World
2. CD
Hey You
Is There Anybody out There
Nobody Home
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortable Numb
The Show Must Go on
In the Flesh
Run Like Hell
Waiting for the Worms
Stop
The Trial
Outside the Wall
3. CD
1 Prelude (Vera Lynn) (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
2 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
3 Mother (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
4 Young Lust (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
5 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
6 Empty Spaces (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
7 Mother (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
8 Backs to the Wall (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
9 Don't Leave Me Now (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
10 Goodbye Blue Sky (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
11 Don't Leave Me Now (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
12 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
13 Goodbye Cruel World (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
14 Hey You (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
15 Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
16 Vera (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
17 Bring the Boys Back Home (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
18 The Show Must Go On (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
19 Waiting for the Worms (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
20 Run Like Hell (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
21 The Trial (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
22 Outside the Wall (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
23 Prelude (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
24 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
25 The Thin Ice (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
26 Goodbye Blue Sky (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
27 Teacher, Teacher (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
28 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
29 Empty Spaces (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
30 Young Lust (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
31 Mother (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
32 Don't Leave Me Now (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
33 Sexual Revolution (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
34 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
35 Goodbye Cruel World (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
36 In the Flesh? (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
37 The Thin Ice (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
38 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
39 The Happiest Days of Our Lives (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
40 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
41 Mother (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 1, 1979)
4. CD
1 Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
2 Vera (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
3 Bring the Boys Back Home (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
4 Hey You (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
5 The Doctor (Comfortably Numb) (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
6 In the Flesh (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
7 Run Like Hell (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
8 Waiting for the Worms (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
9 The Trial (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
10 The Show Must Go On (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
11 Outside the Wall (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
12 The Thin Ice (Reprise) (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
13 Outside the Wall (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
14 It's Never Too Late (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
15 The Doctor (Comfortably Numb) (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
16 One of My Turns (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
17 Don't Leave Me Now (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
18 Empty Spaces (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
19 Backs to the Wall (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
20 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
21 Goodbye Cruel World (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
22 Comfortably Numb (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
23 Run Like Hell (The Wall Work in Progress Pt. 2, 1979)
5. DVD
Mc: Atmos -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
In the Flesh -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
The Thin Ice -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Another Brick in the Wall P.1 -live/2011 Digit.remaster
The Happiest Day of Our Lives -live/2011 Digit.remaster
Another Brick in the Wall P.2 -live/2011 Digit.remaster
Mother -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Goodbye Blue Sky -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Empty Spaces -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
What Shall We Do Now -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guth
Young Lust -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
One of My Turns -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Don't Leave Me Now -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthri
Another Brick in the Wall P.3 -live/2011 Digit.remaster
The Last Few Bricks -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthr
Goodbye Cruel World -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthr
6. DVD
Hey You -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Is There Anybody out There -live/2011 Digit.remaster
Nobody Home -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Vera -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Bring the Boys Back Home -live/2011 Digit.remaster / James Gut
Combortably Numb -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
The Show Must Go on -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthr
Mc:atmos -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
In the Flesh -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Run Like Hell -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Waiting for the Worms -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Gut
Stop -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
The Trial -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
Outside the Wall -live/2011 Digit.remaster by James Guthrie
7. DVD
Another Brik in the Wall P.2 -promotional Video/2011
Behind the Wall Documentary -audio Visual
Gerald Scarfe Interview -audio Visual
Short Filmed Extract of Earls Court Concert Ft. Animation