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When the Tigers Broke Free

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Rob Archer
Dec 26, 2018
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"When the Tigers Broke Free" is the best Pink Floyd song ever written. "Comfortably Numb" is the greatest, but not the best. There is a difference.

Credit for the song goes to the band member who, in the wake of Syd Barrett's departure, began to write and direct more and more of Floyd's output.

Roger Waters engendered animosity because he "took over" the …

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