Is This the Life We Really Want?

Is This the Life We Really Want? is the fourth solo album by the English rock musician Roger Waters, released on 2 June 2017 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Nigel Godrich, who urged Waters to make a more concise, less theatrical album. It was Waters' first solo album since Amused to Death (1992), and his first studio work since the opera Ça Ira (2005).

Is This the Life We Really Want?
Studio album by
Roger Waters
Released2 June 2017 (2017-06-02)
Recorded2010–2017
StudioElectric Lady Studios (New York City, NY)
Fivestar Studio (Los Angeles, California), United Recording Studios, Wack Formula Studio
Genre
  • Rock
  • progressive rock
Length54:06
LabelColumbia
ProducerNigel Godrich
Roger Waters chronology
Roger Waters: The Wall
(2015)
Is This the Life We Really Want?
(2017)
Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale
(2018)
Roger Waters studio chronology
Ça Ira
(2005)
Is This the Life We Really Want?
(2017)
Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale
(2018)
Singles from Is This the Life We Really Want?
  1. "Smell the Roses"
    Released: 20 April 2017
  2. "Déjà Vu"
    Released: 8 May 2017
  3. "The Last Refugee"
    Released: 19 May 2017

The album reached number three in the UK and number 11 in the United States. It produced four singles: "Smell the Roses", "Déjà Vu", "The Last Refugee" and "Wait for Her".

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