 The Final Cut is the twelfth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd , released on 21 March 1983 by Harvest Records in the United Kingdom and internationally and on 2 April 1983 in the United States by Columbia Records . It is Pink Floyd 's last studio album to include founding member , bass guitarist and songwriter Roger Waters , and their only album on which he alone is credited for writing and composition . It is also the only Pink Floyd album that does not feature keyboardist Richard Wright . 
