 With over 1 @,@ 000 @,@ 000 units shipped in the United States , the Recording Industry Association of America certified The Final Cut Platinum in May 1983 . It was given double Platinum certification in 1997 . Despite these achievements , The Final Cut was the lowest @-@ selling Pink Floyd studio album in the United States and worldwide since Meddle . Gilmour claimed that this relative commercial failure supported his assertion that much of the material on the album was weak . Waters responded : 
