Radio K.A.O.S.

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Radio K.A.O.S.
Studio album by Roger Waters
Released	15 June 1987 (1987-06-15)
Recorded	October – December 1986
Studio	Billiard Room (London)
Genre	New wave electronic rock art rock
Length	41:24
Label	EMI Columbia
Producer	Roger Waters Ian Ritchie Nick Griffiths
Roger Waters chronology
When the Wind Blows (1986) Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990)
Roger Waters studio chronology
The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984) Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) Amused to Death (1992)
Singles from Radio K.A.O.S.
"Radio Waves" Released: 18 May 1987 "Sunset Strip" Released: 12 September 1987 "The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)" Released: 16 November 1987 "Who Needs Information" Released: 21 December 1987

Radio K.A.O.S. is the second solo studio album by the English rock musician Roger Waters. Released on 15 June 1987 in the United Kingdom and 16 June in the United States, it was Waters' first solo studio album after his formal departure from the band Pink Floyd in 1985. Like his previous and future studio albums and many works of his during his time with Pink Floyd, the album is a concept album based on a number of key topical subjects of the late 1980s, including monetarism and its effect on citizens, popular culture of the time, and the events and consequences of the Cold War. It also makes criticisms of Margaret Thatcher's government, much like Pink Floyd's The Final Cut (1983), another album conceived by Waters.

The album follows Billy, a mentally and physically disabled man from Wales, forced to live with his uncle David in Los Angeles after his brother Benny is sent to prison following an act intended to support striking coal miners which results in the death of a taxi driver, and his dismissal from his mining job due to "market forces". The album explores Billy's view of the world through an on-air conversation between him and Jim, a disc jockey (DJ) at a fictitious local radio station named Radio KAOS.