Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. MC:Atomos
2. In The Flesh?
3. The Thin Ice
4. Another Brick In The Wall - Part 1
5. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
6. Another Brick In The Wall - Part 2
7. Mother
8. Goodbye Blue Sky
9. Empty Spaces
10. What Shall We Do Now?
11. Young Lust
12. One Of My Turns
13. Don't Leave Me Now
14. Another Brick In The Wall - Part 3
15. The Last Few Bricks
16. Goodbye Cruel World

Disc 2:

1. Hey You
2. Is There Anybody Out There?
3. Nobody Home
4. Vera
5. Bring The Boys Back Home
6. Comfortably Numb
7. The Show Must Go On
8. MC:Atomos
9. In The Flesh
10. Run Like Hell
11. Waiting For The Worms
12. Stop
13. The Trial
14. Outside The Wall

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36838 in Music
• Released on: 2000-04-18
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Live, Original recording remastered

Amazon.com
Exactly what was Pink Floyd's The Wall? Rock opera? Concept album? Performance art? Mere entertainment? While the truth may lie in a combination of all of the above, during the band's tour of 1980-81, The Wall was a bona fide spectacle. More than anything, Is There Anybody Out There? captures the volume, the bombast, and the grandeur of these famed performances with remarkable accuracy. Meticulously recorded, these concerts are astonishingly faithful to the band's studio versions and flow out of the speakers with practiced authority and absolutely fantastic sound. That said, there are few new revelations to be gained from hearing The Wall live that can't be gleaned from the studio version. Some moments do have an additional spark, however. "Run Like Hell" is launched with blistering intensity, and the first notes of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1" will surely raise a shiver. The release also includes two tracks ("What Shall We Do Now," "The Last Few Bricks") left off the original release due to space constraints. Essential for Floyd fanatics as well as those wishing to hear just how terrific a live concert can sound. --S. Duda

Customer Reviews

"Don't think I need anything at all" -- except this CD set!
First thing, make sure you get the "limited edition"box set & not just the regular 2-CD set. You'll be sorelydisappointed when you find out what you missed. It's worth the extra money. The hardcover book that comes with it is worth the entire price by itself. Beautiful photos + commentary from the band & set designers, etc. Second thing, I (along with many Floyd fans) have been waiting a very long time for something I haven't heard before. Sure, new Pink Floyd material would be nice, but this 2 disc set of The Wall will definitely satiate the need for a while. I know everyone's heard the album before, but you have never heard it like this. Taken from various concerts at the original Earls Court in London from 1980 and 1981, these songs are among the best I have heard them do live. You've undoubtedly heard some of the songs live on Pulse or Delicate Sound of Thunder (both also great sets), but to finally get to hear the entire The Wall album -- I can only say that it is incredible. Remember the beauty of hearing the live version of Dark Side of the Moon from Pulse? Songs like "Goodbye Blue Sky," "Young Lust," and "Mother" shine on this collection, and more popular songs played many times live -- "Comfortably Numb," "Run Like Hell," and "Another Brick in the Wall" -- well, you have to hear them to hear the differences. I'll just tell you that the guitar & keyboard solos on Another Brick in the Wall make it worth the purchase price. Buy your copy, listen over and over, and keep hoping that Gilmour, Wright & Mason get together again for a new Pink Floyd album. Or maybe they'll do like The Dead & just start putting out a kind of "Dick's Picks" collection of live shows from the past. I could live with that.

...we came in?
yeah, this album is awesome. Anyone who's heard any Wall bootlegs before won't hear anything new, other that the GIANT leap up in sound quality, but for those of you who've only heard the studio album, you'll notice quite a few differences (all for the better). anyway, i just have to say a few things. the only problem i have with the album is during Dave's singing parts on "Mother" there is a rather loud buzzing sound, and it's really annoying, after a few listens it doesn't bother me as much, but especially the first time you hear it, it will be very annoying. this is on a few other songs also, such as "Goodbye Blue Sky", and "Comfortably Numb", however it's not nearly as loud as on "Mother" and if you're listening to it in the car you can't even hear it. but don't get me wrong, it is still very much worth the money, especially the limited edition version, and it's easily the best live album i've ever heard. now for a couple of nitpicky gripes. "Empty Spaces" is not really "Empty Spaces", it's really the beginning of "What Shall We Do Now?", which is why it has different lyrics than "Empty Spaces", if you look at the words in the studio wall album, "What Shall We Do Now?" is in there and you can see what i'm talking about. Now the only reason this bothers me is because the only reason they split this song up is so people who don't know better will think they're getting something extra, well, you're not getting something extra, just instead of the original "Empty Spaces" you're getting "What Shall We Do Now?" split into two songs. Now, as for "The Last Few Bricks", this isn't even really a song, for those of you who don't know, this was added in to give the brick builders time to finish building the wall during the show, hence the name "The Last Few Bricks" which, by the way, was only recently named that by Roger Waters, so back when they did these shows it didn't have a name, and it wasn't even a real song. So there again, they're marketing it as a "never before released" song to make you think you're getting something extra, and while you are getting something that's not on the original album, it's hardly a new song. and just to be even more picky, the Amazon review says that both of those songs were on the wall movie, well, that's wrong, only "What Shall We Do Now?" was in the movie. ok, well i know those are just cheap complaints, but i know there are some people who care. but this album is definately worth buying, but like someone already said, definately buy the limited edition, it is very much worth the extra money.

Terrific. Worth Every Penny
What a great CD! I have had a couple of previous bootlegs over the years, but this just flat out sounds better. Of course this album is also gorgeously remixed, which none of the bootlegs are.

I am a bit disappointed with a couple of the choices, however. For example, Comfortably Numb has never sounded better, until Gilmour's rather perfunctory final solo ends with a whimper rather than a bang. Also, certain tracks sound virtually identical to the studio release. That said, the version of Run Like Hell released here is alone worth the price of the album, a true skin-crawling pleasure. Ditto the assorted Another Brick in the Wall, In The Flesh, and Mother.

Bottom line: A splendid live album. Considering that it comes from tapes that are over 20 years old, it is even more remarkable.