Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81
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| Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 | ||
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| Missing image The_Wall_Live.jpg Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 | ||
| CD & DVD by Pink Floyd | ||
| Released | April 18 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1980, 1981 | |
| Genre | Classic rock | |
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| Record labels | EMI Records (UK), Columbia Records (US) | |
| Producers | James Guthrie | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Pink Floyd Chronology | ||
| P-U-L-S-E (1995) | Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (1995) | Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. (2001) |
Is There Anybody out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 is an album released by Pink Floyd in 2000. It is a live rendition of The Wall, recorded by James Guthrie, with different songs taken from various performances from the years 1980 and 1981. Many of the performances were in Earl's Court in London. The shows actually involved the construction of a wall on stage, throughout the first half of the show. Once it was finished, members of the band performed in small openings in the wall, atop the wall, in front of the wall, or even behind the wall.
Is There Anybody out There? contains live versions of all the original songs along with two additional songs: "What Shall We Do Now?" and "The Last Few Bricks". "What Shall We Do Now?" was actually planned for the original album, but removed just before release. There are also two spoken tracks both titled "Master of Ceremonies", one occurring before "In the Flesh?" at the beginning of the album, and one before the reprise "In the Flesh", midway through the second half.
While very faithful to the original recording, the album attracted mixed reviews. Some critics claim it is too rigidly structured for a live album, and is merely an inferior version of the studio recording, while others claim it is an excellent presentation of the live shows as they were, and an excellent piece of recording and production.
The album reached #19 on The Billboard 200 and went Platinum(1 million copies sold) in the US in May of 2000.
| Contents |
Tracks
Disc one
- "Master of Ceremonies"
- "In The Flesh?"
- "The Thin Ice"
- "Another Brick In The Wall (Part I)"
- "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives"
- "Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)"
- "Mother"
- "Goodbye Blue Sky"
- "Empty Spaces"
- "What Shall We Do Now"
- "Young Lust"
- "One Of My Turns"
- "Don't Leave Me Now"
- "Another Brick In The Wall (Part III)"
- "The Last Few Bricks"
- "Goodbye Cruel World"
Disc two
- "Hey You"
- "Is There Anybody Out There?"
- "Nobody Home"
- "Vera"
- "Bring the Boys Back Home"
- "Comfortably Numb"
- "The Show Must Go On"
- "Master of Ceremonies"
- "In The Flesh"
- "Run Like Hell"
- "Waiting For The Worms"
- "Stop"
- "The Trial"
- "Outside The Wall"
Personnel
- Roger Waters
- David Gilmour
- Nick Mason
- Richard Wright
- Snowy White
- Willie Wilson
- Andy Brown
- Peter Wood
(incomplete list)
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | The Billboard 200 | 19 |
| 2000 | Billboard's Top Internet Albums | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "Young Lust" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 13 |