Pink Floyd album

Album   Released Publisher Rating
Oh by the Way 2007 Capitol
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (Biodegradable) 2006 Capitol
London 1966-1967 (Bonus CD) 2005 Snapper
London 1966-1967 (Pucka) 2005 Pucka
Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd 2001 Toshiba EMI
Is There Anybody out There? The Wall: Live 1980-1981 2000 Columbia
1967: The First Three Singles 1997 EMI
Pulse 1995 Columbia
London '66-'67 (See for Miles) 1995 See for Miles
The Division Bell 1994 Columbia
Live Bell 1994
Shine On 1992 Columbia
Delicate Sound of Thunder 1988 Columbia
The Final Cut 1983 Columbia
The Wall (Video/DVD) 1983 SMV
Works 1983 Capitol
A Collection of Great Dance Songs 1981 Columbia
Live at Pompeii (Video) 1981 Polygram
The Wall 1979 EMI
Animals 1977 EMI
Wish You Were Here 1975 EMI
The Dark Side of the Moon 1973 Capitol
A Nice Pair (US) 1973 Capitol
Obscured by Clouds 1972 Capitol
Meddle 1971 Capitol
Relics 1971 Capitol
Atom Heart Mother 1970 Capitol
Masters of Rock 1970 Euro
Ummagumma 1969 Capitol
More 1969 Capitol
A Saucerful of Secrets 1968 Capitol
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967 Capitol
Early Singles
Live Pink Floyd, Oude-Ahoy Hallen, Rotterdam, Oct. 12, 1967 A&M
Echoes in the Garden Heartbreaker
All Movement Is Accomplished: The 60's Rarities In House
Pink Floyd (Columbia) Columbia
Back to the topOh by the Way
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Released:
December 11, 2007
Label:
Capitol
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Hard Rock
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
British Invasion
Psychedelic
Album Rock
British Psychedelia
Mixed Media
Oh by the Way is a bit too flippant of a title for a release so heavy. This is no minor compilation; this is a 16-CD set containing all of Pink Floyd's albums -- from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn to The Division Bell -- packaged as mini-LPs with all the original artwork, right down to replicas of the inner sleeves. This does contain extras, but perhaps not the one it should have: it has a collage poster of Storm Thorgerson's artwork for the band, plus a pair of coasters, but what it lacks is a CD that rounds up the stray tracks from the band's career, including the early singles that were reissued as a bonus disc just a few months earlier as part of the deluxe Piper at the Gates of Dawn set. If it had that CD, this would be easy to recommend without reservation for Floyd diehards. Without it, it's still recommended, as it looks great, but a set this grand should be complete, not fall just short of it.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Astronomy Dominé 4:12 Barrett
2 Lucifer Sam 3:07 Barrett
3 Matilda Mother 3:08 Barrett
4 Flaming 2:46 Barrett
5 Pow R. Toc H. 4:26 Barrett, Waters, Mason, Wright
6 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 3:05 Waters
7 Intersteller Overdrive 9:40 Barrett, Waters, Mason, Wright
8 The Gnome 2:13 Barrett
9 Chapter 24 3:42 Barrett
10 The Scarecrow 2:11 Barrett
11 Bike 3:24 Barrett
12 Let There Be More Light 5:38 Waters
13 Remember a Day 4:33 Wright
14 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5:27 Waters
15 Corporal Clegg 4:12 Waters
16 A Saucerful of Secrets 11:59 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
17 See-Saw 4:36 Wright
18 Jugband Blues 3:00 Barrett
19 Cirrus Minor 5:18 Waters
20 The Nile Song 3:26 Waters
21 Crying Song 3:33 Waters
22 Up the Khyber 2:12 Mason, Wright
23 Green Is the Colour 2:58 Waters
24 Cymbaline 4:50 Waters
25 Party Sequence 1:07 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
26 Main Theme 5:28 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
27 Ibiza Bar 3:19 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
28 More Blues 2:12 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
29 Quicksilver 7:13 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
30 A Spanish Piece 1:05 Gilmour
31 Dramatic Theme 2:15 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
32 Astronomy Domine (Live) 8:29 Barrett
33 Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Live) 8:50 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
34 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (Live) 9:12 Waters
35 A Saucerful of Secrets (Live) 12:48 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
36 Sysyphus, Pt. 1-4 1:08 Wright
37 Grantchester Meadows 3:30 Waters
38 Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and 1:49 Waters
39 The Narrow Way, Pt.1-3 6:59 Gilmour
40 The Grand Vizier's Garden Party: Pt. 1 Entrance/Pt. 2 Entertainment/Pt. 3 E 7:26 Mason
41 (Untitled) 4:59 N/A
42 (Untitled) 3:27 N/A
43 (Untitled) 2:53 N/A
44 (Untitled) 5:57 N/A
45 (Untitled) 1:00 N/A
46 (Untitled) 7:06 N/A
47 (Untitled) 0:38 N/A
48 Atom Heart Mother: (A) Father's Shout/(B) Breast Milky/(C) Mother Fore/ 23:44 Waters, Geesin, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
49 If 4:30 Waters
50 Summer 68 5:29 Wright
51 Fat Old Sun 5:22 Gilmour
52 Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast: (A) Rise and Shine/(B) Sunny Side Up/(C) 13:00 Mason, Gilmour
53 One of These Days 5:58 Waters, Mason, Wright, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
54 A Pillow of Winds 5:11 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
55 Fearless 6:09 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
56 San Tropez 3:44 Waters, Pink Floyd
57 Seamus 2:16 Waters, Mason, Wright, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
58 Echoes 23:31 Waters, Mason, Wright, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
59 Obscured by Clouds 3:05 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
60 When You're In 2:31 Waters, Mason, Wright, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
61 Burning Bridges 3:30 Waters, Wright, Pink Floyd
62 The Gold It's in the... 3:08 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
63 Wots... Uh the Deal 5:09 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
64 Mudmen 4:18 Waters, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
65 Childhood's End 4:33 Pink Floyd, Gilmour
66 Free Four 4:16 Waters, Pink Floyd
67 Stay 4:07 Waters, Wright, Pink Floyd
68 Absolutely Curtains 5:51 Waters, Mason, Wright, Pink Floyd, Gilmour
69 Speak to Me 1:08 Mason
70 Breathe 2:48 Waters, Wright, Gilmour
71 On the Run 3:50 Waters, Gilmour
72 Time 6:49 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
73 The Great Gig in the Sky 4:44 Wright
74 Money 6:22 Waters Ringtone
75 Us and Them 7:49 Waters, Wright Ringtone
76 Any Colour You Like 3:26 Mason, Wright, Gilmour
77 Brain Damage 3:46 Waters
78 Eclipse 2:11 Waters
79 Shine on You Crazy Diamond: Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3, Pt. 4, Pt. 5 13:30 Waters, Wright, Gilmour
80 Welcome to the Machine 7:26 Waters
81 Have a Cigar 5:08 Waters
82 Wish You Were Here 5:40 Waters, Gilmour
83 Shine on You Crazy Diamond: Pt. 6, Pt. 7, Pt. 8, Pt. 9 12:22 Waters, Wright, Gilmour
84 Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 1 1:25 Waters
85 Dogs 17:04 Waters, Gilmour
86 Pigs (Three Different Ones) 11:21 Waters
87 Sheep 10:23 Waters
88 Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 2 1:24 Waters
89 In the Flesh? 3:19 Waters
90 The Thin Ice 2:29 Waters
91 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 3:09 Waters
92 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:50 Waters
93 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 3:59 Waters
94 Mother 5:33 Waters
95 Goodbye Blue Sky 2:47 Waters
96 Empty Spaces 2:08 Waters
97 Young Lust 3:31 Waters, Gilmour
98 One of My Turns 3:36 Waters
99 Don't Leave Me Now 4:16 Waters
100 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 1:14 Waters
101 Goodbye Cruel World 1:14 Waters
102 Hey You 4:41 Waters
103 Is There Anybody out There? 2:40 Waters
104 Nobody Home 3:24 Waters
105 Vera 1:33 Waters
106 Bring the Boys Back Home 1:27 Waters
107 Comfortably Numb 6:21 Waters, Gilmour
108 The Show Must Go On 1:36 Waters
109 In the Flesh 4:16 Waters
110 Run Like Hell 4:23 Waters, Gilmour
111 Waiting for the Worms 3:58 Waters
112 Stop 0:30 Waters
113 The Trial 5:19 Waters, Ezrin
114 Outside the Wall 1:43 Waters
115 The Post War Dream 3:00 Waters
116 Your Possible Pasts 4:26 Waters
117 One of the Few 1:11 Waters
118 When the Tigers Broke Free 3:16 Waters
119 The Hero's Return 2:42 Waters
120 The Gunners Dream 5:18 Waters
121 Paranoid Dream 3:41 Waters
122 Paranoid Eyes 1:17 Waters
123 Get Your Filthy Hands Memorial Home 4:12 Waters
124 Southampton Dock 2:10 Waters
125 The Final Cut 4:45 Waters
126 Not Now John 4:56 Waters
127 Two Suns in the Sunset 5:20 Waters
128 Signs of Life 4:23 Ezrin, Gilmour
129 Learning to Fly 4:52 Carin, Ezrin, Gilmour, Moore
130 The Dogs of War 6:03 Gilmour, Moore
131 One Slip 5:08 Manzanera, Gilmour
132 On the Turning Away 5:41 Gilmour, Moore
133 Yet Another Movie/Round and Around 7:26 Gilmour
134 A New Machine, Pt. 1 1:45 Gilmour
135 Terminal Frost 6:15 Gilmour
136 A New Machine, Pt. 2 0:38 Gilmour
137 Sorrow 8:48 Gilmour
138 Cluster One 5:58 Wright, Gilmour
139 What Do You Want from Me 4:21 Wright, Gilmour, Samson
140 Poles Apart 7:04 Gilmour, Laird-Clowes, Samson
141 Marooned 5:28 Wright, Gilmour
142 A Great Day for Freedom 4:18 Gilmour, Samson
143 Wearing the Inside Out 6:48 Wright, Moore
144 Take It Back 6:12 Ezrin, Gilmour, Laird-Clowes, Samson
145 Coming Back to Life 6:19 Gilmour
146 Keep Talking 6:11 Wright, Gilmour, Samson
147 Lost for Words 5:14 Gilmour, Samson
148 High Hopes 8:31 Gilmour, Samson
Back to the topEchoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (Biodegradable)
Review by Zac Johnson, All Music Guide
Released:
October 03, 2006
Label:
Capitol
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Hard Rock
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Psychedelic
Album Rock
British Psychedelia
Being the quintessential album rock band, Pink Floyd hasn't had much luck with "best-of" and "greatest-hits" compilations, like A Collection of Great Dance Songs and the bizarro follow-up, Works. Since both of those were released in the early '80s (and time travel being unavailable even to Pink Floyd), they obviously left out any tracks from the post-Roger Waters era albums. While countless hours in dorm rooms have been spent laboring over whether or not the post-Waters recordings should even be considered the "real Floyd," the later albums nonetheless stand as a further progression in the band's evolution and warrant recognition. The 2001 release Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd does just that, sequencing the tracks non-chronologically in an effort to place more emphasis on the individual songs as opposed to the era they're from. Unfortunately, the effect is rather jarring when the songs transition from the clinical mid-'90s sound of "High Hopes" directly into the psychedelic groove of the much earlier "Bike." Interestingly, as is the case with most of their albums (but a rarity in "hits" compilations), most of the tracks fade into one another; the hum of "Keep Talking" segueing into the bleating of "Sheep," making for an intriguing listen from one song to the next.

There are many highlights on this collection: the inclusion of the Floyd holy grail "When the Tigers Broke Free," a sweeping Waters military dirge that has only appeared in the film The Wall, and the fascinating "Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-7," which has never before been released without the break in the middle (but conspicuously missing parts eight and nine). The confusing inclusion of "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (possibly just to cover from The Final Cut) and three songs from the decidedly mediocre Division Bell stand out as obvious head-scratchers, making the die-hard Pink Floyd fan wonder if compiler James Guthrie was really clear on what this album should represent. Guthrie's job was unfortunately doomed from the start; since Pink Floyd's strength has always been in the band's rich, sprawling albums, listening to selections cut and chopped from here and there makes it almost like watching three-minute segments from Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind, and Apocalypse Now, knowing full well that they hold together much better as whole works. Still, Echoes is nearly the best possible assembly of the band's individual songs one could hope for, and collectors and completists should be overjoyed. That being said, anyone just getting into this group's fascinating sound would be much better off starting with Dark Side of the Moon, then working forward, then backward from there: the time honored system of hungrily consuming the Pink Floyd catalog that has stood for generations. [EMI re-released the album in 2006 with new packaging: a biodegradable cover that "can be discarded."]
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Astronomy Domine 4:10 Barrett
2 See Emily Play 2:47 Barrett
3 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:38 Waters
4 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 4:01 Waters
5 Echoes 16:30 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
6 Hey You 4:39 Waters
7 Marooned 2:02 Wright, Gilmour
8 The Great Gig in the Sky 4:40 Wright
9 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5:20 Waters
10 Money 6:29 Waters Ringtone
11 Keep Talking 5:57 Wright, Gilmour, Samson
12 Sheep 9:46 Waters
13 Sorrow 8:45 Gilmour
14 Shine on You Crazy Diamonds, Pts. 1-7 17:32 Waters, Wright, Gilmour
15 Time 6:48 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
16 The Fletcher Memorial Home 4:07 Waters
17 Comfortably Numb 6:53 Waters, Gilmour
18 When the Tigers Broke Free 3:42 Waters
19 One of These Days 5:14 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
20 Us and Them 7:51 Waters, Wright Ringtone
21 Learning to Fly 4:50 Carin, Ezrin, Gilmour, Moore
22 Arnold Layne 2:52 Barrett
23 Wish You Were Here 5:21 Waters, Gilmour
24 Jugband Blues 2:56 Barrett
25 High Hopes 6:59 Gilmour, Samson
26 Bike 3:24 Barrett
Price: $29.98     12 Reviews
No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: PINK FLOYDTitle: ECHOES-BEST OF PINK FLOYDStreet Release Date: 10/03/2006DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP
Back to the topLondon 1966-1967 (Bonus CD)
Review by Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
Released:
September 13, 2005
Label:
Snapper
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Psychedelic
British Psychedelia
This release includes yet another recut version of Peter Whitehead's 1967 documentary Tonight Let's All Make Love in London, incorporating the extended pre-EMI version of Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive" in its opening sequence and recycling a considerable number of images from the original cut of the movie into what amounts to an extended video to open the movie. It's an interesting, at times even fascinating example of cinematic art and commercial salvage all in one, and the group's more serious and mature fans will probably love it, although those for whom Dark Side of the Moon is a jumping-off point (and, for that matter, would never use "whom" in a sentence) may be bewildered by the cascading images, as well as some of the fiercest sounds ever captured professionally of the Syd Barrett version of the group. Looking at this material now (which has never had an official release in the U.S. before, apart from a CD-ROM), it is probably the best extant visual representation of what that period of music and London cultural history was like, mixing edgy creativity and compulsive group behavior in one strange and otherworldly interlude. The quality of the image and the sound is superior to that of earlier incarnations of this material (principally through a Japanese laserdisc), and director Whitehead has tightened up the editing to the point where there's scarcely a stray frame of footage to slacken the focus or intensity. The DVD comes with a nicely mastered (i.e., good and loud) bonus CD of the two Pink Floyd tracks which, to show the order of priorities here, is first in the two-disc package.

The core of the DVD is the latest version of the 31-minute film that Whitehead has assembled keyed to the two extended Floyd tracks, but there are some interesting appendices. The first and best is Whitehead's overview (keyed to images of the band and London, but also of New York City, including the 59th Street subway station), and his reminiscences of his early contact with Barrett. There's also something called "Peter Whitehead's '60s Experience" that is essentially a montage of images from the period keyed to the short edit of "Interstellar Overdrive," and is followed by interviews with Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, Julie Christie, and David Hockney, excerpted from the original Tonight Let's All Make Love in London -- one sort of wishes they would go ahead and release the original film as well on DVD, because it was pretty entertaining in its own right in its own time. The disc opens automatically on an easy-to-access menu, and the entire disc will probably be a delight to the more cerebral of Pink Floyd fans.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Interstellar Overdrive (DVD) N/A Barrett, Waters, Mason, Wright
2 Nick's Boogie (DVD) N/A Mason
3 Interviews with Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, David Hockney & Julie ... [ N/A N/A
4 Footage Capturing the London Scene in the Late Sixties (DVD) N/A N/A
5 Overview with Director Peter Whitehead (DVD) N/A N/A
6 Interstellar Overdrive (*) 4:53 Barrett, Waters, Mason, Wright
7 Nick's Boogie (*) 11:49 Mason
Price: $19.99     9 Reviews
In terms of archival value, Pink Floyd: London, 1966-1967 is essential viewing for Floyd collectors and anyone who's curious about the swinging pop scene of London at the dawn of t...
Back to the topLondon 1966-1967 (Pucka)
Review by Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Released:
July 19, 2005
Label:
Pucka
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
British Invasion
Psychedelic
British Psychedelia
Essentially, London 1966-1967 is a single-disc version of the music used for director Peter Whitehead's film Tonite Let's All Make Love in London. Since all the music and footage weren't used in the film's final cut, they have been made available on various bootlegs and reissues of strange import. This Snapper disc is licensed, and contains both "Interstellar Overdive" and "Nick's Boogie," capturing the Syd Barrett era of the band at its loosest and most adventurous. The music is more than solid -- it reveals in spades what the fuss was about with Floyd early on. The video portion of this disc is a bit of a letdown, however. It contains -- viewable on your computer in ROM -- footage of the full "Interstellar Overdrive" and interviews with Whitehead (who provides an overview) as well as actors Julie Christie and Michael Caine, artist David Hockney, and Mick Jagger, all talking about Swinging London at the time. Alas, to get the wild, woolly footage of "Nick's Boogie," one has to purchase the DVD, which has all sorts of extras. In essence, other than the music, the disc is a teaser for the DVD.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Interstellar Overdrive (Full Length Version) 16:42 Pink Floyd
2 Nick's Boogie 14:21 Pink Floyd
3 Interstellar Overdrive/Interview Footage (*)(Multimedia Track) N/A N/A
Price: $26.99     7 Reviews
The Full Length Definitive Version of ‘interstellar’ and the Little Known ‘nick’s Boogie’, Recorded at Sound Techniques, London, on the 11th and 12th of January 1967 for Peter Whit...
Back to the topEchoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
Review by Zac Johnson, All Music Guide
Released:
November 06, 2001
Label:
Toshiba EMI
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Hard Rock
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Psychedelic
Album Rock
British Psychedelia
Being the quintessential album rock band, Pink Floyd hasn't had much luck with "best-of" and "greatest-hits" compilations, like A Collection of Great Dance Songs and the bizarro follow-up, Works. Since both of those were released in the early '80s (and time travel being unavailable even to Pink Floyd), they obviously left out any tracks from the post-Roger Waters era albums. While countless hours in dorm rooms have been spent laboring over whether or not the post-Waters recordings should even be considered the "real Floyd," the later albums nonetheless stand as a further progression in the band's evolution and warrant recognition. The 2001 release Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd does just that, sequencing the tracks non-chronologically in an effort to place more emphasis on the individual songs as opposed to the era they're from. Unfortunately, the effect is rather jarring when the songs transition from the clinical mid-'90s sound of "High Hopes" directly into the psychedelic groove of the much earlier "Bike." Interestingly, as is the case with most of their albums (but a rarity in "hits" compilations), most of the tracks fade into one another; the hum of "Keep Talking" segueing into the bleating of "Sheep," making for an intriguing listen from one song to the next.

There are many highlights on this collection: the inclusion of the Floyd holy grail "When the Tigers Broke Free," a sweeping Waters military dirge that has only appeared in the film The Wall, and the fascinating "Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-7," which has never before been released without the break in the middle (but conspicuously missing parts eight and nine). The confusing inclusion of "The Fletcher Memorial Home" (possibly just to cover from The Final Cut) and three songs from the decidedly mediocre Division Bell stand out as obvious head-scratchers, making the die-hard Pink Floyd fan wonder if compiler James Guthrie was really clear on what this album should represent. Guthrie's job was unfortunately doomed from the start; since Pink Floyd's strength has always been in the band's rich, sprawling albums, listening to selections cut and chopped from here and there makes it almost like watching three-minute segments from Citizen Kane, Gone With the Wind, and Apocalypse Now, knowing full well that they hold together much better as whole works. Still, Echoes is nearly the best possible assembly of the band's individual songs one could hope for, and collectors and completists should be overjoyed. That being said, anyone just getting into this group's fascinating sound would be much better off starting with Dark Side of the Moon, then working forward, then backward from there: the time honored system of hungrily consuming the Pink Floyd catalog that has stood for generations.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Astronomy Domine 4:10 Barrett
2 See Emily Play 2:47 Barrett
3 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:38 Waters
4 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 4:01 Waters
5 Echoes 16:30 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
6 Hey You 4:39 Waters
7 Marooned 2:02 Wright, Gilmour
8 The Great Gig in the Sky 4:40 Waters, Wright
9 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun 5:20 Waters
10 Money 6:29 Waters Ringtone
11 Keep Talking 5:57 Wright, Gilmour, Samson
12 Sheep 9:46 Waters
13 Sorrow 8:45 Gilmour
14 Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-7 17:32 Waters, Wright, Gilmour
15 Time 6:48 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
16 The Fletcher Memorial Home 4:07 Waters
17 Comfortably Numb 6:53 Waters, Gilmour
18 When the Tigers Broke Free 3:42 Waters
19 One of These Days 5:14 Waters, Mason, Wright, Gilmour
20 Us and Them 7:51 Waters, Wright Ringtone
21 Learning to Fly 4:50 Carin, Ezrin, Gilmour, Moore
22 Arnold Layne 2:52 Barrett
23 Wish You Were Here 5:21 Waters, Gilmour
24 Jugband Blues 2:56 Barrett
25 High Hopes 6:59 Gilmour, Samson
26 Bike 3:24 Barrett
Back to the topIs There Anybody out There? The Wall: Live 1980-1981
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Released:
April 18, 2000
Label:
Columbia
Rating:
Genre:
Rock
Styles:
Disco
Hard Rock
Prog-Rock/Art Rock
Album Rock
Skillfully edited together from the handful of Wall shows Floyd performed between 1980 and 1981 (much of the recordings date from shows at Earl's Court in London), Is There Anybody out There? replicates The Wall live -- which, of course, was a replication of the record, only with spectacular visuals. There are two songs not on the studio album -- "What Shall We Do Now?," a tune pulled from the record at the 11th hour (early pressings still listed it on the sleeve), plus "The Last Few Bricks," which was an instrumental at the end of the first act that gave the crew time to finish building the wall -- but they add nothing to the overall piece. There are no revelations at all, actually, with the possible exception of the layered harmonies on "Outside the Wall," which makes this coda seem like a full-fledged song. Since the show was so rigidly structured, there was little opportunity for the band to stretch out and jam. All of this means that Is There Anybody out There? is The Wall by any other name, and that it isn't for anybody but Floyd fanatics. Will this disappoint the less-dedicated listener? Not necessarily, since anybody familiar with The Wall will likely enjoy it as it's playing. The question is, how often will you put the record on? After all, if you want to hear this music, you'll listen to the studio recording. That doesn't really diminish the worth of Is There Anybody out There?, but it hardly makes it necessary, either.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Master of Ceremonies 1:13 Waters
2 In the Flesh? 3:00 Waters
3 The Thin Ice 2:49 Waters
4 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 4:12 Waters
5 The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:39 Waters
6 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 6:19 Waters
7 Mother 7:54 Waters
8 Goodbye Blue Sky 3:14 Waters
9 Empty Spaces 2:14 Waters
10 What Shall We Do Now? 1:40 Waters
11 Young Lust 5:16 Waters, Gilmour
12 One of My Turns 3:41 Waters
13 Don't Leave Me Now 4:07 Waters
14 Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 1:15 Waters, Ezrin
15 The Last Few Bricks 3:25 Waters
16 Goodbye Cruel World 1:41 Waters
17 Hey You 4:55 Waters
18 Is There Anybody Out There? 3:09 Waters
19 Nobody Home 3:15 Waters
20 Vera 1:27 Waters
21 Bring the Boys Back Home 1:20 Waters
22 Comfortably Numb 7:26 Waters, Gilmour
23 The Show Must Go On 2:34 Waters
24 Master of Ceremonies 0:37 Waters
25 In the Flesh 4:22 Waters
26 Run Like Hell 7:05 Waters, Gilmour
27 Waiting for the Worms 4:13 Waters
28 Stop 0:32 Waters
29 The Trial 6:01 Waters, Ezrin
30 Outside the Wall 4:28 Waters