Is There Anybody out There? The Wall: Live 1980-1981

Disc 1
1	Master of Ceremonies 1:13
2	In the Flesh? 3:00
3	The Thin Ice 2:49
4	Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 1 4:12
5	The Happiest Days of Our Lives 1:39
6	Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 2 6:19
7	Mother 7:54
8	Goodbye Blue Sky 3:14
9	Empty Spaces 2:14
10	What Shall We Do Now? 1:40
11	Young Lust 5:16
12	One of My Turns 3:41
13	Don't Leave Me Now 4:07
14	Another Brick In The Wall, Pt. 3 1:15
15	The Last Few Bricks 3:25
16	Goodbye Cruel World 1:41
Disc 2
1	Hey You 4:55
2	Is There Anybody Out There? 3:09
3	Nobody Home 3:15
4	Vera 1:27
5	Bring the Boys Back Home 1:20
6	Comfortably Numb 7:26
7	The Show Must Go On 2:34
8	Master of Ceremonies 0:37
9	In the Flesh 4:22
10	Run Like Hell 7:05
11	Waiting For The Worms 4:13
12	Stop 0:32
13	The Trial 6:01
14	Outside the Wall 4:28

Barnes & Noble

First, there were big rock spectacles, then there were huge rock extravaganzas…and then, finally, there was Pink Floyd's THE WALL. This live document, which was recorded over several 1980-81 live performances of the epic sonic journey, may not replicate the dramatic visuals of the show's staging, but it certainly captures the grandiose sweep of the music. And while 20 years -- and countless radio plays of the studio versions of "Another Brick in the Wall" and "Comfortably Numb" -- have elapsed since, there's still something stirring about experiencing the concert performances. This two-disc set also brings fans a pair of songs that didn't make it to the original album. The furtive "What Shall We Do Now?" was heard briefly in the film version of "The Wall," while the claustrophobic "The Last Few Bricks" (originally timed to coincide with the completion of the actual wall that was erected around the band members onstage) has never been released in any form. Their inclusion makes IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? a must for any Pink Floyd completist and a remarkable period piece in its own right. David Sprague

All Music Guide

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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine