Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81

2000 live album by Pink Floyd

Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 is a live album comprised of recordings of Pink Floyd's tour of The Wall.

Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
Live album by
Pink Floyd
ReleasedMarch 23, 2000
GenreProgressive rock

Track listing

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Disc one
No. TitleVocals Length
1. "MC: Atmos" (9 August 1980; includes excerpt from "We'll Meet Again")Yudman 1:13
2. "In the Flesh?" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Waters 3:00
3. "The Thin Ice" (9 August 1980)Gilmour, Waters 2:49
4. "Another Brick in the Wall - Pt 1" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Waters, Gilmour 4:13
5. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Waters, Gilmour 1:40
6. "Another Brick in the Wall - Pt 2" (14 June 1981/8 August 1980)Gilmour, Waters 6:19
7. "Mother" (16 June 1981)Waters, Gilmour 7:54
8. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (17 June 1981)Gilmour 3:15
9. "Empty Spaces" (14 June 1981)Waters 2:14
10. "What Shall We Do Now?" (14 June 1981/17 June 1981)Waters 1:40
11. "Young Lust" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Gilmour, Waters 5:17
12. "One of My Turns" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Waters 3:41
13. "Don't Leave Me Now" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/17 June 1981)Waters 4:08
14. "Another Brick in the Wall - Pt 3" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980/9 August 1980)Waters 1:15
15. "The Last Few Bricks" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980)Instrumental 3:26
16. "Goodbye Cruel World" (8 August 1980)Waters 1:41
Total length:
53:50
Disc two
No. TitleVocals Length
1. "Hey You" (16 June 1981/17 June 1981)Gilmour, Waters 4:55
2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" (15 June 1981)Waters, Gilmour 3:09
3. "Nobody Home" (14 June 1981/16 June 1981/17 June 1981)Waters 3:15
4. "Vera" (15 June 1981/16 June 1981)Waters 1:27
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" (15 June 1981/16 June 1981)Waters 1:20
6. "Comfortably Numb" (14 June 1981/15 June 1981/16 June 1981/17 June 1981)Gilmour, Waters 7:26
7. "The Show Must Go On" (16 June 1981)Gilmour 2:35
8. "MC: Atmos" (16 June 1981)Yudman 0:37
9. "In the Flesh" (7 August 1980/8 August 1980)Waters 4:23
10. "Run Like Hell" (14 June 1981/15 June 1981/16 June 1981/17 June 1981)Gilmour, Waters 7:05
11. "Waiting for the Worms" (14 June 1981/15 June 1981/16 June 1981)Waters, Gilmour 4:14
12. "Stop" (9 August 1980)Waters 0:30
13. "The Trial" (9 August 1980)Waters 6:01
14. "Outside the Wall" (8 August 1980)Waters 4:27
Total length:
51:31

Background

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Is There Anybody Out There? contains live versions of the songs off of The Wall. Some extra tracks are added, "What Shall We Do Now?" and "The Last Few Bricks". These songs were originally slated to be on the original album, but they were cut because of the album's length. "The Last Few Bricks" is an instrumental bridge between "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3" and "Goodbye Cruel World". The song includes themes from previous songs, including "Young Lust", "Empty Spaces", "Don't Leave Me Now", "What Shall We Do Now?", and "The Happiest Days of Our Lives". The purpose of the bridge is to give the bricklayers more time to place the, as the title implies, last few bricks. The album also includes two spoken tracks, "MC: Atmos" and "Master of Ceremonies".