The Wall: Live in Berlin, 1990 [LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Roger Waters

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 2003)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B00009V7VA
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #80,049 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. In the Flesh - Scorpions

2. Thin Ice - Ute Lemper, Roger Waters

3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 - Roger Waters

4. Happiest Days of Our Lives - Joe Chemay, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, John Joyce, Roger Waters

5. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 - Cyndi Lauper

6. Mother - Sinéad O'Connor

7. Goodbye Blue Sky - Joni Mitchell

8. Empty Spaces - Bryan Adams, Roger Waters

9. Young Lust - Bryan Adams

10. Oh My God/What a Fabulous Room - Jerry Hall

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Hey You - Paul Carrack

2. Is There Anybody Out There?

3. Nobody Home - Roger Waters

4. Vera - Roger Waters

5. Bring the Boys Back Home - Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army,

6. Comfortably Numb - Van Morrison, Roger Waters

7. In the Flesh - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters

8. Run Like Hell - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters

9. Waiting for the Worms & Stop - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters

10. Trial - Company

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Pink Floyd's 1979 double album The Wall was that strangest of beasts: a concept album, driven by a tortured rock-star protagonist, so obtusely personal it sometimes bordered on the inscrutable. But history was kind to the Roger Waters-spawned epic; when the communist bloc crumbled in 1989, taking the symbolic Berlin Wall with it, it inspired the ex-Floyd bassist and singer to frame his most ambitious work as another familiar tortured-rock-star conceit: the all-star benefit-concert TV broadcast. The shifting tides of history have undermined much of this remastered, double-disc soundtrack's momentous context, leaving behind a larger-than-life spectacle that, depending on one's viewpoint, could represent rock's most overarching populism--or the beginning of the end. Still, the star-heavy concept yields some unexpected surprises, from the Scorpions' bracing opening blast through haunting reinventions of "Mother" (Sinead O'Connor) and "Goodbye Blue Sky" (Joni Mitchell)--performances that blunt the oft-suspect misogyny of Waters's sprawling tale. Bryan Adams injects some vocal fire into "Empty Spaces" and "Young Lust," but by the time Waters, company, a massed German orchestra, choir, and the Military Orchestra of the Soviet Union reach the album's crescendos the event has gone so far over the top that it seems like nothing short of a neo-operatic Andrew Lloyd Webber wet dream. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

Hailed as a musical, visual and historic landmark, Roger Waters' The Wall - Live In Berlin has been remixed and remastered (by Nick Griffiths, the original engineer) for the first time since its original 1990 premiere. The CD contains the entire two-hour-plus concert, featuring performances by Bryan Adams, The Band, Thomas Dolby, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor, Van Morrison, Scorpions and more. The package boasts new, 2003 artwork, photos and liner notes. Mercury/Universal.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A miss version of The Wall without Pink Floyd, November 12, 2007

By	Terrence J. Reardon "Classic rock and old sch... (Lake Worth (a west Palm Beach suburb), FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Roger Waters' The Wall in Berlin was released in September of 1990.
This performance of The Wall was first recorded on July 21, 1990 and I heard the original radio broadcast.
Although this is a live album, portions of it were taken from a re-do of the show after the original performance and the previous night's dress rehearsal. The original radio broadcast had the microphones all messing up and the power going out during The Thin Ice and Mother.
Initially, in a July, 1989 radio interview, Roger initially thought of having ex-bandmates David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright play with him. Even David went through lawyers to get the OK to do it when asked at the Knebworth 1990 show backstage but then Roger shot down his ex-bandmates' offer in early July of 1990 (hypocritical of Roger at the time). Then, Roger tried to get artists like Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and Peter Gabriel (this would have been superb IMHO) for the performance. Unfortunately, those artists were either unavailable or wanted money so in the end he got some good artists (The Scorpions (whom were excellent on In the Flesh), Joni Mitchell (pretty good on Goodbye Blue Sky), Bryan Adams (his Young Lust was not bad), Paul Carrack (he did Hey You very well)) and some very bad artists (Van Morrison and The Band (sans Robbie Robertson which is sacrilege) (they destroyed David Gilmour's parts on Comfortably Numb), Cyndi Lauper (her duetting with Roger on Another Brick in the Wall (pt. 2) was atrocious), Ute Lemper (tolerable on The Thin Ice but Mariah Carey-esquely annoying on The Trial), Sinead O' Connor (awful here on Mother but ironically was good on Rick Wright's Broken China) and Jerry Hall (her as the groupie was unnecessary)) for the performance.
Whilst original Wall show stalwarts Snowy White and Peter Wood plus Andy Fairweather-Low and Graham Broad were good, Rick DiFonso desecrated David Gilmour's solos thinking he was Eddie Van Halen (enough of the divebomb things with guitar Rick Van Halen DiFonso).
Fortunately, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (released in 2000) does great live justice to The Wall as it is the classic Floyd lineup performing The Wall (and there are videos filmed from those shows). If I were you, I'd spend my money on Is There Anybody Out There?.
Grab The Wall in Berlin ONLY if you are a collector.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for any Pink Floyd fan, July 28, 2003

By A Customer

I bought this double CD and the accompanying video just after the concert was held in Germany and I have listend to it uncountable times since. How could one top one of the definitive "rock operas" of our time? Upgrade it to include more talented musicians such as Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Joni Mitchell, etc. David Gilmour's guitars are typically irreplaceable, but even I will admit that for the first time, Roger Waters found excellent substitutes. Any true Pink Floyd fan will love this music.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Not Pink Floyd But It's The Next Best Thing, February 10, 2005

By	Michael A. Clark (Londonderry Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Not having been a big Roger Waters fan, this DVD changed my whole attitude and opinion of Roger Waters. This DVD/CD may not be Pink Floyd, but it sure is the next best thing. I thoroughly enjoyed this DVD. I had viewed Roger Waters as a whining, moaning, groaning, and complaining child who just wanted to have something to cry about. After seeing this DVD, that all changed. He was so cool, calm, and collected in this DVD and so relaxed. I was impressed with the way he shared the spotlight with other musicians and didn't cop an attitude by self-centeredness, selfishness, and egotism. I think he had the idea of performing this version of The Wall the same way Pink Floyd did the live version of The Wall. It was superbly done. All the musicians were superb especially Cyndi Lauper and Bryan Adams. You can always tell Cyndi even if you don't hear her because of her eccentricities. If you're not a Roger Waters fan or if you have doubts about him, check out The Wall: Live In Berlin and his other live album In The Flesh. I can guarantee you will have a change of heart. My friend gave me a copy of this DVD and after seeing it, I was totally blown away by the performance and came away with a different attitude toward Roger Waters. I was so impressed with this DVD/CD and the In The Flesh DVD I had to order the CDs. I do not regret it for a minute. I would highly recommend both these albums for any Pink Floyd or Roger Waters fan. You won't regret it!