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Roger Waters - The Wall Live In Berlin [2 Disc] (2003 - Progressive rock) [Flac 24-88 SACD 5.1]
The Wall: Live in Berlin Review by Ted Mills
Nobody really expected the Berlin Wall to come down in 1989, and so suddenly.
Roger Waters especially, because he had once made a promise never to perform The Wall again after the
1980 tour until the bricks fell in Berlin. But they did, and Waters had no intention to renege on his promise.
The Wall became a star-studded megaconcert to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, with larger bricks,
bigger inflatable puppets, and a larger audience than any of the original Pink Floyd shows.
There was always a contradiction in performing such a personal work in a stadium setting, but here it becomes
especially acute when opening up the vocal tasks to a variety of artists.
Bryan Adams is actually an astute choice for the cock rock swagger of "Young Lust," but Cyndi Lauper ruins the
spare funk of "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" with over-enthusiastic yelping.
And you'll definitely want to skip Jerry Hall's reading of the background dialog before "One of My Turns"
("Oh my gawd, what a fabulous room! Are all these your guitars?" -- a piece known word for word by every Floyd
fan out there), as she seems unaware that a microphone can be used for amplification. By running through the
album track by track, a lot of the effect of the live versions wears thin, as it invites constant comparison
to the studio album.
But the trial scene is handled well, with Albert Finney, Tim Curry, Marianne Faithfull, Thomas Dolby, and Ute
Lemper taking on the characters in Waters' psychological drama.
It's fun, a nice document, but only makes you want to return to the original album.
Artist...............: Roger Waters, The Scorpions
Album................: The Wall: Live In Berlin
Genre................: Progressive rock
Source...............: SACD ISO 5.1
Year.................: 2003
Ripper...............: &
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.3 20190804
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 58 %)
Channels.............: 5.1 / 88200 HZ / 24 Bit
Tags.................: -
Information..........: Universal International Music B.V.
Tracklist Disc1:
1. Roger Waters, The Scorpions - In The Flesh (Part 1)
2. Roger Waters, Ute Lemper - The Thin Ice
3. Roger Waters - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)
4. Roger Waters, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, John Joyce, Joe Chemay - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
5. Roger Waters, Cyndi Lauper, The Bleeding Heart Band - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
6. Roger Waters, Sinéad O'Connor, The Band - Mother
7. Roger Waters, Joni Mitchell - Goodbye Blue Sky
8. Roger Waters, Bryan Adams - Empty Spaces
9. Roger Waters, Bryan Adams - Young Lust
10. Jerry Hall - Oh My Gawd, What A Fabulous Room!
11. Roger Waters - One Of My Turns
12. Roger Waters - Don't Leave Me Now
13. Roger Waters - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3)
14. Roger Waters - Goodbye Cruel World
Playing Time.........: 52:49
Total Size...........: 2814,98 MB
Tracklist Disc2:
1. Roger Waters - Hey You
2. Roger Waters, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir - Is There Anybody Out There
3. Roger Waters - Nobody Home
4. Roger Waters, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir - Vera
5. Roger Waters, East Berlin Radio Orchestra, Military Orchestra Of The Soviet Army - Bring The Boys Back Home
6. Roger Waters, Van Morrison, The Band - Comfortably Numb
7. Roger Waters, The Scorpions, The Bleeding Heart Band, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir, Military Orchestra Of The Soviet Army - In The Flesh (Part 2)
8. Roger Waters, The Bleeding Heart Band, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir, Military Orchestra Of The Soviet Army - Run Like Hell
9. Roger Waters, The Bleeding Heart Band, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir, Military Orchestra Of The Soviet Army - Waiting For The Worms
10. Roger Waters, The Bleeding Heart Band, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir, Military Orchestra Of The Soviet Army - Stop
11. Roger Waters, East Berlin Radio Orchestra & Choir - The Trial
12. Roger Waters, The Company - The Tide Is Turning
Playing Time.........: 57:31
Total Size...........: 3036,28 MB |
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