Is This The Life We Really Want?
by Roger Waters
Roger Waters bestography
Is This The Life We Really Want? is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Roger Waters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Roger Waters is Amused To Death which is ranked number 1889 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 895.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 04/25/2026 21:41 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2026 22:51 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 17:12 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/21/2025 04:47 | Olli | 7,408 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/12/2025 19:10 | Tony58 | 744 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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My favourite Roger Waters solo album. Lyrically very strong and his vocals are much better than they were on 'Amused to Death'. There is even the odd melody on there (a Waters' rarity).
Genious...!!!!!!!!!!
Weirdly this is actually a relaxing album to hear.
Grumpier than Grumpy from the 7 dwarfs on a bad hair day.
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The album is pretty good. I like the sound, reflecting different PF moments from Animals to The Final Cut (and of course passing through the Wall). The political message is strong. The downside for me is the lack of instrumental parts. I guess he had too much to say.
RoundTheBend 12/13/2017 05:04 | #203044
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dihansse 12/11/2017 21:32 | #202987
This album sounds so much like Pink Floyd especially The Wall but it surely deserves its place right in 2017. An album every Pink Floyd lover who isn't too biased to Gilmour should hear
LedZep 11/29/2017 15:18 | #202308 | TOP COMMENT
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Actually pretty good. Was surprised, didn't think he had it anymore. It's not Pink Floyd, not his best solo album, but it's one of the better albums of 2017 for sure.
JulianR 11/20/2017 23:08 | #201718
The songs are all pretty good, but the album as a whole seems a little lacking in variety. And oh my god, find a drummer that knows more than one beat
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