Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81
by Pink Floyd
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Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 is ranked 20th best out of 38 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 55,775.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 10/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | glynspsa | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 11/99 | 4 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Live Albums | 17/88 | - |
| 2026 |  swed | Top 66 Music Albums of the 2000s | 51/66 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2000 | 74/100 | - |
| 2026 | swed | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 11/100 | 90 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 214 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/31/2026 22:43 | Helios | 6,259 | 69/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 00:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/14/2025 10:20 | Jun_Res | 270 | 85/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.1/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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A really fantastic recording and performance. I'd say this outdoes the studio recording except for Another Brick in the Wall Part II, Comfortably Numb, and The Trial (all of which benefit from more polished studio work on the normal versions). Everything else just totally smokes the studio versions. You have the hilarious MC intros before both takes of "In The Flesh" on both discs, you have the bonus track "What Shall We Do Now" which was cut from the studio album (WHY?! It's so good!!), you have really excellent David Gilmour guitar work on tracks like "Young Lust" where he just *nails* the perfect tone, and you have the classic Roger freak out intro for "Run Like Hell." If you doubt that this version has superior energy and performances to the studio version, check out the "Run Like Hell" version on this live album with Roger's insane introduction. "Get your hands together!!!! Have a good time! Enjoy yourselves!!!!"
Not sure who else still owns this on CD but somehow this was always the single loudest CD I ever owned when played at full volume back in the day - not sure what that was about, but I wasn't complaining about it. The louder the better for this album!
Everything beats the album version until Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2.
adnielsen 02/21/2019 17:59 | #232305 | TOP COMMENT
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I absolutely love all eras of Pink Floyd, but surprisingly, this is my most played Floyd album. The Wall is one of my all time favourite records and this is an amazing performance of the full album performed in the early 80's. Awesome versions of "Is There Anybody Out There?", "Comfortably Numb", and "Run Like Hell". This collection also includes outtakes from The Wall, "What Shall We Do Now?" (amazing!) and "The Last Few Bricks". If you love The Wall like I do, this is a fantastic listen and superior in quality to subsequent live releases by Roger Waters (the 1990 Berlin show and his Wall tour record from the 2010's). Awesome album!
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