Wall: Live in Berlin 1990
Roger Waters staged this all-star revival of hisPink Floydgrand opus 11 years after the Floyd original and 7 years afterThe Final Cut, his last work with the band. It's a curious artifact of its time, as evidenced by the presence of theHooters. Enlisting a mish-mashed cast of turn-of-the-decade stars, ranging from theScorpionstoBryan AdamstoJoni Mitchell, Waters attempts to give his production a new relevance. And, of course, where timeliness is concerned, there was some other business involving a wall going on in Berlin 'round about then. But aside from scattered highlights from the likes ofVan Morrison(whose commanding "Comfortably Numb" makes one long to hear more from the Van the Man in a rock setting) andSinead O'Connor("Mother" is yet another example of her estimable interpretive powers), thisWallisn't so imposing as its studio predecessor.--Steven Stolder