The soundtrack to the fairly straightforward 2019 concert film
Us + Them
captures a June 2018 Amsterdam show from
Roger Waters
' supporting tour for his 2017 album
Is This the Life We Really Want?
Waters
effectively structures this accompanying live album as a series of mini-suites of familiar
Pink Floyd
material. First up is the first side of
Dark Side of the Moon
, with "On the Run" swapped for "One of These Days," then after an interlude of "Welcome to the Machine," there's a series of songs from
, before another nod to
Wish You Were Here
, a pair of cuts from
The Wall
, followed by two lengthy selections from
Animals
, before concluding with nearly all of the second side of
Dark Side
. It's effectively an oldies show, delivered with precision and panache, albeit with no deviation from the original recorded versions. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine