Live at Pompeii

For the Pink Floyd film, see Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.
Live at Pompeii
Live album by
David Gilmour
Released 29 September 2017
Recorded 7–8 July 2016
Venue Amphitheatre of Pompeii
Genre Progressive rock, blues rock
Length 148 min (CD, LP, download)
155 min (DVD, BD)
426 min (deluxe boxset)
Label Columbia
Director Gavin Elder
Producer David Gilmour
David Gilmour chronology
Rattle That Lock
(2015) 		Live at Pompeii
(2017)
Singles from Live at Pompeii
  1. "Rattle That Lock"
    Released: 28 July 2017
  2. "One of These Days"
    Released: 8 September 2017
  3. "Run Like Hell"
    Released: 29 September 2017
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic
Classic Rock 8/10
Den of Geek
The Guardian
laut.de
Record Collector

Live at Pompeii is a live album and film by David Gilmour, the guitarist of Pink Floyd. It was recorded at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii. It documents his 2015–16 world tour to promote his album, Rattle That Lock (2015). The concert was directed by Gavin Elder. The album was released on 29 September 2017 and is available on CD, LP, digital download, DVD, BD and deluxe box set containing the CD album and BD, plus a bonus exclusive BD of extras.

Promotion

A digital single, "Rattle That Lock (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released to promote the album on 28 July 2017. "One of These Days (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was also released as a single on 8 September 2017, and "Run Like Hell (Live at Pompeii 2016)" was released as a single on 29 September 2017.

Gilmour's official YouTube channel released preview videos during the period leading up to release. The full video for "Rattle That Lock" was uploaded on 2 August 2017. An excerpt from "One of These Days" was also uploaded on the same day. Later, on the 9 August an excerpt from "A Boat Lies Waiting" was uploaded. An excerpt from "Today" was uploaded on 23 August 2017. On 30 August 2017 an excerpt from "Time" was uploaded. As well as preview videos an electronic press kit (EPK) was uploaded in three parts to the channel. On 8 September 2017 the full video of "One of These Days" was uploaded to the YouTube channel, followed by "Run Like Hell" on 29 September. Promo videos for "Dancing Right In Front of Me", "Wish You Were Here", "The Great Gig in the Sky", "The Girl in the Yellow Dress" and "Comfortably Numb" were all added during the days before the album's release.

Cinema

On 13 September 2017 there was a worldwide cinema screening of Live at Pompeii prior to its 29 September release. The cinema version omitted some of the songs which feature on the full release.

Cinema track listing

  1. Intro film featuring rehearsals and interviews.
  2. "5 A.M."
  3. "Rattle That Lock"
  4. "What Do You Want from Me"
  5. "The Great Gig In the Sky"
  6. "A Boat Lies Waiting"
  7. "Wish You Were Here"
  8. "In Any Tongue"
  9. "High Hopes"
  10. "One of These Days"
  11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
  12. "Sorrow"
  13. "Run Like Hell"
  14. "Time / Breathe (Reprise)"
  15. "Comfortably Numb"
  16. "Beauty" (end credits) (studio recording)

The songs "Faces of Stone", "The Blue", "Money", "Fat Old Sun", "Coming Back to Life", "On an Island" and "Today" were omitted from the cinema version.

Television

On 22 December 2017 a 60-minute TV version of Live at Pompeii premiered on Arte, a Franco-German broadcaster. The tracklist included "Faces of Stone" and "Coming Back to Life", but was greatly edited, cutting out portions of "Sorrow" and "Comfortably Numb".

TV track listing

  1. "5 A.M."
  2. "Rattle That Lock"
  3. "Faces of Stone"
  4. "The Great Gig In the Sky"
  5. "Wish You Were Here"
  6. "In Any Tongue"
  7. "Coming Back to Life"
  8. "Sorrow"
  9. "Comfortably Numb"

Track listing

CD, LP and download

Side one / CD 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "5 A.M." Gilmour 3:13
2. "Rattle That Lock" Gilmour, Polly Samson, Michaël Boumendil 5:23
3. "Faces of Stone" Gilmour 6:00
4. "What Do You Want from Me" Gilmour, Richard Wright, Samson 4:30
Total length: 19:06
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. "The Blue" Gilmour / Samson 6:33
6. "The Great Gig in the Sky" Wright 6:02
7. "A Boat Lies Waiting" Gilmour, Samson 4:55
Total length: 17:30
Side three
No. Title Writer(s) Length
8. "Wish You Were Here" Gilmour, Roger Waters 5:18
9. "Money" Waters 8:13
10. "In Any Tongue" Gilmour, Samson 7:47
Total length: 21:18
Side four
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "High Hopes" Gilmour, Samson 9:31
12. "One of These Days" Waters, Gilmour, Wright, Nick Mason 6:32
Total length: 16:03
Side five / CD 2
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" Gilmour, Wright, Waters 12:32
2. "Fat Old Sun" Gilmour 6:05
Total length: 18:37
Side six
No. Title Writer(s) Length
3. "Coming Back to Life" Gilmour 7:18
4. "On an Island" Gilmour, Samson 7:01
5. "Today" Gilmour, Samson 6:40
Total length: 20:59
Side seven
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Sorrow" Gilmour 10:50
7. "Run Like Hell" Gilmour, Waters 7:16
Total length: 18:06
Side eight
No. Title Writer(s) Length
8. "Time / Breathe (Reprise)" Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour 6:45
9. "Comfortably Numb" Gilmour, Waters 9:59
Total length: 16:44

Personnel

Pompeii and Wrocław

  • David Gilmour – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, classical guitar, console steel guitar, lead and backing vocals, cymbals on "One of These Days", whistling on "In Any Tongue"
  • Chester Kamen – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, classical guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, high-strung acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb", backing vocals, harmonica on "The Blue"
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitars, double bass, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Run Like Hell"
  • Greg Phillinganes – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Time"
  • Chuck Leavell – organ, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Comfortably Numb"
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums, percussion, backing vocals, aeoliphone on "One of These Days"
  • João Mello – saxophones, clarinet, additional keyboards on "The Blue", high-strung acoustic guitar on "In Any Tongue"
  • Bryan Chambers – backing vocals, lead vocals on "In Any Tongue" and "The Great Gig in the Sky", tambourine
  • Lucita Jules – backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
  • Louise Clare Marshall (Pompeii only) – backing vocals, cowbell, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky"

with:

South America

  • David Gilmour – electric guitars, lead and backing vocals
  • Phil Manzanera – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals, high-strung acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb"
  • Jon Carin – piano, keyboards, electric guitars, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Time" and "Comfortably Numb"
  • Kevin McAlea – keyboards
  • Steve DiStanislao – drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • João Mello – saxophones
  • Bryan Chambers – backing vocals
  • Lucita Jules – backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)
video 		Gold 7,500^
France (SNEP)
video 		2× Platinum 20,000*
Germany (BVMI) Gold 100,000‡
Italy (FIMI) Gold 25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also