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Back Against the Wall

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Released
  
2005

Genre
  
Progressive rock

Label
  
Purple Pyramid (Cleopatra Records)

Producer
  
Billy Sherwood, Bob Kulick (4 tracks)

Back Against the Wall is an album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with a number of (mostly) progressive rock artists as a tribute to Pink Floyd's album The Wall. A sequel, also organised by Sherwood, was released the next year: Return to the Dark Side of the Moon was a tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Roger Waters except noted. All credits adapted from Discogs.

Disc one

  1. "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
  2. Adrian Belew (of Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads) - Lead Vocal
  3. Alan White (Yes) - Drums
  4. Keith Emerson (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Organ
  5. Gary Green (Gentle Giant) - Guitars
  6. John Giblin (Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Kate Bush) - Bass
  7. Billy Sherwood (Yes) - Keyboards, Vocals
  8. Michael Sherwood - Vocals
  9. "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
  10. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - Vocals, Flute
  11. Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment) - Bass
  12. Gary Green - Guitars
  13. Jay Schellen (Asia) - Drums
  14. Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
  15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
  16. Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) - Lead Guitar
  17. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass
  18. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
  19. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
  20. Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck) - Drums
  21. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
  22. Fee Waybill (The Tubes) - Lead Vocals
  23. Ronnie Montrose - Lead Guitar
  24. Mike Porcaro (Toto) - Bass
  25. Alex Ligertwood (Average White Band, Santana) and David Glen Eisley (misspelled as "Glenn") (Giuffria) - Backing Vocals
  26. Greg Bissonette (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani) - Drums
  27. Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
  28. The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir conducted by Leo Krubsack
  29. "Mother" (5:58)
  30. John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, UK, Wishbone Ash, Asia) - Vocals, Bass
  31. Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar
  32. Alan White - Drums
  33. Billy Sherwood - Acoustic and Electric Guitars
  34. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
  35. Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) - Acoustic Guitars
  36. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
  37. Del Palmer (Kate Bush) - Bass
  38. "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
  39. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
  40. Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
  41. "Young Lust" (4:18) (written by Waters and David Gilmour)
  42. Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Hughes/Thrall, Black Sabbath) - Vocals
  43. Elliot Easton (The Cars) - Lead Guitar
  44. Tony Franklin (The Firm, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Roy Harper) - Bass
  45. Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, Journey) - Drums
  46. Bob Kulick (Lou Reed) - Electric Guitar
  47. Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
  48. "One of My Turns" (3:35)
  49. Tommy Shaw (Styx) - Lead Vocal
  50. Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel) - Keyboards
  51. Jay Schellen - Drums
  52. John Giblin - Bass
  53. "Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08)
  54. Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
  55. Robby Krieger - Guitars
  56. Jay Schellen - Drums
  57. Billy Sherwood - Bass
  58. Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia) - Keyboards
  59. "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39)
  60. Steve Lukather (Toto) - Lead Vocal
  61. Tony Levin - Bass
  62. Jay Schellen - Drums
  63. Steve Porcaro (Toto) - Keyboards
  64. "Goodbye Cruel World" (1:00)
  65. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
  66. Tony Levin - Bass

Disc two

  1. "Hey You" (4:43)
  2. John Wetton - Lead Vocal, Bass
  3. Steve Lukather - Lead Guitar
  4. Tommy Shaw - Acoustic Guitar
  5. Alan White - Drums
  6. Gary Green - Electric Guitars
  7. Geoff Downes - Keyboards
  8. Billy Sherwood - Vocals
  9. "Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:39)
  10. Adrian Belew - Acoustic Guitars
  11. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass
  12. Ian Anderson - Flute
  13. Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  14. "Nobody Home" (3:11)
  15. Rick Wakeman (The Strawbs, Yes) - Piano
  16. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
  17. "Vera" (1:22)
  18. Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
  19. Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars
  20. Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Bass
  21. "Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:04)
  22. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
  23. Jay Schellen - Snare Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals
  24. Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  25. "Comfortably Numb" (6:51) (written by Waters, Gilmour)
  26. Chris Squire (Yes) - Lead Vocal, Bass
  27. Alan White - Drums
  28. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
  29. Jordan Berliant - Additional Acoustic Guitars
  30. "The Show Must Go On" (1:39)
  31. Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal
  32. Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
  33. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
  34. Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  35. "In the Flesh" (4:19)
  36. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal
  37. Keith Emerson - Keyboards
  38. Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
  39. Gary Green - Guitars
  40. John Giblin - Bass
  41. Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  42. "Run Like Hell (5:09)" (written by Waters, Gilmour)
  43. Jason Scheff (misspelled on some pressings as "Chefe") (Chicago) - Vocals, Bass
  44. Dweezil Zappa (Zappa Plays Zappa) - Lead Guitar
  45. Tony Kaye (Yes) - Keyboard Solo
  46. Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
  47. Bob Kulick - Electric Guitars
  48. Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
  49. "Waiting for the Worms" (3:59)
  50. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
  51. Tony Levin - Bass, Stick
  52. Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
  53. Keith Emerson - Organ Solo
  54. Jim Ladd - Ranting and Raving
  55. Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  56. "Stop" (0:33)
  57. Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocals, Piano
  58. "The Trial" (5:19) (written by Waters and Bob Ezrin)
  59. Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal
  60. Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals
  61. "Outside the Wall" (1:46) (featuring spoken interlude of Isn't This Where We Came In? by Billy Sherwood)
  62. Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
  63. Jim Ladd - Narration
  64. Michael Sherwood and Jay Schellen - Vocals

References

Back Against the Wall Wikipedia


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