Back Against the Wall explained

Back Against the Wall
Type:studio
Longtype:(tribute album)
Artist:Billy Sherwood
Cover:Back_Against_the_Wall.jpg
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 year later, Sherwood followed it with the release of Return to the Dark Side of the Moon, a tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Re-released in 2007 with additional bonus tracks as A Tribute To Pink Floyd: Re-Building The Wall.

Track listing

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

Disc one

  1. "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
  2. "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
  3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
  4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
  5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
  6. "Mother" (5:58)
  7. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
  8. "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
    • Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
  9. "Young Lust" (4:18)
  10. "One of My Turns" (3:35)
  11. "Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08)
    • Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
    • Robby Krieger - Guitars
    • Jay Schellen - Drums
    • Billy Sherwood - Bass
    • Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia) - Keyboards
  12. "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39)
  13. "Goodbye Cruel World" (1:00)
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
    • Tony Levin - Bass

Disc two

  1. "Hey You" (4:43)
    • John Wetton - Lead Vocal, Bass
    • Steve Lukather - Lead Guitar
    • Tommy Shaw - Acoustic Guitar
    • Alan White - Drums
    • Gary Green - Electric Guitars
    • Geoff Downes - Keyboards
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals
  2. "Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:39)
    • Adrian Belew - Acoustic Guitars
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass
    • Ian Anderson - Flute
    • Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  3. "Nobody Home" (3:11)
  4. "Vera" (1:22)
    • Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
    • Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars
    • Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Bass
  5. "Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:04)
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
    • Jay Schellen - Snare Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals
    • Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  6. "Comfortably Numb" (6:51)
    • Chris Squire (Yes) - Lead Vocal, Bass
    • Alan White - Drums
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
    • Jordan Berliant - Additional Acoustic Guitars
  7. "The Show Must Go On" (1:39)
    • Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal
    • Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
    • Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  8. "In the Flesh" (4:19)
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal
    • Keith Emerson - Keyboards
    • Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
    • Gary Green - Guitars
    • John Giblin - Bass
    • Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  9. "Run Like Hell (5:09)"
  10. "Waiting for the Worms" (3:59)
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
    • Tony Levin - Bass, Stick
    • Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
    • Keith Emerson - Organ Solo
    • Jim Ladd - Ranting and Raving
    • Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
  11. "Stop" (0:33)
    • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocals, Piano
  12. "The Trial" (5:19)
  13. "Outside the Wall" (1:46)
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
    • Jim Ladd - Narration
    • Michael Sherwood and Jay Schellen - Vocals

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