Back Against the Wall is a tribute album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with other musicians to honour 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.
The album was re-released in 2007 with additional tracks as A Tribute To Pink Floyd: Re-Building The Wall.
Reception
Edna Gundersen, of USA Today, found the album to be a "precisely—if coldly—produced [...] Xerox of the original" making it a "somewhat pointless excise" for anybody except "hard-core" Pink Floyd fans. On the other hand, Conrad Stinnett. writing in The Journal Star, found the album a "fun listen" which was "a fitting tribute" to the original.
Track listing All tracks by Roger Waters except noted. All credits adapted from liner notes.
Disc one "In the Flesh?" (3:19) Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal Alan White - Drums Keith Emerson - Organ Gary Green - Guitars John Giblin - Bass Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Vocals Michael Sherwood - Vocals "The Thin Ice" (2:29) Ian Anderson - Vocals, Flute Tony Levin - Bass Gary Green - Guitars Jay Schellen - Drums Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Backing Vocals "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14) Steve Morse - Lead Guitar Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43) Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02) Fee Waybill - Lead Vocals Ronnie Montrose - Lead Guitar Mike Porcaro - Bass Alex Ligertwood and David Glen Eisley - Backing Vocals Gregg Bissonette - Drums Billy Sherwood - Keyboards The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir conducted by Leo Krubsack "Mother" (5:58) John Wetton - Vocals, Bass Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar Alan White - Drums Billy Sherwood - Acoustic and Electric Guitars "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44) Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards Del Palmer - Bass "Empty Spaces" (2:08) Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards Robby Krieger - Guitars "Young Lust" (4:18) Glenn Hughes - Vocals Elliot Easton - Lead Guitar Tony Franklin - Bass Aynsley Dunbar - Drums Bob Kulick - Electric Guitar Billy Sherwood - Keyboards "One of My Turns" (3:35) Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal, Guitars Larry Fast - Keyboards Jay Schellen - Drums John Giblin - Bass "Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08) Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal Robby Krieger - Guitars Jay Schellen - Drums Billy Sherwood - Bass Geoff Downes - Keyboards "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39) Steve Lukather - Lead Vocal, Guitars Tony Levin - Bass Jay Schellen - Drums Steve Porcaro - Keyboards "Goodbye Cruel World" (1:00) Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards Tony Levin - Bass
Disc two "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 "Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:39) Adrian Belew - Acoustic Guitars Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass Ian Anderson - Flute Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals "Nobody Home" (3:11) Rick Wakeman - Piano Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards "Vera" (1:22) Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Bass "Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:04) Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards Jay Schellen - Snare Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals "Comfortably Numb" (6:51) Chris Squire - Lead Vocal, Bass Alan White - Drums Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards Jordan Berliant - Additional Acoustic Guitars "The Show Must Go On" (1:39) Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals "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 "Run Like Hell (5:09)" Jason Scheff - Vocals, Bass Dweezil Zappa - Lead Guitar Tony Kaye - Keyboard Solo Aynsley Dunbar - Drums Bob Kulick - Electric Guitars Billy Sherwood - Keyboards "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 "Stop" (0:33) Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocals, Piano "The Trial" (5:19) Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals "Outside the Wall" (1:46) Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards Jim Ladd - Narration Michael Sherwood and Jay Schellen - Vocals
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