Back Against the Wall
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.
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Studio album (tribute album) by | |
Released | 2005 |
Genre | Progressive rock |
Label | Purple Pyramid (Cleopatra Records) |
Producer | Billy Sherwood, Bob Kulick (4 tracks) |
Track listing
All tracks by Roger Waters except noted. All credits adapted from Discogs.[1]
Disc one
- "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
- Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads) - Lead Vocal
- Alan White (Yes) - Drums
- Keith Emerson (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Organ
- Gary Green (Gentle Giant) - Guitars
- John Giblin (Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Kate Bush) - Bass
- Billy Sherwood (Yes) - Keyboards, Vocals
- Michael Sherwood - Vocals
- "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
- Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - Vocals, Flute
- Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment) - Bass
- Gary Green - Guitars
- Jay Schellen (Asia) - Drums
- Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
- "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
- Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) - 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 (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck) - Drums
- "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
- Fee Waybill (The Tubes) - Lead Vocals
- Ronnie Montrose - Lead Guitar
- Mike Porcaro (Toto) - Bass
- Alex Ligertwood (Average White Band, Santana) and David Glen Eisley (misspelled as "Glenn") (Giuffria) - Backing Vocals
- Greg Bissonette (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani) - Drums
- Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
- The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir conducted by Leo Krubsack
- "Mother" (5:58)
- John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, U.K., Wishbone Ash, Asia) - Vocals, Bass
- Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar
- Alan White - Drums
- Billy Sherwood - Acoustic and Electric Guitars
- "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
- Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) - Acoustic Guitars
- Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
- Del Palmer (Kate Bush) - Bass
- "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
- Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
- Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
- "Young Lust" (4:18) (written by Waters and David Gilmour)
- Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Hughes/Thrall, Black Sabbath) - Vocals
- Elliot Easton (The Cars) - Lead Guitar
- Tony Franklin (The Firm, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Roy Harper) - Bass
- Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, Journey) - Drums
- Bob Kulick (Lou Reed) - Electric Guitar
- Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
- "One of My Turns" (3:35)
- Tommy Shaw (Styx) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
- Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel) - 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 (Yes, Asia) - Keyboards
- "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39)
- Steve Lukather (Toto) - Lead Vocal
- Tony Levin - Bass
- Jay Schellen - Drums
- Steve Porcaro (Toto) - 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 (The Strawbs, Yes) - 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) (written by Waters, Gilmour)
- Chris Squire (Yes) - 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)" (written by Waters, Gilmour)
- Jason Scheff (misspelled on some pressings as "Chefe") (Chicago) - Vocals, Bass
- Dweezil Zappa (Zappa Plays Zappa) - Lead Guitar
- Tony Kaye (Yes) - 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) (written by Waters and Bob Ezrin)
- Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal
- Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals
- "Outside the Wall" (1:46) (featuring spoken interlude of Isn't This Where We Came In? by Billy Sherwood)
- Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
- Jim Ladd - Narration
- Michael Sherwood and Jay Schellen - Vocals
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