Back Up Against the Wall

Back Up Against the Wall is the second album by the southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1973. It is the first album to feature Ronnie Hammond on lead vocals.[3][4][5][6][7] The album was re-released in 1977 on MCA Records as a double album with their first album (MCA-24114).

Back Up Against The Wall
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	February 1973
Recorded	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	36:31
Label	Decca Records
Producer	Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Atlanta Rhythm Section (1972) Back Up Against The Wall (1973) Third Annual Pipe Dream (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wrong"	Buie, Cobb	2:44
2.	"Cold Turkey, Tenn."	Nix	3:18
3.	"Will I Live On?"	Daughtry, Nix	2:52
4.	"A Livin' Lovin' Wreck"	Blackwell	3:08
5.	"Superman"	Bramblett	3:26
6.	"What You Gonna Do About It?"	Buie, Hammond	3:00
7.	"Conversation"	Buie, Cobb	3:29
8.	"Redneck"	South	3:50
9.	"Make Me Believe It"	Buie, Hammond, Nix	3:14
10.	"Back up Against the Wall"	Buie, Cobb	3:23
11.	"It Must Be Love"	Cobb, Daughtry, Nix	4:07

Personnel

• Barry Bailey - guitar, electric guitar
• Randall Bramblett - piano
• J.R. Cobb - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals, slide guitar
• Dean Daughtry - organ, piano, electric piano
• Paul Goddard - bass guitar
• Ronnie Hammond - piano, vocals
• Al Kooper - synthesizer, ARP
• Robert Nix - drums, vocals
• Billy Lee Riley - harmonica

Production

• Producer: Buddy Buie
• Engineers: Bobby Langford, Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Arranger: Buddy Buie
• Cover design: Mike McCarty
• Illustrations: Mike McCarty

References

1. CG Book '70s: A
2. Larkin, Colin (2011-05-27). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2156. ISBN 9780857125958.
3. Campbell, Al. "Atlanta Rhythm Section/Back Up Against the Wall". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
4. "Atlanta Rhythm Section– Back Up Against The Wall". discogs.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
5. "Atlanta Rhythm Section". mtv.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
6. "Customer Reviews Back Up Against the Wall". amazon.com. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
7. "Atlanta Rhythm Section/Back Up Against the Wall". msn.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.