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.
Quick Facts Studio album (tribute album) by Billy Sherwood, Released ...
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Re-released in 2007 with additional bonus tracks as A Tribute To Pink Floyd: Re-Building The Wall.
All tracks by Roger Waters except noted. All credits adapted from Discogs.[1]
Disc one
- "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
- "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
- "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
- "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
- "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
- "Mother" (5:58)
- "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
- "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "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
