Back Against the Wall

Back Against the Wall
Studio album (tribute album) by Billy Sherwood
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.^[1]

Disc one

1. "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
2. "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, Yes) - Drums
   • Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
   • Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) - Lead Guitar
   • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
   • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
   • Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck) - Drums
5. "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
6. "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
7. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
   • Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) - Acoustic Guitars
   • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
   • Del Palmer (Kate Bush) - Bass
8. "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
   • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
   • Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
9. "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
10. "One of My Turns" (3:35)
    • Tommy Shaw (Styx) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
    • Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel) - Keyboards
    • Jay Schellen - Drums
    • John Giblin - Bass
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)
    • Steve Lukather (Toto) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
    • Tony Levin - Bass
    • Jay Schellen - Drums
    • Steve Porcaro (Toto) - Keyboards
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)
   • Rick Wakeman (The Strawbs, Yes) - Piano
   • Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
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) (written by Waters, Gilmour)
   • 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)" (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
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) (written by Waters and Bob Ezrin)
    • Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal
    • Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals
13. "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

References