Back Against the Wall

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Back Against the Wall
Studio album (tribute album) by Billy Sherwood
Released	2005
Genre	Progressive rock

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 sequel, also organised by Sherwood, was released the next year: Return to the Dark Side of the Moon was a tribute to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Participants

• Ian Anderson: vocals, flute (of Jethro Tull)
• Adrian Belew: guitar, vocals (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads)
• Jordan Berliant: guitar
• Greg Bissonette: drums (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani)
• Vinnie Colaiuta: drums (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck)
• Geoff Downes: keyboards (Yes, Asia)
• Aynsley Dunbar: drums (Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, Journey)
• Elliot Easton: guitar (The Cars)
• Keith Emerson: keyboards (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• Larry Fast: keyboards (Peter Gabriel)
• Tony Franklin: bass (The Firm, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Roy Harper)
• John Giblin: bass (Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Kate Bush)
• Gary Green: guitar (Gentle Giant)
• David Glen Eisley: vocals (Giuffria) ... Eisley's name is misspelled in the CDs credits
• Steve Howe: guitar (Yes, Asia)
• Glenn Hughes: vocals (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Hughes/Thrall, Black Sabbath)
• Tony Kaye: keyboards (Yes)
• Bob Kulick: guitar (Kiss, Lou Reed)
• Robby Krieger: guitar (The Doors)
• Jim Ladd: spoken word (a real-life disc jockey who played Jim the DJ on songwriter Roger Waters's solo album Radio K.A.O.S., and in the concerts promoting that album)
• Tony Levin: bass (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment)
• Alex Ligertwood: vocals (Average White Band, Santana)
• Steve Lukather: vocals, guitar (Toto)
• Malcolm McDowell: vocals (actor)
• Ronnie Montrose: guitar
• Steve Morse: guitar (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs)
• Del Palmer: bass (Kate Bush)
• Mike Porcaro: bass (Toto)
• Steve Porcaro: keyboards (Toto)
• Jason Scheff: vocals, bass (Chicago) ... Scheff's name is misspelled in the CDs credits
• Jay Schellen: drums, vocals (Asia)
• Tommy Shaw: vocals, guitar (Styx)
• Billy Sherwood: vocals, keyboards, guitar (Yes)
• Michael Sherwood: vocals
• Chris Squire: bass, vocals (Yes)
• Rick Wakeman: keyboards (Yes)
• Fee Waybill: vocals (The Tubes)
• John Wetton: bass, vocals (Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, UK, Wishbone Ash, Asia)
• Alan White: drums (Yes)
• Dweezil Zappa: guitar (Zappa Plays Zappa)

Track listing

Disc one

1. "In The Flesh? (3:19)" (feat. Adrian Belew, Alan White, Keith Emerson, Gary Green, John Giblin, Billy Sherwood & Michael Sherwood)
2. "The Thin Ice (2:29)" (feat. Ian Anderson, Tony Levin, Gary Green, Jay Schellen & Billy Sherwood)
3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I (3:14)" (feat. Steve Morse & Billy Sherwood)
4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives (1:43)" (feat. Billy Sherwood & Vinnie Colaiuta)
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II (4:02)" (feat. Fee Waybill, Ronnie Montrose, Mike Porcaro, Alex Ligertwood, David Glen Eisley, Greg Bissonette & The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir)
6. "Mother (5:58)" (feat. John Wetton, Adrian Belew, Alan White & Billy Sherwood)
7. "Goodbye Blue Sky (2:44)" (feat. Steve Howe, Billy Sherwood & Del Palmer)
8. "Empty Spaces (2:08)" (feat. Billy Sherwood & Robby Krieger)
9. "Young Lust (4:18)" (feat. Glenn Hughes, Elliot Easton, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar, Bob Kulick & Billy Sherwood)
10. "One of My Turns (3:35)" (feat. Tommy Shaw, Larry Fast, Jay Schellen & John Giblin)
11. "Don't Leave Me Now (4:08)" (feat. Robby Krieger, Tommy Shaw, Jay Schellen, Billy Sherwood & Geoff Downes)
12. "Another Brick in the Wall Part III (1:39)" (feat. Steve Lukather, Tony Levin, Jay Schellen & Steve Porcaro)
13. "Goodbye Cruel World (1:00)" (feat. Billy Sherwood & Tony Levin)

Disc two

1. "Hey You (4:43)" (feat. John Wetton, Steve Lukather, Tommy Shaw & Alan White)
2. "Is There Anybody Out There? (2:39)" (feat. Adrian Belew, Billy Sherwood, Ian Anderson & Michael Sherwood)
3. "Nobody Home (3:11)" (feat. Rick Wakeman & Billy Sherwood)
4. "Vera (1:22)" (feat. Tommy Shaw, Steve Howe & Billy Sherwood)
5. "Bring the Boys Back Home (1:04)" (feat. Billy Sherwood, Jay Schellen & Michael Sherwood)
6. "Comfortably Numb (6:51)" (feat. Chris Squire, Alan White, Billy Sherwood & Jordan Berliant)
7. "The Show Must Go On (1:39)" (feat. Adrian Belew, Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Sherwood & Michael Sherwood)
8. "In The Flesh (4:19)" (feat. Billy Sherwood, Keith Emerson, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Green, John Giblin & Michael Sherwood)
9. "Run Like Hell (5:09)" (feat. Jason Scheff, Dweezil Zappa, Tony Kaye, Aynsley Dunbar, Bob Kulick & Billy Sherwood)
10. "Waiting for the Worms (3:59)" (feat. Billy Sherwood, Tony Levin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Green, Keith Emerson, Jim Ladd & Michael Sherwood)
11. "Stop (0:33)" (feat. Billy Sherwood)
12. "The Trial (5:19)" (feat. Malcolm McDowell & Billy Sherwood)
13. "Outside the Wall (1:46)" (feat. Billy Sherwood, Jim Ladd, Michael Sherwood & Jay Schellen)
14. "Isn't This Where We Came In?" (feat. Billy Sherwood)

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