Back Against the Wall

Back Against the Wall
Studio album (tribute album) by
Billy Sherwood
Released2005
GenreProgressive rock
LabelPurple Pyramid (Cleopatra Records)
ProducersBilly Sherwood, Bob Kulick (4 tracks)

Back Against the Wall is a tribute album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with other musicians to honour 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.

The album was re-released in 2007 with additional tracks as A Tribute To Pink Floyd: Re-Building The Wall.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Edna Gundersen, of USA Today, found the album to be a "precisely—if coldly—produced [...] Xerox of the original" making it a "somewhat pointless excise" for anybody except "hard-core" Pink Floyd fans. On the other hand, Conrad Stinnett. writing in The Journal Star, found the album a "fun listen" which was "a fitting tribute" to the original.

Track listing

All tracks by Roger Waters except noted. All credits adapted from liner notes.

Disc one

  1. "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
  2. "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
  3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
    • Steve Morse - Lead Guitar
    • Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass
  4. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
  5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
  6. "Mother" (5:58)
    • John Wetton - Vocals, Bass
    • Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar
    • Alan White - Drums
    • Billy Sherwood - Acoustic and Electric Guitars
  7. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
  8. "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
  9. "Young Lust" (4:18) (written by Waters and David Gilmour)
  10. "One of My Turns" (3:35)
  11. "Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08)
    • Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
    • Robby Krieger - Guitars
    • Jay Schellen - Drums
    • Billy Sherwood - Bass
    • Geoff Downes - Keyboards
  12. "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39)
  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 - 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 - 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") - Vocals, Bass
    • Dweezil Zappa - Lead Guitar
    • Tony Kaye - 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)
  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

  1. 1 2 Stinnett, Conrad L. (20 October 2005). "'Wall' tribute is fitting, classy". The Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois. p. C2. Retrieved 21 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Gundersen, Edna (11 November 2005). "Tributes can be the sincerest form of flattery". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. USA Today. p. G4 – via Newspapers.com.