Back Against the Wall

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.

Disc one

1. "In the Flesh?" (3:19)
2. * Adrian Belew (Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Talking Heads) - Lead Vocal
3. * Alan White (Yes) - Drums
4. * Keith Emerson (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - Organ
5. * Gary Green (Gentle Giant) - Guitars
6. * John Giblin (Peter Gabriel, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Kate Bush) - Bass
7. * Billy Sherwood (Yes) - Keyboards, Vocals
8. * Michael Sherwood - Vocals
9. "The Thin Ice" (2:29)
10. * Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) - Vocals, Flute
11. * Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment) - Bass
12. * Gary Green - Guitars
13. * Jay Schellen (Asia, Yes) - Drums
14. * Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
16. * Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) - Lead Guitar
17. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass
18. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
19. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
20. * Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck) - Drums
21. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II" (4:02)
22. * Fee Waybill (The Tubes) - Lead Vocals
23. * Ronnie Montrose - Lead Guitar
24. * Mike Porcaro (Toto) - Bass
25. * Alex Ligertwood (Average White Band, Santana) and David Glen Eisley (Giuffria) - Backing Vocals
26. * Gregg Bissonette (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani) - Drums
27. * Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
28. * The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir conducted by Leo Krubsack
29. "Mother" (5:58)
30. * John Wetton (Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, U.K., Wishbone Ash, Asia) - Vocals, Bass
31. * Adrian Belew - Lead Guitar
32. * Alan White - Drums
33. * Billy Sherwood - Acoustic and Electric Guitars
34. "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
35. * Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) - Acoustic Guitars
36. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
37. * Del Palmer (Kate Bush) - Bass
38. "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
39. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
40. * Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
41. "Young Lust" (4:18)
42. * Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze, Hughes/Thrall, Black Sabbath) - Vocals
43. * Elliot Easton (The Cars) - Lead Guitar
44. * Tony Franklin (The Firm, David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, Roy Harper) - Bass
45. * Aynsley Dunbar (Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, Journey) - Drums
46. * Bob Kulick (Lou Reed) - Electric Guitar
47. * Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
48. "One of My Turns" (3:35)
49. * Tommy Shaw (Styx) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
50. * Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel) - Keyboards
51. * Jay Schellen - Drums
52. * John Giblin - Bass
53. "Don't Leave Me Now" (4:08)
54. * Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
55. * Robby Krieger - Guitars
56. * Jay Schellen - Drums
57. * Billy Sherwood - Bass
58. * Geoff Downes (Yes, Asia) - Keyboards
59. "Another Brick in the Wall Part III" (1:39)
60. * Steve Lukather (Toto) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
61. * Tony Levin - Bass
62. * Jay Schellen - Drums
63. * Steve Porcaro (Toto) - Keyboards
64. "Goodbye Cruel World" (1:00)
65. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
66. * Tony Levin - Bass

Disc two

1. "Hey You" (4:43)
2. * John Wetton - Lead Vocal, Bass
3. * Steve Lukather - Lead Guitar
4. * Tommy Shaw - Acoustic Guitar
5. * Alan White - Drums
6. * Gary Green - Electric Guitars
7. * Geoff Downes - Keyboards
8. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals
9. "Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:39)
10. * Adrian Belew - Acoustic Guitars
11. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass
12. * Ian Anderson - Flute
13. * Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
14. "Nobody Home" (3:11)
15. * Rick Wakeman (The Strawbs, Yes) - Piano
16. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
17. "Vera" (1:22)
18. * Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
19. * Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars
20. * Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Bass
21. "Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:04)
22. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
23. * Jay Schellen - Snare Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals
24. * Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
25. "Comfortably Numb" (6:51)
26. * Chris Squire (Yes) - Lead Vocal, Bass
27. * Alan White - Drums
28. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
29. * Jordan Berliant - Additional Acoustic Guitars
30. "The Show Must Go On" (1:39)
31. * Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal
32. * Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
33. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
34. * Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
35. "In the Flesh" (4:19)
36. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal
37. * Keith Emerson - Keyboards
38. * Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
39. * Gary Green - Guitars
40. * John Giblin - Bass
41. * Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
42. "Run Like Hell (5:09)"
43. * Jason Scheff (Chicago) - Vocals, Bass
44. * Dweezil Zappa (Zappa Plays Zappa) - Lead Guitar
45. * Tony Kaye (Yes) - Keyboard Solo
46. * Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
47. * Bob Kulick - Electric Guitars
48. * Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
49. "Waiting for the Worms" (3:59)
50. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Guitars, Keyboards
51. * Tony Levin - Bass, Stick
52. * Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
53. * Keith Emerson - Organ Solo
54. * Jim Ladd - Ranting and Raving
55. * Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
56. "Stop" (0:33)
57. * Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocals, Piano
58. "The Trial" (5:19)
59. * Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal
60. * Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals
61. "Outside the Wall" (1:46)
62. * Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
63. * Jim Ladd - Narration
64. * Michael Sherwood and Jay Schellen - Vocals

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