Back Against the Wall

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Back Against The Wall is an album released in 2005 by Billy Sherwood in collaboration with a number of 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 Dark Side of the Moon.

Participants

• Ian Anderson: vocals, flute (of Jethro Tull)
• Adrian Belew: guitar, vocals (King Crimson)
• Jordan Berliant: guitar
• Greg Bissonette: drums (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani)
• Vinnie Colaiuta: drums (Frank Zappa)
• 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 (ELP)
• 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 The Wall, 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)
• 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

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 (4:02)" (feat. Billy Sherwood & Vinnie Colaiuta)
5. "Another Brick in the Wall Part II (5:58)" (feat. Fee Waybill, Ronnie Montrose, Mike Porcaro, Alex Ligertwood, David Glen Eisley, Greg Bissonette & The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir)
6. "Mother (2:44)" (feat. John Wetton, Adrian Belew, Alan White & Billy Sherwood)
7. "Goodbye Blue Sky (1:43)" (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)