# 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

* "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
* "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
* "Another Brick in the Wall Part I" (3:14)
** Steve Morse (Deep Purple, Dixie Dregs) - Lead Guitar
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Electric Guitars, Bass
* "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" (1:43)
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
** Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Beck) - Drums
* "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
** Gregg Bissonette (Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani) - Drums
** Billy Sherwood - Keyboards
** The Milikan Musical Theatre Children's Choir conducted by Leo Krubsack
* "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
* "Goodbye Blue Sky" (2:44)
** Steve Howe (Yes, Asia) - Acoustic Guitars
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
** Del Palmer (Kate Bush) - Bass
* "Empty Spaces" (2:08)
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
** Robby Krieger (The Doors) - Guitars
* "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
* "One of My Turns" (3:35)
** Tommy Shaw (Styx) - Lead Vocal, Guitars
** Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel) - Keyboards
** Jay Schellen - Drums
** John Giblin - Bass
* "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
* "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
* "Goodbye Cruel World" (1:00)
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards
** Tony Levin - Bass

### Disc two

* "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
* "Is There Anybody Out There?" (2:39)
** Adrian Belew - Acoustic Guitars
** Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Bass
** Ian Anderson - Flute
** Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
* "Nobody Home" (3:11)
** Rick Wakeman (The Strawbs, Yes) - Piano
** Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
* "Vera" (1:22)
** Tommy Shaw - Lead Vocal
** Steve Howe - Acoustic Guitars
** Billy Sherwood - Keyboards, Bass
* "Bring the Boys Back Home" (1:04)
** Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocal, Orchestral Keyboards
** Jay Schellen - Snare Drum, Percussion, Backing Vocals
** Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
* "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
* "The Show Must Go On" (1:39)
** Adrian Belew - Lead Vocal
** Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
** Billy Sherwood - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
** Michael Sherwood - Backing Vocals
* "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
* "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
* "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
* "Stop" (0:33)
** Billy Sherwood - Lead Vocals, Piano
* "The Trial" (5:19) (written by Waters and Bob Ezrin)
** Malcolm McDowell - Lead Vocal
** Billy Sherwood - Orchestral Keyboards, Vocals
* "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