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CD 1:
01. In The Flesh 03:19
02. The Thin Ice 02:29
03. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) 03:14
04. The Happeist Days Of Our Lives 01:43
05. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 04:02
06. Mother 05:58
07. Goodbye Blue Sky 02:44
08. Empty Spaces 02:08
09. Young Lust 04:18
10. One Of My Turns 03:35
11. Don't Leave Me Now 04:08
12. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3) 01:39
13. Goodbye Cruel World 01:00
CD 2:
01. Hey You 04:43
02. Is There Anybody Out There? 02:39
03. Nobody Home 03:11
04. Vera 01:22
05. Bring The Boys Back Home 01:04
06. Comfortably Numb 06:51
07. The Show Must Go On 01:39
08. In The Flesh 04:19
09. Run Like Hell 05:09
10. Waiting For The Worms 03:59
11. Stop 00:33
12. The Trial 05:19
13. Outside The Wall 01:46
Personnel include: Adrian Belew, Steve Lukather, Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitar); Billy Sherwood (vocals, piano, keyboards); John Wetton (vocals, bass guitar); Dweezil Zappa, Elliot Easton, Robbie Krieger, Steve Howe, Bob Kulick (guitar); Ian Anderson (flute); Keith Emerson (organ); Geoff Downes, Steve Porcaro (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass guitar, Chapman stick); Jay Schellen (drums, percussion); Alan White, Aynsley Dunbar, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums).
As the song catalog of Pink Floyd ages, it is inevitable that they be revisited by interpretations. Stylistically, I’m not too much a fan of genre departures, e.g. hard-core metal interpretations of say, Olivia Newton-John songs. They have an inherent tendency to distract from the originality of the song. I prefer attempts at decent replications. And so, when members of past bands that shared the same generation (sometimes, the same stage) do up a cover of some of rock’s most venerable tunes, it has to be fairly good. Why? Because there’s a certain amount of mutual respect that should be, and is, accorded to the songs and their reproduction. Popular members of bands like ELP, Asia, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Toto, Montrose, Yes, and others pull together to honour a classic from one of their own era’s great, Pink Floyd and their much revered, The Wall album.
Back Against The Wall is a 2CD set replay of the Pink Floyd masterpiece, The Wall, with various members of the bands mentioned earlier mixed and matched to produce varying degrees of goodness. Produced by Billy Sherwood and approached reverently as a project to be re-fleshed as an ultimate tribute to one of rock’s ultimate albums, this collection of songs does a respectable job in what it has set out to do, cozying up quite well with the original.
There is a glitch in the sequencing in that the booklet/back cover lists songs out of their place on the disc. However, it is a small problem as the quality on the album is within the bits and aluminum of the discs. As Pink Floyd fans, you demand an adherence to certain qualities. No one is allowed to growl out the words to "Mother," no one is permitted to scratch vinyl on "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," and certainly no one can replace piano parts with grinding guitars. As PF fans, we demand respect for our past. Sherwood’s Back Against The Wall understands all of that and therefore, is a high-class reproduction that can sit next to the original as a footnote, and do so proudly. You’ll enjoy this immensely.
01. In The Flesh 03:19
02. The Thin Ice 02:29
03. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) 03:14
04. The Happeist Days Of Our Lives 01:43
05. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 04:02
06. Mother 05:58
07. Goodbye Blue Sky 02:44
08. Empty Spaces 02:08
09. Young Lust 04:18
10. One Of My Turns 03:35
11. Don't Leave Me Now 04:08
12. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3) 01:39
13. Goodbye Cruel World 01:00
CD 2:
01. Hey You 04:43
02. Is There Anybody Out There? 02:39
03. Nobody Home 03:11
04. Vera 01:22
05. Bring The Boys Back Home 01:04
06. Comfortably Numb 06:51
07. The Show Must Go On 01:39
08. In The Flesh 04:19
09. Run Like Hell 05:09
10. Waiting For The Worms 03:59
11. Stop 00:33
12. The Trial 05:19
13. Outside The Wall 01:46
Personnel include: Adrian Belew, Steve Lukather, Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitar); Billy Sherwood (vocals, piano, keyboards); John Wetton (vocals, bass guitar); Dweezil Zappa, Elliot Easton, Robbie Krieger, Steve Howe, Bob Kulick (guitar); Ian Anderson (flute); Keith Emerson (organ); Geoff Downes, Steve Porcaro (keyboards); Tony Levin (bass guitar, Chapman stick); Jay Schellen (drums, percussion); Alan White, Aynsley Dunbar, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums).
As the song catalog of Pink Floyd ages, it is inevitable that they be revisited by interpretations. Stylistically, I’m not too much a fan of genre departures, e.g. hard-core metal interpretations of say, Olivia Newton-John songs. They have an inherent tendency to distract from the originality of the song. I prefer attempts at decent replications. And so, when members of past bands that shared the same generation (sometimes, the same stage) do up a cover of some of rock’s most venerable tunes, it has to be fairly good. Why? Because there’s a certain amount of mutual respect that should be, and is, accorded to the songs and their reproduction. Popular members of bands like ELP, Asia, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Toto, Montrose, Yes, and others pull together to honour a classic from one of their own era’s great, Pink Floyd and their much revered, The Wall album.
Back Against The Wall is a 2CD set replay of the Pink Floyd masterpiece, The Wall, with various members of the bands mentioned earlier mixed and matched to produce varying degrees of goodness. Produced by Billy Sherwood and approached reverently as a project to be re-fleshed as an ultimate tribute to one of rock’s ultimate albums, this collection of songs does a respectable job in what it has set out to do, cozying up quite well with the original.
There is a glitch in the sequencing in that the booklet/back cover lists songs out of their place on the disc. However, it is a small problem as the quality on the album is within the bits and aluminum of the discs. As Pink Floyd fans, you demand an adherence to certain qualities. No one is allowed to growl out the words to "Mother," no one is permitted to scratch vinyl on "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," and certainly no one can replace piano parts with grinding guitars. As PF fans, we demand respect for our past. Sherwood’s Back Against The Wall understands all of that and therefore, is a high-class reproduction that can sit next to the original as a footnote, and do so proudly. You’ll enjoy this immensely.