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Imagine a Pink Floyd tribute album featuring Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Alan White and Billy Sherwood of Yes, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Tommy Shaw of Styx, Adrian Belew, The Doors Robby Krieger, Glenn Hughes, ELP’s Keith Emerson, The Tubes Fee Waybill, Ronnie Montrose, Deep Purple’s Steve Morse, Asia’s Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Elliot Easton of Cars fame and Steve Lukather of Toto. Imagine the tribute is not a ‘best of’ type event but instead a tribute to one of the most complex and intense albums to ever be made: The Wall. Lastly, imagine the album actually containing songs from the movie that were not on the original album release. What a cool idea eh? Well, Billy Sherwood had the idea and he made it a reality! The result is the best tribute album ever made. In fact, this is the tribute album that all others should aspire to.
The best tracks on the album are not the biggest hits. Wakeman weaves his magical piano mastery over “Nobody Home” and Ian Anderson takes “The Thin Ice” to a whole different level. Tommy Shaw gives a great performance on “One of My Turns.” “Hey You” is a winner with Wetton on vocals and Lukather on guitar. The other hit songs on the album don’t come off as good. “Mother” seems a bit stiff as Wetton sounds too much like Wetton leaving the song to lose a lot of its Floyd feel. “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2” is awesome till the guitar solo. This is the one part of the song that should not leave anything to artist interpretation. Instead of nailing it note perfect, Ronnie Montrose improvises. The solo is very out of place. On the other side of things, Steve Howe nails “Goodbye Blue Sky” and his playing outside the box actually enhances the Pink Floyd feel of the original.
The hero of this release is Billy Sherwood. The man sounds a lot like Floyd’s Roger Waters and he has done his homework. From the background sounds to to Waters patented nasal tones, Sherwood hits a home run. He also did a great job of putting the right songs with the right people. In the end, we learn what truly creative musicians Waters and David Gilmour are. Floyd has always had a unique sound but one does not realize just how unique they are until you listen to others try to recreate their sound and feel. No one will ever do a job as good as this. Against the Wall does not try to mimic the original but it does a superb job in keeping the intent and vision alive while providing fireworks of new creativity. Like a fireworks show, however, there are a few duds but in the end this show will leave you on your feet screaming for more!
CD 1
01 - In The Flesh.mp3
02 - The Thin Ice.mp3
03 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1).mp3
04 - The Happiest Days Of Our Lives.mp3
05 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2).mp3
06 - Mother.mp3
07 - Goodbye Blue Sky.mp3
08 - Empty Spaces.mp3
09 - Young Lust.mp3
10 - One Of My Turns.mp3
11 - Don't Leave Me Now.mp3
12 - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3).mp3
13 - Goodbye Cruel World.mp3
CD 2
01 - Hey You.mp3
02 - Is There Anybody Out There.mp3
03 - Nobody Home.mp3
04 - Vera.mp3
05 - Bring The Boys Back Home.mp3
06 - Comfortably Numb.mp3
07 - The Show Must Go On.mp3
08 - In The Flesh.mp3
09 - Run Like Hell.mp3
10 - Waiting For The Worms.mp3
11 - Stop.mp3
12 - The Trial.mp3
13 - Outside The Wall.mp3
