Back Up Against the Wall

Back Up Against The Wall
Studio album by Atlanta Rhythm Section
Released	February 1973
Recorded	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
Genre	Southern rock
Length	36:31
Label	Decca Records
Producer	Buddy Buie
Atlanta Rhythm Section chronology
Atlanta Rhythm Section (1972) Back Up Against The Wall (1973) Third Annual Pipe Dream (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	C+ [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Back Up Against the Wall is the second album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1973. It is the first album to feature Ronnie Hammond on lead vocals and J. R. Cobb as secondary guitarist (Cobb had also wrote a few songs for the bands previous album before he became a member). ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} The album was re-released in 1977 on MCA Records as a double, paired with their debut (MCA-24114).

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wrong"	Buie, Cobb	2:44
2.	"Cold Turkey, Tenn."	Nix	3:18
3.	"Will I Live On?"	Daughtry, Nix	2:52
4.	"A Livin' Lovin' Wreck"	Otis Blackwell	3:08
5.	"Superman"	Randall Bramblett	3:26
6.	"What You Gonna Do About It?"	Buie, Hammond	3:00
7.	"Conversation"	Buie, Cobb	3:29
8.	"Redneck"	Joe South	3:50
9.	"Make Me Believe It"	Buie, Hammond, Nix	3:14
10.	"Back Up Against the Wall"	Buie, Cobb	3:23
11.	"It Must Be Love"	Cobb, Daughtry, Nix	4:07

Personnel

Atlanta Rhythm Section

• Ronnie Hammond - vocals, piano
• J.R. Cobb - acoustic, electric, steel and slide guitars, vocals
• Barry Bailey - acoustic and electric guitar
• Dean Daughtry - acoustic and electric piano, organ
• Paul Goddard - bass
• Robert Nix - drums, vocals

Additional players

• Al Kooper - synthesizers (including ARP)
• Randall Bramblett - piano
• Billy Lee Riley - harmonica

Production

• Producer: Buddy Buie
• Engineers: Bobby Langford, Rodney Mills
• Mixing: Rodney Mills
• Arranger: Buddy Buie
• Cover design: Mike McCarty
• Illustrations: Mike McCarty

References

1. "Robert Christgau: CG Book '70s: A". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
2. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2156. ISBN   9780857125958.
3. Campbell, Al. "Atlanta Rhythm Section/Back Up Against the Wall". AllMusic . Retrieved December 8, 2013.
4. "Atlanta Rhythm Section– Back Up Against The Wall". Discogs.com. 1973. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
5. "Atlanta Rhythm Section". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
6. "Customer Reviews Back Up Against the Wall". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
7. "Atlanta Rhythm Section/Back Up Against the Wall". Msn.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.