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Joe Walsh
"There Goes The Neighborhood"
© Elektra Records
Year of Release: 1981
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track listing
Things
Made Your Mind Up
Down On The Farm
Rivers (Of The
Hidden Funk)
A Life Of Illusion
Bones
Rockets
You Never Know
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Joe Walsh
"There Goes The Neighborhood"
It seems that Joe Walsh is a popular guy here on the WSVNRadio.net Website.
Within the past year, we have not one, but two of his former band's albums
reviewed -- The James Gang --
Rides Again and
Live In Concert.
Now, his 1981 solo release, There Goes The Neighborhood gets the nod of
approval for review this week.
Having a simple rock beat, "Things" starts out the album, and though it
it doesn't grab your attention, "Made Your Mind Up" picks up the rock
beat a bit faster.
Is it country or blues? Whatever your answer is, "Down On The Farm"
most definitely has the Joe Walsh sound, having the common instruments heard in
hillbilly country, yet it has an almost blues sound. "Rivers (Of The Hidden
Funk)" does have a funky beat, and again, it's all Joe Walsh.
The most popular track on this album is "A Life Of Illusion," a song
that I could never get tired of. Back in 1981, this was always being played on
FM radio, and I've always enjoyed this song, even to this day (19 years later).
"Bones" has the progressive rock/blues beat, as heard from The James
Gang days. And speaking of former bands, "Rockets" is a very nice,
peaceful ballad, that could of easily have been recorded by Walsh's former band,
The Eagles. The album closes with a real cool, blues/funk rock number, "You
Never Know."
With a title such as There Goes The Neighborhood, you would think
this album would be all-out "crazy" rock -- like hard rock, gritted tunes.
This is not the case. This album is in one word -- simple. It features simple
sounding rock tunes. Yet the distinctive voice of Joe Walsh is there, this
album is quite enjoyable.
With the "popularity" of Joe Walsh here on this website, it would be quite
obvious in the upcoming weeks if The Eagles will be chosen as our Album Pick
of the Week, making the Joe Walsh history complete.
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