Joe Walsh - ''But Seriously, Folks...'' [Asylum Records 6E-141] (16 May 1978)

Dynamic Range Released: 16 May 1978
Country: US
Label: Asylum Records
Catalog: 6E-141
Genre: Rock

Pressing: PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA - PRC-W on labels

Item# SR-AS6E141
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
01 Over And Over
02 Second Hand Store
03 Indian Summer
04 At The Station
05 Tomorrow
06 Inner Tube
07 Theme From Boat Weirdos
08 Life's Been Good




''But Seriously, Folks...''
Joe Walsh


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Album Review

Al Campbell [allmusic.com]

As far as studio albums go, But Seriously Folks is Joe Walsh's most insightful and melodic. But Seriously Folks, released in 1978, was the album the Eagles should have made rather than the mediocre The Long Run. It captures a reflective song cycle along the same thematic lines of Pet Sounds, only for the '70s. The album's introspective outlook glides through rejuvenation (''Tomorrow,'' ''Over and Over''), recapturing the simple pleasures of the past (''Indian Summer''), mid-career indecision (''At the Station,'' ''Second Hand Store''), and a melancholy instrumental (''Theme From Boat Weirdos''). The disc's finale, ''Life's Been Good,'' is a sarcastic and bittersweet ode to Walsh's ''rock star-party guy'' persona which reached the Top 10 on the pop charts and became a staple of FM rock radio. The only way But Seriously Folks could have been improved, was to include ''In the City,'' essentially solo Walsh, which unfortunately ended up on The Long Run instead.