Complete List Of Joe Walsh Albums And Songs

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Joe Walsh’s solo career grew out of his years with the James Gang, the hard rock trio he left in 1971. His first post-James Gang project was Barnstorm with drummer Joe Vitale and bassist Kenny Passarelli, and that group became the bridge to the solo career that followed.

Walsh later joined the Eagles in 1975 while continuing to release records under his own name. This article follows his post-James Gang studio work from Barnstorm through Analog Man, along with two live releases.

This list does not include the albums he released as part of the James Gang or the Eagles. Those albums are covered separately in the links below.

JOE WALSH STUDIO ALBUMS

Barnstorm (1972)

Released in 1972, Barnstorm introduced Walsh’s post-James Gang partnership with Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli. Produced by Bill Szymczyk and recorded at Caribou Ranch in Colorado, the album moved away from straight hard rock toward a looser mix of rock, folk, and experimental textures. Walsh used synthesizers, acoustic instruments, slide guitar, and Leslie-speaker effects throughout the record. One of its key tracks, “Turn to Stone,” was later re-recorded for So What.

Track Listing:

1. “Here We Go” – 4:58
2. “Midnight Visitor” – 3:13
3. “One and One” – 1:15
4. “Giant Behemoth” (Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 4:19
5. “Mother Says” (Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 6:14
6. “Birdcall Morning” – 3:42
7. “Home” – 2:53
8. “I’ll Tell the World” (Alan Gordon, Allan Jacobs) – 3:54
9. “Turn to Stone” (Terry Trebandt, Joe Walsh) – 5:16
10. “Comin’ Down” – 1:54

The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get (1973)

The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get arrived in 1973 and gave Walsh his commercial breakthrough with “Rocky Mountain Way.” Recorded with Barnstorm members Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, and Rocke Grace, the album mixed hard rock with blues, jazz, and folk influences. Walsh and Bill Szymczyk produced the record, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200. Songs such as “Meadows,” “Bookends,” and “Days Gone By” also showed how much this was still a band effort even as Walsh’s name moved to the front.

Track Listing:

1. “Rocky Mountain Way” (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Rocke Grace) – 5:15
2. “Bookends” (Joe Vitale) – 2:45
3. “Wolf” – 3:09
4. “Midnight Moodies” (Rocke Grace) – 3:39
5. “Happy Ways” (Kenny Passarelli, Bernard Zoloth) – 2:40

Side B:

6. “Meadows” – 4:36
7. “Dreams” – 5:50
8. “Days Gone By” (Joe Vitale) – 5:54
9. “Daydream (Prayer)” – 1:56

So What (1974)

Released in 1974, So What balanced Walsh’s hard rock side with some of his most personal material. The album includes “Welcome to the Club,” a new version of “Turn to Stone,” “Help Me Through the Night,” and “Song for Emma,” written after the death of Walsh’s young daughter. Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Randy Meisner contributed backing vocals, an early connection to the Eagles before Walsh joined the band. Joe Walsh, John Stronach, and Bill Szymczyk handled the production.

Track Listing:

1. “Welcome to the Club” – 5:14
2. “Falling Down” (Joe Walsh, Don Henley) – 4:56
3. “Pavanne of the Sleeping Beauty” (Maurice Ravel) – 1:56
4. “Time Out” (Walsh, Terry Trebandt) – 4:28
5. “All Night Laundry Mat Blues” – 0:58
6. “Turn to Stone” (Walsh, Trebandt) – 3:47
7. “Help Me Through the Night” – 3:35
8. “County Fair” – 6:43
9. “Song for Emma” – 4:20

But Seriously, Folks… (1978)

But Seriously, Folks… was released in 1978 after Walsh had become a member of the Eagles. Its centerpiece, “Life’s Been Good,” turned his rock-star reputation into an eight-minute satire and became his biggest solo hit, reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its edited form. The album also includes “Over and Over,” “Indian Summer,” and “At the Station,” with Joe Vitale, Willie Weeks, and several Eagles members among the musicians. It remains one of Walsh’s strongest combinations of humor, guitar work, and reflective songwriting.

Track Listing:

1. “Over and Over” – 4:53
2. “Second Hand Store” (Joe Walsh, Mike Murphy) – 3:35
3. “Indian Summer” – 3:03
4. “At the Station” (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale) – 5:08
5. “Tomorrow” – 3:39
6. “Inner Tube” – 1:25
7. “Theme from Boat Weirdos” (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Jay Ferguson, Willie Weeks, Bill Szymczyk) – 4:43
8. “Life’s Been Good” – 8:56

There Goes the Neighborhood (1981)

Released in May 1981, There Goes the Neighborhood reached No. 20 on the Billboard 200 and produced one of Walsh’s biggest solo songs of the decade, “A Life of Illusion.” The album also features “Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk),” “Things,” and “You Never Know,” with appearances from Don Felder, Timothy B. Schmit, Russ Kunkel, David Lindley, Bob Mayo, and Victor Feldman. Walsh mixed his familiar hard rock guitar sound with the humor and more reflective writing that had become central to his solo records.

Track Listing:

1. “Things” – 5:40
2. “Made Your Mind Up” – 4:24
3. “Down on the Farm” – 3:10
4. “Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk)” (Joe Walsh, Don Felder) – 5:06
5. “A Life of Illusion” (Kenny Passarelli, Joe Walsh) – 3:30
6. “Bones” – 4:32
7. “Rockets” – 3:55
8. “You Never Know” – 5:20

You Bought It – You Name It (1983)

You Bought It – You Name It was released in 1983 and reached No. 48 on the Billboard 200. “Space Age Whiz Kids” became the album’s best-known single, while songs such as “I Can Play That Rock & Roll,” “Class of ’65,” and the Eagles outtake “Told You So” showed both Walsh’s humor and his harder-rocking side. Joe Vitale, Don Felder, Timothy B. Schmit, Waddy Wachtel, and George “Chocolate” Perry were among the musicians involved. The album also included Walsh’s version of the standard “Love Letters.”

Track Listing:

1. “I Can Play That Rock & Roll” – 3:03
2. “Told You So” (Don Felder, Joe Walsh) – 3:54
3. “Here We Are Now” – 3:54
4. “The Worry Song” (George “Chocolate” Perry, Joe Walsh) – 4:37
5. “I.L.B.T.s” (Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 2:53
6. “Space Age Whiz Kids” (Vitale, Walsh) – 3:40
7. “Love Letters” (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 3:11
8. “Class of ’65” – 4:27
9. “Shadows” – 5:09
10. “Theme from Island Weirdos” (Vitale, Walsh) – 3:35

The Confessor (1985)

Joe Walsh released The Confessor in 1985, co-producing the album with Keith Olsen. The record reached No. 65 on the Billboard 200 and is led by the seven-minute title track, one of Walsh’s more ambitious solo recordings. Other highlights include “Rosewood Bitters,” a Michael Stanley song Walsh had played on years earlier, and “Slow Dancing,” written by Loz Netto. Timothy B. Schmit and Waddy Wachtel were among the musicians who contributed to the album.

Track Listing:

1. “Problems” (Joe Walsh, Bill Arbuckle) – 3:55
2. “I Broke My Leg” – 3:12
3. “Bubbles” – 3:33
4. “Slow Dancing” (Loz Netto) – 4:22
5. “15 Years” – 3:52
6. “The Confessor” – 7:06
7. “Rosewood Bitters” (Michael Stanley) – 3:29
8. “Good Man Down” (Joe Walsh, Waddy Wachtel) – 4:14
9. “Dear John” – 2:40

Got Any Gum? (1987)

Got Any Gum? arrived in 1987 and became Walsh’s final studio album for Warner Bros. and Full Moon. Produced with Terry Manning and recorded in Memphis, the album included appearances by J.D. Souther, Jimi Jamison, Ringo Starr, and bassist Rick Rosas. “The Radio Song” became its strongest rock-radio track, while “In My Car” had previously been recorded by Starr and was co-written by Walsh, Starr, Mo Foster, and Kim Goody. The album reached No. 113 on the Billboard 200.

Track Listing:

1. “The Radio Song” – 3:31
2. “Fun” (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale) – 3:04
3. “In My Car” (Walsh, Richard Starkey, Mo Foster, Kim Goody) – 3:37
4. “Malibu” (Walsh, Vitale) – 5:11
5. “Half of the Time” – 5:11
6. “Got Any Gum?” (Instrumental) (Terry Manning, Walsh) – 1:11
7. “Up to Me” – 5:21
8. “No Peace in the Jungle” (Tommy Dean) – 5:57
9. “Memory Lane” – 4:27
10. “Time” – 4:09

Ordinary Average Guy (1991)

After a four-year break between solo albums, Walsh returned in 1991 with Ordinary Average Guy, his first release for Epic. The title track became one of his best-known later songs, using Walsh’s familiar sense of humor to look at everyday middle-class life. Joe Vitale, Ringo Starr, Jimi Jamison, Waddy Wachtel, Rick Rosas, and George “Chocolate” Perry were among the musicians and collaborators. The album also includes “All of a Sudden,” “Look at Us Now,” and “School Days,” with Vitale singing lead on the closing track.

Track Listing:

1. “Two Sides to Every Story” (Rick Rosas, Joe Walsh) – 3:24
2. “Ordinary Average Guy” – 4:12
3. “The Gamma Goochee” (John Mangiagli) – 2:49
4. “All of a Sudden” (Jimi Jamison, Joe Walsh) – 4:56
5. “Alphabetical Order” (Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 4:58
6. “Look at Us Now” (Jimi Jamison, Joe Walsh) – 4:55
7. “I’m Actin’ Different” – 4:31
8. “Up All Night” (Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 3:54
9. “You Might Need Somebody” (Nan O’Byrne, Tom Snow) – 4:30
10. “Where I Grew Up (Prelude to School Days)” – 2:37
11. “School Days” (Joe Vitale) – 5:18

Songs for a Dying Planet (1992)

Songs for a Dying Planet followed in 1992 and became Walsh’s final solo studio album for 20 years. Bill Szymczyk returned as producer, with Joe Vitale also serving as co-producer, while songs such as “Vote for Me,” “Shut Up,” and the title track mixed humor with a more serious political and environmental tone. “Vote for Me” reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart. The album also contains the unusual “Certain Situations,” which includes a Morse code message reading “Register and vote for me.”

Track Listing:

1. “Shut Up” – 3:19
2. “Fairbanks Alaska” – 3:27
3. “Coyote Love” (Joe Vitale, Joe Walsh) – 4:43
4. “I Know” – 1:45
5. “Certain Situations” – 4:34
6. “Vote for Me” (Vitale, Walsh) – 4:21
7. “Theme from Baroque Weirdos” (Bill Szymczyk, Vitale) – 1:33
8. “The Friend Song” – 3:33
9. “It’s All Right” – 3:25
10. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:59
11. “Decades” – 12:02
12. “Song for a Dying Planet” – 2:00

Analog Man (2012)

Walsh returned in 2012 with Analog Man, his first solo studio album in 20 years and, according to his official biography, his tenth solo album. Co-produced with Jeff Lynne, the record reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and paired Walsh’s classic guitar sound with songs about sobriety, family, aging, and the digital world. Ringo Starr appears on “Lucky That Way,” while David Crosby and Graham Nash also contributed to the album. The standard release contains ten tracks, with “Fishbone” and “But I Try” included as deluxe-edition bonus tracks.

Track Listing:

1. “Analog Man” (Joe Walsh, Drew Hester, Gannin Arnold) – 4:02
2. “Wrecking Ball” (Walsh, Tommy Lee James) – 3:45
3. “Lucky That Way” (Walsh, James) – 4:14
4. “Spanish Dancer” – 3:49
5. “Band Played On” (Walsh, James) – 4:03
6. “Family” (Walsh, James) – 4:21
7. “One Day at a Time” – 3:18
8. “Hi-Roller Baby” (Tim Armstrong, Laura Pergolizzi) – 3:18
9. “Funk 50” – 1:57
10. “India” – 3:44

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks:

11. “Fishbone” – 3:48
12. “But I Try” (Walsh, Jim Fox, Richard Penniman, Dale Peters) – 6:40

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JOE WALSH LIVE ALBUMS

You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind (1976)

Released in 1976, You Can’t Argue with a Sick Mind was recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on November 26, 1975, just before Walsh joined the Eagles. The six-track album includes “Walk Away,” “Rocky Mountain Way,” “Meadows,” and “Turn to Stone,” while Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and Don Felder appear on “Help Me Through the Night.” Joe Vitale, Willie Weeks, Jay Ferguson, David Mason, Andy Newmark, and Rocky Dzidzornu were also part of the live lineup. At just over 35 minutes, it remains a concentrated document of Walsh at the end of his pre-Eagles solo period.

Track Listing:

1. “Walk Away” – 3:21
2. “Meadows” – 7:08
3. “Rocky Mountain Way” – 7:40
4. “Time Out” – 4:22
5. “Help Me Through the Night” – 3:43
6. “Turn to Stone” – 8:44

All Night Long: Live in Dallas (2013)

All Night Long: Live in Dallas documents Walsh’s July 10, 1981 performance at Reunion Arena for the King Biscuit Flower Hour while he was touring behind There Goes the Neighborhood. Released digitally in 2013, the recording features Russ Kunkel, Mike Murphy, George “Chocolate” Perry, and longtime collaborator Joe Vitale. The set moves between Walsh’s solo work and James Gang material, including “Meadows,” “The Bomber,” “Funk #49,” “Life’s Been Good,” and “Rocky Mountain Way.” It captures Walsh as a live bandleader at the point when his solo and Eagles careers were both central to his public identity.

Track Listing:

1. “Meadows” – 4:39
2. “Over and Over” – 5:31
3. “In the City” – 5:00
4. “A Life of Illusion” – 4:13
5. “The Bomber” – 9:17
6. “Dreams” – 5:45
7. “Theme From Boat Weirdos” – 3:26
8. “Funk #49” – 5:27
9. “You Never Know” – 8:55
10. “Life’s Been Good” – 8:53
11. “Rocky Mountain Way” – 8:13
12. “All Night Long” – 5:30

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