But Seriously Folks

Infobox Album |
Name = "But Seriously Folks..."
Type = Album
Artist = Joe Walsh


Released = 12 August 1978
Genre = Rock
Length = 35:24
Label = Asylum
Producer = Joe Walsh & Bill Szymczyk
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o9nyxdjbjold~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/joewalsh/albums/album/238701/review/5946445/but_seriously_folks link] |
Last album = "You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind"
(1976)
This album = "But Seriously, Folks..."
(1978)
Next album = "The Best of Joe Walsh"
(1981)

"But Seriously Folks..."" is the fourth studio album by Joe Walsh, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).

Track listing

All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

# "Over and Over" – 4:53
# "Second Hand Store" (Murphy, Walsh) – 3:35
# "Indian Summer" – 3:03
# "At the Station" (Joe Vitale, Walsh) – 5:08
# "Tomorrow" – 3:39
# "Inner Tube" – 1:25
# "Theme from Boat Weirdos" (Jay Ferguson, Bill Szymczyk, Vitale, Walsh, Willie Weeks) – 4:43
# "Life's Been Good" – 8:57

Personnel

*Joe Walsh: Guitars, Bass guitar, Keyboards, synthesizer, Vocals.
*Jody Boyer: Backing vocals.
*Don Felder: Guitar, Steel guitar, vocals.
*Glenn Frey: Backing vocals.
*Don Henley: Backing vocals.
*Timothy B. Schmit: Backing vocals.
*Jay Ferguson: Keyboards, vocals.
*Joey Murcia: Guitar.
*Bill Szymczyk - tambourine, vocals, background vocals
*Joe Vitale: Drums, percussion, keyboards, synthesizer, flute, vocals.
*Willie Weeks: Bass guitar.

Production

*Producers: Joe Walsh, Bill Szymczyk
*Engineers: Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk
*Mastering: Ted Jensen
*Remastering: Bill Szymczyk
*Design: Jimmy Wachtel
*Photography: Lorrie Sullivan, Jimmy Wachtel

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Miscellanea

*Original pressings of this record had text engraved on the carry-out grooves::Side 1: "Luncheon Counter of the Deli Kind":Side 2: "Call It In the Air!"
*Originally, the Walsh song "In the City", was recorded for this album, but released on the Eagles album, The Long Run.
*The leadout track after Life's Been Good has a dubbed recording of "A flock of wah-wahs" which is a minute of gibberish wah-wahs.
*Joe Walsh ran a mock campaign for President in 1980; one of the planks of his platform was to make "Life's Been Good" the new national anthem.