The Best of Joe Walsh

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The Best of Joe Walsh
The Best of Joe Walsh cover
Compilation album by Joe Walsh
Released November 15, 1978
Recorded 1970–1978
Genre Rock
Length 41:36
Label ABC
Producer(s) Joe Walsh, Bill Szymczyk & Joe Vitale
Compiled by Joe Walsh
Professional reviews
Joe Walsh chronology
But Seriously Folks
(1978)
The Best of Joe Walsh
(1978)
There Goes the Neighborhood
(1981)


The Best of Joe Walsh is the first compilation by Joe Walsh. Released in 1978, that included James Gang songs and solo songs.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Turn to Stone" (Joe Walsh/Terry Trebandt) – 5:14
  2. "Mother Says" (Joe Walsh/Joe Vitale/Kenny Passarelli) – 5:54
  3. "Help Me Thru the Night" (Joe Walsh/Terry Trebandt) – 3:37
  4. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Rocke Grace/Kenny Passarelli/Joe Vitale/Joe Walsh) – 5:15
  5. "Meadows" (Joe Walsh/Patrick Cullie) – 4:36
  6. "Country Fair" (Joe Walsh/Terry Trebandt) – 6:43
  7. "Funk #49" (Jim Fox/Dale Peters/Joe Walsh) – 3:54
  8. "Time Out" (Joe Walsh/Terry Trebandt) – 4:17
  9. "Walk Away" (Joe Walsh) – 3:34
  10. "Life's Been Good" (Joe Walsh) – 8:04
    • Bonus track in the cassette release.

[edit] Personnel

  • Joe Walsh: Guitars, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, timpani, hammond organ, synthesizer, vocals.
  • Kenny Passarelli: Bass guitar.
  • Tom Stephenson: Piano, keyboards, hammond organ.
  • Joe Vitale: Drums, piano, keyboards, percussion, cowbell, conga, timpani, tambourine, arp.
  • Guille Garcia: Percussion.
  • Bill Szymczyk: Percussion.
  • Members of James Gang:
Dale Peters: Bass guitar, percussion, vocals.
Jim Fox: Drums, percussion, vocals.
Don Felder: Backing vocals.
Glenn Frey: Backing vocals.
Randy Meisner: Backing vocals.
Don Henley: Backing vocals.


Joe Walsh
Studio Albums
Barnstorm | The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get | So What | But Seriously Folks | There Goes the Neighborhood | You Bought It, You Name It | The Confessor | Got Any Gum? | Ordinary Average Guy
Songs for a Dying Planet
Compilation albums
The Best of Joe Walsh | Rocky Mountain Way | Look What I Did!
Live albums
You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind | MTV Unplugged