Ordinary Average Guy

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Ordinary Average Guy
Ordinary Average Guy cover
Studio album by Joe Walsh
Released April 23, 1991
Recorded August, 1990
Genre Rock
Length 47:44
Label Epic
Producer Joe Walsh & Joe Vitale
Professional reviews
Joe Walsh chronology
MTV Unplugged
(1990)		 Ordinary Average Guy
(1991)		 Songs for a Dying Planet
(1992)

Ordinary Average Guy is the ninth studio album by Joe Walsh, released in 1991 (see 1991 in music).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

  1. "Two Sides to Every Story" (Rick Rosas, Joe Walsh) – 3:24
  2. "Ordinary Average Guy" – 4:12
  3. "The Gamma Goochee" (Mangiagli) – 4:29
  4. "All of a Sudden" – 4:56
  5. "Alphabetical Order" (Joe Vitale, Walsh) – 4:58
  6. "Look at Us Now" – 4:55
  7. "I'm Actin' Different" – 4:31
  8. "Up All Night" (Vitale, Walsh) – 3:54
  9. "You Might Need Somebody" (O'Byrne, Snow) – 4:30
  10. "Where I Grew up (Prelude to School Days)" – 2:37
  11. "School Days" (Vitale) – 5:18

[edit] Personnel

  • Joe Walsh - guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Frank Zappa: Guitars
  • Waddy Wachtel: Guitar
  • Rick Rosas: Bass guitar
  • George Perry: Bass guitar
  • Joe Vitale: Keyboards, drums, percussion, bass guitar, vocals
  • Paul Shaffer: Piano, keyboards
  • Wally Cullis: Drums and percussion
  • Larry Otis: Saxophone
  • Ringo: Backing vocals
  • Al Paris: Backing vocals
  • Kelley Hurt: Backing vocals
  • Jimi Jamison: Backing vocals
  • Jeff Rogers: Backing vocals
  • Smokey Wendell: Manager

[edit] Others

  • Gary Belz
  • Kevin Buell
  • Michael Caplan
  • Mark Chernoff
  • David Fishof
  • Ken Frank
  • Wally Franson
  • Bruce Garfield
  • Richard 'Kush" Griffith
  • Herbs
  • Mark Herman
  • Ken Kraus
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Lucy
  • Turley Richards
  • Alan Rogan
  • Ed Sanford

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale
  • Executive producer: Scott Maclellan
  • Engineers: Jim Nipar, Dave Reynolds, Bill Szymczyk
  • Assistant engineers: Tim Ray, Jim Stabile, Johnny Walls
  • Mixing: Dave Reynolds
  • Mixing assistants: Tim Ray, Johnny Walls
  • Mastering: Vladimir Meller
  • Art direction: David Coleman
  • Photography: Patrick Cullie, Alan Messer

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 112

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "All of a Sudden" Mainstream Rock Tracks 13
1991 "Ordinary Average Guy" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
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