There Goes the Neighborhood

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This article is about the album. For the Body Count song, see There Goes the Neighborhood (Body Count song). For the Sheryl Crow song, see There Goes the Neighborhood (song).
There Goes the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood cover
Studio album by Joe Walsh
Released 10 March 1981
Recorded October-November 1980
Genre Rock
Length 35:37
Label Asylum
Producer Joe Walsh, George Perry
Professional reviews
Joe Walsh chronology
The Best of Joe Walsh
(1978)		 There Goes the Neighborhood
(1981)		 You Bought It, You Name It
(1983)

There Goes the Neighborhood is the fifth studio album by Joe Walsh, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).

The album's biggest hit "A Life of Illusion" was recorded in 1973 with Joe Walsh's first solo band Barnstorm but was not completed. The overdubs and final mixes were completed during the There Goes the Neighborhood sessions and released on the album. The promotional video for the track shows the coming to life of the album's cover.

Another track "Rivers (of the Hidden Funk)" was a track Joe wrote for The Eagles' 1979 album The Long Run, but was left off. The track featured a guest appearance by Walsh's Eagles-mate Don Felder on voice box guitar. "Rivers..." received a good bit of FM radio airplay.

The album's final track "You Never Know" is a song about rumors and hearsay, including not-so-veiled swipes at other members of the Eagles and their management with lines like "The Frontline grapevine jury's in a nasty mood / you might be guilty, honey, you never know." (Frontline Management was Irving Azoff's management firm at the time). Don Felder appears on guitar on this track performing rhythm and duel lead guitar solos with Walsh.

Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit sang backing vocals on the opening track "Things".

Contents

[edit] 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)" – 5:06
  5. "A Life of Illusion" (Kenny Passarelli, Walsh) – 3:30
  6. "Bones" – 4:32
  7. "Rockets" – 3:55
  8. "You Never Know" – 5:20

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Joe Walsh, George Perry

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1981 Pop Albums 20

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1981 "Rivers (Of The Hidden Funk)" Mainstream Rock 35
1981 "Things" Mainstream Rock 36
1981 "A Life Of Illusion" Mainstream Rock 1
1981 "A Life Of Illusion" Pop Singles 34
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