Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

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Guitar, Vocals - Joe Walsh

Vocals – Clydie King, Venetta Fields

Bass - Kenny Passarelli

Drums, Flute, Keyboards - Joe Vitale

Keyboards - Rocke Grace

Arranged by Joe Walsh

Written by Joe Walsh (A1-3, B1-4), Kenny Passarelli (A1, A4), Joe Vitale (A1, A4, B1, B3), Rocke Grace (A1, A4)


 

 

1 LP, Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 180g

Record color : black

Speed : 33RPM

Size : 12'’

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : Quality Record Pressings

Label : Analogue Productions

Original Label : ABC Records

Recorded in1973 at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL, and Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA

Engineered by Bill Szymczyk, Al Blazek, Howie Alpert, Mike Stone, Ronnie Alpert

Mixed by Bill Szymczyk

Produced by Bill Szymczyk, Joe Walsh

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Album Design by Jimmy Wachtel

Photography by Bob Jenkins

Originally released in 1973

Reissued in 2024

 

 

Tracks

Side A:

  1. Rocky Mountain Way
  2. Book Ends
  3. Wolf
  4. Midnight Moodies

Side B:

  1. Happy Ways
  2. Meadows
  3. Dreams
  4. Days Gone By
  5. (Day Dream) Prayer


 

 

 

Reviews :

“The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, Joe Walsh's second solo studio album, continues the heavy and light rock mix of tracks found on his previous release, Barnstorm. Indeed, the opening two tracks bear this out. The first, perhaps Walsh's most recognized track, "Rocky Mountain Way," comes replete with overly distorted guitars and the obligatory solo. The next song, "Book Ends," is a tuneful ode to happy memories. Walsh's ability to swing wildly from one end of the rock scale to the other is unparalleled and makes for an album to suit many tastes. Joe Vitale (drums, flute, backing vocals, keyboards, and synthesizers – a talented man) and Kenny Passarelli (bass and backing vocals) are once again employed, and once again prove themselves adept at handling Walsh's various styles. The album sees an addition to the backing band in the form of Rocke Grace on keyboards and vocals. The legendary Bill Szymczyk works along with Walsh to handle the production, and takes care of the mixing. Szymczyk's work on this area is, as always, astounding. The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get features some of the most remembered Joe Walsh tracks, but it's not just these that make the album a success. Each of the nine tracks is a song to be proud of. This is a superb album by anyone's standards.” AllMusic Review by Ben Davies

 

Ratings :

AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.62 / 5

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