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The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

Label
UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Release date
7 Jul 2008
Running length
9 tracks
Running time
33:20

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Rocky Mountain Way 2:42 187,511
2 Book Ends 2:47 5,419
3 Wolf 3:11 6,081
4 Midnight Moodies 3:39 4,849
5 Happy Ways 2:42 5,128
6 Meadows 4:44 27,768
7 Dreams 5:41 4,649
8 Days Gone By 5:59 3,478
9 (Day Dream) Prayer 1:55 3,205

About this album

Best known for introducing the world to “Rocky Mountain Way”, this album is much more enjoyable than its hit opening track. Joe Vitale packs a punch with “Midnight Moodies”, giving a performance not really delivered on albums outside the Chicago or BS&T genre. Certainly an unexpected treat for a Joe Walsh set. Or so we would believe. There are other surprises from the young Clown Prince of rock. “Happy Ways” is not a Cuban send up but a solid attempt to inject rock into the Cuban beat, and, of course, Vitale is there to provide that beat. Don’t consider the others as cast offs. “Meadow” ranks with top Walsh songs while “Wolf”, “Book Ends”, and “Dreams” are authentic Walsh and not merely period pieces. Finally, “Days Gone By” is Walsh at his bittersweet best. You can find “RMW” on all compilations, but you miss the variety and depth of early solo Walsh if you miss this entire album.
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