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Ordinary Average Guy | ||||
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Released | April 23, 1991 | |||
Recorded | August 1990 | |||
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Length | 47:44 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Ordinary Average Guy is the ninth solo studio album, and its title track (second on the playlist), by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1991. It was Walsh's first album of entirely new music since Got Any Gum? in 1987, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by Epic following a four-year alliance with Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Canada. The album features Ringo Starr, Survivor's lead vocalist Jimi Jamison, and the drummer Joe Vitale from Walsh's former band Barnstorm. Vitale also sings the lead vocals on the final track of the album, "School Days".
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic Vincent Jeffries wrote of the album "This collection of nostalgia, decent balladry, and quirky anthems probably reinforced any notions of Joe Walsh's creative decline... this reflective, sometimes half-hearted effort belies a weariness that's both sad and difficult to appreciate as this master goes through the motions." [1]
All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Two Sides to Every Story" | Rick Rosas, Walsh | 3:24 |
2. | "Ordinary Average Guy" | 4:12 | |
3. | "The Gamma Goochee" | John Mangiagli | 2:49 |
4. | "All of a Sudden" | Jimi Jamison, Walsh | 4:56 |
5. | "Alphabetical Order" | Joe Vitale, Walsh | 4:58 |
6. | "Look at Us Now" | Jamison, Walsh | 4:55 |
7. | "I'm Actin' Different" | 4:31 | |
8. | "Up All Night" | Vitale, Walsh | 3:54 |
9. | "You Might Need Somebody" | Nan O'Byrne, Tom Snow | 4:30 |
10. | "Where I Grew up (Prelude to School Days)" | 2:37 | |
11. | "School Days" | Vitale | 5:18 |
Studios
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [2] | 31 |
US Billboard 200 [3] | 112 |
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