You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind

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You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 1976 [1]
RecordedNovember 26, 1975
Venue Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
Genre
Length35:09
Label ABC
Producer Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh chronology
So What
(1974)
You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
(1976)
But Seriously, Folks...
(1978)

You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind is a live solo album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in early 1976 as Walsh's last album for ABC Records. It was recorded live just before Walsh joined the Eagles. Three members of that group appear on the song "Help Me Through the Night".

Contents

Recording

The album was compiled from recordings taken from a taping of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert , filmed on November 26, 1975. The episode was titled "Joe Walsh and Friends" and featured various additional artists, including some of Walsh's soon-to-be Eagles bandmates. Out of the six tracks on the album, five were taken from the broadcast, while "Time Out" was a new release. Songs performed on the episode that did not appear on the album included Walsh's "Welcome to the Club," Barnstorm's "Mother Says," and covers of the Beatles' "Get Back" and the Spencer Davis Groups' "Gimme Some Lovin'". [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Writing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic James Chrispell wrote of the album "Recorded live just before Joe Walsh joined up with the Eagles full-time... you've got one heck of a Joe Walsh concert souvenir." [3]

Release history

The album was reissued in 1979 by MCA Records. In 2011 the album was reissued in Japan in a miniature replica sleeve in the SHM-CD format. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk Away" Joe Walsh 3:21
2."Meadows"Patrick Cullie, Walsh7:08
3."Rocky Mountain Way"Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Walsh7:40
4."Time Out"Terry Trebandt, Walsh4:22
5."Help Me Through the Night" (Features Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Don Henley on vocals)Walsh3:43
6."Turn to Stone"Trebandt, Walsh8:46
Total length:35:09

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 85
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [6] 13
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [7] 19
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 28
US Billboard 200 [9] 20

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