But Seriously, Folks...


"But Seriously, Folks..." is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1978, on the label Asylum. It included the satirical song "Life's Been Good". The original 8:04 album version of this track was edited down to 4:35 for single release, and this became Walsh's biggest solo hit, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album also featured the other four members of Eagles — which Walsh had joined two years earlier — as well as singer-keyboardist Jay Ferguson, a former member of the groups Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, drummer Joe Vitale from Walsh's former band Barnstorm, and bassist Willie Weeks.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote that, although Walsh has "a gift for tuneful guitar schlock", most of the album's songs fall "far short of the irreverent shuck-and-jive" of "Life's Been Good". In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Al Campbell said that the album is "Joe Walsh's most insightful and melodic", and "captures a reflective song cycle along the same thematic lines of Pet Sounds, only for the '70s".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

Personnel

Guests
Album - Billboard
Singles - Billboard
YearSingleChartPosition
1978"Life's Been Good"Billboard Hot 10012
1978"Over and Over"Billboard Hot 100--

Certifications