Joe Walsh is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and recording artist who has been a member of two successful bands: James Gang and the Eagles, and has recorded and toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. His highest charting song is "A Life of Illusion", which reached number-one on Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Peak Chart Positions Certifications
US
[1] 		AUS[2] UK
1972 Barnstorm 79 - -
1973 The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get 6 - -
1974 So What 11 55 -
1978 But Seriously, Folks... 8 31 16
  • US: Platinum[3]
1981 There Goes the Neighborhood 20 61 -
1983 You Bought It – You Name It 48 - -
1985 The Confessor 65 - -
1987 Got Any Gum? 113 - -
1991 Ordinary Average Guy 112 - -
1992 Songs for a Dying Planet - - -
2012 Analog Man 12 - 53

Live albums

Year Title Peak Chart Positions
US
[1] 		AUS[2] UK
1976 You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind 20 85 28
2014 All Night Long: Live in Dallas - - -

Compilation albums

Date Album US
[1]
November 1978 The Best of Joe Walsh 71
1978 So Far So Good
1988 Welcome to the Club
May 1995 Look What I Did!
1997 Joe Walsh's Greatest Hits – Little Did He Know...
June 1997 The Best of Joe Walsh & The James Gang 1969-1974

Singles

1970s

Year Title Chart positions Album
US AUS
[2] 		CAN
[4] 		UK
[5]
1973 "Rocky Mountain Way" 23 39 31 — The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1974 "Meadows" 89 — — —
1975 "Turn to Stone" 93 — — — So What
1976 "Walk Away" 105 — — — You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
1977 "Rocky Mountain Way" — — — 39 Rocky Mountain Way EP
1978 "Life's Been Good" 12 56 11 14 But Seriously Folks...
"Over and Over" 106 — — —
1979 "Turn to Stone" 109 — — — The Best of Joe Walsh

1980s-present

Year Title Chart positions Album
US US Main CAN
[6] 		UK
[5]
1980 "All Night Long" 19 — 13 — Urban Cowboy Soundtrack
1981 "A Life of Illusion" 34 1 37 — There Goes The Neighborhood
"Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk)" — 35 — —
"Things" — 36 — —
1982 "The Waffle Stomp" — 20 — — Fast Times at Ridgemont High Soundtrack
1983 "Space Age Whiz Kids" 52 21 — — You Bought It, You Name It
"I Can Play That Rock & Roll" — 13 — —
1985 "The Confessor" — 8 — — The Confessor
1987 "The Radio Song" — 8 — — Got Any Gum?
"In My Car" — 14 — —
1991 "Ordinary Average Guy" — 3 34 — Ordinary Average Guy
"All of a Sudden" — 13 93 —
1992 "Vote for Me" — 10 — — Songs for a Dying Planet

[7]

With James Gang albums

Date Album US
[1] 		Certifications
November 1969 Yer' Album 83
October 1970 James Gang Rides Again 20
July 1971 Thirds 27
September 1971 James Gang Live in Concert 24
January 1973 The Best of the James Gang Featuring Joe Walsh 79
November 1973 The James Gang 16 Greatest Hits 181

With the Eagles

Date Album
December 1976 Hotel California
September 1979 The Long Run
November 1980 Eagles Live
November 1994 Hell Freezes Over
October 2007 Long Road Out of Eden

With Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band

Date Album
October 1990 Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band
September 1993 Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2: Live from Montreux

Other album appearances

Year Artist Album
1967 The Ohio Express "Beg, Borrow and Steal" LP by
  • (vocals/guitar on "I Find I Think Of You" and "And It's True,")
1970 B.B. King Indianola Mississippi Seeds
  • (Guest artist, rhythm guitar)
1973 Manassas Down the Road
  • (Slide guitar)
1973 America Hat Trick
  • (guitar on Green Monkey)
1973 Michael Stanley Rosewood Bitters
  • (Slide guitar)
1973 Michael Stanley Friends and Legends
  • (performed on most songs on album)
1973 Rick Derringer All American Boy
  • (performed on "Teenage Queen")
1973 REO Speedwagon Ridin' the Storm Out
  • Slide guitar
1974 Billy Preston The Kids and Me
1974 Dan Fogelberg Souvenirs
  • (Walsh performed on and produced this album)
1974 Joe Vitale Roller Coaster Weekend
1975 Keith Moon Two Sides of the Moon
  • (Walsh played electric guitar on four songs.)
1976 Fools Gold Fools Gold
  • (Walsh performed on and produced this album with Glenn Frey and Glyn Johns. Walsh played guitar on "Coming Out of Hiding")
1977 Al Kooper Act Like Nothing's Wrong
  • (Slide guitar on "Hollywood Vampire")
1977 Andy Gibb Flowing Rivers
1977 Randy Newman Little Criminals
1977 Jay Ferguson Thunder Island
1977 Emerson, Lake and Palmer Works Vol 1 - L.A. Nights With Keith Emerson on keyboards.
1979 Jay Ferguson Real Life Ain't This Way
1980 Warren Zevon Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
1980 Beach Boys Keepin' the Summer Alive
  • (Walsh played guitar on the title track)
1981 John Entwistle Too Late the Hero
  • (Walsh performed on and produced this album)
1981 Joe Vitale Plantation Harbor
1982 Don Henley I Can't Stand Still
1982 Lionel Richie Lionel Richie
  • (Electric guitar and guitar solos on "Wandering Stranger")
1983 Ringo Starr Old Wave
  • (Walsh both played on and co-produced the album with Russ Ballard)
1984 Timothy B. Schmit Playin' It Cool
  • (Slide guitar, electric guitar)
1985 Michael McDonald No Lookin' Back
  • (Guest artist, slide guitar)
1986 Steve Winwood Back in the High Life
  • (Co-writer and guitar on "Split Decision")
1986 Albert Collins Jazzvisions: Jump The Blues Away
1987 Richard Marx Richard Marx
1990 Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips
1990 Herbs Homegrown
  • (Walsh played and sang on, wrote for and produced this album; it includes the original versions of "Up All Night", "Ordinary Average Guys" (sung by Herbs bassist Charlie Tumahai) and "It's Alright")
1991 Bob Seger The Fire Inside
  • (Guitar, 12 string guitar)
1993 Paul Shaffer The World's Most Dangerous Party
  • (Guest artist, vocals)
1995 Various A Future to This Life: Robocop – The Series Soundtrack
  • (Three songs, including the title track in a duet with Lita Ford)
1998 Ringo Starr Vertical Man
1998 Ringo Starr VH1 Storytellers
1998 Fleetwood Mac Live in Boston Volume Two
  • (guitar)
2000 Rick Danko Times Like These
  • (Guest artist, guitar, piano, backing vocals)
2006 Frankie Miller Long Way Home
2007 Kenny Chesney Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
  • "Wild Ride"
  • Peaked #56 on country charts
2010 Ringo Starr Y Not
2012 Ringo Starr Ringo 2012
2012 Kix Brooks New to This Town
  • (Lead parts on the single "New to This Town")
  • Single peaked #31 on country charts
2014 Foo Fighters Sonic Highways
  • (Guest guitar solo on "Outside")
2015 Ringo Starr Postcards from Paradise
2017 Ringo Starr Give More Love

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jason Ankeny (1947-11-20). "Joe Walsh | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ a b c "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  4. ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
  5. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 590. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "RPM Magazine search results".
  7. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 1044–1045. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  8. ^ a b c "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
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