The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get

The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
Studio album by Joe Walsh and Barnstorm
Released June 18, 1973
Recorded Late 1972–Early 1973
Genre Rock
Length 35:44
Label ABC-Dunhill
Producer
Joe Walsh and Barnstorm chronology
Barnstorm
(1972)
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
(1973)
So What
(1975)

The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get is the second album by Joe Walsh and his band Barnstorm, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music), although the album's front cover (right) credits only Walsh. It proved to be his commercial breakthrough, largely on the strength of the Top 40 hit single, "Rocky Mountain Way", which helped propel the album into the Top 10.

On this album, Walsh shares the vocals and songwriting with the other three members of Barnstorm, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale, bassist Kenny Passarelli, and the new member, keyboardist Rocke Grace. As a result, a variety of styles are explored on this album. There are elements of blues, jazz, folk, pop, and even Caribbean music.

After the success of this album, Barnstorm disbanded, and Walsh continued as a solo artist.

Contents

Cover

The cover of the album features a British Sopwith Snipe fighter.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Ben Davies wrote of the album "Walsh's ability to swing wildly from one end of the rock scale to the other is unparalleled and makes for an album to suit many tastes... [it] features some of the most remembered Joe Walsh tracks, but it's not just these that make the album a success. Each of the nine tracks is a song to be proud of. This is a superb album by anyone's standards."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale, Kenny Passarelli, Rocke Grace) – 5:15
  2. "Book Ends" (Vitale) – 2:45
  3. "Wolf" – 3:09
  4. "Midnight Moodies" (Grace) – 3:39
  5. "Happy Ways" (Passarelli, Bernard Zoloth) – 2:40
Side two
  1. "Meadows" – 4:36
  2. "Dreams" – 5:50
  3. "Days Gone By" (Vitale) – 5:54
  4. "(Day Dream) Prayer" – 1:56

Personnel

  • Joe Walsh: Lead guitars, synthesizers, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals.
  • Kenny Passarelli: Bass guitar, guitar, vocals.
  • Joe Vitale: Drums, percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, flute, vocals.
  • Rocke Grace: Keyboards, vocals.
  • Joe Lala: Percussion.
  • Venetta Fields: Backing vocals.
  • Clydie King: Backing vocals.

Production

  • Producers: Joe Walsh, Bill Szymczyk
  • Engineers: Ronnie Alpert, Al Blazek, Mike "Clay" Stone, Bill Szymczyk
  • Mixing: Bill Szymczyk
  • Design: Jimmy Wachtel
  • Photography: Bob Jenkins

This LP had a STEREO release as well as a QUADRAPHONIC release. The surround sound information on the QUAD LP can be extracted by today's audio-video receivers using the DOLBY PRO LOGIC setting.

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1973 Pop Albums 6

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1973 "Rocky Mountain Way" Pop Singles 23
1974 "Meadows" Pop Singles 89

References


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