document_title: But Seriously, Folks...

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text: But Seriously, Folks...

text: Release[edit]

text: Original pressings of this record had text engraved on the carry-out grooves:

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text: Critical reception[edit]

text:
Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating

AllMusic
 [1]

Robert Christgau
C+[2]

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text: 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".[2] 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".[1]

text: Track listing[edit]

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

text:
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length

1.
"Over and Over"

4:53

2.
"Second Hand Store"
Mike Murphy, Walsh
3:35

3.
"Indian Summer"

3:03

4.
"At the Station"
Joe Vitale, Walsh
5:08

5.
"Tomorrow"

3:39

6.
"Inner Tube"

1:25

7.
"Theme from Boat Weirdos"
Jay Ferguson, Bill Szymczyk, Vitale, Walsh, Willie Weeks
4:43

8.
"Life's Been Good"

8:04

Total length:
35:22

text: Personnel[edit]

text:
Joe Walsh – vocals, guitars, synthesizer
Joe Vitale – drums, percussion, synthesizer, flute, backing vocals
Willie Weeks – bass guitar
Jay Ferguson – keyboards, vocals
Joey Murcia – guitar

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text: Guests

text:
Jody Boyer – backing vocals
Don Felder – pedal steel guitar on "Second Hand Store" and guitar on "At the Station"
Glenn Frey – backing vocals
Don Henley – backing vocals
Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals
Bill Szymczyk – tambourine, vocals, background vocals

text: Production[edit]

text:
Producers: Joe Walsh, Bill Szymczyk
Engineers: Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk (Bayshore Studios, Coconut Grove, Florida)
Mastering: Ted Jensen (Sterling Sound, New York)
Remastering: Bill Szymczyk
Design: Jimmy Wachtel
Photography: Lorrie Sullivan, Jimmy Wachtel

text: Charts[edit]

text: Album - Billboard (United States)

text:
Year
Chart
Position

1978
Billboard 200
8

text: Singles - Billboard (United States)

text:
Year
Single
Chart
Position

1978
"Life's Been Good"
Billboard Hot 100
12

1978
"Over and Over"
Billboard Hot 100
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text: Certifications[edit]

text:
Canada-Platinum [3]
US-Platinum [4]
UK-Silver [5]