Where's the Party
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Where's The Party? is Eddie Money
's fifth album, released in 1983.
Money described the album as more upbeat and positive than his previous album No Control
, saying, "We're ready to rock.... We're all in a party mood, and the album reflects that."
The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard 200
album chart, making it Money's lowest-charting album up to that time. Critic Lennox Samuels of Independent Press Service wrote in his review, "The party's not on this record, anyway. Side 1 is an undistinguished assortment of mid- to uptempo rock tunes." Samuels did praise the track "The Big Crash", which he described as "a bouncy dance tune with an effective interplay between John Nelson's lead guitar and Duane Hitchings' synthesizer," and noted that "Leave It to Me" appeared to show Money "venturing into new music", with a sound close to that of many popular synth-bands
of the time.
In a 1986 interview promoting his following album, Can't Hold Back
, Money stated that Where's the Party? "sold about 280,000 units. For the money I spent on it, it wasn't enough."
Eddie Money
Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...
's fifth album, released in 1983.
Money described the album as more upbeat and positive than his previous album No Control
No Control (Eddie Money album)
-Track listing:# Shakin' - 3:08# Runnin' Away - 3:33# Think I'm in Love - 3:09# Hard Life - 3:51# No Control - 3:57...
, saying, "We're ready to rock.... We're all in a party mood, and the album reflects that."
The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
album chart, making it Money's lowest-charting album up to that time. Critic Lennox Samuels of Independent Press Service wrote in his review, "The party's not on this record, anyway. Side 1 is an undistinguished assortment of mid- to uptempo rock tunes." Samuels did praise the track "The Big Crash", which he described as "a bouncy dance tune with an effective interplay between John Nelson's lead guitar and Duane Hitchings' synthesizer," and noted that "Leave It to Me" appeared to show Money "venturing into new music", with a sound close to that of many popular synth-bands
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
of the time.
In a 1986 interview promoting his following album, Can't Hold Back
Can't Hold Back (Eddie Money album)
Can't Hold Back is Eddie Money's sixth album, released in 1986. It contains the hit single "Take Me Home Tonight".-Track listing:# "Take Me Home Tonight " - 3:32...
, Money stated that Where's the Party? "sold about 280,000 units. For the money I spent on it, it wasn't enough."
Track listing
- "Maybe Tomorrow" (Eddie Money, Steve Farris, Alan PasquaAlan PasquaAlan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
, O'Conner) - 4:50 - "Bad Girls" (Money, Duane Hitchings) - 3:28
- "Club MichelleClub Michelle"Club Michelle" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, from his 1983 album Where's the Party?. It was released as a single and reached #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 ....
" (Money, R. Carter, Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
, R. C. Burton) - 4:18 - "Back on the Road" (Money, R. Carter, Davitt SigersonDavitt SigersonDavitt Sigerson is an American novelist whose first career was in the music business. Sigerson was a record producer, singer, songwriter, record company executive, and journalist.He went to school and Oxford University in the UK...
) - 3:03 - "Don't Let Go" (Money, Carter, Mark RadiceMark RadiceMark Radice is an American singer/musician and producer, who has worked with a variety of different artists and achieved minor success with his own material in the 1970s...
) - 3:56 - "The Big CrashThe Big Crash"The Big Crash" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, from his album Where's the Party? in 1983 . It was released as a single and reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #17 on the Mainstream Rock chart....
"(Money, Hitchings) - 3:40 - "Where's the Party?" (Money, R. Carter) - 4:00
- "Leave It to Me" (Money, Hitchings) - 4:06
- "Backtrack" (Money) - 6:25
Singles
- "The Big Crash" (1983) #54 US Billboard (22 weeks)
- "Club Michelle" (1984) #66 US Billboard (7 weeks)
Personnel
- Eddie Money - vocals, saxophone on tracks 1 & 7, piano on track 9
- John Nelson - guitars on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7, lead on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
- Steve Farris - guitars on tracks 1, 2, 3 & 8, lead on track 8
- Frank Linx - guitar on tracks 3 & 6, percussion on track 1
- Jimmy LyonJimmy LyonJimmy Lyon is an American rock guitarist.Lyon is known primarily as the guitarist for Eddie Money in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and as a member of the Greg Kihn Band in the early 1990s....
- all guitars on track 9 - Ralph Carter - bass, guitar on tracks 6 & 7, rhythm guitar
- Michael BottsMike BottsMichael G. Botts was the drummer of 1970s soft rock band Bread and a studio musician.Born in Oakland, California, Botts grew up in nearby Antioch before moving to Sacramento. While in college, he began playing with a band called The Travellers Three and working as a studio musician...
- drums on tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6, percussion on track 7 - Gary Ferguson - drums on tracks 4 & 8
- Gary MallaberGary MallaberGary Mallaber is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He got his start playing drums in a band from Buffalo, New York, known as Raven....
- drums on track 2 - Art Wood - drums on track 9
- Randy Nichols - Hammond B3 on tracks 4, 6 & 9, synthesizers on track 9
- Duane Hitchings - synthesizers on tracks 2, 6, 7 & 8
- Mitchell FroomMitchell Froom-Career:Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboards players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar...
- synthesizers on tracks 3 & 5 - Alan PasquaAlan PasquaAlan Pasqua is a jazz pianist, educator and composer who co-composed the CBS Evening News theme. He also has had an extensive career in pop and rock music, most notably as a founding member, keyboardist and songwriter of the 80s hard rock band, Giant. He studied at Indiana University and the New...
- synthesizers on track 1 - Paulinho Da CostaPaulinho Da CostaPaulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
- percussion on tracks 1, 2 & 6