Joe Walsh - You Bought It – You Name It (1983)

Joe Walsh - You Bought It – You Name It (1983)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one

1. "I Can Play That Rock & Roll"   3:03

2. "Told You So"   3:54

3. "Here We Are Now"   3:54

4. "The Worry Song"   4:37

5. "I.L.B.T.s"   2:53

Side two

6. "Space Age Whiz Kids"   3:40

7. "Love Letters"   3:11

8. "Class of '65"   4:27

9. "Shadows"   5:09

10. "Theme from Island Weirdos"   3:35

Total length:   38:23

Joe Walsh Band Members / Musicians

Joe Walsh – lead vocals, synthesizers, guitars, slide guitar, LinnDrum

Joe Vitale – grand piano, bass, drums, Syndrums, backing vocals

Waddy Wachtel – rhythm guitar, guitar synthesizer

George "Chocolate" Perry – bass

Don Felder – lead guitar (2)

Kevin Dukes – rhythm guitar (6, 7)

Joe Pruessner – bass (8)

Don Henley – backing vocals (3)

Timothy B. Schmit – backing vocals (3)

Michael Martin Murphey – backing vocals (8)

Bill Szymczyk – producer

Joe Walsh – producer

George "Chocolate" Perry – producer

Jim Nipar – engineer

Terry Nelson – assistant engineer

Jeff Hanson – head technical engineer

Scott Stogel – head technical engineer

Paul du Gré – assistant technical engineer

Mark Eshelman – assistant technical engineer

Ted Jensen – mastering

Jeff Adamoff – art direction, design

Jim Shea – photography

Bob Jacobs – artwork, hand coloring

Irving Azoff – management for Front Line Entertainment

Studios

Recorded at The Casino Ballroom (Avalon, Catalina Island) and Santa Barbara Sound Recording (Santa Barbara, California).

Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).

You Bought It – You Name It is the 6th studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1983, on the label Warner Bros., two years after Walsh's successful album There Goes the Neighborhood. It was Walsh's second and final studio album to feature George "Chocolate" Perry as producer.

The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. It was also not as successful as Walsh's previous albums, peaking at #48 on the Billboard 200. However, Walsh found some moderate success with the single "Space Age Whiz Kids", about the pinnacle of the 1980s video arcade craze. The single peaked at #52 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and at #21 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. An outtake from The Long Run, "Told You So" features a guest appearance from former Eagles' member Don Felder (who also co-wrote the track). The album also features contributions from two other Eagles' members Don Henley, and Timothy B. Schmit, as well as country singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey, session guitarist Waddy Wachtel, and the drummer Joe Vitale from Walsh's former band Barnstorm.