''Where's the Party?'' is the fifth
studio album
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by American rock musician
Eddie Money
Edward Joseph Mahoney (March 21, 1949 – September 13, 2019), known professionally as Eddie Money, was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including "Baby Hold On", "Two Tickets to Parad ...
. The album was released in October 1983, by Wolfgang Records and
Columbia Records
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.
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."
''Where's the Party?'' was Eddie's last album to carry the Wolfgang Records logo.
Track listing
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 Lyon
James Douglas Lyon (born May 22, 1955) is an American rock guitarist. He 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.
Career
Jimmy Lyon was a g ...
– all guitars
on track 9
* Ralph Carter – bass, guitar
on tracks 6 & 7, rhythm guitar
*
Mike Botts
Michael Gene Botts (December 8, 1944 – December 9, 2005) was an American drummer, best known for his work with 1970s soft rock band Bread, and as a session musician. During his career, he recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonoff, Andrew G ...
– drums
on tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6, percussion
on track 7
* Gary Ferguson – drums
on tracks 4 & 8
*
Gary Mallaber
Gary Mallaber (born October 11, 1946 in Buffalo) is a Los Angeles session drummer, percussionist and singer. He attended Lafayette High School, where he and Bobby Militello, along with other musicians, were mentored by saxophonist Sam Scam ...
– 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 Froom
Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma (band), Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is currently the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, ...
– synthesizers
on tracks 3 & 5
*
Alan Pasqua
Alan Pasqua (born June 28, 1952) is an American rock and jazz pianist. He studied at Indiana University and the New England Conservatory of Music. His album ''Standards'' with drummer Peter Erskine was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2008. As a ...
– synthesizers
on track 1
*
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
on tracks 1, 2 & 6
Charts
References
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1983 albums
Eddie Money albums
Albums produced by Tom Dowd
Columbia Records albums