''Where's the Party?'' is the fifth

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by American rock musician

Eddie Money Edward Joseph Money ( Mahoney; March 21, 1949September 13, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including " Baby Hold On", " Two Tickets to Paradise", " Think I'm in Love", " Shakin' ...

. The album was released in October 1983, by Wolfgang Records and

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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 (1, 7), acoustic piano (9) *

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 s ...

– synthesizers (1) * Duane Hitchings – synthesizers (2, 6–8) *

Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, including David LaFl ...

– synthesizers (3, 5) * Randy Nichols – backing vocals (3, 7),

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(4, 6, 9), synthesizers (9) * John Nelson – lead guitars (1–7), backing vocals (2), rhythm guitars (4) * Steve Farris – rhythm guitars (1–3, 8), lead guitars (8) *

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 ...

– lead guitars (9) * Ralph Carter – bass (2–9), backing vocals (2, 7), rhythm guitars (6, 7) *

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 (band), Bread, and as a session musician. During his career, he recorded with Linda Ronstadt, Karla Bonof ...

– drums (1, 3, 5, 6), percussion (7) *

Gary Mallaber Gary Mallaber (born October 11, 1946, in Buffalo) is an American musician from Los Angeles, mostly known as a drummer, but plays percussion, vibraphone, and keyboards. In addition, he is a songwriter, arranger, composer, producer, engineer, a ...

– drums (2) * Gary Ferguson – drums (4, 8) * Art Wood – drums (9) *

Paulinho da Costa Paulinho da Costa (, born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Me ...

– percussion (1, 2, 6) * Frank Linx – percussion (1), rhythm guitars (3, 6) * The "T-Twins" – backing vocals (2) * Annie Sampson – backing vocals (7)

Production

* Eddie Money – producer, mixing (1–8), cover concept * Tom Dowd – producer (1–8) * Spencer Proffer – producer (9) * Dennis Kirk – engineer (1–8) *

Andy Johns Jeremy Andrew Johns (20 May 1950 – 7 April 2013) was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' '' Exile on Main St.'' (1972), Television's '' Marquee Moon'' (1977), ...

– mixing (1–8) * Larry Brown – engineer (9) * Phil Jamtaas – assistant engineer (1–8) * Mick Brigden – art direction *

Tony Lane Anthony Samuel Lane (May 2, 1944 – January 1, 2016) was an American graphic artist best known for his album art for various musicians and bands. He began his career as an assistant to Alexey Brodovitch at Harper's Bazaar, and became an early art ...

– art direction * Randee St. Nicholas – photography

Charts

References

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