You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
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You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind (subtitled Recorded Live) is a live album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh
Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...

, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music
1976 in music
-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....

). Recorded live just before Joe joined up with Eagles, who also play on "Help Me Through the Night". This was Walsh's last album release on ABC Records
ABC Records
ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H....

. It was re-issued by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 in 1979.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic James Chrispell wrote of the album "Recorded live just before Joe Walsh joined up with the Eagles full-time... you've got one heck of a Joe Walsh concert souvenir."

Track listing

  1. "Walk Away" (Joe Walsh) – 3:21
  2. "Meadows" (Patrick Cullie, Walsh) – 7:08
  3. "Rocky Mountain Way
    Rocky Mountain Way
    Rocky Mountain Way is a compilation album released in 1985 by rock musician Joe Walsh.-Reception:Writing for Allmusic, critic Ben Davies wrote of the album "considering both the amount of classic Walsh songs not featured on Rocky Mountain Way and the many other more extensive and better chosen...

    " (Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale
    Joe Vitale (musician)
    Joe Vitale is an American musician primarily known as a drummer but also a flautist, keyboardist and singer. He has played with many of the top names in music during a career dating back to the 1970s.-Biography:...

    , Walsh) – 7:40
  4. "Time Out" (Terry Trebandt, Walsh) – 4:22
  5. "Help Me Through the Night" (Walsh) – 3:43
    • Featuring Glenn Frey
      Glenn Frey
      Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...

      , Don Felder
      Don Felder
      Donald William "Don" Felder is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1994 to 2001.-Early life and influences:...

        & Don Henley
      Don Henley
      Donald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...

       on vocals.
  6. "Turn to Stone" (Trebandt, Walsh) – 8:46

Personnel

  • Joe Walsh: Guitar, Slide Guitar, Talkbox Guitar, vocals
  • Don Felder
    Don Felder
    Donald William "Don" Felder is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1994 to 2001.-Early life and influences:...

    : Guitar, vocals
  • Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...

    : Bass guitar.
  • Jay Ferguson
    Jay Ferguson (American musician)
    Jay Ferguson is an American rock and roll musician, known for his work with Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, and his 1978 solo hit "Thunder Island". His later career has been as a composer of music for television programs and films.-Childhood and early musical career:He was born in Burbank, California, in...

    : Piano, vocals
  • Dave Mason
    Dave Mason
    David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...

    : Organ, Electric Piano
  • Joe Vitale
    Joe Vitale (musician)
    Joe Vitale is an American musician primarily known as a drummer but also a flautist, keyboardist and singer. He has played with many of the top names in music during a career dating back to the 1970s.-Biography:...

    : Drums, Percussion, Organ, Flute, vocals
  • Andy Newmark
    Andy Newmark
    Andrew "Andy" Newmark is an American musician, best known as a popular session drummer, and for playing with the funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1972 to 1973....

    : Drums, Percussion
  • Rocky Dzidzornu: Percussion

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 20
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