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Joe Walsh: But Seriously Folks [Asylum, 1978]
Well, "Second Hand Store" is fairly likable, but keep it to yourself--a follow-up would ruin everything. "Life's Been Good" is not only Summer Song '78, it was born to be a novelty one-shot, and that it happens to say more about the tribulations of stardom than all the concept albums ever devised on the subject just goes to show how deeply significant AM radio can be. C+