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The Confessor is the seventh studio album by the American hard rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh. The album was released in mid 1985, on the labels Warner Bros. Records, and Full Moon Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award winning producer and sound engineer Keith Olsen as well as Walsh himself. The album peaked at number 65 on the Billboard 200.
The ConfessorStudio album by
Joe Walsh
ReleasedMay 21, 1985Recorded1984StudioGoodnight LA Studios, Los Angeles, California, USGenre
Track Listing
Problems
Joe Walsh
03:552
I Broke My Leg
Joe Walsh
03:123
Bubbles
Joe Walsh
03:334
Slow Dancing
Joe Walsh
04:225
15 Years
Joe Walsh
03:526
The Confessor
Joe Walsh
07:067
Rosewood Bitters
Joe Walsh
03:298
Good Man Down
Joe Walsh
04:149
Dear John
Joe Walsh
02:40
blue highlight
Hard rock
pop rock
folk rock
blues rock
reggae fusion
Length36:15LabelWarner Bros.Producer
Joe Walsh
Keith Olsen
Joe Walsh chronologyYou Bought It – You Name It
(1983)The Confessor
(1985)Rocky Mountain Way
(1985)Singles from The Confessor (album)
"The Confessor"
Released: 1985
Album artworkEdit
The cover art for the album features the painting Zwei Männer in Betrachtung des Mondes (Two Men Contemplating the Moon), a famous work by the German nineteenth-century romantic landscape artist Caspar David Friedrich, with a grainy photograph of Walsh in behind. The back cover is another painting by Friedrich, Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (Wanderer above the Sea of Fog).
CompositionEdit
The album includes a cover of Michael Stanley's "Rosewood Bitters," which got some FM airplay in the US;[1] Walsh played slide guitar on the original recording which Stanley originally recorded. On this version instead he plays an electric guitar.[2]
"Slow Dancing" is a song written by Loz Netto for Walsh. Netto was the guitarist in the English band called "Moon" from the mid 1970s and the band "Sniff 'n' the Tears" from the late 1970s.
A variety of styles are explored on this album, including elements of blues, pop, and even Caribbean music. The title song is more in the vein of progressive rock.
RecordingEdit
The album would be something that Walsh's new girlfriend Stevie Nicks would get involved with. Nicks' old friend Keith Olsen was hired to produce the album and the musicians were the superimposed LA session stalwarts like: Jim Keltner, Mike Porcaro, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Alan Pasqua and a lot of musicians Walsh had never worked with before; the only familiar face was Timothy B. Schmit (of the Eagles) who only recorded backing vocals.[3]
Critical receptionEditProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic [4]
Upon its release, the album was poorly received by many critics but sold quite well. Guitar World, critic Bruce Malamut wrote that the album is "the apologia of a strictly raised mid-western episcopalian after living in rock and roll sin for ‘Fifteen Years’ on the road," and that "The balance … is a sober retrospective from rock’s own Harpo Marx."[5] Rolling Stone said that "Walsh is trying to make the kind of record he used to make a decade ago, and the result is, well, out of date, sound [sic] like something out of a 1975 time capsule."[3] Writing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic James Chrispell highly complimented the title track, but wrote of the album "Joe Walsh just hasn't been able to produce a complete album of great material, and The Confessor is no exception. The first half is dreck... Worthwhile for the title track alone."[4]
Live performances and Tour
Track listingEdit
All songs by Joe Walsh, except where noted.
No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Problems"Walsh, Bill Arbuckle3:552."I Broke My Leg" 3:123."Bubbles" 3:334."Slow Dancing"Loz Netto4:225."15 Years" 3:526."The Confessor" 7:067."Rosewood Bitters"Michael Stanley3:298."Good Man Down"Walsh, Waddy Wachtel4:149."Dear John" 2:40Total length:36:15
PersonnelEdit
Joe Walsh - Lead vocals, Lead guitar, Synthesizer, Bass guitar, Talk box
Additional musicians
Waddy Wachtel - Guitar
Mark Andes - Bass guitar
Mike Porcaro -
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