1981 Joe Walsh – There Goes The Neighborhood

There Goes The Neighborhood is the fifth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joe Walsh, sometime-guitarist for the Eagles. The album was released in May 1981, on Asylum Records, three years after Walsh’s album But Seriously, Folks…. A commercial and critical success, it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Walsh’s solo work.

The album features contributions from two Eagles’ members Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit as well as session musicians including Russ Kunkel, David Lindley, Bob Mayo, and Victor Feldman.

The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200. The album only spawned one single, “A Life of Illusion”, which would become one of Walsh’s most popular songs. The single also topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.