1983 Eddie Money – Where’s The Party?
Where’s The Party? is the fifth studio album by American rock musician Eddie Money. The album was released in October 1983, by Wolfgang Records and Columbia Records.
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.
Tracks
1 Maybe Tomorrow (Eddie Money; Alan Pasqua; Gary O’Connor; Steve Farris) 04:51
2 Bad Girls (Eddie Money; Duane Hitchings) 03:23
3 Club Michelle (Eddie Money; Ralph Carter; Mitchell Froom; Raymond Charles Burton) 04:22
4 Back On The Road (Eddie Money; Davitt Sigerson) 03:03
5 Don’t Let Go (Eddie Money; Mark Radice) 04:04
6 The Big Crash (Eddie Money; Duane Hitchings) 03:34
7 Where’s The Party? (Eddie Money; Ralph Carter) 03:52
8 Leave It To Me (Eddie Money; Duane Hitchings) 04:06
9 Backtrack (Eddie Money) 06:21
Biography
Musicians
1 Maybe Tomorrow
| Drums | Mike Botts |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Synthesizer | Alan Pasqua |
| Sax | Eddie Money |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Percussion | Frank Linx |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
2 Bad Girls
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Gary Mallaber |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Synthesizer | Duane Hitchings |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Ralph Carter |
| Background Vocals | John Nelson |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
3 Club Michelle
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Mike Botts |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Guitar | Frank Linx |
| Synthesizer | Mitchell Froom |
| Background Vocals | Randy Nichols |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
4 Back On The Road
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Gary Ferguson |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Organ | Randy Nichols |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
5 Don’t Let Go
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Mike Botts |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Synthesizer | Mitchell Froom |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
6 The Big Crash
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Mike Botts |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Guitar | Frank Linx |
| Guitar | Ralph Carter |
| Organ | Randy Nichols |
| Synthesizer | Duane Hitchings |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
7 Where’s The Party?
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Guitar | John Nelson |
| Guitar | Ralph Carter |
| Synthesizer | Duane Hitchings |
| Sax | Eddie Money |
| Background Vocals | Ralph Carter |
| Background Vocals | Randy Nichols |
| Background Vocals | Annie Sampson |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
8 Leave It To Me
| Drums | Gary Ferguson |
| Guitar | Steve Farris |
| Synthesizer | Duane Hitchings |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
9 Backtrack
| Bass | Ralph Carter |
| Drums | Art Wood |
| Guitar | Jimmy Lyon |
| Organ | Randy Nichols |
| Piano | Eddie Money |
| Synthesizer | Randy Nichols |
| Vocals | Eddie Money |
Liner Notes
Producer – Eddie Money, Tom Dowd (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Arranged By – Eddie Money (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Producer – Spencer Proffer (Track 9)
Engineer – Dennis Kirk (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Engineer – Larry Brown (Track 9)
Mixed By – Andy Johns, Eddie Money (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Art Direction – Mick Brigden, Tony Lane
Photography – Randee St. Nicholas
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mixed At The Pasha Music House
Recorded At Record Plant, Los Angeles
Recorded At The Pasha Music House
Phonographic Copyright CBS Inc
Copyright CBS Inc
