Songs for a Dying Planet

Joe Walsh

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1992)
• Original Release Date: May 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000287U
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #124,777 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Classic 90's Joe Walsh, April 16, 2003

By	Matthew Henry (ANN ARBOR, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Despite the title of the album, there's not much "tree-hugging" here, just Joe showing off his typical knack for likeable, humorous lyrics and a catchy melody.

Some songs just don't work, such as "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", "Coyote Love", and
"The Friend Song", but they are made up for by the winners such as "Vote For Me", "I Know", "Shut Up" and "Certain Situations". "Decades", a 12 minute opus, also works fairly well.

If you are a fan of Joe in his synth-heavy phase, you won't be disapointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars First half good, second half bad., July 12, 1999

By A Customer

The first six songs of this set start out good. They're in the typical Walsh vein-- humorous lyrics, good slide playing-- but the second half, for me, falls apart. Especially the Carol King cover.

4.0 out of 5 stars Joe Walsh - His Most Overlooked Album, June 18, 2008

By	Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After several lackluster albums Walsh pulled a complete 360 and came out with one of his best albums of his career in my opinion with "Dying Planet". To me this is probably Joe's most underrated album. It pretty much tanked at the cash register and I don't think it even charted in the top 200. The single "Vote For Me" got a little bit of airplay on AOR stations, but quickly faded away. This is really sad as the album contains a bunch of great songs highlighted by what may be the best thing he has ever written called "Decades". "Decades" is a 12 minute long epic that takes a travel in time through the history of the U.S. in the last century. A few of the lyrics are slightly awkward, but for the most part this is a great little piece of work. The rest of the album also very good. "Shut Up", "Fairbanks Alaska", and "Vote For Me" feature Walsh's always sharp sense of humor. "Theme From Baroque Weirdoes" is a nice little instrumental. "I Know", "Certain Situations" "The Friend Song", and "It's All Right" are just good songs. The only two things that keep me from giving this a 5 star rating are the tracks "Coyote Love" which is pretty much awful and a throw away cover of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow". Even with these two clunkers I think this is one of Walsh's best and definitely his most underrated. Unfortunately this is the last studio album Walsh has released as of 2008. If you are a Walsh fan and don't have this one, you should pick it up.