  "but seriously, folks..." is the fourth studio album by the american singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist joe walsh. the album was released in mid 1978, on the label asylum. it included the satirical song "life's been good". the original eight-minute album version of this track was edited down to 4Â½ minutes for single release and this became walsh's biggest solo hit, peaking at #12 on the billboard chart. the album also features the other four members of the eaglesâwhich walsh had joined two years earlierâas well as singer-keyboardist jay ferguson, a former member of the groups spirit and jo jo gunne (who co-wrote one track on the album), drummer joe vitale from walsh's former band barnstorm, and bassist willie weeks. ==release== original pressings of this record had text engraved on the carry-out grooves: :side 1: luncheon counter of the deli kind :side 2: call it in the air! ==critical reception==  in a contemporary review for the village voice, robert christgau wrote that, although walsh has "a gift for tuneful guitar schlock", most of the album's songs fall "far short of the irreverent shuck-and-jive" of "life's been good". in a retrospective review, allmusic's al campbell said that the album is "joe walsh's most insightful and melodic", and "captures a reflective song cycle along the same thematic lines of pet sounds, only for the '70s". ==track listing== all songs written and composed by joe walsh, except where noted. {{track listing | title1 = over and over | length1 = 4:53 | title2 = second hand store | length2 = 3:35 | note2 = mike murphy, walsh | title3 =
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