Joe Walsh - Analog Man

Wichita, Kansas, Eagles' member releases first solo outing since 1992

180-gram audiophile vinyl; full album digital download card included

Joe Walsh returns with Analog Man, his first solo album in two decades. Produced by Jeff Lynne and featuring Walsh's brother-in-law Ringo Starr on drums. Featuring the songs "Analog Man" and "Lucky That Way"

"It's been 20 years," Walsh told the Hollywood Reporter. "I have a lot to say."

A decade in the making, the 10-track Fantasy/Concord album also gives co-writing credit to Nashville-based Tommy Lee James, who has penned hits for such acts as Taylor Swift and Reba McEntire. Walsh previewed the album Feb. 2 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, playing and narrating a truncated show that included the title track and "Lucky That Way." He was joined on the latter by his brother-in-law Ringo Starr, who drums on the track as well. Lynne also briefly sat in for the set, which was bookended by Walsh solo classics "Life's Been Good" and "Rocky Mountain Way."

Analog Man is Walsh's first solo outing since 1992's Songs for a Dying Planet, which came out two years before hell froze over and his Eagles reunited. "I just really feel like it's all come together, and finally I feel like a complete person and a complete musician," he says of the new record. "I think there is some confidence in there that I never had. That's what I was hiding."

A native of Wichita, Kan., Walsh burst on to the national scene at the dawn of the 1970s with The James Gang. The trio released three albums in 17 months, which featured such enduring FM radio staples as "Funk #49" and "Walk Away," before he left in late 1971. Walsh released four solo albums (the first two with his band Barnstorm) before joining the Eagles in 1975.

Selections:

Side A:

1. Analog Man

2. Wrecking Ball

3. Lucky That Way

4. Spanish Dancer

5. Funk 50

Side B:

1. Band Played On

2. Family

3. One Day At A Time

4. Hi-Roller Baby

5. India