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Where's the Party?
Studio album by Eddie Money
Released	October 1983
Studio	Record Plant (Los Angeles, California) The Pasha Music House (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	37:37
Label	Wolfgang, Columbia
Producer	Eddie Money Tom Dowd Spencer Proffer
Eddie Money chronology
No Control (1982) Where's the Party? (1983) Can't Hold Back (1986)
Singles from Where's the Party?
"The Big Crash" Released: 1983 "Club Michelle" Released: 1984

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AllMusic

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.

Track listing

Singles

• "The Big Crash" (1983) #54 US Billboard (22 weeks)
• "Club Michelle" (1984) #66 US Billboard (7 weeks)

Personnel

• Eddie Money – vocals, saxophone (1, 7), acoustic piano (9)
• Alan Pasqua – synthesizers (1)
• Duane Hitchings – synthesizers (2, 6–8)
• Mitchell Froom – synthesizers (3, 5)
• Randy Nichols – backing vocals (3, 7), Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 9), synthesizers (9)
• John Nelson – lead guitars (1–7), backing vocals (2), rhythm guitars (4)
• Steve Farris – rhythm guitars (1–3, 8), lead guitars (8)
• Jimmy Lyon – lead guitars (9)
• Ralph Carter – bass (2–9), backing vocals (2, 7), rhythm guitars (6, 7)
• Mike Botts – drums (1, 3, 5, 6), percussion (7)
• Gary Mallaber – drums (2)
• Gary Ferguson – drums (4, 8)
• Art Wood – drums (9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 6)
• Frank Linx – percussion (1), rhythm guitars (3, 6)
• The "T-Twins" – backing vocals (2)
• Annie Sampson – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Eddie Money – producer, mixing (1–8), cover concept
• Tom Dowd – producer (1–8)
• Spencer Proffer – producer (9)
• Dennis Kirk – engineer (1–8)
• Andy Johns – mixing (1–8)
• Larry Brown – engineer (9)
• Phil Jamtaas – assistant engineer (1–8)
• Mick Brigden – art direction
• Tony Lane – art direction
• Randee St. Nicholas – photography

Charts

References

1. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Where's the Party - Eddie Money". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. Kisiel, Ralph (1983-12-04). "Rocker Eddie Money Planning Toledo Concert". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. pp. G1. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
3. Samuels, Lennox (1983-12-30). "Rolling Stones' New Album Is 'Masterly'". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Independent Press Service. pp. D4. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
4. "Eddie Money Back ... Ready to Rock". Ocala Star-Banner. Associated Press. 1986-09-28. pp. 10E. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
5. "Big Crash - Eddie Money". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
6. "Club Michelle - Eddie Money". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
7. "Eddie Money Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2019.

• 1983 albums
• Eddie Money albums
• Albums produced by Tom Dowd
• Columbia Records albums