Editing Ordinary Average Guy

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{{italic title}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Ordinary Average Guy
| type       = [[Studio album]]
| artist     = [[Joe Walsh]]
| cover      = Joe Walsh - Ordinary Average Guy.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 23, 1991
| recorded   = August 1990
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[hard rock]]
}}
| length     = {{Duration|m=47|s=44}}
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* [[Joe Walsh]]
* [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]]
}}
| prev_title = [[Welcome to the Club (Joe Walsh album)|Welcome to the Club]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Songs for a Dying Planet]]
| next_year  = 1992
}}
'''''Ordinary Average Guy''''' is the ninth solo studio [[album]], and its title track (second on the playlist), by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist [[Joe Walsh]]. The album was released in mid [[1991 in music|1991]].  It was Walsh's first album of entirely new music since ''[[Got Any Gum?]]'' in 1987, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by [[Epic Records|Epic]] following a four-year alliance with [[Warner Bros. Records]] in the United States and Canada. The album features [[Ringo Starr]], [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]'s lead vocalist [[Jimi Jamison]], and the drummer [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]] from Walsh's former band [[Barnstorm (band)|Barnstorm]]. Vitale also sings the lead vocals on the final track of the album, "School Days".

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Vincent |last=Jeffries |title= ''Ordinary Average Guy'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r21450 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=July 9, 2011}}</ref>
}}
Writing for [[AllMusic]], critic Vincent Jeffries wrote of the album "This collection of nostalgia, decent balladry, and quirky anthems probably reinforced any notions of Joe Walsh's creative decline... this reflective, sometimes half-hearted effort belies a weariness that's both sad and difficult to appreciate as this master goes through the motions."<ref name="AM" />

==Track listing==
All songs by [[Joe Walsh]], except where noted.
{{Track listing
| title1   = Two Sides to Every Story
| length1  = 3:24
| writer1    = [[Rick Rosas]], Walsh
| title2   = Ordinary Average Guy
| length2  = 4:12
| title3   = [[Tikki Tikki Tembo#Gamma Goochee|The Gamma Goochee]]
| length3  = 2:49
| writer3    = John Mangiagli
| title4   = All of a Sudden
| length4  = 4:56
| writer4    = [[Jimi Jamison]], Walsh
| title5   = Alphabetical Order
| length5  = 4:58
| writer5    = [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]], Walsh
| title6   = Look at Us Now
| length6  = 4:55
| writer6    = Jamison, Walsh
| title7   = I'm Actin' Different
| length7  = 4:31
| title8   = Up All Night
| length8  = 3:54
| writer8    = Vitale, Walsh
| title9   = You Might Need Somebody
| length9  = 4:30
| writer9    = Nan O'Byrne, [[Tom Snow (songwriter)|Tom Snow]]
| title10  = Where I Grew up (Prelude to School Days)
| length10 = 2:37
| title11  = School Days
| length11 = 5:18
| writer11   = Vitale
}}

== Personnel ==
* Joe Walsh – vocals, keyboards, guitars 
* [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]] – keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals, lead vocals (11)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – guitars (5)
* [[Rick Rosas]] – bass (1-4, 6-11), vocals 
* [[George "Chocolate" Perry]] – bass (5)
* [[Chad Cromwell]] – drums, percussion
* Otis Lawrence – saxophones
* Kelly Hurt – backing vocals
* Lavestia Miller – backing vocals 
* Al Paris – backing vocals
* Jeffrey Rogers – backing vocals

== Production ==
* Scott MacLellan – executive producer 
* Joe Walsh – producer 
* Joe Vitale – producer 
* Dave Reynolds – recording, mixing 
* Jim Nipar – recording (5)
* [[Bill Szymczyk]] – recording (5)
* Tim Ray – recording assistant, mix assistant 
* Jim Stabile – recording assistant
* John Walls – recording assistant, mix assistant 
* [[Vlado Meller]] – mastering 
* David Coleman – art direction 
* Alan Messer – photography 
* Patrick Cullie – barn photography 
* Willie Gibson – barn photography

'''Studios'''
* Recorded at Pyramid Recording Studio (Lookout Mountain, Tennessee) and Kiva Recording Studio (Memphis, Tennessee).
* Mixed at Kiva Recording Studio
* Mastered at [[Sony Music Studios]] (New York City, New York).

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart (1991)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|31|artist=Joe Walsh|album=Ordinary Average Guy|chartid=1581|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|112|artist=Joe Walsh|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|}

==See also==
* [[1991 in music|List of albums released in 1991]]
* [[Joe Walsh discography]]

==References==
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{{Joe Walsh}}

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[[Category:Joe Walsh albums]]
[[Category:1991 albums]]
[[Category:Epic Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Joe Walsh]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Joe Vitale (musician)]]