Editing You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind

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{{Infobox album
| name       = You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind
| type       = live album
| artist     = [[Joe Walsh]]
| cover      = Joe Walsh - You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = March 1976<ref name="rym">{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/joe_walsh/you_cant_argue_with_a_sick_mind/ |title=You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind |publisher=[[Rate Your Music]] |access-date=April 24, 2011}}</ref>
| recorded   = November 26, 1975
| venue      = [[Santa Monica Civic Auditorium]] for [[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert]]
| studio     =
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[hard rock]]
* [[pop rock]]
* [[blues rock]]
}}
| length     = {{duration|m=35|s=09}}
| label      = [[ABC Records|ABC]]
| producer   = [[Joe Walsh]]
| prev_title = [[So What (Joe Walsh album)|So What]]
| prev_year  = 1974
| next_title = [[But Seriously, Folks...]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}

'''''You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind''''' is a live solo [[album]] by the American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist [[Joe Walsh]]. The album was released in early [[1976 in music|1976]] as Walsh's last album for [[ABC Records]]. It was recorded live just before Walsh joined the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]. Three members of that group appear on the song "Help Me Through the Night".

== Recording ==
The album was compiled from recordings taken from a taping of ''[[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert]]'', filmed on November 26, 1975. The episode was titled "Joe Walsh and Friends" and featured various additional artists, including some of Walsh's soon-to-be Eagles bandmates. Out of the six tracks on the album, five were taken from the broadcast, while "Time Out" was a new release. Songs performed on the episode that did not appear on the album included Walsh's "[[So What (Joe Walsh album)|Welcome to the Club]]," [[Barnstorm (band)|Barnstorm's]] "Mother Says," and covers of the [[The Beatles|Beatles']] "[[Get Back]]" and the [[The Spencer Davis Group|Spencer Davis Groups']] "[[Gimme Some Lovin']]".<ref>{{Citation |title=Don Kirshner's Guitars Rock In Concert-Joe Walsh-Rory Gallagher-Johnny Winter VIDEO R |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aQsC7VVfqw |access-date=2023-09-26 |language=en}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{AllMusic | class=album | id=you-cant-argue-with-a-sick-mind-mw0000666259 | title=''You Can't Argue With a Sick Mind '' | access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>
}}
Writing retrospectively for [[AllMusic]], critic James Chrispell wrote of the album "Recorded live just before Joe Walsh joined up with the Eagles full-time... you've got one heck of a Joe Walsh concert souvenir."<ref name="AM" />

==Release history==
The album was reissued in 1979 by [[MCA Records]]. In 2011 the album was reissued in Japan in a miniature replica sleeve in the SHM-CD format.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-94065 | title=You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind &#91;Cardboard Sleeve (Mini LP)&#93; &#91;SHM-CD&#93; &#91;Limited Release&#93; Joe Walsh CD Album | website=CDJapan }}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1   = Walk Away
| writer1    = [[Joe Walsh]]
| length1  = 3:21
| title2   = Meadows
| length2  = 7:08
| writer2    = Patrick Cullie, Walsh
| title3   = [[Rocky Mountain Way (song)|Rocky Mountain Way]]
| length3  = 7:40
| writer3    = Rocke Grace, [[Kenny Passarelli]], [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]], Walsh
| title4   = Time Out
| length4  = 4:22
| writer4    = Terry Trebandt, Walsh
| title5   = Help Me Through the Night
| writer5    = Walsh
| length5  = 3:43
| note5    = Features [[Glenn Frey]], [[Don Felder]] and [[Don Henley]] on vocals
| title6   = Turn to Stone
| length6  = 8:46
| writer6    = Trebandt, Walsh
| total_length = 35:09
}}

== Personnel ==
* Joe Walsh – guitars, vocals
* [[Jay Ferguson (American musician)|Jay Ferguson]] – keyboards
* David Mason – keyboards
* [[Don Felder]] – guitar, vocals (5)
* [[Willie Weeks]] – bass guitar
* [[Andy Newmark]] – drums
* [[Joe Vitale (musician)|Joe Vitale]] – drums, flute (Turn To Stone) 
* [[Rocky Dijon|Rocky Dzidzornu]] – percussion
* [[Glenn Frey]] – vocals (5)
* [[Don Henley]] – vocals (5)

== Production ==
* Joe Walsh – producer
* Tom Flye – engineer
* John Stronach – mixing
* [[Alex Sadkin]] – mastering
* [[Jimmy Wachtel]] – art direction, design, group photography
* Amanda Flick – additional artwork
* Lorrie Sullivan – photography
* [[Irving Azoff]] – management

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart (1976)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=332}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"| 85
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|13|artist=Joe Walsh|album=You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|19|artist=Joe Walsh|album=You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|28|date=19760411|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|20|artist=Joe Walsh|access-date=June 6, 2024|rowheader=true}}
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Joe Walsh albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Joe Walsh]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Jimmy Wachtel]]
[[Category:1976 live albums]]
[[Category:ABC Records live albums]]