There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood is the fifth solo studio album by the American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and sometime-guitarist for the Eagles, Joe Walsh. The album was released in May 1981, by Asylum Records, three years after Walsh's album But Seriously, Folks... (1978). The album features contributions from two Eagles' members Don Felder and Timothy B. Schmit as well as session musicians including Russ Kunkel, David Lindley, Bob Mayo, and Victor Feldman. The album peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200. The album only spawned one charting single, "A Life of Illusion", which would become one of Walsh's most popular songs and reached No. 34 at on the Billboard Hot 100. The single also topped the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Cover artwork The cover art for the album features Walsh leaning, while at the top of an American tank with rubble around him. Additionally, the single release of the song "A Life of Illusion" used the same image of Walsh. The promotional video for the track shows the coming to life of the album's cover.