Roller Coaster Weekend

Studio album by Joe Vitale

Released

1974

Studio

Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida, US

Genre

Length

37:40

Label

Atlantic - SD 18114

Producer

Joe Vitale chronology

Roller Coaster Weekend
(1974)

Plantation Harbor
(1981)

Singles from Roller Coaster Weekend

"Take a Chance on Love"
Released: 7 October 1974^[1]
"Shoot 'em Up"
Released: March 1975^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

Roller Coaster Weekend is the debut studio solo album by Joe Vitale. The album was released by the label Atlantic Records in the year 1974. The album was a commercial failure. It also marked the end of his solo career until 1981 (released 7 years later).

Composition

The song "Falling," was borrowed in part for Joe Walsh's song "At the Station", later recorded and released on Walsh's fourth solo album But Seriously, Folks... (1978), which yielded the classic song "Life's Been Good".

Recording

The album was produced by the infamous "The Albert Brothers" (Ron, and Howard) who also produced legendary albums such as; Derek and the Dominos' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, The Allman Brothers Band's Eat a Peach among others.^[4]

After the recording of Roller Coaster Weekend, Vitale would join the Stills-Young band and tour with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young line-up, as well as the Eagles.^[5]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Writing for AllMusic, critic Rob Caldwell gave the album a star rating of 2 out of 5 (meaning "Poor"), and he stated that considering the stalwart guitarists featured on the album it's an "song-oriented album" and he also added that the album "never quite gets off the ground."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Joe Vitale

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Roller Coaster Weekend"	2:58
2.	"(Do You Feel Like) Movin'"	3:38
3.	"Mad Man"	4:23
4.	"Take a Chance on Love"	3:07
5.	"School Yard"	4:47
6.	"Shoot 'em Up"	3:29
7.	"Feeling's Gone Away"	3:31
8.	"Two of Us"	3:29
9.	"Falling"	4:02
10.	"Interlude"	1:03
11.	"Step on You"	3:14
Total length:		37:40

Personnel

Joe Vitale - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, drums, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, vibraphone, flute, finger cymbals, gong, timpani, additional percussion

Additional musicians

Joe Walsh - guitar
Phil Keaggy - guitar
Rick Derringer - guitar
Nelson "Flaco" Padron - congas, additional percussion
"Howie" (Howard Albert) - handclaps
"Ronnie" (Ron Albert) - handclaps

Production

Engineering

"Howie" (Howard Albert) - angineering
"Ronnie" (Ron Albert) - angineering
Alex Sadkin - audio mastering

Album artwork

Arman Kachaturian - aesign, art direction

References

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