Artist: Eddie Money
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
The Essential Eddie Money
Year: 2003
Tracks: 15
Shakin' with the Money Man
Year: 1997
Tracks: 14
No Control
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
Eddie Money
Year: 1990
Tracks: 10
Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money
Year: 1989
Tracks: 13
Playing For Keeeps
Year: 1980
Tracks: 9
Eddie Money arrived in the late '70s at the height of album rock's popularity. While Money didn't have a remarkable interpreter, he had a hang for attention-getting, blue-collar rock & roll, which he delivered with a surprising amount of polished, radio-friendly delicacy. He was able to go in the early MTV era by filming a series of suspect story videos, something his AOR peers were loath to do. However, he wasn't able to resist the temptations of a rock & wave lifestyle, and his popularity swayback in the mid-'80s as he struggled with various addictions. Once he sobered up, he made a remarkable comeback in the late '80s, with singles like "Take Me Home Tonight" and "Take the air on Water" reaching the Top Ten. It proven to be Money's last string of hits -- during the early '90s, his popularity weakened and he retired to the oldies electrical circuit.
Initially, Eddie Mahoney was going to follow in his father's footsteps and turn a Brooklyn nab. He tended to the New York Police Academy during the early '70s, simply at night, he american ginseng in tilt & roll bands under the name Eddie Money. After a few days, he decided to quest after tilt & roll as a career and quit the honorary society, moving to Berkeley, CA. Money became a veritable at Bay Area clubs, where he eventually got the attention of legendary promoter Bill Graham, wHO signed the vocalist to his management company. Graham as well secured him a foreshorten with Columbia Records, and Money released his eponymic debut in 1977.
During the late '70s, Eddie Money had a fistful of album rock hits and wound up crossing over into the Top 40 with songs like "Baby Hold On" and "Perchance I'm a Fool." During the early '80s, Money began to make funny narration videos, which became staples on early MTV and made "Shakin'" and "Consider I'm in Love" hits. His life history come to a slump during the mid-'80s as he struggled with diverse do drugs addictions, simply he made a comeback in 1986 with Can't Hold Back. Featuring the strike duo with Ronnie Spector "Subscribe to Me Home Tonight," as well as the Top 20 "I Wanna Go Back," the album became a Top Ten smash, re-establishing Money as a successful blue-collar rocker. Money followed the album in 1988 with Goose egg to Lose, which featured the Top Ten "Take the air on Water." Two age later, "Peace of mind in Our Time," taken from the 1989 Greatest Hits: Sound of Money, reached number 11.
"Peacefulness in Our Time" proven to be Money's last large hit. During the early '90s, his hearing slowly washed-out away, as both 1991's Right Here and 1992's Disconnect It In were neglected. Columbia dropped him in the mid-'90s, and he worn-out the remainder of the 10 touring the oldies racing circuit. He returned with a new album, Ready Eddie, in 1999.
