| Roller Coaster Weekend | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Joe Vitale |
| Cover: | Roller Coaster Weekend.jpg |
| Released: | 1974 |
| Studio: | Criteria Recording Studios (Miami, Florida) |
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| Label: | Atlantic – SD 18114 |
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| Next Title: | Plantation Harbor |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Roller Coaster Weekend is the debut solo studio album by American rock musician Joe Vitale, released in 1974 by Atlantic Records. The album wasn't a commercial success and was his last solo album until 1981's Plantation Harbor (released seven years later). 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.[1]
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)
In a retrospective review by 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 a "song-oriented album" and he also added that the album "never quite gets off the ground."[2]
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
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