Eddie Money (album)

Eddie Money
Studio album by Eddie Money
Released	December 1977
Recorded	The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock pop rock
Length	39:20
Label	Wolfgang, Columbia
Producer	Bruce Botnick
Eddie Money chronology
Eddie Money (1977) Life for the Taking (1978)
Singles from Eddie Money
"Baby Hold On" Released: December 1977 "Two Tickets to Paradise" Released: June 1978 "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" Released: 1978

Eddie Money is the debut studio album by American musician Eddie Money, released in December 1977 by Wolfgang Records, a subsidiary of major label Columbia. Money, a Brooklyn native, grew up interested in music. In 1968, he moved to Berkeley, California, where he became a staple of Bay Area nightclubs. Rock impresario Bill Graham subsequently discovered Money and signed him to his Wolfgang imprint.

The album was mainly written by Money, though half of its contents were also credited to guitarist Jimmy Lyon. Eddie Money was successful in the U.S., where it was eventually certified double platinum, denoting two million copies shipped. Its singles were hits on AOR radio, with "Baby Hold On" and "Two Tickets to Paradise" crossing over into the Top 40 format. The former charted highest, reaching number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is Money's highest-selling album.