Ten years after its initial release, the ‘What the Hell’ album remains one of the most relevant compilations of Brian Walton’s vast collection of original works. The album introduced a string of chart-topping hits that have been entertaining audiences of all ages and genres worldwide ever since.
A majority of the songs on the album first found life as advertisement jingles or media soundtracks before Brian added lyrics, laid down instruments, and arranged them into singles. Which is why they are so familiar to so many.
For the 10th Anniversary Edition of ‘What the Hell’, each track was painstakingly digitized and remastered to vibrant clarity, retaining much of the analog artifacts for authenticity.
All songs written, composed, and performed by Brian Walton except for “A Good Fool Is Hard to Find” which was written and composed by Gloria Houston and Nina Shackleford.
Brian Walton: Drums, Keys, and anything that one can pound on or stretch a string over.
The original recordings took place from 1999 to 2015 at Musty Dungeon Studios in NYC, and were mixed at Capitol Records Studio C, Los Angeles, CA. Remastered in 2025 at Musty Dungeon Studios, Challis, Idaho, USA.