ic . ▁Ke en ▁to ▁re - est ab lish ▁himself ▁after ▁his ▁ill - rece ived ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁album , ▁Ord inary ▁A verage ▁Guy , ▁Wal sh ▁en list ed ▁his ▁former ▁producer ▁Bill ▁Sz ym czy k . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁track ▁" C ertain ▁Situ ations ," ▁you ▁can ▁hear ▁a ▁Mor se ▁code ▁message ▁that ▁says ▁" Register ▁and ▁vote ▁for ▁me ." ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁received ▁neg atively ▁by ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁music ▁critics ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁commercial ▁disappoint ment , ▁missing ▁the ▁album ▁charts ▁on ▁both ▁sides ▁of ▁the ▁Atlantic , ▁which ▁called ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁Wal sh ' s ▁solo ▁career ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁years ▁before ▁he ▁released ▁another ▁solo ▁album ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁called ▁Anal og ▁Man . ▁The ▁song ▁" V ote ▁for ▁Me " ▁however ▁was ▁a ▁minor ▁success , ▁pe aking ▁at ▁number ▁ 1 0 ▁on ▁the ▁Hot ▁Main stream ▁Rock ▁Tra cks ▁chart . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁ ▁Review ing ▁for ▁All Music , ▁critic ▁Vincent ▁Jeff ries ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁" ful fill s ▁[ th ose ] ▁expect ations ▁to ▁a ▁degree , ▁but ▁the ▁song writer ' s ▁weak ened ▁com edic ▁instinct s ▁and ▁extreme ▁sin cer ity ▁make ▁Songs ▁for ▁a ▁D ying ▁Planet ▁a ▁difficult ▁recommendation ." ▁ ▁Track ▁listing ▁All ▁songs ▁written ▁and ▁composed ▁by ▁Joe ▁Wal sh ▁except ▁where ▁otherwise ▁indicated . ▁ ▁Person nel ▁ ▁Joe