Glenn Frey's first solo album plotted two Top 40 singles, with "I Found Somebody" going to number 31 in the summer of 1982 and the destitute-sounding "The One You Love" hitting number 15 two months later. With help from Jack Tempchin, who co-wrote the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling," the album reached number 32 on the U.S. charts, but it's Frey's perfectly guided vocals and impeccable talent for crafting laid-back love songs that make the album noteworthy. The saxophone from "The One You Love," which tags alongside the soothing chorus, makes the song even better, and "I Found Somebody" hints at the Eagles' warm, harmonic style. Even the average-sounding "All Those Lies" went to number 41, but efforts like "That Girl" and "She Can't Let Go" are thinned out too much, as Frey gets a little too involved with singer/songwriter colloquialisms. Some life is regained with a spirited attempt at Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise," one of the album's real movers. With Frey's own production assistance, No Fun Aloud stands up as a modest debut album. ~ Mike DeGagne
Live Recording
Recording information: Bayshore Recording Studio, Miami, FL; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Sheffield, AL; Rudy Records, Los Angeles, CA; Wilder Bros.Studios, L.A., CA.
Photographer: Jim Shea.
Unknown Contributor Role: Peter Fleming.
Personnel: Glenn Frey (vocals, guitar, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, background vocals); Marcy Levy, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Tom Kelly , Bill Champlin (vocals, background vocals); Julia Tillman Waters (vocals); Greg Smith (baritone, saxophone); Wayne Perkins (guitar, acoustic guitar); Duncan Cameron (guitar, electric guitar); Danny Kortchmar, Josh Leo (guitar); Jim Ed Norman (strings); Al Garth (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jim Coile, William Bergman, Ernie Watts, Jim Horn, Bill Bergman, Harvey Thompson, Ronnie Eades (saxophone); Lee Thornburg, John Berry, Jr. (trumpet); The Heart Attack Horns (horns); Clayton Ivey (piano); Hawk (organ, synthesizer); Allan Blazek (keyboards); David "Hawk" Wolinski (synthesizer); John "J.R." Robinson , Michael Huey, Roger Hawkins (drums); Steve Forman (percussion); Floyd Tempchin, Hugh Gotteny, John McEnroe, Tommy Obnozzio, Urban Azoff, Buckley Wideface, Freddy Buffett, Leon Blazek, The Monstertones, Julia Waters (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Allan Blazek.
Excellent solo album
A real 'Feel Good' Album
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