No Fun Aloud

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No Fun Aloud
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1982 [1]
RecordedEarly Fall, 1981 – Spring, 1982
StudioWilder Bros. Studios and Rudy Records, Los Angeles, Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama, Bayshore Recording Studio, Miami
Genre
Length39:21
Label Asylum
Producer
Glenn Frey chronology
No Fun Aloud
(1982)
The Allnighter
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

No Fun Aloud is the debut solo studio album by Glenn Frey. [6] It was released in 1982 on Asylum. [7]

Contents

The album reached #32 on the charts and contained two top 40 singles, "The One You Love" and "I Found Somebody". [8] The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 500,000 copies in the United States. [9]

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Mike DeGagne wrote that "it's Frey's perfectly guided vocals and impeccable talent for crafting laid-back love songs that make[s] the album noteworthy ... With Frey's own production assistance, No Fun Aloud stands up as a modest debut album." [2] The Rolling Stone Album Guide called No Fun Aloud "a predictably slick solo debut in [Frey's] old band's party-boy mode." [5] The Globe and Mail called it "remarkably uninspired and joyless," writing that "by and large, the songs are of the John David Souther school of no-melody dirge—the type of thing that gives California music a bad name." [10] The New York Times deemed it "an agreeable, well-crafted little record." [11]

Track listing

All songs by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Found Somebody" 4:05
2."The One You Love" 4:34
3."Partytown" 2:57
4."I Volunteer" Jack Tempchin, Bill Bodine4:06
5."I've Been Born Again" Don Davis, James Dean 4:36
6."Sea Cruise" Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent 2:36
7."That Girl"Glenn Frey, Bob Seger 3:41
8."All Those Lies"Glenn Frey4:43
9."She Can't Let Go" 3:11
10."Don't Give Up" 4:48
Total length:39:21

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [12] 44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 34
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 39
US Billboard 200 [15] 32

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 253.
  2. 1 2 "No Fun Aloud - Glenn Frey | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 610.
  4. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 372.
  5. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 265.
  6. Kornhaber, Spencer (January 19, 2016). "An Appreciation of Glenn Frey's Glorious '80s Songs". The Atlantic.
  7. "Glenn Frey | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. "Glenn Frey". Billboard.
  9. Berry, Walter (July 14, 1985). "FORMER EAGLE GLENN FREY PREPARING FOR NEW TOUR". Orlando Sentinel: Calendar 6.
  10. Niester, Alan (June 19, 1982). "INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP No Fun Aloud Glenn Frey". The Globe and Mail: F6.
  11. Holden, Stephen (June 13, 1982). "GIVING A LIFT TO LOS ANGELES ROCK". The New York Times: A33.
  12. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  14. "Swedishcharts.com – Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  15. "Glenn Frey Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  16. "American album certifications – Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud". Recording Industry Association of America.