No Fun Aloud | ||||
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Released | June 1982 [1] | |||
Recorded | Early Fall, 1981 – Spring, 1982 | |||
Studio | Wilder Bros. Studios and Rudy Records, Los Angeles, Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama, Bayshore Recording Studio, Miami | |||
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Length | 39:21 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Producer | ||||
Glenn Frey chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No Fun Aloud is the debut solo studio album by Glenn Frey. [6] It was released in 1982 on Asylum. [7]
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]
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]
All songs by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Found Somebody" | 4:05 | |
2. | "The One You Love" | 4:34 | |
3. | "Partytown" | 2:57 | |
4. | "I Volunteer" | Jack Tempchin, Bill Bodine | 4:06 |
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 Frey | 4:43 |
9. | "She Can't Let Go" | 3:11 | |
10. | "Don't Give Up" | 4:48 | |
Total length: | 39:21 |
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [12] | 44 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] | 34 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] | 39 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 32 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [16] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |