No Fun Aloud

{{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |Template:Short description|noreplace}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=The Allnighter1984Studio albumNo Fun AloudGlennFreyNoFunAloud.jpgyesGlenn FreyJune 1982<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Early Fall, 1981 – Spring, 1982Wilder Bros. Studios and Rudy Records, Los Angeles, Muscle Shoals Sound, Sheffield, Alabama, Bayshore Recording Studio, MiamiTemplate:Flatlist39:21AsylumTemplate:Flatlistx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} Template:Album ratings No Fun Aloud is the debut solo studio album by Glenn Frey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was released in 1982 on Asylum.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album reached #32 on the charts and contained two top 40 singles, "The One You Love" and "I Found Somebody".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 500,000 copies in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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."<ref name="auto"/> The Rolling Stone Album Guide called No Fun Aloud "a predictably slick solo debut in [Frey's] old band's party-boy mode."<ref name=RS/> 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."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The New York Times deemed it "an agreeable, well-crafted little record."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Track listing

All songs by Glenn Frey and Jack Tempchin, except where noted. Template:Track listing

Personnel

• Glenn Frey – vocals, organ (1), lead guitar (1, 3, 4, 8), electric piano (2, 5, 7, 8), guitars (2, 5, 10), bass (2, 9), drum machine programming (2, 9), acoustic piano (3), backing vocals (4, 10), all other instruments (9), clavinet (10), synthesizers (10)
• David "Hawk" Wolinski – synthesizers (1, 10), organ (4, 6-8)
• Clayton Ivey – acoustic piano (6)
• Allan Blazek – additional keyboards (10)
• Josh Leo – guitars (1, 3)
• Danny Kortchmar – guitars (4)
• Duncan Cameron – electric guitar (6-8)
• Wayne Perkins – acoustic guitar (7)
• Bryan Garofalo – bass (1)
• Bob Glaub – bass (3, 5, 10)
• Roberto Piñón – bass (4)
• David Hood – bass (6-8)
• Michael Huey – drums (1, 3, 4, 10)
• John Robinson – drums (5)
• Roger Hawkins – drums (6-8), bells (7, 8)
• Steve Forman – percussion (5, 9)
• Al Garth – tenor saxophone (1)
• Jim Horn – tenor saxophone (2)
• Ernie Watts – saxophone (2)
• The Heart Attack Horns (5):
  • Jim Coile – alto saxophone
  • Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
  • Bill Bergman – tenor saxophone
  • John Berry, Jr. – trumpet
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, horn arrangements
• Ronnie Eades – saxophone (6)
• Harvey Thompson – saxophone (6)
• Jim Ed Norman – string arrangements (2, 7), horn arrangements (5)
• The Monstertones – backing vocals (3)
• Marcy Levy – backing vocals (4)
• Bill Champlin – backing vocals (4)
• Tom Kelly – backing vocals (4)
• Julia Waters – backing vocals (8, 10)
• Maxine Waters – backing vocals (8, 10)
• Oren Waters – backing vocals (8, 10)

Production

• Producers – Glenn Frey, Allan Blazek and Jim Ed Norman.
• Recorded by The Wlider Brothers
• Engineers – Allan Blazek and Steve Melton
• Assistant Engineers – Ray Blair, Glenn Frey, George Gomez, Ben King, Mary Beth McLemore and Jay Parti.
• Mixed by Allan Blazek at Bayshore Recording Studios (Coconut Grove, FL).
• Art Direction and Design – Jeff Adamoff
• Photography – Jim Shea
• Direction – Irving Azoff

Charts

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Chart (1982)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	44

References

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