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==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>{{cite journal |last1=Niester |first1=Alan |title=INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP No Fun Aloud Glenn Frey |journal=The Globe and Mail |date=19 June 1982 |page=F6}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' deemed it "an agreeable, well-crafted little record."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=GIVING A LIFT TO LOS ANGELES ROCK |journal=The New York Times |date=13 June 1982 |page=A33}}</ref>