No Fun Aloud

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." The Rolling Stone Album Guide called No Fun Aloud "a predictably slick solo debut in [Frey's] old band's party-boy mode." 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."{{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}} The New York Times deemed it "an agreeable, well-crafted little record."{{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}}

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

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| title1 = I Found Somebody

| length1 = 4:05

| title2 = The One You Love

| length2 = 4:34

| title3 = Partytown

| length3 = 2:57

| title4 = I Volunteer

| length4 = 4:06

| writer4 = Jack Tempchin, Bill Bodine

| title5 = I've Been Born Again

| length5 = 4:36

| writer5 = Don Davis, James Dean

| title6 = Sea Cruise

| length6 = 2:36

| writer6 = Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent

| title7 = That Girl

| length7 = 3:41

| writer7 = Glenn Frey, Bob Seger

| title8 = All Those Lies

| length8 = 4:43

| writer8 = Glenn Frey

| title9 = She Can't Let Go

| length9 = 3:11

| title10 = Don't Give Up

| length10 = 4:48

| total_length = 39:21

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• 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)

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• 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

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