1984 Glenn Frey – The Allnighter
The Allnighter is the second solo studio album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in mid 1984 on MCA in the United States and the United Kingdom, two years after Frey’s modestly successful debut album, No Fun Aloud and four years after the demise of the Eagles. It was and still is Frey’s most successful solo album throughout his whole solo career, having reached #22 on the Billboard charts, and releasing two Top 20 singles with “Smuggler’s Blues” and “Sexy Girl”. The album achieved Gold status by the RIAA in the US. It is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Frey’s solo work.
The single “Smuggler’s Blues” helped to inspire the Miami Vice episode of the same name, and Frey was invited to star in that episode, which was Frey’s acting debut. The music video for the single also won Frey an MTV Video Music Award in 1985.
Tracks
1 The Allnighter (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 4:22
2 Sexy Girl (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 3:31
3 I Got Love (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 3:51
4 Somebody Else (David Wolinski, Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 6:02
5 Lover’s Moon (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 4:13
6 Smuggler’s Blues (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 4:19
7 Let’s Go Home (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 5:02
8 Better In The U.S.A. (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 3:02
9 Living In Darkness (David Wolinski, Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 4:40
10 New Love (Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin) 4:24
Biography
Musicians
1 The Allnighter
Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Organ | David Wolinski |
Piano | Glenn Frey |
Synthesizer | David Wolinski |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
2 Sexy Girl
Bass | Glenn Frey |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Piano | Barry Beckett |
Synthesizer | Barry Beckett |
Background Vocals | Duncan Cameron |
Background Vocals | Luther Waters |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
3 I Got Love
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Keyboards | Barry Beckett |
Horns | The Heart Attack Horns |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
4 Somebody Else
Drums | JR Robinson |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Guitar | David Wolinski |
Sax | Al Garth |
Keyboards | David Wolinski |
Synthesizer | David Wolinski |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
5 Lover’s Moon
Bass | Glenn Frey |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Acoustic Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Acoustic Guitar | Jack Tempchin |
Organ | Glenn Frey |
Accordion | Nick DeCaro |
Background Vocals | Duncan Cameron |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
6 Smuggler’s Blues
Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
Drums | Michael Huey |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Guitar | Josh Leo |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Slide Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Congas | Steve Forman |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
7 Let’s Go Home
Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
Drums | Michael Huey |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Guitar | Josh Leo |
Piano | Vince Melamed |
Horns | The Heart Attack Horns |
Sax | Al Garth |
Vibraphone | Victor Feldman |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
8 Better In The U.S.A.
Bass | David Hood |
Drums | Larrie Londin |
Guitar | Duncan Cameron |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Piano | Barry Beckett |
Piano | Glenn Frey |
Background Vocals | Luther Waters |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
9 Living In Darkness
Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
Guitar | Glenn Frey |
Programming | David Wolinski |
Horns | The Heart Attack Horns |
Sax | Bill Bergman |
Background Vocals | Duncan Cameron |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Percussion | Steve Forman |
10 New Love
Bass | Bryan Garofalo |
Drums | Michael Huey |
Guitar | Josh Leo |
Celeste | Glenn Frey |
Organ | David Wolinski |
Piano | Glenn Frey |
Flugelhorn | Lee Thornburg |
Background Vocals | Oren Waters |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Vocals | Glenn Frey |
Liner Notes
Producer – Allan Blazek, Glenn Frey
Arranged By (Horns) – Greg Smith (Track 9)
Arranged By (Horns) – Lee Thornburg (Tracks 3, 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Nick DeCaro (Track 5)
Engineer – Allan Blazek
Engineer (Assistant) – Lee Daley, Pete Greene, Rich Markowitz
Engineer (Second) – Ray Blair, Steve Melton
Mixed By – Allan Blazek
Art Direction – Jeff Adamoff
Illustration – Dale Sizer
Photography – Jim Shea
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Recorded At Wilder Bros. Studios, Los Angeles
Recorded At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Caribou Ranch
Phonographic Copyright MCA Records Inc
Copyright MCA Records Inc