Glenn Frey's first solo album plotted two Top 40 singles, with "I Found Somebody" going to number 31 in the summer of 1982 and the destitute-sounding "The One You Love" hitting number 15 two months later. With help from Jack Tempchin, who co-wrote the Eagles' "Peaceful Easy Feeling," the album reached number 32 on the U.S. charts, but it's Frey's perfectly guided vocals and impeccable talent for crafting laid-back love songs that make the album noteworthy. The saxophone from "The One You Love," which tags alongside the soothing chorus, makes the song even better, and "I Found Somebody" hints at the Eagles' warm, harmonic style. Even the average-sounding "All Those Lies" went to number 41, but efforts like "That Girl" and "She Can't Let Go" are thinned out too much, as Frey gets a little too involved with singer/songwriter colloquialisms. Some life is regained with a spirited attempt at Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise," one of the album's real movers. With Frey's own production assistance, No Fun Aloud stands up as a modest debut album. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide
Jim Ed Norman (String Arrangements), Duncan Cameron (Guitar), John "J.R." Robinson (Drums), Marcy Levy (Vocals), Michael Huey (Drums), Tom Kelly (Vocals (Background)), Glenn Frey (Piano (Electric)), William Bergman (Saxophone), Freddy Buffett (Vocals (Background)), Jim Coile (Saxophone), Julia Waters (Vocals (Background)), Jim Ed Norman (Horn Arrangements), Heart Attack Horns (Horn), Harvey Thompson (Saxophone), Greg Smith (Baritone (Vocal)), Al Garth (Saxophone), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals), Floyd Tempchin (Vocals (Background)), Roger Hawkins (Bass), Bryan Garofalo (Bass), Glenn Frey (Organ), Mary Beth McLemore (Assistant Engineer), Hawk (Synthesizer), Glenn Frey (Clavinet), Glenn Frey (Piano), Jeff Adamoff (Design), Al Garth (Sax (Tenor)), Tom Kelly (Vocals), Glenn Frey (Synthesizer), Allan Blazek (Producer), Glenn Frey (Guitar), Julia Tillman Waters (Vocals), Wayne Perkins (Guitar (Acoustic)), Oren Waters (Vocals (Background)), Jay Parti (Assistant Engineer), George Gomez (Assistant Engineer), Bob Blaub (Bass), Bill Bergman (Saxophone), Hugh Gotteny (Vocals (Background)), Steve Forman (Percussion), Ben King (Assistant Engineer), Clayton Ivey (Piano), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals (Background)), Glenn Frey (Vocals (Background)), Ray Blair (Assistant Engineer), Glenn Frey (Assistant Engineer), The Monstertones (Vocals (Background)), Buckley Wideface (Vocals (Background)), Oren Waters (Vocals), John McEnroe (Vocals (Background)), Allan Blazek (Keyboards), David Wolinski "Hawk" (Synthesizer), Glenn Frey (Producer), Roger Hawkins (Drums), Jim Shea (Photography), Allan Blazek (Engineer), Urban Azoff (Vocals (Background)), Bill Champlin (Vocals), Glenn Frey (Drums), Roberto Pinon (Bass), Danny Kortchmar (Guitar), Glenn Frey (Vocals), Josh Leo (Guitar), Bob Glaub (Bass), Bill Champlin (Vocals (Background)), Allan Blazek (Mixing), Jim Ed Norman (Strings), Glenn Frey (Bass), Steve Melton (Engineer), Jim Horn (Saxophone), David Hood (Bass), Tommy Obnozzio (Vocals (Background)), Duncan Cameron (Guitar (Electric)), Jim Ed Norman (Producer), John Berry, Jr. (Trumpet), Glenn Frey (Keyboards), Hawk (Organ), Marcy Levy (Vocals (Background)), Peter Fleming (?), Greg Smith (Saxophone), Jeff Adamoff (Art Direction), Ernie Watts (Saxophone), Wayne Perkins (Guitar), Ronnie Eades (Saxophone), Lee Thornburg (Trumpet), Lee Thornburg (Horn Arrangements), Leon Blazek (Vocals (Background))
