20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best of Glenn Frey

by Glenn Frey

Overview

The problem with assembling a Glenn Frey compilation -- and this discount-priced one is the second, following 1995's full-priced Solo Collection -- is that his debut solo album, No Fun Aloud (1982), was released on Asylum Records, making it the property of Warner, while the rest of his solo recordings were released on MCA Records, the property of Universal, and the two major record labels have not shown an interest in pooling their resources. Thus, Frey's first three Top 40 hits, "I Found Somebody," "The One You Love," and "All Those Lies," are unavailable to MCA in their original form, though both Solo Collection and this album have used the live version of "The One You Love" from 1993's Glenn Frey Live. A compilation is particularly important for the collection of a Frey fan, because his two biggest hits, "The Heat Is On" and "You Belong to the City," appeared on soundtracks, not his solo albums. Those two are here, of course, along with what turns out to be a slightly more comprehensive selection of his singles than Solo Collection contained. That 16-track album featured only nine of the 17 tracks Frey placed on one chart or another between 1982 and 1993; this one has ten, including the minor hit "The Allnighter," which is not on Solo Collection. Given the more favorable price point, this album gets the edge as the Frey album for casual fans. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/19/2000
Label:	Geffen / Interscope
UPC:	0008811235925
Rank:	6979

Tracks

1. The Heat Is On
2. Smuggler's Blues
3. You Belong to the City
4. Sexy Girl
5. Love in the 21st Century
6. True Love
7. The All Nighter
8. The One You Love
9. Strange Weather
10. I've Got Mine
11. Soul Searchin'
12. Part of Me, Part of You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Glenn Frey   Primary Artist,Synthesizer,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Bass,Guitar,Vocals
Barry Beckett   Vocals
Duncan Cameron   Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background)
Josh Leo   Guitar (Electric)
Darrell Leonard   Trumpet
Robbie Kilgore   Keyboards
Robbie Buchanan   Vocals
Rick Vito   Guitar
Ralph MacDonald   Percussion
Oren Waters   Vocals (Background)
Harold Faltermeyer   Bass,Keyboards
Luther Waters   Vocals (Background)
Michael Huey   Drums
Adrian Robinson   Drums
Grady Smith   Sax (Baritone)
Danny Grenier   Guitar,Vocals
Steve Forman   Congas,Percussion
Bill Bergman   Saxophone
Keith Forsey   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Institutional Radio Choir   Choir/Chorus
Kenny Aronoff   Drums
Jay Oliver   Keyboards
Chris Mostert   Saxophone,Percussion
Larrie Londin   Drums
Jack Tempchin   Vocals (Background)
Lenny Castro   Percussion
Rosemary Butler   Vocals (Background)
Valerie Carter   Vocals (Background)
Roy Galloway   Vocals (Background)
David "Hawk" Wolinski   Organ,Synthesizer
Michito Sanchez   Percussion
Bryan Garofalo   Bass

Technical Credits

Barry Korkin   Editorial Assistant
Duncan Cameron   Composer
Danny Kortchmar   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Harold Faltermeyer   Composer,Producer
Dennis Keeley   Photography
Geary Chansley   Photo Research
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Jason Pastori   Photo Research
Grady Smith   Horn Arrangements
Allan Blazek   Producer
Keith Forsey   Composer,Producer
Jay Oliver   Arranger,Composer,Programming
Cole Porter   Composer
Jack Tempchin   Composer
Elliot Scheiner   Producer
Erick Labson   Mastering
Mike Harlow   Programming
Mike Ragogna   Producer,Liner Notes
Glenn Frey   Program,Composer,Producer