The Allnighter is the second album by Glenn Frey

Glenn Frey

Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...

, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

). It was the most successful album of his solo career, having reached #22 on the charts and releasing two Top 20 singles with "Smuggler's Blues" and "Sexy Girl". The album was well received by most critics and helped Frey become a familiar face throughout the decade. The album reached gold status. The single "Smuggler's Blues" helped inspire the Miami Vice episode and Frey was invited to star in the episode. The music video for the single also won Frey an MTV Video Music Award in 1985.

Track listing

1. "The Allnighter" (Frey, Tempchin) - 4:22
2. "Sexy Girl" (Frey, Tempchin) - 3:30
3. "I Got Love" (Frey, Tempchin) - 3:49
4. "Somebody Else" (Bunch, Kennedy, Rose) - 6:00
5. "Lovers Moon" - 4:10
6. "Smuggler's Blues" (Frey, Tempchin) - 4:17
7. "Let's Go Home" (Frey, Tempchin) - 5:01
8. "Better in the U.S.A." (Frey, Tempchin) - 3:00
9. "Living in the Darkness" - 4:35
10. "True Love" - 4:25

Personnel

• Glenn Frey
  Glenn Frey
  Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
  
   - synthesizer, bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar, piano, drums, keyboards, vocals
• Barry Beckett
  Barry Beckett
  Barry Edward Beckett was a keyboardist who worked as a session musician with several notable artists on their studio albums...
  
   - synthesizer, piano
• William Bergman - saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Allan Blazek - keyboards
• Duncan Cameron - guitar
• Nick DeCaro - strings
• Victor Feldman
  Victor Feldman
  Victor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...
  
   - background vocals
• Steve Forman - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Roy Galloway - vocals
• Bryan Garofalo - bass
• Al Garth - saxophone
• Heart Attack Horns
• David Hood
  David Hood
  David Hood , is a bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame....
  
   - bass
• Michael Huey - drums
• Josh Leo - guitar
• Larry Londin - drums
• Vince Melamed - piano
• John "J.R." Robinson - drums
• Greg Smith - saxophone
• Jack Tempchin - vocals
• Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg is a trumpeter who has played with many artists, and also has been a member of Supertramp and Tower of Power. Thornburg also played with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders in the 1970s.-Biography:...
  
   - trumpet
• Luther Waters - vocals
• Oren Waters - vocals
• David "Hawk" Wolinski
  Hawk Wolinski
  David J. "Hawk" Wolinski is an American keyboardist, songwriter and record producer probably best known for his work with the funk band Rufus and their lead singer Chaka Khan....
  
   - synthesizer

Production

• Producers: Glenn Frey, Barry Beckett, Allan Blazek
• Engineer: Allan Blazek
• Mixing: Joe Chiccarelli

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	22

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1984	"Sexy Girl"	The Billboard Hot 100	20
1984	"The All Nighter"	The Billboard Hot 100	54
1985	"Smuggler's Blues"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	13
1985	"Smuggler's Blues"	The Billboard Hot 100	12