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

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I bought this based on Glenn Frey being a former Eagle, and the fact I liked a few songs, such as Smugglers Blues and Sexy Girl, with the hope that it might have some other good songs maybe in the Eagles vein.

I am pleasantly surprised by the quality of material. There are a number of high quality songs on this album such as The One You Love and Soul Searchin, and You belong to the city. Soul searchin also features some great harmonies reminiscent of The Eagles, but delivered by a female gospel choir.

So far it has passed the acid test, which is that I can listen to the whole album while driving my car without pushing the skip button once. That makes it a quality album in my book.

How does it differ from The Eagles? The production values are as good. The music itself is different, there is more use of different instruments such as the saxophone. I would say it is a little more progressive. The songs are very good. I highly recommend this album.

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I still consider Glenn Frey as the edgy Eagles member--always taking chances with what he sings and performs. This album does a good job covering his 80s period of solo hits. I love The Heat Is On, Smuggler's Blues, True Love, All Nighter, Sexy Girl and others. But my favorite is You Belong to The City--perhaps the most 80s-sounding record, from the lyrics about neon lights to the rumbling keyboards, the dramatic bridges around the 3 minute part of the song and the Miami/South Beach song landscapes that helped spawn the Miami Vice tv show. There are no shades of other decades' influences in this song--this is a very 80s song in the attitude and decadence of that decade. Glenn Frey's best solo record to me. Frey shows shades of R&B in his voice on the rock driven album and he sounds so good at it. Next to Stevie Nicks, he's the next best second act in pop music following a 70s supergroup's huge success.

Great blend of Frey's best work! A great CD that's hard to stay within the speed limit while listening & driving. Glenn's strong voice and the tenor sax interludes on most songs are outstanding! If you find this CD - buy it because "The Heat is On!!!!"

I never knew this album was out there until I ordered it. It is really good. I listen to it all day sometimes or put it on when I go to sleep. I love the Eagles. I wish I had this album earlier. I will take it on my summer vacation.

The Glenn Fry CD (Greatest Hits) is one of the best CD's I have. You will love it. The music is exceptional as is Glenn Fry.

A few months ago I watched the Miami Vice episode, Smugglers Blues. I was fascinated by Glenn Frey's serviceable acting as a pilot. After all, how could he not do well when some episodes could have the acting kudos going to an alligator named Elvis? And, more seriously, I was haunted by the music, it was pure 1980s. I went looking, bought this CD, and have not stopped listening since. I love the first 5 tracks best, give a special award to Love in the 21st Century,and listen to the entire CD again and again. The sound is perfect, the instrumentation is exceptional and the singing is great. Every track is a winner. Other reviewers commented that this CD is very much the 1980s, and I that only proves it was was a great decade for music. It's simple. Buy this CD while you can.

I am a great Glen Frey fan and this album did not disapoint me at all. The songs are all great, especialy the new ones. My boyfriend loves it too!

i have been looking for 2 of these songs for a long time on CD, due to the fact that ITUNES did not carry them for download.
"THE Heat is On" and "You Belong to the City".

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I love Glenn Frey so it's hard to find anything wrong with this CD. As with most collections, you can't love every song. Overall, I would recommend this CD to all Glenn Frey fans.

If you are a fan of the Eagles and can remember the original Miami Vice, this is the collection for you. Best of the sounds of what made the Eagles great and some story-telling like Smuggler's Blues. If you have old vinyl like I do and want to update to a CD or download to an digital player, this is a great way to get the best of his songs.