Customer Reviews

Soul Searchin

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I have been a fan of Glenn Frey longer than I can remember, and while all his albums are standouts, each seems to be for a different reason. His little musical experiments on Soul Searchin' (like the no snare, just snaps of "Some Kind Of Blue" and his homage to Philadelphia Blues on "Let's Pretend. . .") create a unique listening experience and a fine example of what a good songwriter can come up with, just by carrying on as far as possible with his own distinct sound.
"Livin' Right" is the best song Glenn's ever kicked off an album with, while the album closes with one "Your Life", of his most memorable love songs. Two personal favorite songs of mine are "Can't Put Out This Fire", and "Working Man" which show two different, but excellent facets of Glenn's musical talent. Also, the choral-heavy title song is an enchanting centerpiece which foreshadows the tones of his mastercraft "Strange Weather".
The other songs are nothing to skip over either, unless you don't mind missing something from one of the 80's & 90's coolest solo artists. Now that I have the CD, I notice that the bonus track "It's Cold In Here" sounds like it was left off "The Allnighter", but it's still a terrific song. I look forward to hearing new music from Glenn soon, and like his fellow former Eagles, I hope he never changes.

Glenn Frey's solo career has never been an attempt to duplicate the Eagles' sound. Instead he has turned out R&B-flavoured ballads, blue-eyed soul and mainstream easy listening, and even though "Soul Searchin'" wasn't very popular with reviewers, it does contain some really fine songs.

When I first heard it I frowned at the extremely 80s-like fitness-anthem "Livin' Right", which kicks off the album, and I've never really become friends with that one. It sounds like something from a commercial.

But the rest of the album is generally very good. "Two Hearts", "It's Your Life" and the slightly Springsteen-like "Working Man" have certainly dated since 1988, but they're nowhere near unbearable, and Glenn Frey turns out some truly lovely, well-arranged ballads as well, most notably the sax-laden "Some Kind Of Blue" (I love that saxophone solo!) and the slow, longing "I Did It For Your Love".

The groovy soul stompers "True Love" and "Can't Put Out This Fire" are highlighted by a wonderful horn ensemble, as is the more pop-oriented "Let's Pretend We're Still In Love".
"Soul Searchin'", the title track, is a R&B-tinted ballad with some fine string arrangements and organ playing and a female backing choir which gives the song an almost gospel-like flavour.

Maybe 3 1/2 stars would be more appropriate, because "Soul Searchin'" is only great half the time, but it is a really pleasant little record anyway. Go buy it!

If you want ot kick back drink some beer and cool out with some mellow tunes Soul Searchin is the way to go! Especially effective on the deck of a beach house, let the surf,suds and soul searchin do the rest!

I also love this CD! I used to have the cassette, but no more. Anyone willing to sell this CD to me, please let me know. I also have a CD player that I can record from a cassette or a CD if someone is willing to let me borrow it for a short time!

I want to this cd! I have the cassette but I want the cd! Anyone have it that would sell it to me?

Oh dear. This from one of the Eagles??? Obviously Don Henley was the Eagles and Glenn was a passenger. OK, I haven't heard any other GF albums and I won't bother on the strength of this. 1 star each for Two Hearts and Soul Searchin' (nice backing singers) but I'm afraid that is being generous. If you have the money to buy this, Don't! Buy anything from the Eagles or Don Henley.

Glenn Frey's Soul Searchin' isn't good. Very 80s sounding album with little to offer and a lot to annoy. I mean, coming from a founding member of The Eagles this should at least have some good tunes on it. Instead it's just one of those terrible albums that came out during the worst period in the history of recorded music: THE EIGHTIES. It's best avoided.