Soul Searchin' (Glenn Frey album)

Soul Searchin'

Released

15 August 1988

Recorded

1986–1988

Studio

Fool on the Hill, Studio 55, Bill Schnee Studio, Ocean Way Recording, Cherokee Studios and Capitol Studios, Los Angeles; The Hit Factory and Automated Sound, New York City; Muscle Shoals Sound, Muscle Shoals, AL; The Sandbox, CT

Genre

Length

46:24

Label

MCA

Producer

Glenn Frey chronology

The Allnighter
(1984)

Soul Searchin'
(1988)

Strange Weather
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

Soul Searchin' is the third studio solo album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in mid 1988 on MCA in the United States and the United Kingdom, four years after Frey's successful album, The Allnighter and eight years after the demise of the Eagles. The album features eight original songs co-written by Frey with Jack Tempchin and the song "Two Hearts" contributed by Frey's friend, Hawk Wolinski. The album also features contributions from fellow Eagles member Timothy B. Schmit, Max Carl, Robbie Buchanan, Michael Landau, and Bruce Gaitsch.

The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics, while other reviewers noted good points to the album. It was also not as successful as Frey's previous albums (although one of his favorites), peaking at #36 on the Billboard 200, which marked the beginning of a downturn in Frey's fortunes on the album charts. The album's first and leading single, "True Love", unlike the album, was a commercial success, peaking at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and so was the second single, the title track ("Soul Searchin'"), which peaked at #5 also on the Adult Contemporary.

Frey began work on the album in the midst of a string of hits in the 1980s, as well as animosity between him and other members of the Eagles. The album's title refers to his efforts to find his own identity.

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