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Glenn Frey - Above The Clouds (The COLLECTION) (2018)

vom: 02.06.2018

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When Glenn Frey passed away in 2016 he left a legacy of music of which any artist would be proud. Over the years his work as a solo artist and with the Eagles seems to have divided opinion, for every Eagles fan there seems to be hater just around the next corner, a situation I’ve always found very surprising. ‘Hotel California’ and ‘Their Greatest Hits 1971-75’ (the latter of which is the second bestselling album of all-time with 29,000,000 sales in the USA) are a fitting tribute to Frey and his talents. After forty years I’ll still happily spin 'Hotel California' and those early hits, which I consider to be solid gold classics, and I’m pleased to report the Library of Congress selected the hits album for preservation as "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" so I’m in pretty good company. The 3-CD + 1-DVD set ‘Above The Clouds’ finds us venturing far from those early country rock roots as Frey the solo artist seemed content to follow his muse wherever it took him, generally in a soft-rock / soul / R&B direction. The results, especially looking back in the cold light of day, are uneven but not without some genuinely standout tracks, all of which are presented with a professional sheen when maybe, on occasion, a little grit would have been welcome.

Disc one of ‘Above The Clouds’ is a fifteen track greatest hits collection, ideal for the casual fan, that features many of Frey’s best known tunes and only differs slightly from his 1995 ‘Solo Collection’ release (this first disc in the box set is also available as a stand-alone release). The second disc of this set takes a deeper look into Frey’s solo catalogue with a focus on his last solo release ‘After Hours’ from 2012 with no less than seven tracks featured here. ‘After Hours’ didn’t appear until twenty years after the previous solo release ‘Strange Weather’ but as Hell had indeed Frozen Over in the meantime Frey was a little busy with his day job. The ‘After Hours’ sessions are interesting as they actually work really well and seem like a natural progression for Glenn, admittedly jazzy covers of 20’s-40’s era pop standards won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it seemed to work for Rod Stewart and Bob Dylan so�He even found room to slip in a really nice take on 'Caroline, No' the Beach Boys classic. Disc 2 of this set is a really enjoyable listen, nicely sequenced and works really well. With all hits collections/box sets fans will complain about what’s not included which brings us to disc three and Longbranch/Pennywhistle.

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DISC 1:
01. The Heat Is On
02. Call On Me
03. Part Of Me, Part Of You
04. You Belong To The City
05. Smuggler's Blues
06. Sexy Girl
07. The Allnighter
08. Soul Searchin'
09. Same Girl
10. The One You Love
11. Strange Weather
12. I've Got Mine
13. River Of Dreams
14. Love In The 21st Century
15. Medley Lyin' Eyes  Take It Easy (Live)

DISC 2:
01. Let's Go Home
02. I Got Love
03. This Way To Happiness
04. Common Ground
05. After Hours
06. Rising Sun (Instrumental)
07. The Shadow Of Your Smile
08. Better In The U.S.A.
09. Brave New World
10. Caroline, No
11. For Sentimental Reasons
12. It's Too Soon To Know
13. Worried Mind
14. Lover's Moon
15. Route 66
16. True Love

DISC 3:
01. Jubilee Anne
02. Run Boy, Run
03. Rebecca
04. Lucky Love
05. Kite Woman
06. Bring Back Funky Women
07. Star-Spangled Bus
08. Mister, Mister
09. Don't Talk Now
10. Never Have Enough