  the allnighter is the second studio solo album by glenn frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the eagles. the album was released in mid 1984 on mca in the united states and the united kingdom, two years after frey's modestly successful dÃ©but album, no fun aloud and four years after the demise of the eagles. it was and still is frey's most successful solo album throughout his whole solo career, having reached #22 on the billboard charts, and releasing two top 20 singles with "smuggler's blues" and "sexy girl". the album achieved gold status by the riaa in the us. it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of frey's solo work. the single "smuggler's blues" helped to inspire the miami vice episode of the same name, and frey was invited to star in that episode, which was frey's acting dÃ©but. the music video for the single also won frey an mtv video music award in 1985. ==composition== when frey was asked about his song writing partnership with jack tempchin, he said at the time that "itâs funny, there are only those certain people where things click â at least for me. heâs very free. iâll just run some soul licks by him, or iâll ring him something like the allnighter, which originally was just about staying up all night. but then we started talking about it and jack says, âstaying up all night canât play over three or four verses. what if the allnighter was a guy?â so, we made him into some womanâs every-guy."http://ultimateclassicrock.com/glenn-frey-allnighter/ the lyrics of "better in the u.s.a" are opposed to the soviet union. == critical reception == in a contemporary review for the village voice, music critic robert christgau gave the alnighter a "c" and panned it
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