Name: Strange Weather
Brand: MCA (USA)
SKU: 7433
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Strange Weather

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Album: Strange Weather
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Silent Spring (Instrumental Prelude) Instrumental Prelude	More Info...	0:40
2)	Long Hot Summer	More Info...	5:18
3)	Strange Weather Album Version	More Info...	5:04
4)	Agua Tranquillo (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:51
5)	Love In The 21st Century Album Version	More Info...	6:12
6)	He Took Advantage (Blues For Ronald Reagan)	More Info...	4:43
7)	River Of Dreams Album Version	More Info...	6:07
8)	I've Got Mine Album Version	More Info...	5:36
9)	Rising Sun	More Info...	0:38
10)	Brave New World Album Version	More Info...	6:21
11)	Delicious	More Info...	3:48
12)	A Walk In The Dark	More Info...	5:19
13)	Before The Ship Goes Down	More Info...	4:31
14)	Big Life	More Info...	4:19
15)	Part Of Me, Part Of You Album Version	More Info...	5:58

Album: Strange Weather
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Silent Spring (Instrumental Prelude) Instrumental Prelude	More Info...	0:40
2)	Long Hot Summer	More Info...	5:18
3)	Strange Weather Album Version	More Info...	5:04
4)	Agua Tranquillo (Instrumental)	More Info...	0:51
5)	Love In The 21st Century Album Version	More Info...	6:12
6)	He Took Advantage (Blues For Ronald Reagan)	More Info...	4:43
7)	River Of Dreams Album Version	More Info...	6:07
8)	I've Got Mine Album Version	More Info...	5:36
9)	Rising Sun	More Info...	0:38
10)	Brave New World Album Version	More Info...	6:21
11)	Delicious	More Info...	3:48
12)	A Walk In The Dark	More Info...	5:19
13)	Before The Ship Goes Down	More Info...	4:31
14)	Big Life	More Info...	4:19
15)	Part Of Me, Part Of You Album Version	More Info...	5:58

Performer Notes

Personnel: Glenn Frey (vocals, various instruments, acoustic guitar, programming); Jay Oliver (various instruments, keyboards, programming); Mark Goldenberg (guitar); Al Garth, Chris Mostert (saxophones); Scott Thurston (piano); Ben Tench (organ); Jerry Scheff (bass); Kenny Aronoff (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Mike Harlow (progamming); Rosemary Butler, Valerie Carter, Robert Martin (background vocals).
The Heart Attack Horns: Bill Bergman (tenor saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); John Berry, Roy Wiegand (trumpets).
Recorded at Mad Dog Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado.
Personnel: Glenn Frey (acoustic guitar, programming, background vocals); Mark Goldenberg (guitar); Chris Mostert, Al Garth (saxophone); Bill Bergman (tenor saxophone); Greg Smith (baritone saxophone); Roy Wiegand, John Berry, Jr. (trumpet); The Heart Attack Horns (horns); Scott Thurston (piano); Benmont Tench (organ); Jay Oliver (keyboards, programming); Robbie Kilgore (keyboards); Kenny Aronoff (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Mike Harlow (programming); Rosemary Butler, Valerie Carter, Bobby Martin (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Elliot Scheiner.
Recording information: Bill Schnee Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Cherokee REcording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, CA; LA, CA; Mad Dog Ranch, Snowmass, CO; Sound Castle Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Soundcastle, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographer: Caroline Greyshock.
Unknown Contributor Role: Tim Nitz.
Arrangers: Glenn Frey; Greg Smith .
With his solo career fading, Glenn Frey got serious on his fourth album, but many of the album's sentiments sounded strange coming from him. "He Took Advantage" was subtitled "Blues for Ronald Reagan," but it came more than three years after Reagan's retirement, and Frey's 1984 song "Better in the U.S.A." could have served as Reagan's campaign song. On "I've Got Mine," Frey sang about how people in limousines don't care about "us," but when was the last time he was on the outside of a limousine looking in? Frey was out of his league going for the kind of philosophical/political territory better handled by his old partner Don Henley. So, although Strange Weather signaled a new commitment by Frey to his career, it missed the charts entirely. (The album concludes with "Part of Me, Part of You," an Eagles-like tune used in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise.) ~ William Ruhlmann