Artist: Don Henley
Album: Building The Perfect Beast
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 1984/2015
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 47:03
Total Tracks: 11
Total Size: 1,02 GB

Tracklist:

01. Don Henley – The Boys Of Summer (04:49)
02. Don Henley – You Can’t Make Love (03:33)
03. Don Henley – Man With A Mission (02:44)
04. Don Henley – You’re Not Drinking Enough (04:40)
05. Don Henley – Not Enough Love In The World (03:54)
06. Don Henley – Building The Perfect Beast (05:01)
07. Don Henley – All She Wants To Do Is Dance (04:30)
08. Don Henley – A Month Of Sundays (04:28)
09. Don Henley – Sunset Grill (06:19)
10. Don Henley – Drivin’ With Your Eyes Closed (03:37)
11. Don Henley – Land Of The Living (03:23)

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Widely praised by critics, Building The Perfect Beast was released by Don Henley in November of 1984. It would eventually go 3x Platinum and peaked at #13 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 1989, the album was ranked No. 73 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s. One of the songs from the album, “The Boys of Summer” became one of Henley’s most popular songs, as well as winning the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.After experimenting with synthesizers and a pop sound on his solo debut, Don Henley hits the mark on his sophomore release, Building the Perfect Beast. This album established Henley as an artist in his own right after many successful years with the Eagles, as it spawned numerous hits. While the songs seem crafted for pop radio, it’s hard to fault him for choosing arrangements that would get his messages to the masses. Unlike most pop in the 1980s, however, Henley had deep intellectual themes layered beneath the synthesizer sounds and crisp production. In the opening song “Boys of Summer,” he talks about trying to recapture the past while knowing that things will never be the same. Henley has a gift for writing about the heart and soul of America and for mixing his love for the country and small-town life (“Sunset Grill”) with cynicism about government (“All She Wants to Do Is Dance”) and modernization (“Month of Sundays”). Although the politics and the sound of the album make the decade of release easy to place, Henley’s earnest delivery and universal messages give many of the tracks a timeless feel, which is no small feat. This is Henley’s most consistent album, and it is the place to start for those wanting to sample his solo work. –Vik Iyengar