Building the Perfect Beast
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Henley--arguably the most talented member of the Eagles--had toyed with playful pop hooks on his I Can't Stand Still solo bow in 1982. Two years later he got down to business on this brainy, politics-themed sophomore disc, which indicted his native Hollywood as venomously as "Hotel California" once did. Surfaces were still somewhat glossy--there's no denying the foot-tapping elan of "Boys of Summer or "All She Wants to Do Is Dance." But the vitriol roiling just beneath those surfaces was deep, intellectual stuff. Henley, as he continued to prove with the more eloquent The End of the Innocence a few years later, is someone his fans can neither underestimate nor predict. Can we say the same of Glenn Frey or Randy Meisner? --Tom Lanham
Building the Perfect Beast, Music, Don Henley, Pop, Rock, Rock/Pop
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- Don Henley - Not His Best But A Good One
- Not favourite but its OK.
- A POET WHO WRITES FOR END TIME PROPHECY
- A perfect album!
- One Of Don Henley's Two Best Solo Albums
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- The End of the Innocence
- I Can't Stand Still
- Inside Job
- Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits
- The Allnighter
ASIN: B000000OPC
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- The Boys Of Summer
- You Can't Make Love
- Man With A Mission
- You're Not Drinking Enough
- Not Enough Love In The World
- Building The Perfect Beast
- All She Wants To Do Is Dance
- A Month Of Sundays
- Sunset Grill
- Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
- Land Of The Living
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Henley--arguably the most talented member of the Eagles--had toyed with playful pop hooks on his I Can't Stand Still solo bow in 1982. Two years later he got down to business on this brainy, politics-themed sophomore disc, which indicted his native Hollywood as venomously as "Hotel California" once did. Surfaces were still somewhat glossy--there's no denying the foot-tapping elan of "Boys of Summer or "All She Wants to Do Is Dance." But the vitriol roiling just beneath those surfaces was deep, intellectual stuff. Henley, as he continued to prove with the more eloquent The End of the Innocence a few years later, is someone his fans can neither underestimate nor predict. Can we say the same of Glenn Frey or Randy Meisner? --Tom Lanham
Customer Reviews:
Don Henley - Not His Best But A Good One.......2007-05-09
Henley seems to take a lot of flack from people with similar musical tastes as my own, but I have always thought he was a great songwriter. Yes his music is fairly pedestrian, and he appears to be an average drummer, but I think his lyrics are often extremely clever and he has always been a great singer. Up until the early 80's Henley was best known for being the drummer, singer, and songwriter for The Eagles. After The Eagles broke up in 1981 Henley went solo and had a very successful run of radio hits and platinum albums. "Beast" is his second solo record and although I think his next one was better this one was still solid. Several huge hits came from this album including "Boys Of Summer", "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" two songs that though massively overplayed were pure pop gems. Other highlights include the country tinged "You're Not Drinking Enough". The title track "Building The Perfect Beast" is full of patented Henley social commentary. My favorite song on the album, "A Month Of Sundays" is a song about a farmer loosing his livelihood in the Regan era 80's. This is the kind of track that Henley does best and it really works here. "Sunset Grill" is another great song and serves as a kind of sequel to "The Sad Café" from The Eagles "Long Run" album. Henley gets plenty of help on this album from well known musicians including most of Tom Petty's band, Lindsay Buckingham, Charlie Sexton and others. This is not Henley's best album, but it has quite a few really good songs on it.
Not favourite but its OK........2007-03-08
I bought it because I love "Boys of the summer". Thats all. Others songs are good but to be honest it is not kind of music that I like. So if You like rock, whatever it means, you are gonna enjoy it.
A POET WHO WRITES FOR END TIME PROPHECY.......2005-12-30
ACTUAL MILES, AND BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST cd's ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT TRUTH WHICH SET YOU FREE, AS 'ALL SHE WANT'S TO DO IN DANCE' IS A DAVID BOWIE MUST COVER SONG. BLUE JEANS AREN'T MADE FOR WOMEN WHO REFUSE TO REMAIN FEMINE. LET'S NOT FORGET WHOM OUR FOCUS AND SPIRITUAL SONG'S ALL COMES FROM, AS IN OBEDIENCE TO "THE GARDEN OF ALLAH." NEVER FORGET YOUR 'FUNKETELECHY' AS DELIVERED BY GEORGE CLINTON AND DON HENLEY, FOR SOME ARE ANGELS UNAWARE.
A perfect album!.......2005-07-19
The Eagles' drummer Don Henley released his second solo album,this one,in late 1984 after signing with Geffen Records. His solo debut,I CAN'T STAND STILL was released in 1982 on Asylum,the same label that the Eagles recorded on. Henley's fellow Eagle Glenn Frey was enjoying success as a solo artist as well. Eagles fans enjoyed Henley taking the lead on some of their hits like HOTEL CALIFORNIA,LIFE IN THE FAST LANE,THE LONG RUN,BEST OF MY LOVE and ONE OF THESE NIGHTS. On this hit album are the hits THE BOYS OF SUMMER,ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE and SUNSET GRILL(Cher covered the latter). I also heard a cover of TBOS,but I don't remember the artist who covered it. Henley's next album,THE END OF THE INNOCENCE,released in 1989,was a much bigger hit.
One Of Don Henley's Two Best Solo Albums.......2005-05-19
BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST is one of Don Henley's two best solo albums. "The Boys Of Summer" is about trying to hold onto the past, all along knowing things will never be the same, a philosophy that led me to put looking good for my favorite actresses as a higher priority than going back to my old school's Thanksgiving Dinner and Graduation. Other great tracks include the political protest rock of "All She Wants To Do Is Dance", the anti-inertia ballad "A Month Of Sundays", and "Sunset Grill", a hymn to a burger place whose hamburgers won't make you sick. Overall, BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST is an essential album for anyone who cares about the future of our world. Henley's belief that the young Australian tourist convicted in Indonesia on drug-smuggling charges is innocent makes this an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
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ASIN: B000H5TY3M
Release Date: 2006-10-03 |
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- Outstanding remastering of a classic album!
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Building the Perfect Beast
Don Henley
Manufacturer: Universal Japan
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ASIN: B0002ZEWZ2
Release Date: 2005-01-18 |
Tracks:
- Boys of Summer
- You Can't Make Love
- Man With a Mission
- You're Not Drinking Enough
- Not Enough Love in the World
- Building the Perfect Beast
- All She Wants to Do Is Dance
- Month of Sundays
- Sunset Grill
- Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
- Land of the Living
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Japanese reissue packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.
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Special Japanese Limited Edition in an LP Sleeve Replica with the Original Artwork.
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Outstanding remastering of a classic album!.......2006-07-17
This album has always in my opinion been Don Henley's best work ever. But for years I was disappointed in the poor sound quality of this album on CD. Finally, we get a 24-bit remastered version of the classic album and it sounds leaps and bounds better than the unremastered version. All of the tracks have a vastly improved sound but it's the remastered version of "Boys Of Summer" and "Sunset Grill" that blows me away. If you like Don Henley's music you'll want to pick up this one!
Average customer rating:
- Don Henley - Not His Best But A Good One
- Not favourite but its OK.
- A POET WHO WRITES FOR END TIME PROPHECY
- A perfect album!
- One Of Don Henley's Two Best Solo Albums
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Building the Perfect Beast
Don Henley
Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity
ProductGroup: Music
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- The End of the Innocence
- I Can't Stand Still
- Inside Job
- Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits
- The Allnighter
ASIN: B000000IW2
Release Date: 1997-08-12 |
Tracks:
- The Boys Of Summer
- You Can't Make Love
- Man With A Mission
- You're Not Drinking Enough
- Not Enough Love In The World
- Building The Perfect Beast
- All She Wants To Do Is Dance
- A Month Of Sundays
- Sunset Grill
- Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
- Land Of The Living
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Henley--arguably the most talented member of the Eagles--had toyed with playful pop hooks on his I Can't Stand Still solo bow in 1982. Two years later he got down to business on this brainy, politics-themed sophomore disc, which indicted his native Hollywood as venomously as "Hotel California" once did. Surfaces were still somewhat glossy--there's no denying the foot-tapping elan of "Boys of Summer or "All She Wants to Do Is Dance." But the vitriol roiling just beneath those surfaces was deep, intellectual stuff. Henley, as he continued to prove with the more eloquent The End of the Innocence a few years later, is someone his fans can neither underestimate nor predict. Can we say the same of Glenn Frey or Randy Meisner? --Tom Lanham
Customer Reviews:
Don Henley - Not His Best But A Good One.......2007-05-09
Henley seems to take a lot of flack from people with similar musical tastes as my own, but I have always thought he was a great songwriter. Yes his music is fairly pedestrian, and he appears to be an average drummer, but I think his lyrics are often extremely clever and he has always been a great singer. Up until the early 80's Henley was best known for being the drummer, singer, and songwriter for The Eagles. After The Eagles broke up in 1981 Henley went solo and had a very successful run of radio hits and platinum albums. "Beast" is his second solo record and although I think his next one was better this one was still solid. Several huge hits came from this album including "Boys Of Summer", "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" two songs that though massively overplayed were pure pop gems. Other highlights include the country tinged "You're Not Drinking Enough". The title track "Building The Perfect Beast" is full of patented Henley social commentary. My favorite song on the album, "A Month Of Sundays" is a song about a farmer loosing his livelihood in the Regan era 80's. This is the kind of track that Henley does best and it really works here. "Sunset Grill" is another great song and serves as a kind of sequel to "The Sad Café" from The Eagles "Long Run" album. Henley gets plenty of help on this album from well known musicians including most of Tom Petty's band, Lindsay Buckingham, Charlie Sexton and others. This is not Henley's best album, but it has quite a few really good songs on it.
Not favourite but its OK........2007-03-08
I bought it because I love "Boys of the summer". Thats all. Others songs are good but to be honest it is not kind of music that I like. So if You like rock, whatever it means, you are gonna enjoy it.
A POET WHO WRITES FOR END TIME PROPHECY.......2005-12-30
ACTUAL MILES, AND BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST cd's ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT TRUTH WHICH SET YOU FREE, AS 'ALL SHE WANT'S TO DO IN DANCE' IS A DAVID BOWIE MUST COVER SONG. BLUE JEANS AREN'T MADE FOR WOMEN WHO REFUSE TO REMAIN FEMINE. LET'S NOT FORGET WHOM OUR FOCUS AND SPIRITUAL SONG'S ALL COMES FROM, AS IN OBEDIENCE TO "THE GARDEN OF ALLAH." NEVER FORGET YOUR 'FUNKETELECHY' AS DELIVERED BY GEORGE CLINTON AND DON HENLEY, FOR SOME ARE ANGELS UNAWARE.
A perfect album!.......2005-07-19
The Eagles' drummer Don Henley released his second solo album,this one,in late 1984 after signing with Geffen Records. His solo debut,I CAN'T STAND STILL was released in 1982 on Asylum,the same label that the Eagles recorded on. Henley's fellow Eagle Glenn Frey was enjoying success as a solo artist as well. Eagles fans enjoyed Henley taking the lead on some of their hits like HOTEL CALIFORNIA,LIFE IN THE FAST LANE,THE LONG RUN,BEST OF MY LOVE and ONE OF THESE NIGHTS. On this hit album are the hits THE BOYS OF SUMMER,ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE and SUNSET GRILL(Cher covered the latter). I also heard a cover of TBOS,but I don't remember the artist who covered it. Henley's next album,THE END OF THE INNOCENCE,released in 1989,was a much bigger hit.
One Of Don Henley's Two Best Solo Albums.......2005-05-19
BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST is one of Don Henley's two best solo albums. "The Boys Of Summer" is about trying to hold onto the past, all along knowing things will never be the same, a philosophy that led me to put looking good for my favorite actresses as a higher priority than going back to my old school's Thanksgiving Dinner and Graduation. Other great tracks include the political protest rock of "All She Wants To Do Is Dance", the anti-inertia ballad "A Month Of Sundays", and "Sunset Grill", a hymn to a burger place whose hamburgers won't make you sick. Overall, BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST is an essential album for anyone who cares about the future of our world. Henley's belief that the young Australian tourist convicted in Indonesia on drug-smuggling charges is innocent makes this an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
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