Don Henley - Building the Perfect Beast ( 1984 )

 

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Boys of Summer"	Don Henley, Mike Campbell	4:45
2.	"You Can't Make Love"	Henley, Danny Kortchmar	3:34
3.	"Man with a Mission"	Henley, Kortchmar, J. D. Souther	2:43
4.	"You're Not Drinking Enough"	Kortchmar	4:40
5.	"Not Enough Love in the World"	Henley, Kortchmar, Benmont Tench	3:54
6.	"Building the Perfect Beast"	Henley, Kortchmar	4:59
7.	"All She Wants to Do Is Dance"	Kortchmar	4:28
8.	"A Month of Sundays"	Henley	4:30
9.	"Sunset Grill"	Henley, Kortchmar, Tench	6:22
10.	"Drivin' with Your Eyes Closed"	Henley, Kortchmar, Stan Lynch	3:41
11.	"Land of the Living"	Henley, Kortchmar	3:24
Total length:			47:08

Personnel

• Don Henley – lead vocals, harmony vocals (2, 5, 7, 11) drums (2, 3, 4, 7, 8), keyboards (5), percussion (5, 6, 10), synthesizers (6), chant voices (6), synthesizer arrangements (9)
• Danny Kortchmar – synthesizers (1, 3, 6), guitar (1-7, 9, 10, 11), horns (3), organ (4), omnichord (4) percussion (6, 10, 11), chant voices (6), guitar synthesizer solo (9), horn solo (9), synthesizer arrangements (9), keyboards (10), bass (10), arrangements (11)
• Mike Campbell – synthesizers (1), guitar (1), percussion (1)
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers (1, 4), programming (7)
• Benmont Tench – keyboards (2, 5), acoustic piano (8), synthesizers (9), synthesizer arrangements (9)
• David Paich – acoustic piano (4), synthesizers (7, 8), synthesizer arrangements (8), acoustic piano solo (9)
• Michael Boddicker – programming (6), sequencing (6), synthesizers (8, 9), E-mu Emulator (9), synthesizer arrangements (9)
• Albhy Galuten – Synclavier (6)
• Randy Newman – synthesizers (8), synthesizer arrangements (8, 9)
• Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (11), programming (11), percussion (11)
• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar (2), harmony vocals (2)
• Charlie Sexton – guitar (3)
• Larry Klein – bass (1)
• Pino Palladino – bass (2, 9, 11)
• Tim Drummond – bass (4, 5)
• Ian Wallace – drums (5)
• Kevin McCormick – African drums (6)
• Jim Keltner – additional drums (8)
• Maren Jensen – intro and interlude composer (8)
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (9)
• Belinda Carlisle – harmony vocals (3)
• Sam Moore – harmony vocals (4)
• Martha Davis – chant voices (6), harmony vocals (7)
• Michael O'Donahue – chant voices (6)
• Carla Olson – chant voices (6)
• Patty Smyth – chant voices (6), harmony vocals (6, 7, 9, 11)
• J. D. Souther – chant voices (6)
• Waddy Wachtel – chant voices (6)
• Marie-Pascale Elfman – the French Girls ensemble (10)
• Dominique Mancinelli – the French Girls ensemble (10)