Building the Perfect Beast (1984)

[Pete]

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Title: Building the Perfect Beast
Artist: Don Henley
Genre: Rock
Released: 1984

Tracks:
1 - The Boys of Summer - 4:50
2 - You Can't Make Love - 3:33
3 - Man With a Mission - 2:45
4 - You're Not Drinking Enough - 4:41
5 - Not Enough Love in the World - 3:54
6 - Building the Perfect Beast - 5:01
7 - All She Wants to Do Is Dance - 4:30
8 - A Month of Sundays - 4:29
9 - Sunset Grill - 6:20
10 - Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed - 3:37
11 - Land of the Living - 3:23

Overview:

Building the Perfect Beast is the second album by Don Henley, released in 1984. The album became a huge hit for Henley, forming him into a solo star. The album reached #13 on the charts and sold 3 million copies. It also released four Top 40 singles including "The Boys Of Summer" which won Henley numerous awards and became one of his most popular songs. "The Boys Of Summer", "All She Wants To Do Is Dance", "Not Enough Love In The World", and "Sunset Grill" reached #5, #9, #34, and #22 respectively. Henley won a Grammy for "The Boys Of Summer" and four MTV Video Music Awards. The album is notable for the fact that three-fifths of the then line-up of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers contribute to the writing of the songs - guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboard man Benmont Tench and drummer Stan Lynch who would later collaborate with Henley on the Eagles' song "Learn to Be Still".

 

[Pete]

Done Henley’s album Building the Perfect Beast is what gave us that awesome 80s song the Boys of Summer. Till this day when I hear that song I get overwhelmed with nostalgia. That song takes me back to the 80s.