Building the Perfect Beast

Tracklist

• 1
  The Boys of Summer
  4:50
  3.8 ★
• 2
  You Can't Make Love
  3:33
  1.0 ★
• 3
  Man With a Mission
  2:45
  1.0 ★
• 4
  You're Not Drinking Enough
  4:41
  1.0 ★
• 5
  Not Enough Love in the World
  3:54
  2.4 ★
• 6
  Building the Perfect Beast
  5:01
  1.0 ★
• 7
  All She Wants to Do Is Dance
  4:30
  2.0 ★
• 8
  A Month of Sundays
  4:29
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Sunset Grill
  6:20
  1.0 ★
• 10
  Drivin' With Your Eyes Closed
  3:37
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Land of the Living
  3:23
  1.0 ★

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The End of the Innocence

The End of the Innocence 1989

I Can’t Stand Still

I Can’t Stand Still 1982

Release credits

• Albhy Galuten
  synclavier [6]
• Allen Sides
  recording [9]
• Belinda Carlisle
  background vocals [3]
• Benmont Tench
  keyboard [2, 5], piano [8], synthesizer [9]
• Bill Cuomo
  percussion [11], synthesizer [11]
• Carla Olson
  background vocals [6]
• Charlie Sexton
  guitar [3]
• Danny Kortchmar
  producer, background vocals [6], electric bass guitar [10], guitar [2-7, 9-11], guitar synthesizer [1, 9], keyboard [10], omnichord [4], organ [4], percussion [6, 10-11], producer, synthesizer [3, 6]
• David Paich
  piano [4, 9], solo [9], synthesizer [7-8, 8]
• Dominique Mancinelli
  background vocals [10]
• Don Henley
  producer, background vocals [2, 5-6, 6-7, 11], drums (drum set) [2-4, 7-8], keyboard [5], lead vocals, percussion [5-6, 10], producer, synthesizer [6]
• Greg Ladanyi
  mix, producer, recording, engineer, mix, producer
• Ian Wallace
  drums (drum set) [5]
• J.D. Souther
  background vocals [6]
• Jerry Hey
  horn [9]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Kevin McCormick
  membranophone [6]
• Larry Klein
  electric bass guitar [1]
• Lindsey Buckingham
  background vocals [2], guitar [2]
• Marie-Pascale Elfman
  background vocals [10]
• Mark Ettel
  assistant [9]
• Martha Davis
  background vocals [6-7]
• Michael Boddicker
  electronic instruments [9], programming [6], synthesizer [9]
• Michael O'Donahue
  background vocals [6]
• Mike Campbell
  guitar [1], percussion [1], producer [1], synthesizer [1]
• Niko Bolas
  additional, mix, recording, engineer, mix
• Patty Smyth
  background vocals [6, 6-7, 9, 11]
• Pino Palladino
  electric bass guitar [2, 9, 11]
• Randy Newman
  synthesizer [8, 8-9]
• Richard Bosworth
  additional
• Sam Moore
  background vocals [4]
• Steve Porcaro
  programming [7], synthesizer [1, 4]
• Tim Drummond
  electric bass guitar [4-5]
• Tom Knox
  additional
• Waddy Wachtel
  background vocals [6]
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Issues

• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  12" Vinyl
  21 December 1984
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  1984
• B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  12" Vinyl
  1984
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  1984
• B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  1984
• B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  Cassette
  1984
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  1988
• B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  1990
• B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  January 1991
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD (Reissue)
  1991
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD
  September 1997
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  Digital Media
  2014
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  Digital Media
  2014
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast (remastered 2024)

  Digital Media
  15 November 2024
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  Digital Media (remastered 2024)
  2024
• 

  B
  Building the Perfect Beast

  CD (BMG club edition, SRC pressing)
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