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Built to Last

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Released
  
October 31, 1989

Length
  
49:52

Genre
  
Rock

Recorded
  
February 1 - October 20, 1989

Label
  
Arista (original release) Rhino (2008 reissue)

Producer
  
John Cutler Jerry Garcia

Built to Last is the thirteenth and final studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded between February 1 and October 20, 1989 and originally released on October 31, 1989.

Contents

The album was released on CD in 1989 by Arista Records before being rereleased in 2000 by BMG International. It was then remastered, expanded, and released as part of the Beyond Description (1973–1989) 12-CD box set in October 2004. The remastered version was later released separately on CD on April 11, 2006 by Rhino Records.

This album features the most songs by keyboard player Brent Mydland, who has four song credits in collaboration with Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow. This mirrored accurately Mydland's increasing vocal presence in the band over the decade he spent with the Dead.

Original release

  1. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10 (lead singer: Jerry Garcia)
  2. "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:42 (lead singer: Brent Mydland)
  3. "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03 (lead singer: Jerry Garcia)
  4. "Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 6:09 (lead singer: Brent Mydland)
  5. "Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 7:33 (Lead singer: Bob Weir)
  6. "We Can Run" (Barlow, Mydland) – 5:30* (lead singer: Brent Mydland)
  7. "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20 (lead singer: Jerry Garcia)
  8. "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40 (lead singer: Bob Weir)
  9. "I Will Take You Home" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:45 (lead singer: Brent Mydland)

LP track listing

Side 1

  1. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
  2. "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:42
  3. "Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 7:33
  4. "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20

Side 2

  1. "Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 6:09
  2. "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
  3. "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
  4. "I Will Take You Home" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:45

2004 reissue

  1. "Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
  2. "Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:43
  3. "Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:05
  4. "Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 6:11
  5. "Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 7:37
  6. "We Can Run" (Barlow, Mydland) – 5:33
  7. "Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:22
  8. "Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:43
  9. "I Will Take You Home" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:55
  10. "Foolish Heart" (live) – 11:30
  11. "Blow Away" (live) – 12:02
  12. "California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)" (live) (Rodney Crowell) – 5:59

Charts

Album – Billboard

Singles – Billboard

RIAA Certification

References

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