Recorded 1999–2000 Label Warner Bros. Release date 23 May 2000 Producers Don Henley, Stan Lynch | Length 69:58 Artist Don Henley Genre Rock music | |
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Released May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23) Inside Job
(2000) The Very Best of Don Henley
(2009) Nominations Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Similar Don Henley albums, Rock music albums | ||
Inside Job is the fourth solo studio album by Don Henley, the lead vocalist and drummer for the Eagles. The album was released through the Warner Bros. record label on May 23, 2000, the album was Henley's last album of all-new material until the release of Cass County in 2015.
Contents
The song "Goodbye to a River" was apparently named after the book of the same title by John Graves. In the album's liner notes Henley wrote: "Respect and gratitude to fellow Texan, John Graves, for his inspirational writing - Goodbye to a River (1960) and other books." The album was the first solo album for Henley in 11 years, the album reached #7 on the charts and released two Adult Contemporary Tracks singles with "Taking You Home", and "Everything's Different Now". "Taking You Home" was also released as a single, and on the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #58.
Critical
Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote of the album, "Inside Job lacks the melodic craftsmanship that made Building the Perfect Beast a blockbuster, and it isn't as focused as The End of the Innocence, but it is a solid comeback record from an artist who spent a little too long out of the spotlight."
Commercial
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 7 on its release in May 2000, then Henley's highest charting album. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 12, 2000. The album has sold 1,124,000 copies in the US as of September 2015.
Production
Songs
1Nobody Else in the World But You4:51
2Taking You Home5:32
3For My Wedding3:37