''Inside Job'' is the fourth solo studio album by

Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band the Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as its sole continuous member. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles ...

, the lead vocalist and drummer for the

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. The album was released through the

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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, as well as his first album to be recorded fully digitally. 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 "Taking You Home" is a song by Don Henley from his 2000 album ''Inside Job''. The track was written by Henley along with Stuart Brawley and Stan Lynch and was Henley's first and so far only number one on the Adult Contemporary chart as a solo arti ...

", and "Everything Is Different Now". "Taking You Home" was also released as a single, and on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it peaked at #58.

Reception

Critical

Reviewing for

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, critic

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wrote of the album, "''Inside Job'' lacks the melodic craftsmanship that made ''

Building the Perfect Beast ''Building the Perfect Beast'' is the second solo studio album by American rock singer Don Henley, released on November 19, 1984, by Geffen Records. A commercial and critical success, it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, m ...

'' 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.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– lead vocals * Michael Fisher (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13) *

Glenn Frey Glenn Lewis Frey (; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with ...

(1) *

Randy Jackson Randall Darius Jackson (born June 23, 1956) is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on ''American Idol'' from 2002 to 2013. Jackson began his career in the 1980s as a session musician playing b ...

(1, 5, 10) *

Danny Kortchmar Daniel Kortchmar (born April 6, 1946), also known as Danny Kootch, is an American guitarist, session musician, producer and songwriter. His work with singer-songwriters such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, David Crosby, Carole King, David Cassi ...

(1, 10) *

Stan Lynch Stanley Joseph Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. Early years Lynch was born in Cincinn ...

(1–3, 5–11, 13) * Jai Winding (1, 6, 10, 13) *

Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris (; Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American and Ghanaian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th c ...

(1) * Stuart Brawley (2, 3, 7–9, 11) *

Don Felder Donald William Felder (born September 21, 1947) is an American musician who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 to 2001. He is known for co-writing several of the band's songs, most notably "Hotel California". Felder was in ...

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David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto (band), Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrot ...

(2) *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Parks has one Grammy nomination. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los A ...

(3) *

Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin M ...

(3–6, 8–10) * Mike Campbell (4, 7, 8) *

Scott F. Crago Scott Francis Crago (born July 26, 1963) is an American session drummer, songwriter, and producer. He has worked with the Eagles as their backup and touring drummer since 1994. Other artists he has played with include Venice, Sheryl Crow, Bonni ...

(4) *

Timothy Drury Timothy Drury (born July 5, 1961) is an American composer, keyboardist, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. His breakthrough came in 1989 when Don Henley invited him to join The End of the Innocence tour as his pianist, keyboardist and backu ...

(4) *

Gregg Bissonette Gregg Bissonette (born June 9, 1959) is an American jazz and rock drummer and vocalist. He is the brother of bassist Matt Bissonette, with whom he frequently collaborates. Bissonette is known for playing and recording many different styles of m ...

(5) *

Frank Simes Frank Turner Simes is an American musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, composer and record producer. Simes is the musical director for Roger Daltrey, and has recorded and performed with Mick Jagger, Don Henley, and Stevie Nicks. Early life ...

(5, 10) * Jebin Bruni (7) * Lance Morrison (7) * Stevie Gurr (8) *

Larry Klein Larry Klein is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is based in Los Angeles. He began his career as a bassist, playing with jazz artists Willie Bobo, Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Way ...

(8) *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1958 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and th ...

(8) *

Bob Glaub Bob Glaub (born May 10, 1952)Hageman, William (April 29, 2005)."The aces of bass: Five giants of an overshadowed instrument", Knight Ridder Tribune News Service. is an American bass player and session musician. He has played with such artists an ...

(9) *

Steuart Smith Steuart Smith (born 24 June 1952) is a retired American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He was a touring member of the American rock band Eagles, where he performed as on ...

(9) *

Jimmie Vaughan Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan Jr. (born March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was a founding member of The Fabulous Thunder ...

(10) * John Corey (12) *

Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer, conductor and orchestrator. He is known for his non-rhotic Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early America ...

– string arrangements and conductor (12) Backing vocals * Stevie Wonder (1) *

Dorian Holley Dorian Jose Holley is an American musician, backing singer and a vocal coach. He began his professional career as an on-stage backing vocalist for American entertainer Michael Jackson during his Bad world tour in 1987. He staged a series of live c ...

(2, 5, 11) * Darryl Phinnessee (2) *

Mervyn Warren Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, Conductor (music), conductor, musical arranger, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 1 ...

(2, 5, 11) * Josef Powell (4) * Carmen Twillie (4) * Julia Waters (4) * Luther Waters (4) *

Maxine Willard Waters Lorna Maxine Waters (born July 14, 1945) is an American singer, best known for her backing vocals. She is sister to Oren Waters, Luther Waters, and Julia Waters Tillman. Waters and her sister are sometimes referred to as "The Waters Sisters". T ...

(4) *

Oren Waters Oren Waters is an American vocalist best known for his work with the backup singing group The Waters, his siblings: Luther, Maxine and Julia. As an ensemble, Waters has been a part of 260 gold and over 100 platinum albums with artists including ...

(4) * Mona Lisa Young (4) * Terry Young (4) * Kevin Dorsey (5, 11) * Michael Mishaw (5, 11) *

Kipp Lennon Christopher Joel "Kipp" Lennon (born March 12, 1960) is an American musician, songwriter, and actor. Lennon is a founding member of the folk rock band Venice (band), Venice. His role in the band includes performing as a lead vocalist and percus ...

(7) * Mark Lennon (7) * Michael Lennon (7) * Pat Lennon (7) * Jana Anderson (10) *

Valerie Carter Valerie Gail Zakian Carter (February 5, 1953 – March 4, 2017) was an American singer. Biography Carter began her career singing in coffeehouses as a teenager, and eventually became one-third of the country-folk band Howdy Moon. They debuted ...

(10) Technical personnel * Don Henley – producer * Stan Lynch – producer * Rob Jacobs – recording, mixing at One on One Studios (North Hollywood, California) and Record Plant * Stuart Brawley – additional recording * Andy Ackland – assistant engineer * Dave Ashton – assistant engineer * Charlie Bouis – assistant engineer * Andy Haller – assistant engineer * Daniel Mendez – assistant engineer * Adam Olmstead – assistant engineer * Roger Sommers – assistant engineer * Jeff Thomas – assistant engineer * Ken Villeneuve – assistant engineer * Ted Barela – technical support * Joe Birkman – technical support * Steve Griffin – technical support * Dave Hecht – technical support * Bill Kaylor – technical support * Art Kelm – technical support * Stewart Whitmore – digital editing *

Stephen Marcussen Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and distri ...

– mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) * Stephen Walker – art direction, design * Dennis Keeley – front cover photography, additional photography * Matthew Welch – additional photography

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References

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