The Very Best of Don Henley is the second greatest hits compilation album by American rock singer Don Henley, released in 2009 and his first release since Inside Job in 2000.
The collection features some of the most enduring songs in recent pop/rock history, such as "Dirty Laundry," "The Boys of Summer," "The End of the Innocence" and "The Heart of the Matter."
These classic songs feature the talents of a veritable 'who's who' of writers and musicians including most members of Eagles, Tom Petty's Heartbreakers and Toto, as well as Danny Kortchmar, Martha Davis, Patty Smyth, Axl Rose, Bruce Hornsby, Wayne Shorter, Take 6, Larry Klein, J.D. Souther and Sheryl Crow.
Fourteen years separate 2009's The Very Best of Don Henley and Henley's first compilation, Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits.
During that near decade-and-a-half, Henley only released one new album, 2000's Inside Job, a record that generated a couple of minor hit singles highlighted by "Taking You Home," which reached number 58 on Billboard's Hot 100 and number 12 on their Adult Top 40 chart.
This means that this 2009 compilation doesn't have anything major that's not on the 1995 disc -- even the cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows," which debuted on Actual Miles, has been carried over to The Very Best -- so there's not much reason to swap hits discs, but anybody in the market for a Don Henley compilation will find this satisfying, as it has all the big hits from Building the Perfect Beast and The End of the Innocence.
Tracklist
1. Dirty Laundry - 5:36
2. The Boys Of Summer - 4:47
3. All She Wants To Do Is Dance - 4:29
4. Not Enough Love In The World - 3:54
5. Sunset Grill - 6:29
6. The End Of The Innocence - 5:14
7. The Last Worthless Evening - 6:04
8. New York Minute - 6:32
9. I Will Not Go Quietly - 5:41
10. The Heart Of The Matter - 5:21
11. Everybody Knows - 6:08
12. For My Wedding - 3:37
13. Everything Is Different Now - 5:13
14. Taking You Home - 5:31
Companies, etc.
- Remastered At – Marcussen Mastering
- Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Pitman – DIDX-231783
- Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC, Terre Haute – DVSS-934420
- Pressed By – Sony DADC, Pitman
Credits
- A&R – Andy McKaie
- Edited By [Digital] – Stewart Whitmore
- Liner Notes – Paul Gambaccini
- Remastered By – Stephen Marcussen
Notes
Released: Jun 16, 2009
Genre: Country Rock
Runtime: 1:14:59
Label: Geffen Records
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