Inside Job (Don Henley album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Inside Job

| type = Studio album

| cover = Don Henley - Inside Job.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =Photo of Henley looking to the camera

| released = {{Start date|2000|5|23}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/inside-job-mw0000255138 |title=Inside Job – Don Henley : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=October 19, 2012}}

| recorded = 1997–2000

| venue =

| studio = The Record Plant (Hollywood, California)
Samain Sound (Malibu, California)
Royaltone (North Hollywood, California)
Jai Winding Studios (Santa Monica, California)
Le Mobile (Dallas, Texas)
ASC Sumet Studios (Dallas, Texas)

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|hard rock|pop rock}}

| length = {{duration|m=69|s=58}}

| label = Warner Bros.

| producer = {{hlist|Don Henley| Stan Lynch}}

| prev_title = Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = The Very Best of Don Henley

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Music ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2Score = C−{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Don+Henley |title=Robert Christgau: CG: Don Henley |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |work=Robert Christgau |access-date=October 19, 2012}}

}}

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, 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", 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 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."{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/inside-job-mw0000255138|title=Inside Job – Don Henley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|accessdate=March 22, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

=Commercial=

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 7 on its release in May 2000,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/80774/henley-continues-inside-job-trek |title=Henley Continues 'Inside Job' Trek|date=January 10, 2001 |magazine=Billboard }} then Henley's highest-charting album.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA106 |title=New Heights for Henley, 20, Womack |magazine=Billboard |date=10 June 2000 |page=106 }} It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on July 12, 2000.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Inside Job|artist=Don Henley}} The album has sold 1,124,000 copies in the US as of September 2015.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903193040/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archive-date=September 3, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Nobody Else in the World But You

| length1 = 4:50

| writer1 = {{hlist|Don Henley|Stan Lynch|Jai Winding|}}

| title2 = Taking You Home

| length2 = 5:31

| writer2 = {{hlist|Stuart Brawley|Henley|Lynch|}}

| title3 = For My Wedding

| length3 = 3:37

| writer3 = {{hlist|Larry John McNally|}}

| title4 = Everything Is Different Now

| length4 = 5:13

| writer4 = {{hlist|Henley|Scott F. Crago|Timothy Drury|}}

| title5 = Workin' It

| length5 = 5:37

| writer5 = {{hlist|Henley|Frank Simes|Lynch|}}

| title6 = Goodbye to a River

| length6 = 5:49

| writer6 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|Winding|Simes|}}

| title7 = Inside Job

| length7 = 4:50

| writer7 = {{hlist|Henley|Mike Campbell|}}

| title8 = They're Not Here, They're Not Coming

| length8 = 5:59

| writer8 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|}}

| title9 = Damn It, Rose

| length9 = 7:13

| writer9 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|}}

| title10 = Miss Ghost

| length10 = 6:41

| writer10 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|Winding|}}

| title11 = The Genie

| length11 = 5:45

| writer11 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|Brawley|}}

| title12 = Annabel

| length12 = 3:41

| writer12 = {{hlist|Henley|John Corey|}}

| title13 = My Thanksgiving

| length13 = 5:12

| writer13 = {{hlist|Henley|Lynch|Winding|}}

}}

Personnel

Musicians

Don Henley – lead vocals
Michael Fisher (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13)
Glenn Frey (1)
Randy Jackson (1, 5, 10)
Danny Kortchmar (1, 10)
Stan Lynch (1-3, 5-11, 13)
Jai Winding (1, 6, 10, 13)
Stevie Wonder (1)
Stuart Brawley (2, 3, 7-9, 11)
Don Felder (2)
David Paich (2)
Dean Parks (3)
Benmont Tench (3-6, 8-10)
Mike Campbell (4, 7, 8)
Scott F. Crago (4)
Timothy Drury (4)
Gregg Bissonette (5)
Frank Simes (5, 10)
Jebin Bruni (7)
Lance Morrison (7)
Stevie Gurr (8)
Larry Klein (8)
Tim Pierce (8)
Bob Glaub (9)
Steuart Smith (9)
Jimmie Vaughan (10)
John Corey (12)
Randy Newman – string arrangements and conductor (12)

Backing vocals

Stevie Wonder (1)
Dorian Holley (2, 5, 11)
Darryl Phinnessee (2)
Mervyn Warren (2, 5, 11)
Josef Powell (4)
Carmen Twillie (4)
Julia Waters (4)
Luther Waters (4)
Maxine Willard Waters (4)
Oren Waters (4)
Mona Lisa Young (4)
Terry Young (4)
Kevin Dorsey (5, 11)
Michael Mishaw (5, 11)
Kipp Lennon (7)
Mark Lennon (7)
Michael Lennon (7)
Pat Lennon (7)
Jana Anderson (10)
Valerie Carter (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 – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
Stephen Walker – art direction, design
Dennis Keeley – front cover photography, additional photography
Matthew Welch – additional photography

Charts

=Weekly charts=

Chart (2000) ! Peak position
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{{album chart\|Netherlands\|68\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Finland\|36\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|14\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|id=3322\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Ireland2\|11\|artist=Don Henley\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"\|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book\|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005\|publisher=Oricon Entertainment\|location=Roppongi, Tokyo\|year=2006\|isbn=4-87131-077-9\|language=ja}} \| align="center"\| 23
{{album chart\|Norway\|37\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|20\|date=20000528\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|22\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|77\|artist=Don Henley\|album=Inside Job\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|25\|date=20000528\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|7\|artist=Don Henley\|access-date=June 6, 2024\|rowheader=true}}

= Year-end charts =

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Chart (2000)

! Peak
position

scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184459/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|archivedate=September 6, 2004|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2000_2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Albums of 2000|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 29, 2022}}

|align="center"|136

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2000|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 23, 2020}}

|align="center"|103

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Inside Job|artist=Don Henley|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2001}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Don Henley|title=Inside Job|award=Platinum|relyear=2000|certyear=2000}}

References

Category:2000 albums

Category:Don Henley albums

Category:Warner Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Stan Lynch