1. Nobody Else In The World But You
2. Taking You Home
3. For My Wedding
4. Everything Is Different Now
5. Workin' It
6. Goodbye To A River
7. Inside Job
8. They're Not Here, They're Not Coming
9. Damn It, Rose
10. Miss Ghost
11. The Genie
12. Annabel
13. My Thanksgiving
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Often taken to task for the maudlin mellowness of his back catalog, Don Henley's
viewpoint on Inside Job is frequently as astringent as any of the best
of his solo work, if refreshingly more stylistically diverse. Whether skewering
the self-absorbed target of "Nobody Else in the World but You" with some welcome
funk or lambasting the corporate co-opting of Mother Nature in "Goodbye to a River,"
Henley still wears his heart proudly on his sleeve. But the changes in his life
have also blunted a previous propensity for self-righteousness into something
more akin to subtle, resigned irony, and this album wears it well, especially
on strangely downbeat "celebrations" like "For My Wedding." Featuring a typically
all-star cast of guest musician pals (including Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Glenn
Frey, and Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench), coproducer Stan Lynch
(formerly of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers) has helped Henley fashion a more timeless,
deftly shaded production envelope that should age better than most. Though he
still can't help lament his world's hardening and loss of innocence (to the point
of "They're Not Here, They're Not Coming," echoing Randy Newman's "Trouble in
Paradise" nostalgic plea to "bring back the Duke of Earl"), Henley does it here
with a subtle grace that may just win him a few new, late-blooming fans. It's
an album that underscores how quickly life's fine wine can unexpectedly turn to
vinegar. --Jerry McCulley
Folk
| International
| Jazz
| New
Age | Opera
& Vocal | Pop
| Rap
& Hip-Hop | R&B
/ Soul | Rock
| Soundtracks
| Miscellaneous
|