- Built to Last
Infobox Album | Name = Built to Last
Type =Album
Artist = The Grateful Dead
Released =October 31 ,1989
Recorded =February 1 ,1989 toOctober 20 ,1989
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:52
Label = Arista
Producer = John CutlerJerry Garcia
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7zaqoa9abijm link]
*Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1445&name=Grateful+Dead link]
Last album = "Dylan & The Dead "
(1989)
This album = "Built to Last"
(1989)
Next album = "Without a Net "
(1990)"Built to Last" is the thirteenth and final
studio album by theGrateful Dead . It was recorded betweenFebruary 1 andOctober 20 ,1989 and originally released onOctober 31 ,1989 .The album was released on CD in 1989 by
Arista Records before being rereleased in 2000 by BMG International. It was thenremastered , expanded, and released as part of theBeyond Description (1973-1989) 12-CD box set in October 2004. The remasted version was later released separately on CD onApril 11 ,2006 byRhino Records .This album features the most songs by keyboard player
Brent Mydland , who has four song credits in collaboration with Dead lyricistJohn Perry Barlow . This mirrored accurately Mydland's increasing vocal presence in the band over the decade he spent with the Dead. His death less than a year later would prove to end the Dead's studio album tenure.Track listing
Original release
#"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:10
#"Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:42
#"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:03
#"Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 6:09
#"Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 7:33
#"We Can Run" (Barlow, Mydland) – 5:30
#"Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:20
#"Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:40
#"I Will Take You Home" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:452004 reissue
#"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:12
#"Just a Little Light" (Barlow, Mydland) – 4:43
#"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:05
#"Blow Away" (Barlow, Mydland) – 6:11
#"Victim or the Crime" (Graham, Weir) – 7:37
#"We Can Run" (Barlow, Mydland) – 5:33
#"Standing on the Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:22
#"Picasso Moon" (Barlow, Bralove, Weir) – 6:43
#"I Will Take You Home" (Barlow, Mydland) – 3:55
#"Foolish Heart" (live) – 11:30
#"Blow Away" (live) – 12:02
#"California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)" (live) (Crowell) – 5:59Personnel
Grateful Dead :
*Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
*Bob Weir - guitar, vocals
*Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
*Phil Lesh - bass
*Bill Kreutzmann - drums
*Mickey Hart - drumsProduction:
*John Cutler - producer, engineer
*Tom Flye, Justin Kreutzmann, Peter Miller, David Roberts, Jeff Sterling, Chris Wiskes - engineersBonus tracks production details
*"Foolish Heart" - recorded live at
Alpine Valley Music Theater inEast Troy, WI on July 19, 1989
*"Blow Away" - recorded live atJohn F Kennedy Stadium inPhiladelphia, PA on July 7, 1989
*"California Earthquake (Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On)" - recorded live atThe Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA on October 20, 1989Reissue production credits
*David Lemieux, James Austin - reissue producers
*Reggie Collins, Blair Jackson - liner notes
*Sheryl Farber - editorial supervision
*Cameron Sears - executive producer
*Joe Gastwirt - mastering, production consultant
*Tom Flye - mixing
*Robert Gatley - mixing assistant
*Hugh Brown, Steve Vance - art coordinator
*Jimmy Edwards, Robin Hurley, Hale Milfgrim, Scott Pascucci - associate producer
*Eileen Law - research
*Vanessa Atkins, Steven Chean, Bill Inglot, Jeffrey Norman, Randy Perry - project assistants
*John McEntire - coordination
*Ken Friedman, Herbert Greene, - photography
*Maude Gilman, Greg Gyuricsko - artwork
*Dan Healy - concert sound
*Alton Kelley - direction, cover art
*John McEntire - coordination
*Billy Candelario, Steve Parish, Harry Popick, Robbie Taylor - crewCharts
Album - Billboard
ee also
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Grateful Dead
*Grateful Dead discography References
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