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Apparently he advertises items he does not have. I never got my order. The seller cancelled the transaction. Not only did he cancel my order after recieving payment, he didn't even have the courtesy to contact me and let me know what was happening. I understand this is an excellant CD, only I don't have one to listen to.
This guy is real good at song writing and melody makingI bought the album for just one song, Dirty LaundryAs a wanna be musician, it has it all, again and againTo protest , with a goal, and the music is supurb, well, cant say enoughI miss his work
Arrived in excellent condition, was packaged phenomenally, arrived early. And yes I really did order it less than a week before christmas with the Super Saver Shipping method. Rock On Amazon for being a terrific online company. My gift rocked.
For so long my favorite song was "Boys of Summer", with its wistful regret of days long past. Don Henley is not exactly known for having a sense of humor, so it's kind of nice to see that he was willing to do sort of a self-deprecating photo on the front cover. I'm not sure which is better - the music on this album or the picture on the front of it. But I made a new discovery with "Dirty Laundry", a song ahead of its time, considering how today's media behave. But of course the real star here is Henley's fine musical abilities. He shows why he became the voice of the Eagles and why he had the most successful solo career. And then there are the two most haunting tunes "End of the Innocence" and "Heart of the Matter." Each of these contain lyrics that are clearly drawn on Henley's more mature perspective on life. When all is said and done, the majority of songs will withstand the test of time and Don Henley will long be remembered as one of the great singer/songwriters of this generation and many to come.
Still, the bulk of this album was the sound of AOR radio in the mid-'80s. Although it is drawn from only three albums (with only one track, "Dirty Laundry," from I Can't Stand Still), Actual Miles was a well-chosen best-of from an artist who had enjoyed just enough hits to justify one. That, of course, was the catch -- this album should have come out about four years before it did, and probably would have if Henley hadn't been suing Geffen Records. Five tracks each came from Building the Perfect Beast and The End of the Innocence, and they included all of Don Henley's Top 40 hits. The album was filled out with a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" and two new tracks, among them the ambitious "The Garden of Allah," which seemed to be an attempt to create a new allegorical masterpiece along the lines of "Hotel California," but managed to be only pretentious. Though destined to be a successful catalog item, in 1995 it was more a historical artifact than a major release.
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