Built to Last

by Grateful Dead

Built to Last cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 50:14
  • Community rating: 2.44/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Culter, Jerry Garcia

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the legendary jam band's final studio album, 'Built to Last' is uniquely characterized by its heavy reliance on MIDI instrumentation and distinct lack of full-band, live-in-the-studio recording. The tracks were largely built via separate overdubs, resulting in a highly polished, heavily synthesized AOR sound. Brent Mydland contributed heavily to the songwriting, delivering some of his most personal and poignant material.

Genres

Descriptors: Arena Rock, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Foolish Heart (5:11)
  2. Just a Little Light (4:43)
  3. Built to Last (5:05)
  4. Blow Away (6:11)
  5. Victim or the Crime (7:37)
  6. We Can Run (5:33)
  7. Standing on the Moon (5:23)
  8. Picasso Moon (6:43)
  9. I Will Take You Home (3:44)

Credits

  • Grateful Dead - primary artist
  • Robert Hunter - written-by
  • Brent Mydland - written-by
  • John Perry Barlow - written-by
  • Bob Weir - written-by
  • Gerrit Graham - written-by
  • Bob Bralove - written-by

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