Don Henley - Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

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. 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. Still, the bulk of this album was the sound of AOR radio in the mid-'80s. 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. Though destined to be a successful catalog item, in 1995 it was more a historical artifact than a major release. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Axl Rose ? Benmont Tench ? Bob Glaub ? Bob Vogt Assistant Engineer, Engineer Brian Scheuble Assistant Engineer, Engineer Bruce Hornsby Producer Carmen Twillie ? Chad Munsey Assistant Engineer Danny Kortchmar Producer Dave Collins Mastering David Paich ? Don Henley Producer, Liner Notes Eddie King Engineer Frank Ockenfels Photography Frank Simes ? George Gruel ? Greg Ladanyi Mixing, Engineer, Producer Ian Wallace ? Jai Winding ?, Percussion Janet Wolsborn Art Direction Jeff Porcaro ? Jim Labinski Assistant Engineer Jim Nipar Engineer Joe Walsh ? John Corey Producer Julia Tillman Waters ? Julia Waters ? Larry Klein ? Marc DeSisto Assistant Engineer, Engineer Mark McKenna Engineer Martha Davis ? Maxine Willard Waters ? Michael Boddicker ? Michael Fisher ? Mike Campbell Producer Neil Stubenhaus ? Niko Bolas Engineer, Mixing Patty Smyth ? Pino Palladino ? Richard Bosworth Engineer Rob Jacobs Mixing, ?, Engineer Robin Sloane Creative Director Roger Linn ? Roger Sommers Engineer Shelly Yakus Mixing, Engineer Sheryl Crow ? Stan Lynch Producer, ? Steve Lukather ? Steve Madaio ? Steve Porcaro ? Take 6 ? Tim Drummond ? Timothy B. Schmit ? Tom Knox Engineer Vinnie Colaiuta ? Waddy Wachtel ? Wayne Shorter ?