Editing Building the Perfect Beast (section)

== Personnel ==

=== Musicians ===
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* [[Don Henley]] – lead vocals, harmony vocals (2, 5, 7, 11) drums (2–4, 7, 8), keyboards (5), percussion (5, 6, 10), synthesizers (6), chant voices (6), synthesizer arrangements (9)
* [[Danny Kortchmar]] – synthesizers (1, 3, 6), guitars (1–7, 9–11), horns (3), [[Electric organ|organ]] (4), [[Omnichord]] (4), percussion (6, 10, 11), chant voices (6), [[guitar synthesizer]] solo (9), horn solo (9), synthesizer arrangements (9), keyboards (10), bass (10), arrangements (11)
* [[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] – synthesizers (1), guitars (1), percussion (1)
* [[Steve Porcaro]] – synthesizers (1, 4), programming (7)
* [[Benmont Tench]] – keyboards (2, 5), acoustic piano (8), synthesizers (9), synthesizer arrangements (9)
* [[David Paich]] – acoustic piano (4), synthesizers (7, 8), synthesizer arrangements (8), acoustic piano solo (9)
* [[Michael Boddicker]] – programming (6), [[Music sequencer|sequencing]] (6), synthesizers (8, 9), [[E-mu Emulator]] (9), synthesizer arrangements (9)
* [[Albhy Galuten]] – [[Synclavier]] (6)
* [[Randy Newman]] – synthesizers (8), synthesizer arrangements (8, 9)
* Bill Cuomo – synthesizers (11), programming (11), percussion (11)
* [[Lindsey Buckingham]] – guitars (2), harmony vocals (2)
* [[Charlie Sexton]] – guitars (3)
* [[Larry Klein]] – bass (1)
* [[Pino Palladino]] – bass (2, 9, 11)
* [[Tim Drummond]] – bass (4, 5)
* [[Ian Wallace (drummer)|Ian Wallace]] – drums (5)
* Kevin McCormick – [[Djembe|African drums]] (6)
* [[Jim Keltner]] – additional drums (8)
* [[Maren Jensen]] – intro and interlude composer (8)
* [[Jerry Hey]] – horn arrangements (9)
* [[Belinda Carlisle]] – harmony vocals (3)
* [[Sam Moore]] – harmony vocals (4)
* [[Martha Davis (musician)|Martha Davis]] – chant voices (6), harmony vocals (7)
* [[Michael O'Donahue]] – chant voices (6)
* [[Carla Olson]] – chant voices (6)
* [[Patty Smyth]] – chant voices (6), harmony vocals (6, 7, 9, 11)
* [[JD Souther]] – chant voices (6)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – chant voices (6)
* Marie-Pascale Elfman – the French Girls ensemble (10)
* Dominique Mancinelli – the French Girls ensemble (10)
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=== Production ===
* Producers – Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar and Greg Ladanyi (all tracks); Mike Campbell (Track 1).
* Recorded and mixed by [[Niko Bolas]] and Greg Ladanyi
* Additional engineers – Niko Bolas, Richard Bosworth and Tom Knox.
* Assistant engineers – Richard Bosworth, Dan Garcia, David Schober and Duane Seykora.
* Horns on track 10 recorded by Allen Sides, assisted by Mark Ettel.
* Mastered by Mike Reese and [[Doug Sax]] at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
* Graphic coordinator – Jeri McManus
* Art direction – Don Henley, Maren Jensen and Jeri McManus.
* Photography – [[Herb Ritts]]