The End of the Innocence (album)

The End of the Innocence
Studio album by Don Henley
Released	June 27, 1989 (1989-06-27)[1]
Recorded	1987–1989
Studio	A&M (Hollywood) The Complex (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock hard rock soft rock
Length	53:11
Label	Geffen
Producer	Don Henley Mike Campbell John Corey Bruce Hornsby Danny Kortchmar Stan Lynch
Don Henley chronology
Building the Perfect Beast (1984) The End of the Innocence (1989) Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits (1995)
Singles from The End of the Innocence
"The End of the Innocence" Released: June 1989 "The Last Worthless Evening" Released: September 1989 (US) "New York Minute" Released: October 1989 (UK)[2] "The Heart of the Matter" Released: February 1990[3] "How Bad Do You Want It?" Released: June 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	C+[5]

The End of the Innocence is the third solo studio album by Don Henley, the co-lead vocalist and drummer for the Eagles. The album was released in 1989, on Geffen Records, and was his last release on that label. It was also his last solo album before reforming the Eagles and it would be eleven years before he released another solo project, 2000's Inside Job.

The album is Henley's best selling release, selling over 6 million copies in the United States alone, peaking at No. 8. The album featured three Top 40 singles "The End of the Innocence", "The Heart of the Matter", and "The Last Worthless Evening". Those singles reached No. 8, No. 21, and No. 21 respectively. The album also featured "New York Minute" which reached No. 48 on the charts and was recorded by Henley and the Eagles for their live album Hell Freezes Over in 1994. Henley won another Grammy and an MTV Video Music Award nomination for the title track. In 2012, the album was ranked at number 389 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[6]