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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: Arista
Salesrank: 63138
Released: October 25, 1989 |
| Our Price: $1.91 |
| Used Price: $1.00 |
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| Media: Audio Cassette |
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Built to Last Track Listing:
1. Foolish Heart - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
2. Just a Little Light - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
3. Built to Last - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
4. Blow Away - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
5. Victim or the Crime - Grateful Dead, Graham, Gerrit
6. We Can Run - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
7. Standing on the Moon - Grateful Dead, Garcia, Jerry
8. Picasso Moon - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
9. I Will Take You Home - Grateful Dead, Barlow, John
Built to Last Reviews:
Every team has a bad game, even the Dead. 
2006-10-23 - Even the best teams in sports can have a bad game. So too can be said of the work of some of the best bands. Built to Last has earned Dead Last place in my Dead collection. It is the only CD in my extensive Dead collection for which I truly regret my purchase.
This is Not what the Dead are About
2005-09-17 - Thank God Brent croaked before he could further tarnish the Dead catalog.
through the years 
2005-07-24 - alot of poeple don't feel this was a good disc.i would have to disagree with that.i've been a dead head sence i was about 15,i'm now 42.in that 27 year time span i've seen the band grow.60's with pig pen as the front man,and jerry evoving in to that slot as they eased into the 70's. around 1973-74 they were inspired to record things like "blues for allah" and "wake of the flood".both very creative albums.and the shows that followed were made of the same magic.
then brent started to find his place in the band ,in the 80's.he and jerry were on the same plain and complamented each other so well.
then at around the time of "in the dark" the band felt it was time to give brent the spotlight.and how he did shine!his music brought a new creativity to the music ,not felt sence that mid 70's time period.
the very first time i heard "i will take you home",it was at the buffalo july 4th ,1989 show.i was wowed.tears filled me up alittle (i was not alone in that)a year or so later the new disc came out.i went straight to that track to see if the studio version was as good.it was.
so i've seen the band grow over the years ,and dig every new turn they took.thats was the grate thing about the band .it alway continued to grow.
so maybe if you listen to the disc with the history in mind ,you'll come away with a little different perspective.
rest in peace, Brent 
2004-05-14 - This album was very disappointing for me. I bought it the day it was released and I was very excited, I had seen the Dead perform "Victim" and "Blow away" on their previous tour and I was expecting greatness. The production is good, and Jerry is in fine form, but these songs, with the exceptions of "Victim, Blow away, and Standing on the moon" they just don't make it for me. The rest of the songs are all filler, as far as I'm concerned. Don't think I'm not a Brent fan, I loved Brent and miss him very much. I think that of all the Dead's keyboard players that Brent was the one that had that magical connection with Jerry. Maybe it was the opiates, I don't know but it seems like Brent and Jerry were on the same wavelength, they were in perfect harmony with each other. Brent WAS a Deadhead, unlike Vince or Bruce. Unfortunately, Brent was not a very strong songwriter, with the exception of "Blow away." This is a great song that worked very well live. Check out "Blow away" on the Dead's "Dozin' at the Knick" set and you'll see what I mean. Brent really kicked ass at that show, man. He is and will be missed for a long, long, time by many Deadheads like myself that appreciated his sparkling, cosmic playing that worked so well with my favorite band of all time.
last studio record 
2002-11-04 - This cd isn t one of the most favorites by Heads in consensus, but it conjures a beautiful snapshot of what fed a lot of the late 80 s shows of this band. Foolish heart, Picasso moon, so on..
Also, if you get a chance to read the making of this record in the book 'skeleton key', it'll give you a good inside on how it was recorded and the work that went behind it.
