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{{Infobox album
| name = Building the Machine
| type = studio
| artist = [[Glenn Hughes (British musician)|Glenn Hughes]]
| cover = Glenn_Hughes_-_Building_The_Machine.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=y|2001|9|24}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Funk rock]]<ref>{{cite web |author= Taniwha (Garry Sharpe-Young) |title= Glenn Hughes |publisher= [[MusicMight]] |url= http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+kingdom/staffordshire/glenn+hughes |accessdate= 19 May 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160403174819/http://musicmight.com/artist/united+kingdom/staffordshire/glenn+hughes |archive-date= 3 April 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| length = 53:39<br />58:28 (Japanese version)
| label = [[SPV GmbH|SPV]] (Europe)<br />[[Nippon Crown]] (Japan)<br />DNA (US)
| producer = [[Glenn Hughes (British musician)|Glenn Hughes]]<br />Michael Scott
| prev_title = [[Return of Crystal Karma]]
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Songs in the Key of Rock]]
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r552802}}</ref>
}}
'''''Building the Machine''''' is a studio album by former [[Deep Purple]], [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]] vocalist/ bassist [[Glenn Hughes (British musician)|Glenn Hughes]]. It was his eighth solo studio album and was released in 2001 on [[SPV GmbH|SPV]], DNA and [[Nippon Crown]] records.

==History==
''Building The Machine'' has a similar feel to Hughes’ previous album, 2000’s ''[[Return of Crystal Karma]]''. Many of the songs have a [[hard rock]] sound with a [[funk]] edge, although the funk aspect is somewhat toned down on this album and the songs are more driven by guitar riffs than bass lines.

This album marks the fourth collaboration between Hughes and longtime guitarist and co-songwriter [[JJ Marsh]]. The album also features contributions from Hughes’ regular drummer of the period Gary Ferguson, keyboardists [[Vince DiCola]] and [[John Beasley (musician)|John Beasley]] and guitarist [[Pat Travers]], who duets with Hughes on the [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]] cover I Just Want To Celebrate. [[Bobby Kimball]] of [[Toto (band)|Toto]] provides backing vocals on two of the tracks.

The track High Ball Shooter is a newly recorded version of the [[Deep Purple]] song, which originally featured on the album ''[[Stormbringer (album)|Stormbringer]]''.

The Japanese version of the album includes the track Cosmic Spell, which was written by Hughes and [[Pat Travers]].

The opening track Can’t Stop The Flood also kicked off Hughes’ 2004 live album ''[[Soulfully Live in the City of Angels]]'' and often frequents his set-lists.

==Track listing==
#"Can't Stop the Flood" – 4:11 ''(Hughes, Marsh)''
#"Inside" – 4:52 ''(Hughes, Marsh)''
#"Out On Me" – 5:32 ''(Hughes)''
#"I Just Want To Celebrate" – 3:23 ''(Fekaris, Zesses)''
#"Don't Let it Slip Away" – 4:57 ''(Hughes, Marsh, Scott)''
#"Feels Like Home" – 4:38 ''(Crook, Hughes)''
#"High Ball Shooter" – 4:29 ''(Blackmore, Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice)''
#"When You Fall" – 4:57 ''(Hughes, Marsh)''
#"I Will Follow You" – 6:11 ''(Hughes, Marsh)''
#"Beyond the Numb" – 7:51 ''(Hughes)''
#"Big Sky" – 4:38 ''(Ellis, Hughes)''

===Japan Bonus Track===
#<li value=12>"Cosmic Spell" – 4:49 ''(Hughes, Travers)''

==Personnel==
*[[Glenn Hughes (British musician)|Glenn Hughes]] – [[Vocals]], [[bass guitar|Bass]]
*[[JJ Marsh]] – [[Guitar]]s except tracks 4&11/ [[Backing vocalist|Backing Vocals]] on track 8
*[[Gary Ferguson (musician)|Gary Ferguson]] – [[Drums]]

Special Guests:

*[[Pat Travers]] – guitar, [[vocals]] on track 4
*[[Brett Ellis]] – guitar on track 11
*[[Vince DiCola]] – [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]] except tracks 4&9*
*[[John Beasley (musician)|John Beasley]] – Keyboards on track 9
*[[Bobby Kimball]] – [[Backing vocalist|Backing Vocals]] on tracks 2&5
*[[Doug Bossi]] – background vocals on track 8
*[[David K. Tedds]] – background vocals on track 4
*[[Lol Tolhurst]] – background vocals on track 4
*[[Cindy Tolhurst]] – background vocals on track 4

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070815120535/http://www.glennhughes.com/btm_index.html Building The Machine entry at glennhughes.com]

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[[Category:2001 albums]]
[[Category:Glenn Hughes albums]]
[[Category:Funk rock albums by English artists]]

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