Long Road Out of Eden

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Long Road Out of Eden
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Studio album by Eagles
Released October 30, 2007
Recorded 2001–2007
Genre Rock
Length 90:53
Label Eagles Recording Company II, Lost Highway, Polydor
Producer Eagles, Steuart Smith, Richard F.W. Davis, Scott Crago, Bill Szymczyk
Eagles chronology
Eagles
(2005)Eagles2005		 Long Road Out of Eden
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 60/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars [2]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[3]
Uncut 4/5 stars[4]
Sputnikmusic 3/5 stars[5]

Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh and final studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, Long Road Out of Eden is the first new studio album from the Eagles since 1979's The Long Run, and along with the four original tracks on 1994 Hell Freezes Over, and two songs in 2003 ("Hole in the World") and 2005 ("One Day at a Time"), the only original material since. It is also the band's first album since the dismissal of Don Felder in 2001, and the final album with Glenn Frey before his death in 2016.

The album produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: a cover of J.D. Souther's "How Long" and "Busy Being Fabulous", both of which were Top 30 hits on the country charts as well as Top 20 hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The album produced five straight hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts with "How Long", "Busy Being Fabulous", "No More Cloudy Days", "What Do I Do With My Heart", and "I Don't Want to Hear Anymore".

The album debuted at #1 in the U.S. and won the band two Grammy awards for "How Long" and the instrumental "I Dreamed There Was No War". The album became the band's sixth #1 album and was the highest selling album of the year. It has since sold 3.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Being a double album with length exceeding 90 minutes, the album was certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 3.5 million discs.

About the album

In 2006, a special edition exclusive to Wal-Mart of the DVD release, Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne, included a bonus CD with three studio versions of songs from Long Road Out of Eden: "No More Cloudy Days," "Do Something" and "Fast Company."

On August 20, 2007, the song "How Long," written by J.D. Souther – who had previously worked with the Eagles co-writing some of their biggest hits including "Best of My Love," "Victim of Love," "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town" – was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video at Yahoo! Music and debuted on television on CMT during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23, 2007. The band performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1970s, but did not record it at the time due to J.D. Souther's desire to use it on his first solo album.

The Deluxe Collector's Edition of Long Road Out of Eden was released on November 20, 2007, featuring two bonus tracks, "Hole in the World" and "Please Come Home for Christmas." This version of the CD is wrapped in a red linen cloth, screen printed with panoramic imagery, and includes a 40-page booklet with lyrics, credits, exclusive photos and desert scenes from the making of the "How Long" video.[6]

"No More Walks in the Wood" is a song using the words from "An Old-Fashioned Song," a 21-line poem (without choruses either in the poem or song) by John Hollander. The song is in four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly sung a cappella.[7]

In a 2007 interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make."[8] When questioned about the possibility of a follow-up album in November 2010, band member Timothy B. Schmit said, "My first reaction would be: no way. But I said that before the last one, so you never really know. Bands are a fragile entity and you never know what's going to happen. It took a long time to do that last album, over a span of years, really, and it took a lot out of us. We took a year off at one point. I'm not sure if we're able to do that again. I wouldn't close the door on it, but I don't know."[9] In a 2010 interview with undercover.fm, Joe Walsh said that the band might be able to make one more album before the band "wraps it up".[10]

At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the album won Best Pop Instrumental Performance and was nominated for three more: Best Pop Vocal Album; Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Waiting in the Weeds"; and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Long Road Out of Eden".

"Guilty of the Crime" was previously recorded by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1997 album Over the Line.[11] In 2009, they recorded a version with The Bacon Brothers and released it as a single, with a music video starring Shannen Doherty.[12]

In 2009 "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" was released as the fifth single from the album. The song's writer Paul Carrack had already cut his own version, with Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit singing backing vocals, in 2007.[13]

For the first year after the album's initial release, the album was available in North America exclusively via the band's website, or through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores.[14] It became the first account-exclusive album to reach number 1.[15]

Track listing

Disc one

No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "No More Walks in the Wood"   Don Henley, Steuart Smith, John Hollander Group 2:00
2. "How Long"   J. D. Souther Frey with Henley 3:16
3. "Busy Being Fabulous"   Henley, Glenn Frey Henley 4:20
4. "What Do I Do with My Heart"   Frey, Henley Frey with Henley 3:54
5. "Guilty of the Crime"   Frankie Miller, Jerry Lynn Williams Walsh 3:43
6. "I Don't Want to Hear Any More"   Paul Carrack Schmit 4:21
7. "Waiting in the Weeds"   Henley, Smith Henley 7:46
8. "No More Cloudy Days"   Frey Frey 4:03
9. "Fast Company"   Henley, Frey Henley 4:00
10. "Do Something"   Henley, Timothy B. Schmit, Smith Schmit with Henley 5:12
11. "You Are Not Alone"   Frey Frey 2:24

Disc two

No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length
1. "Long Road Out of Eden"   Henley, Frey, Schmit Henley 10:17
2. "I Dreamed There Was No War"   Frey Instrumental 1:33
3. "Somebody"   Jack Tempchin, John Brannen Frey 4:09
4. "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture"   Henley, Frey Henley 5:46
5. "Last Good Time in Town"   Joe Walsh Walsh 7:07
6. "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance"   Larry John McNally Frey 3:16
7. "Business as Usual"   Henley, Smith Henley 5:31
8. "Center of the Universe"   Henley, Frey, Smith Henley 3:42
9. "It's Your World Now"   Frey, Tempchin Frey 4:22

Personnel

As listed in CD booklet.[16]

Eagles
Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart (2007) Peak
position		 Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Chart[17][18][19] 1 3× Platinum 210,000+
Austria Media Control Album Chart[20] 2 Platinum 20,000+
Belgium IFPI Album Chart[21] 8 Gold 15,000
Denmark IFPI Albums Chart[22] 2 2× Platinum[23] 60,000+
Finland IFPI Album Chart[24] 6 Gold 16.000
France SNEP Album Chart[25] 9
Germany Media Control Album Chart[21] 2 Platinum 200,000
Greece IFPI Album International Chart[26] 1 Gold 10,000
Hong Kong Album Chart[27] 1
India Album Chart[27] 1
Ireland IRMA Album Chart[21] 4 Platinum 15,000
Italy FIMI Album Chart[28] 4
Japan Oricon Albums Chart[29][30] 7 83,132
Korea Hanteo Album Chart[31] 9 2,597[32]
Malaysia Album Chart[27] 1
Netherlands MegaCharts Album Chart[33] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[34] 1 2× Platinum 30,000
Norway IFPI Album Chart[21] 1
Poland OLiS Album Chart 4 Platinum 20,000
Russia (RASC) Album Sales Chart[35] 1
Singapore Album Chart[27] 1
Spain PROMUSICAE Album Chart[36] 13
Sweden GLF Album Chart[21] 2 Platinum 40,000
Switzerland Media Control Album Chart[37] 2 Gold 15,000
Thailand Album Chart[27] 1
UK Albums Chart[27][38][39] 1 2× Platinum 800,000+
U.S. Billboard 200[27][40][41] 1 7× Platinum,[42] 7,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[43] 1
U.S. Billboard European Top 100 Albums[44] 1

End of year charts

Year Country Chart Rank
2007 Germany IFPI #78 [45]

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions[46][47]
US Country US US Main US AC CAN
2005 "No More Cloudy Days" — — — 3 —
2007 "How Long" 23 101 38 7 76
2008 "Busy Being Fabulous" 28 — — 12 —
"What Do I Do with My Heart" — — — 13 —
2009 "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" — — — 23 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Awards

Wins

Year Winner Category Award
2008 Long Road Out Of Eden Best International Rock Album Fonogram – Hungarian Music Awards
2008 "How Long" Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Grammy Awards (50th)
2009 "I Dreamed There Was No War" Best Pop Instrumental Performance Grammy Awards (51st)

Nominations

Year Nominee Category Award
2004 "Hole In The World" Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Grammy Awards (46th)
2008 Long Road Out Of Eden Best International Album BRIT Awards (28th)
2008 Eagles Best International Group BRIT Awards (28th)
2008 "How Long" Wide Open Country Video of the Year CMT Music Awards
2008 Eagles Top Vocal Group Academy of Country Music Awards
2009 Long Road Out Of Eden Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy Awards (51st)
2009 “Long Road Out Of Eden” Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Grammy Awards (51st)
2009 "Waiting In The Weeds" Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Grammy Awards (51st)

Tour

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Main article: Long Road out of Eden Tour

References

  1. ↑ Long Road Out Of Eden Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic Metacritic. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Long Road Out of Eden at AllMusic
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  6. ↑ Wal-Mart Releases Eagles' 'Deluxe Collector's Edition of Long Road out of Eden', Press release via money.cnn.com, November 16, 2007
  7. ↑ Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, "Venerable Poet's Words to a Pop Music Beat", article, The New York Times, Connecticut and the Region section, February 10, 2008, p 6
  8. ↑ Don Henley: 'Let the chips fall where they may' CNN, November 18, 2007
  9. ↑ Eagles have learned to take it easy, The Australian, November 25, 2010
  10. ↑ Joe Walsh To Release First Album In 18 Years
  11. ↑ Guilty of the Crime - The Bellamy Brothers at AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
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  13. ↑ I Don't Want to Hear Anymore from SongFacts.com
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  17. ↑ Top 50 Albums Chart, ARIA Charts
  18. ↑ Eagles 'Long Road' Goes Gold In One Week, Undercover, December 24, 2007
  19. ↑ Timbaland Ousts Eagles In Final Chart of 2008, Undercover, December 31, 2007
  20. ↑ Eagles / Long Road out of Eden, OE3 Austria
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Eagles - Long Road out of Eden AChart. Retrieved November 7, 2007
  22. ↑ Album - Top 40, Uge 44 - 2007, Hitlisten, Retrieved November 10, 2007
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  24. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, Finnish Albums Chart
  25. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, France Album Chart
  26. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, Greek Albums Chart
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 Eagles Long Road out of Eden Certified Triple Platinum, Business Wire, December 12, 2007
  28. ↑ Italian Album Chart, FIMI, Retrieved November 25, 2007
  29. ↑ Eagles original album makes a remarkable comeback to Top 10 in the longest interval in Japanese history, Japan's Oricon Style, November 6, 2007
  30. ↑ Japanese Sales
  31. ↑ Korean Album Chart from hanteo.com
  32. ↑ 무제 문서 from miak.or.kr (Korean)
  33. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, Dutch Album Chart
  34. ↑ Top 40 Albums Chart #1589 Monday 5 November 2007, RIANZ, Retrieved November 8, 2007
  35. ↑ Sales Leaders in Russia from Soyuz Music (soyuz.ru)(Russian)
  36. ↑ Lista Promusicae, los40.com, Retrieved November 7, 2007
  37. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden (Album), SwissCharts.com
  38. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, The Official UK Charts Company (theofficialcharts.com)
  39. ↑ Eagles World Tour Debut, The O2
  40. ↑ Revised Chart Policy Lands Eagles At No. 1, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  41. ↑ Jay-Z Leapfrogs Eagles, Britney For No. 1 Debut, Billboard, November 14, 2007
  42. ↑ [1]
  43. ↑ Billboard Top Country Albums, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  44. ↑ Billboard European Top 100 Albums, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  45. ↑ mtv.de/charts/Album Jahrescharts 2007 Archived January 25, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  46. ↑ Eagles Artist Chart History, Billboard
  47. ↑ Hot Country Songs: How Long, Billboard

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