Long Road Out of Eden

Long Road Out of Eden
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
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Uncut[4]
Sputnikmusic[5]

Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, it is the band's first studio album since 1979's The Long Run. In between that time the band recorded four original studio tracks for the live album Hell Freezes Over (1994), "Hole in the World" for The Very Best Of (2003) and the Joe Walsh-penned "One Day at a Time" for the Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne DVD (2005), which Walsh later re-recorded for his 2012 album Analog Man.

It is the band's first album released following the dismissal of Don Felder in 2001 as well as their 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 No. 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 No. 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 7 million discs.

Album information

According to Henley, Bill Szymczyk, who had produced their previous albums, was a producer on the album, although Henley described Szymczyk's role as that of "a mediator, a consigliere, a ringmaster" since they (Frey and Henley) had already learned how to produce records themselves.[6]

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

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.[7]

"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.[8]

In a 2007 interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make."[9] 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."[10] 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".[11]

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.[12] In 2009, they recorded a version with The Bacon Brothers and released it as a single, with a music video starring Shannen Doherty.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15] It became the first account-exclusive album to reach number 1.[16] The album blocked Britney Spears' Blackout from hitting number one, ending her record breaking streak of number one albums as all previous four opened at the helm.

Tour

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."No More Walks in the Wood"
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit2:00
2."How Long"J. D. SoutherFrey with Henley3:16
3."Busy Being Fabulous"
Henley4:20
4."What Do I Do with My Heart"
  • Henley
  • Frey
Frey with Henley3:54
5."Guilty of the Crime"
Walsh3:43
6."I Don't Want to Hear Any More"Paul CarrackSchmit4:21
7."Waiting in the Weeds"
  • Henley
  • Smith
Henley7:46
8."No More Cloudy Days"FreyFrey4:03
9."Fast Company"
  • Henley
  • Frey
Henley4:00
10."Do Something"
Schmit with Henley5:12
11."You Are Not Alone"FreyFrey2:24
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Long Road Out of Eden"
  • Henley
  • Frey
  • Schmit
Henley10:17
2."I Dreamed There Was No War"FreyInstrumental1:37
3."Somebody"
Frey4:09
4."Frail Grasp on the Big Picture"
  • Henley
  • Frey
Henley5:46
5."Last Good Time in Town"
Walsh7:07
6."I Love to Watch a Woman Dance"Larry John McNallyFrey3:16
7."Business as Usual"
  • Henley
  • Smith
Henley5:31
8."Center of the Universe"
  • Henley
  • Frey
  • Smith
Henley3:42
9."It's Your World Now"
  • Frey
  • Tempchin
Frey4:22

Personnel

As listed in CD booklet.[17]

Eagles

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position		 Certification Sales
Australia ARIA Chart[18][19][20] 1 3× Platinum 210,000+
Austria Media Control Album Chart[21] 2 Platinum 20,000+
Belgium IFPI Album Chart[22] 8 Gold 15,000
Denmark IFPI Albums Chart[23] 2 2× Platinum[24] 60,000+
Finland IFPI Album Chart[25] 6 Gold 16.000
France SNEP Album Chart[26] 9
Germany Media Control Album Chart[22] 2 Platinum 200,000
Greece IFPI Album International Chart[27] 1 Gold 10,000
Hong Kong Album Chart[28] 1
India Album Chart[28] 1
Ireland IRMA Album Chart[22] 4 Platinum 15,000
Italy FIMI Album Chart[29] 4
Japan Oricon Albums Chart[30][31] 7 83,132
Korea Hanteo Album Chart[32] 9 2,597[33]
Malaysia Album Chart[28] 1
Netherlands MegaCharts Album Chart[34] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[35] 1 2× Platinum 30,000
Norway IFPI Album Chart[22] 1
Poland OLiS Album Chart 4 Platinum 20,000
Russia (RASC) Album Sales Chart[36] 1
Singapore Album Chart[28] 1
Spain PROMUSICAE Album Chart[37] 13
Sweden GLF Album Chart[22] 2 Platinum 40,000
Switzerland Media Control Album Chart[38] 2 Gold 15,000
Thailand Album Chart[28] 1
UK Albums Chart[28][39][40] 1 2× Platinum 800,000+
U.S. Billboard 200[28][41][42] 1 7× Platinum,[43] 7,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[44] 1
U.S. Billboard European Top 100 Albums[45] 1

Year-end charts

Year Country Chart Rank
2007 Germany IFPI #78 [46]

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions[47][48]
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)

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
  3. ↑ David Fricke (1 November 2007). "Long Road Out of Eden – Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Bud Scoppa. "The Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden – Review". Uncut. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Nick Butler (30 October 2007). "Eagles – Long Road Out Of Eden (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Browne, David (June 10, 2016). "Eagles' Complete Discography: Don Henley Looks Back". Rolling Stone.
  7. ↑ Wal-Mart Releases Eagles' 'Deluxe Collector's Edition of Long Road out of Eden' Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine., Press release via money.cnn.com, November 16, 2007
  8. ↑ 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
  9. ↑ Don Henley: 'Let the chips fall where they may' CNN, November 18, 2007
  10. ↑ Eagles have learned to take it easy, The Australian, November 25, 2010
  11. ↑ "VIDEO: Joe Walsh To Release First Album In 18 Years - Undercover.fm News". Archived from the original on 2011-04-04.
  12. ↑ Guilty of the Crime - The Bellamy Brothers at AllMusic. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bellamy Brothers, Bacon Brothers 'Guilty Of The Crime' - New Video Debuts On CMT Pure". Top40-Charts.com. July 1, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  14. ↑ "I Don't Want To Hear Anymore by Eagles Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  15. ↑ Peisner, David (January 2008). "The October Surprise". Spin. p. 84. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sugarland, Jackson Lead Quiet Album Charts". Billboard. August 22, 2009. p. 36. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  17. ↑ Long Road out of Eden (CD booklet). Eagles. Lost Highway Records. 2007. 98268-4500-2.
  18. ↑ Top 50 Albums Chart, ARIA Charts
  19. ↑ Eagles 'Long Road' Goes Gold In One Week Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine., Undercover, December 24, 2007
  20. ↑ Timbaland Ousts Eagles In Final Chart of 2008 Archived 2008-01-01 at the Wayback Machine., Undercover, December 31, 2007
  21. ↑ Eagles / Long Road out of Eden, OE3 Austria
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Eagles - Long Road out of Eden AChart. Retrieved November 7, 2007
  23. ↑ Album - Top 40, Uge 44 - 2007, Hitlisten, Retrieved November 10, 2007
  24. ↑ "Guld og platin 2009". IFPI. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  25. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine., Finnish Albums Chart
  26. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, France Album Chart
  27. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden Archived 2006-04-09 at the Wayback Machine., Greek Albums Chart
  28. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eagles Long Road out of Eden Certified Triple Platinum, Business Wire, December 12, 2007
  29. ↑ Italian Album Chart Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine., FIMI, Retrieved November 25, 2007
  30. ↑ Eagles original album makes a remarkable comeback to Top 10 in the longest interval in Japanese history, Japan's Oricon Style, November 6, 2007
  31. ↑ "そんな板 or スレッドないです。: 過去ログ倉庫にもありませんでした。". Jbbs.livedoor.jp. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  32. ↑ Korean Album Chart Archived 2012-05-25 at Archive.is from Hanteo.com
  33. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
  34. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden, Dutch Album Chart
  35. ↑ Top 40 Albums Chart #1589 Monday 5 November 2007 Archived 9 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine., RIANZ, Retrieved November 8, 2007
  36. ↑ Sales Leaders in Russia Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine., Soyuz Music (soyuz.ru)(in Russian)
  37. ↑ Lista Promusicae, Los40.com, Retrieved November 7, 2007
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  39. ↑ Eagles - Long Road out of Eden Archived 2007-12-22 at the Wayback Machine., The Official UK Charts Company (theofficialcharts.com)
  40. ↑ Eagles World Tour Debut, The O2
  41. ↑ Revised Chart Policy Lands Eagles At No. 1, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  42. ↑ Jay-Z Leapfrogs Eagles, Britney For No. 1 Debut, Billboard, November 14, 2007
  43. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  44. ↑ Billboard Top Country Albums, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  45. ↑ Billboard European Top 100 Albums, Billboard, November 6, 2007
  46. ↑ mtv.de/charts/Album Jahrescharts 2007 Archived January 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  47. ↑ Eagles Artist Chart History, Billboard
  48. ↑ Hot Country Songs: How Long, Billboard
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