2007 - Long Road Out Of Eden (Deluxe Edition) (CD2): Download 2009 - The Eagles New Zealand Concert (CD1): Download 2009 - The Eagles New Zealand Concert. 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.
Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007. For the first year after the album's initial release, it will be available in the United States and Canada exclusively via the band's website, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores, and commercially available through traditional retail outlets in other countries. Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine - Just because it took them 13 years to deliver a studio sequel to their 1994 live album Hell Freezes Over, don't say it took the Eagles a long time to cash in on their reunion.
They started cashing in almost immediately, driving up ticket prices into the stratosphere as they played gigs on a semi-regular basis well into the new millennium. So, why did it take them so long to record a new studio album? It could be down to the band's notoriously testy relations - Don Felder did leave and sue the band in the interim, settling out of court in 2007 - it could be that they were running out some contractual clause somewhere, it could be that they were waiting for the money to be right, or the music to be right. It doesn't really matter: there was no pressing need for a new album.
Fans were satisfied by the oldies, and the band kept raking in the dough, so they could take their time making a new album. And did they ever take their time - the 13-year gap between Hell Freezes Over and Long Road Out of Eden, their first album since 1979's The Long Run, was nearly as long as that between their 1980 breakup and 1994 reunion. Far from indulging in a saturation campaign for this long-awaited record, the Eagles released the double-disc Long Road Out of Eden with surgical precision, indulging in few interviews and bypassing conventional retail outlets in favor of an exclusive release with Wal-Mart, which is not only the biggest retailer in America but also where a good chunk of the band's contemporary audience - equal parts aging classic rockers and country listeners - shops. (The album was also available on the group's official website, eaglesband.com, via musictoday.com.). None of this is necessarily bad, however, as it's all executed well and the doggedly out-of-fashion sonics only make the songs more reminiscent of the Eagles' older records, especially if their solo work from the '80s is part of the equation. If that second disc does seem a bit like the Eagles' lost album from the Reagan years, the first disc recalls their mellow country-rock records of the '70s - that is, if Joe Walsh had been around to sing Frankie Miller's blues-rocker 'Guilty of the Crime' to balance out Henley and Frey's 'Busy Being Fabulous' and 'What Do I Do with My Heart,' a counterpoint that serves the band well.
That first disc is the stronger of the two, but the two discs do fit together well, as they wind up touching upon all of the band's different eras, from the early days to their solo hits. It's designed to please those fans who have been happy to hear the same songs over and over again, whether it's on the radio or in those pricey concerts - listeners who want new songs that feel old, but not stale. That's precisely what Long Road Out of Eden provides, as it's an album meticulously crafted to fit within the band's legacy without tarnishing it./center.
EDITORS’ NOTES One of the most perfectly compiled collections ever, Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 brings together 10 sublime country-rock tunes that helped make Southern California seem like the most mythical landscape of the '70s. Don Henley's vocals, most notably on the haunting piano ballad 'Desperado' and the soft-rock charmer 'The Best of My Love,' were a major part of their success, but Randy Meisner's soulful 'Take It to the Limit' and Glenn Frey's hitting-the-road rocker 'Already Gone' showcased the band's impressive range. EDITORS’ NOTES One of the most perfectly compiled collections ever, Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 brings together 10 sublime country-rock tunes that helped make Southern California seem like the most mythical landscape of the '70s. Don Henley's vocals, most notably on the haunting piano ballad 'Desperado' and the soft-rock charmer 'The Best of My Love,' were a major part of their success, but Randy Meisner's soulful 'Take It to the Limit' and Glenn Frey's hitting-the-road rocker 'Already Gone' showcased the band's impressive range.