Long Road out of Eden

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Long Road Out of Eden
Studio album by Eagles
Released	October 30, 2007
Recorded	2001 – 2007
Genre	Country rock, soft rock
Length	90:53
Label	Eagles Recording Company II, Lost Highway
Producer	Eagles, Steuart Smith, Richard F.W. Davis, Scott Crago, Bill Szymczyk
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The Very Best of the Eagles (2003) Long Road Out of Eden (2007)

Long Road out of Eden is the seventh studio album by American rock band Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, Long Road out of Eden is the first studio album from the Eagles since 1979. The album has produced two singles for the band 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.

Contents 1 About the album 2 Wal-Mart distribution 3 Track listing 3.1 Disc one 3.2 Disc two 3.3 Bonus tracks on the Deluxe Collector's Edition 4 Personnel 4.1 Eagles 4.2 Additional musicians 5 Production 6 Charts 6.1 Album 6.2 Singles 7 Awards 7.1 Wins 7.2 Nominations 8 Tour 9 References 10 External links

[edit] 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.^[1]

"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.^[2]

In an interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make."^[3]

At the Grammy Awards of 2009, the album won Best Instrumental Pop Performance. The album received three more nominations: 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 covered by The Bellamy Brothers and The Bacon Brothers, whose version was released as a single in June 2009.

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 in 2007. ^[4]

[edit] Wal-Mart distribution

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.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "No More Walks in the Wood" (Don Henley, Steuart Smith, John Hollander) - 2:00
2. "How Long" (J. D. Souther) - 3:13
3. "Busy Being Fabulous" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) - 4:19
4. "What Do I Do with My Heart" (Henley, Frey) - 3:54
5. "Guilty of the Crime" (Frankie Miller, Jerry Lynn Williams) - 3:43
6. "I Don't Want To Hear Any More" (Paul Carrack) - 4:21
7. "Waiting in the Weeds" (Henley, Smith) - 7:45
8. "No More Cloudy Days" (Frey) - 4:02
9. "Fast Company" (Henley, Frey) - 4:00
10. "Do Something" (Henley, Smith, Timothy B. Schmit) - 5:12
11. "You Are Not Alone" (Frey) - 2:22

[edit] Disc two

1. "Long Road out of Eden" (Henley, Frey, Schmit) - 10:17
2. "I Dreamed There Was No War" (Frey) - 1:38
3. "Somebody" (Jack Tempchin, John Brannen) - 4:09
4. "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (Henley, Frey) - 5:46
5. "Last Good Time in Town" (Joe Walsh) - 7:07
6. "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance" (Larry John McNally) - 3:16
7. "Business as Usual" (Henley, Smith) - 5:31
8. "Center of the Universe" (Henley, Frey, Smith) - 3:42
9. "It's Your World Now" (Frey, Tempchin) - 4:22

[edit] Bonus tracks on the Deluxe Collector's Edition

10. "Hole in the World" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 4:13*
11. "Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Mose Brown, Gene C. Redd) – 2:58

* Bonus track also included in the standard UK edition.

[edit] Personnel

As listed in CD booklet.^[5]

[edit] Eagles

• Glenn Frey – guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals
• Don Henley – drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
• Joe Walsh – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, organ
• Timothy B. Schmit – bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, steel guitar

[edit] Additional musicians

• Bill Armstrong – trumpet
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Luis Conte – percussion, drums, keyboards
• Scott Crago – drums, percussion, keyboards, bass guitar
• Richard F.W. Davis – keyboards, programming
• Al Garth - alto saxophone, violin
• Will Hollis – keyboards, piano, acoustic
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
• Chris Mostert – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
• Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
• Steuart Smith – lead guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
• Michael Thompson – keyboards, accordion, trombone

Orchestrations by Richard F.W. Davis and Glenn Frey.

Horns arranged by Greg Smith and Don Henley.

[edit] Production

• Produced by Eagles
• Co-Producers: Steuart Smith, Richard F.W. Davis, Scott Crago, Bill Szymczyk
• Engineering: Chris Bell, Mike Terry , Jim Nipar, Mike Harlow,
• Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at The Doghouse, Los Angeles, California
• Digital Editing: Blade
• Recorded at The Doghouse, Los Angeles, California and Samhain Sound, Malibu, California
• Additional Studios:
  • O’Henry Studios, Burbank, California
  • Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
  • Mooselodge, Calabasas, California
  • The Panhandle House, Denton, Texas
  • Luminous Sound, Dallas, Texas
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
• Art Direction and Design: Jeri Heiden
• Logo: Nick Steinhardt / SMOG Design, Inc
• Photography: Olaf Heine

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Chart (2007)	Peak position	Certification	Sales
Australia ARIA Chart[6][7][8]	1	3× Platinum	210,000+
Austria Media Control Album Chart[9]	2	Platinum	20,000+
Belgium IFPI Album Chart[10]	8	Gold	15,000
Denmark IFPI Albums Chart[11]	2	Platinum	30,000
Finland GLF Album Chart[12]	6		16.000
France SNEP Album Chart[13]	9
Germany Media Control Album Chart[10]	2	Platinum	200,000
Greece IFPI Album International Chart[14]	1	Gold	10,000
Hong Kong Album Chart[15]	1
India Album Chart[15]	1
Ireland IRMA Album Chart[10]	4	Platinum	15,000
Italy FIMI Album Chart[16]	4
Japan Oricon Albums Chart[17][18]	7		83,132
Korea Hanteo Album Chart[19]	9		2,597[20]
Malaysia Album Chart[15]	1
Netherlands MegaCharts Album Chart[21]	1
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[22]	1	2× Platinum	30,000
Norway IFPI Album Chart[10]	1
Poland OLiS Album Chart	4	Platinum	20,000
Russia RASC Album Sales Chart[23]	1
Singapore Album Chart[15]	1
Spain PROMUSICAE Album Chart[24]	13
Sweden GLF Album Chart[10]	2	Platinum	40,000
Switzerland Media Control Album Chart[25]	2	Gold	15,000
Thailand Album Chart[15]	1
UK Albums Chart[15][26][27]	1	2× Platinum	800,000+
U.S. Billboard 200[15][28][29]	1	7× Platinum	7,500,000+
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[30]	1
U.S. Billboard European Top 100 Albums[31]	1

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	Peak chart positions[32][33]
		US Country	US	US Main	US AC	CAN Country	CAN
2005	"No More Cloudy Days"	—	—	—	3	—	—
2007	"How Long"	23	101	38	7	18	76
	"Busy Being Fabulous"	28	—	—	12	39	—
2008	"What Do I Do with My Heart"	—	—	—	13	—	—
2009	"I Don't Want to Hear Anymore"	—	—	—	23	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

[edit] Awards

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Tour

The Long Road out of Eden Tour

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Billboard Q&A: The Eagles' Glenn Frey, Billboard, October 12, 2007
• The Billboard Q&A: The Eagles' Don Henley, Billboard, October 12, 2007

Preceded by Carnival Ride by Carrie Underwood	Billboard 200 number-one album November 17, 2007	Succeeded by American Gangster by Jay-Z
	Top Country Albums number-one album November 17, 2007	Succeeded by The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks
Preceded by The Ultimate Hits by Garth Brooks	Top Country Albums number-one album December 15, 2007 - January 12, 2008	Succeeded by Taylor Swift by Taylor Swift
Preceded by The Trick to Life by The Hoosiers	UK Albums Chart number-one album November 4, 2007	Succeeded by Back Home by Westlife
Preceded by Delta by Delta Goodrem	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album November 5, 2007 - November 12, 2007 November 26, 2007 December 10, 2007 - December 24, 2007	Succeeded by Greatest Hits by Spice Girls
Preceded by Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 2008	Succeeded by incumbent

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