Long Road Out Of Eden Disc 2.txt
CD: Eagles - Long Road Out Of Eden [Disc 2]
Long Road Out Of Eden - Disc 2 of 2
Originally Released October 30, 2007
AMG EXPERT REVIEW: 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.)
It was a savvy move to release Long Road Out of Eden as a Wal-Mart
exclusive, but the album is savvier still, crafted to evoke the spirit
and feel of the Eagles' biggest hits. Nearly every one of their
Souther-written "How Long" recalls "Take It Easy," the stiff funk of
"Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" echoes back to the clenched riffs of
"Life in the Fast Lane," and while perhaps these aren't exact
replicas, there's no denying it's possible to hear echoes of
everything from "Lyin' Eyes" and "Desperado" to "Life in the Fast
Lane," and Timothy B. Schmit turns Paul Carrack's "I Don't Want to
Hear Anymore" into a soft rock gem to stand alongside his own "I Can't
Tell You Why." It's all calculated, all design YEAR: 2007
01. Long Road Out Of Eden [0:10:17.06]
02. I Dreamed There Was No War [0:01:37.71]
03. Somebody [0:04:09.38]
04. Frail Grasp On The Big Picture [0:05:46.15]
05. Last Good Time In Town [0:07:07.30]
06. I Love To Watch A Woman Dance [0:03:16.08]
07. Business As Usual [0:05:31.32]
08. Center Of The Universe [0:03:42.10]
09. It's Your World Now [0:04:22.10]
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