Long Road Out of Eden

Long Road Out of Eden
Studio album by the 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
the Eagles chronology
Eagles (2005) Long Road Out of Eden (2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Uncut	[4]
Sputnikmusic	[5]

Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh and final 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 also the band's only album released following the dismissal of Don Felder in 2001.

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.

Album information

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

Deluxe Collector's Edition/Standard UK Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hole in the World"	Henley, Frey	4:13
11.	"Please Come Home for Christmas" (not included on standard UK edition)	Charles Mose Brown, Gene C. Redd	2:58

Personnel

As listed in CD booklet.^[16]

Band

• Glenn Frey – guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals
• Don Henley – drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit – bass and vocals
• Joe Walsh – lead guitar, keyboards, vocals

Additional personnel

• Steuart Smith – guitar, keyboards, mandolin
• Scott Crago – drums and percussion
• Richard F.W. Davis – keyboards and programming
• Michael Thompson – keyboards, accordion and trombone
• Will Hollis – keyboards
• Al Garth – alto sax and violin
• Bill Armstrong – trumpet
• Chris Mostert – tenor and alto sax
• Greg Smith – baritone sax
• Greg Leisz – pedal steel
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Luis Conti – percussion
• Orchestrations by Richard F.W. Davis and Glenn Frey
• Horns arranged by Greg Smith and Don Henley

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,
• Additional Engineering: Andy Ackland
• 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

Charts

Weekly charts

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

Year-end 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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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