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| Long Road Out Of Eden | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 110 reviews)
Sales Rank: 184
Category: Music
Artist: Eagles
Publisher: Polydor
Studio: Polydor
Manufacturer: Polydor
Label: Polydor
Format: Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 95 minutes
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 602517494060
EAN: 0602517494060
ASIN: B000VXUWCC
Release Date: October 29, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | No More Walks In The Wood | | • | How Long | | • | Busy Being Fabulous | | • | What Do I Do With My Heart | | • | Guilty Of The Crime | | • | I Don't Want To Hear Any More | | • | Waiting In The Weeds | | • | No More Cloudy Days | | • | Fast Company | | • | Do Something | | • | You Are Not Alone |
Disc 2
| • | Long Road Out Of Eden | | • | I Dreamed There Was No War | | • | Somebody | | • | Frail Grasp On The Big Picture | | • | Lately (Last Good Time In Town) | | • | I Love To Watch A Woman Dance | | • | Business As Usual | | • | Center Of The Universe | | • | It's Your World Now | | • | Hole In The World |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
There can barely be an Eagles fan on the face of the planet, after waiting patiently for the best part of 30 years--ignoring the piecemeal (and some might say mean-spirited) sprinkle of new songs on 1994's Hell Freezes Over--that doesn't crave every last minute of this epic stack of original work. But then there also hasn't been a double album in history that couldn't have been improved by shedding at least some of its load and tucking its jeans into its cowboy boots. Long Road out of Eden is no exception to that rule. Much of the first disc passes by in a shuffle of fairly standard, although admittedly enjoyable, mid-beat country-rock (see especially "Busy Being Fabulous") and the appearance of a drum machine on the second hints at a frankly unnecessary dalliance with 80s MOR pop--and one they'd already avoided by splitting the first time around. It's music made by professionals, but lacking the classic, cinematic poise that has made Hotel California a mainstay on the best albums of all-time lists. But then the ambitious reach of the wind-swept, politically charged 10-minute title track really pulls things back, while the pleasant calypso drift of "It's Your World Now", near a cappella melody waterfall of "No More Walks in the Wood" and moody blues swagger of "Somebody" prove there's still just enough wind beneath these wings. --James Berry
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| Customer Reviews: Read 105 more reviews...
 Overdue for retirement April 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If I had written this shortly after buying it I would have given it two of three stars in the hope that it would improve on further listening. That has not been the case. It has got progressively worse. It may be my taste but the joy that came through in their earlier Albums (including the best, Desperado) is completely lacking here. For comparison with another elderly rocker, listen to J J Cale - now that's what I call music.
Peter
 Play the first CD, bin the second April 27, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, apparently 50% good is OK by current academic standards, but to me it's a failure. Two CDs on this album of which the second, for me, is a self-indulgent whine by a set of Californian millionaires.
CD1 has a mix of tunes which, while not epochal or in any way up to the standards of Hotel California is perfectly acceptable easy-listenting: the AOR mix Eagles fans possibly remember or have matured into. The single ("How Long") is classic of its genre and should be acknowledged as a well crafted example of such. OK. No problems. 4 out of 5 for CD1.
CD2 fails to get anywhere near CD1 either musically or artistically, The first four tracks are essentially a critique on the Iraq war which is both tedious and - for those of us with longer memories - entirely derivative of similar works in the 1960s by other wealthy rock stars protesting Vietnam. Little changes, apart from the artist's mansion's location. The best track on CD2 ("I love to watch a woman dance" is, predictably, neither written nor arranged by The Eagles.
All in all a pleasant enough diversion, but not worth the hype.
 SUPERB!!! April 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best album I have bought in a long time. It's a double album and there is not one track that I don't like. There are some beautiful songs and the more I listen to them the more I love them. I'd thoroughly recommend this album for pure easy listening. I've always liked the Eagles and they've proved they've still got what it takes with 'Long road out of Eden'. SUPERB!!!!
Class Act March 25, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
First of all, I am not member of the Eagles fan club and bought this because I had tickets for their current tour and also I liked their hits of the past.
This is an outstanding album for many reasons. The musicianship is brilliant and it leaves current so called "modern bands" in the shade. The lyrics are excellent, especially on the songs regarding relationships. You really believe that they have experienced heartbreak and to be honest their lyrics passed my test: I didnt cringe !
I couldnt pick out a favourite track since I love a lot of them. The music is a mixture of mellow guitar-oriented tracks to up tempo country rock.
I dont really like "mellow music" but they do it so brilliantly.
Like a guardian angel on a long road trip this music will be keep you from feeling lonely. I sincerely hope they get back in the studio. I have just seen them in concert for the first time and it was brilliant and I regret not seeing them before.
A really good EP March 20, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
As you might expect, many of the songs here reflect the concerns of late middle age, and there's nothing wrong with that. Rock is no longer the exclusive preserve of teenagers. But here The Eagles sound more like an episode of 'Grumpy Old Men'. It's hard not to be cynical when a bunch of multi-millionaires rouse themselves from their torpor and put aside their personal differences to moan about how dreadful everything is (it's all the fault of The Man) and how stupid everyone else is for allowing things to get this way - heck, for not even noticing. Looking back, The Eagles were often incisive, memorable lyricists, whose songs varied in tone from light and breezy through sadness and melancholy to all out crunching rock, with great tunes to spare. Those gifts seem long gone, and a sense of weariness and ennui hangs heavy over the 'Long Road Out Of Eden'. Even with significant outside help on the songwriting front, and enough extra musicians to form a whole other band, the vital spark seems largely absent, and what's left is a band too often going through the motions, spouting trite platitudes and mawkish sentimentality allied to plodding arrangements. With this in mind it is perhaps no surprise that the exception is the 35 year old J D Souther penned 'How Long'. It's not deep, it's not meaningful (actually something of a relief in this context) but it is old school Eagles, all present and correct with singalong harmonies. A handful of other songs rise above a morass of filler (and worse) - the title track, an anti-war lost dreams sequel to 'The Last Resort'; 'Somebody' - the sound of inescapable guilt and consequences; 'Frail Grasp of the Big Picture' and 'Last Good Time in Town' - musically the most palatable of the grumpy old men songs.
The double album format is the real cause of the problems here. The material is strong enough for a really good EP, and with a challenging producer the band could undoubtedly have made an album able to hold its head up in the company of past glories.
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