The Long Run - Eagles (Rock) (The) (CD)

The Long Run was released in 1979, and the back of the album said that it was "the last studio album by the Eagles". That statement proved to be a bit premature when the Eagles released Hell Freezes Over, a sort of reunion album, after everyone got tired of diddling with their solo careers. However, The Long Run would have been a fabulous "swan song" had the Eagles chosen never to record together again. The songs on the album explore a variety of styles, and the influences of the particular players and singers on each song is profound. The musicians and their contributions are as follows: Don.

As the 1980 s cast their shadow across the land, the first phase of The Eagles time together drew to a close. Between Don Henley s ever-expanding Afro and ego, there just wasn t enough room for the other guys on the tour bus anymore. Which is a shame, considering they had finally added their first piece of eye-candy to the lineup, in the form of falsetto-voiced, bass-playing Navajo princess Timothy B. Schmit. Rawr. Hotel California and the success that followed in its wake had done some funny things to Henley, Frey, Bender, Walsh, and Donnie Boy Felder. They seemed to be leaving behind the...

I really tried to like The Eagles. I mean I really, really tried. In fact, I probably tried harder to like them than any other band my friends listened to. You know how it is. You don't want to be the weirdo, and I was already catching a lot of flak from them back in the 70's for my Flying Burrito Brothers fixation. At least I gave the Eagles a halfway fair shot, which is more than they gave my beloved Burritos. After all, why wouldn't I like the Eagles? It was the late 70's, and I was as big a fan of the California sound as anybody. I loved Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Jackson Browne,...

One band that can safely look back on their catalogue with a the pride of knowing that there are no weak spots, is the Eagles. This band produced a collection of works, second to none, as far as being of consistently excellent quality. This album, The Long Run, was their last as a group before going on a 20 year hiatus. This is the follow up to the monster hit Hotel California. After all the acclamation they received from that album, it is a miracle that they were able to even approach the studio again. The next one had so many expectations before release, it had to weigh heavily on their...