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Long Road out of Eden
Studio album by Eagles
Released	October 30, 2007
Recorded	2001–2007
Genre	Country, 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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Eagles chronology
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.

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

On December 4th, 2008, the album received a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 51st annual Grammy Awards, with the group earning a nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the song "Waiting In The Weeds".

Wal-Mart distribution

For the first year after the album's initial release, the album will be available in North America exclusively via the band's website, or through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores. Internationally, it will be commercially available through traditional retail outlets.

Track listing

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

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

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.

Personnel

As listed in CD booklet.⁴

Eagles

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

Additional musicians

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

Orchestrations by Richard F.W. Davis and Glenn Frey. Horns arranged by Greg Smith and Don Henley.

Production

• Produced by the Eagles

• Co-Producers: Steuart Smith, Richard F.W. Davis, Scott Crago, Bill Szymczyk

• Engineering: 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

Charts

Album

Singles

Awards

Nominations

References

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