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Long Road Out of Eden (2007)

Where the lyrics of Long Road Out of Eden take you, and where it was really made.

A last-minute Billboard rule change let this double album debut at No. 1 in the US, and the same change kept Britney Spears' Blackout from the top spot.

Key places

Recording at The Doghouse, Los Angeles (2007)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded at The Doghouse in Los Angeles and was also mixed there. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Samhain Sound, Malibu (2007)

Recording site Bob Dylan's garage studio (Malibu) — Samhain Sound in Malibu is listed as one of the studios where the album was recorded. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at O'Henry Studios, Burbank (2007)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — O'Henry Studios in Burbank is listed among the additional studios used for the album. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood (2007)

Recording site A&M Recording Studios — Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood is listed among the additional studios used for the album. The point sits on the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Mooselodge, Calabasas (2007)

Recording site Mooselodge — Mooselodge in Calabasas is listed among the additional studios used for the album. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at The Panhandle House, Denton (2007)

Recording site The Panhandle House — The Panhandle House in Denton, Texas is listed among the additional studios used for the album. The point is placed at the city centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Luminous Sound, Dallas (2007)

Recording site Luminous Sound — Luminous Sound in Dallas, Texas is listed among the additional studios used for the album. The point sits on the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Long Road Out of Eden: seventh studio album by American rock band the Eagles
• Released 2007 on Lost Highway Records as the band's first double album
• Nearly six years in production
• First studio album since 1979's The Long Run

Background

• Between The Long Run and this album, four original studio tracks were recorded for the live album Hell Freezes Over (1994)
• 'Hole in the World' was recorded for The Very Best Of (2003)
• Joe Walsh-penned 'One Day at a Time' was recorded for the Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne DVD (2005), and Walsh later re-recorded it for his 2012 album Analog Man
• First album released after Don Felder was dismissed in 2001
• Final album with Glenn Frey before his death in 2016
• Bill Szymczyk, who had produced the band's previous albums, was a producer on this one, though Henley described his role as 'a mediator, a consigliere, a ringmaster'
• Frey and Henley had already learned how to produce records themselves

Recording

• Recorded at The Doghouse in Los Angeles and at Samhain Sound in Malibu
• Additional studios: O'Henry Studios (Burbank), Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood), Mooselodge (Calabasas), The Panhandle House (Denton, Texas), Luminous Sound (Dallas, Texas)
• Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at The Doghouse
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Cover

• Photography by Olaf Heine
• Art direction and design by Jeri Heiden

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
• Founding members were Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner, all first recruited as musicians for Linda Ronstadt.
• They signed to David Geffen's Asylum Records in September 1971.
• The name was reportedly suggested by Leadon, though accounts vary.

Members

• Founding members: Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals), Randy Meisner (bass, vocals).
• Don Felder joined in 1974 as guitarist; Joe Walsh replaced Leadon in 1975; Timothy B. Schmit replaced Meisner in 1977.
• Frey died in January 2016; Meisner died in July 2023.

Career

• The band has five number-one singles and six number-one albums in the US, and six Grammy Awards.
• Estimated sales exceed 200 million records worldwide; inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
• Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California are among their best-selling albums.
• The band broke up in 1980, reunited in 1994 for Hell Freezes Over, and released Long Road Out of Eden in 2007.
• The band announced a farewell tour in 2023 and held a Sphere residency in Las Vegas from 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released 2007 on Lost Highway Records
• Debuted at No. 1 in the US after a last-minute rule change by Billboard
• The rule change also blocked Britney Spears' Blackout from topping the chart
• Two singles reached the Hot Country Songs charts: a cover of JD Souther's 'How Long' and 'Busy Being Fabulous'
• Both singles were Top 30 hits on the country charts and Top 20 hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts
• Five straight hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts: 'How Long', 'Busy Being Fabulous', 'No More Cloudy Days', 'What Do I Do With My Heart', and 'I Don't Want to Hear Anymore'

Records

• Debuted at No. 1 in the US, the band's sixth consecutive No. 1 album
• Highest selling album of the year in the US
• Has since sold 3.5 million copies in the US alone
• Certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 3.5 million albums
• Double album running more than 90 minutes
• Won two Grammy awards: 'How Long' and the instrumental 'I Dreamed There Was No War'
• At the 2009 Grammy Awards, won Best Pop Instrumental Performance
• At the same ceremony, nominated for 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'

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The band's first album released after the 2001 dismissal of Don Felder, and its final album with Glenn Frey before his death in 2016
• Sold exclusively in North America through the band's website, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club for the first year, and became the first account-exclusive album to reach number 1
• The album ended Britney Spears' streak of number-one debuts; her previous four albums had all opened at the top
• 'No More Walks in the Wood' uses words from John Hollander's 21-line poem 'An Old-Fashioned Song', sung in four-part harmony with guitar chords and mostly a cappella
• The 'How Long' single was released to radio on August 20, 2007, with an online video at Yahoo! Music, and JD Souther had previously co-written some of the band's biggest hits

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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