If these were the keepers, what could the rejects have sounded like?" Grammys Yearīest Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Reviewing the album retrospectively in AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote that the album was a "major disappointment, even though it sold several million copies and threw off three hit singles," adding that the album "reportedly was planned as a double album before being truncated to a single disc. Because it’s steeped in fresh, risky material and unflinching self-examination, it’s also the Eagles’ best work in many, many years." In 1979 Rolling Stone wrote, "Overall, The Long Run is a synthesis of previous macabre Eagles motifs, with cynical new insights that are underlined by slashing rock & roll.(it) is a bitter, wrathful, difficult record, full of piss and vinegar and poisoned expectations. Side two: "From the Polack who sailed north" (may be a reference to the producer of the album Bill Szymczyk).Side one: "Never let your monster lay down".5E-508) had text engraved in the run-out groove of each side, continuing an in-joke trend the band had started with their 1975 album One of These Nights: The original vinyl record pressings of The Long Run (Elektra/Asylum catalog no. The album was produced by Bill Szymczyk, although the Eagles were listed as co-producers. The song "The Sad Cafe" was inspired by the Troubadour nightclub in Hollywood where the Eagles once played, and also by Dan Tana's restaurant that they frequented, while "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" was written as a homage to Sixties " frat rock" such as the song " 96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians. Henley intended the song to be an antidote to disco as both he and the rest of the band disliked disco, which was the most popular musical genre at the time. Don Felder wrote the tune for "The Disco Strangler" using a four-on-the-floor disco beat as the basis for the composition. Joe Walsh also contributed the song " In the City", which was first recorded by Walsh for the movie soundtrack for The Warriors, where it was credited to Walsh, not the Eagles. Schmit wrote the song based loosely on his own experiences both Henley and Frey liked the song and they completed the song together. Schmit, who brought an unfinished song to the band, " I Can't Tell You Why". Randy Meisner decided to leave the Eagles after an argument in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the Hotel California Tour in June 1977. He said that the inspiration for the lyrics was also "irony", as they wrote about longevity and posterity while the group "was breaking apart, imploding under the pressure of trying to deliver a worthy follow-up to Hotel California". (Souther also got songwriting credit on "Teenage Jail" and "The Sad Cafe".)Īccording to Henley, the title track was in part a response to press articles that said they were "passé" as disco was then dominant and punk emerging, which inspired lines such as "Who is gonna make it/ We'll find out in the long run". Souther and Bob Seger who co-wrote with Frey and Henley on " Heartache Tonight". However, they managed to put together ten songs for the album, with contribution from their friends J. According to Don Henley, the band members were "completely burned out" and "physically, emotionally, spiritually and creatively exhausted" from a long tour when they started recording the album, and they had few songs. The recording was protracted they started recording in 1978, and the album took 18 months to record in five different studios, with the album finally released in September 1979. The band could not come up with enough songs and the idea was therefore scrapped. The album was originally intended to be a double album. The album was certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA and has sold more than eight million copies in the US. 1 on the singles chart and won a Grammy Award. Three singles were released from the album, " Heartache Tonight", " The Long Run", and " I Can't Tell You Why". It also turned out to be their last studio album as the Eagles disbanded in 1980 until 2007's Long Road Out of Eden after the band had reformed in 1994. This was the band's final studio album for Asylum Records. Schmit, who had replaced founding member Randy Meisner, and the last full studio album to feature Don Felder before his termination from the band in 2001. This was the first Eagles album to feature Timothy B. It was released in 1979, on Asylum in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Long Run is the sixth studio album by American rock group the Eagles.
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