Schmit turns Paul Carrack's "I Don't Want to Hear Anymore" into a soft rock gem to stand alongside his own "I Can't Tell You Why." It's all calculated, all designed to hearken back to their past and keep the customer satisfied, but yet it often manages to avoid sounding crass, as the songs are usually strong and the sound is right, capturing the group's peaceful, easy harmonies and Joe Walsh's guitar growl in equal measure. Souther-written "How Long" recalls "Take It Easy," the stiff funk of "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" echoes back to the clenched riffs of "Life in the Fast Lane," and while perhaps these aren't exact replicas, there's no denying it's possible to hear echoes of everything from "Lyin' Eyes" and "Desperado" to "Life in the Fast Lane," and Timothy B. Nearly every one of their classic rock radio staples has a doppelgänger here, as the J.D. It was a savvy move to release Long Road Out of Eden as a Wal-Mart exclusive, but the album is savvier still, crafted to evoke the spirit and feel of the Eagles' biggest hits.
(The album was also available on the group's official website, via .) Far from indulging in a saturation campaign for this long-awaited record, the Eagles released the double-disc Long Road Out of Eden with surgical precision, indulging in few interviews and bypassing conventional retail outlets in favor of an exclusive release with Wal-Mart, which is not only the biggest retailer in America but also where a good chunk of the band's contemporary audience - equal parts aging classic rockers and country listeners - shops. And did they ever take their time - the 13-year gap between Hell Freezes Over and Long Road Out of Eden, their first album since 1979's The Long Run, was nearly as long as that between their 1980 breakup and 1994 reunion. Fans were satisfied by the oldies, and the band kept raking in the dough, so they could take their time making a new album. It doesn't really matter: there was no pressing need for a new album. So, why did it take them so long to record a new studio album? It could be down to the band's notoriously testy relations - Don Felder did leave and sue the band in the interim, settling out of court in 2007 - it could be that they were running out some contractual clause somewhere, it could be that they were waiting for the money to be right, or the music to be right. They started cashing in almost immediately, driving up ticket prices into the stratosphere as they played gigs on a semi-regular basis well into the new millennium. Weaving down the american highway through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk bloated with entitlement, loaded on propaganda and now we're driving dazed and drunkīeen down the road to damascus, the road to mandalay met the ghost of caesar on the appian way he said, "it's hard to stop this bingeing, once you get a taste." "but the road to empire is a bloody stupid waste."īehold the bitten apple - the power of the tools but all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools and it's a long road out of eden.Just because it took them 13 years to deliver a studio sequel to their 1994 live album Hell Freezes Over, don't say it took the Eagles a long time to cash in on their reunion. Having lunch at the petroleum club smokin' fine cigars and swappin' lives he said: "gimme 'nother slice o' that barbecued brisket!" "gimme 'nother piece o' that pecan pie!"įreeways flickering, cell phones chiming a tune we're riding to utopia, road map says we'll be arriving soon captains of the old order clinging to the reins assuring us these aches inside are only growing pains but it's a long road out of edenīack home i was so certain the path was very clear but now i have to wonder: "what are we doing here?" I'm not counting on tomorrow and i can't tell wrong from right but i'd give anything to be there in your arms tonight Music blasting from an suv on a bright and sunny day rolling down the interstate in the good ol' usa Silent stars blinking in the blackness of an endless sky cold silver satellites, ghostly caravans passing by galaxies unfolding, new worlds being born pilgrims and prodigals creeping toward the dawn but it's a long road out of eden Somebody trying just to stay alive he got promises to keep over the ocean in america far away and fast asleep Moon shining down through the palms shadows moving on the sand somebody whispering the twenty-third psalm dusty rifle in his trembling hands
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