19-10-2016, 13:42
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THE EAGLES "the long run" vinyl/cd 1979
career stats
tudio albums........7singles..................................29
this album..........#1 US...#1 AU...#1 CAN...#4 UK
singles:
"heartache tonight"...............#1 US...#13 AU...#1 CAN...#40 UK
"the long run"......................#8 US.................#9 CAN...#66 UK
"i cant tell you why"..............#8 US.................#5 CAN
The Eagles' sixth and final album before their capitulation....
a more pop sound on here IMO, and a greater use of synthesisers....
gone are the beautiful harmonies that were all over their early albums...
after this one they recorded a live album in 1980, none of the band members
were together for the mixing process everything was done via Fed Ex-ing eachother...
I think the overall sound is pretty lousy, the songs are generally weak and the whole thing sounds
uninspired, there is nothing on this one that I can honestly say that I love which is total contrast to
what is on their previous album...
I bought this one on vinyl as a youngster and hated it then which is probably why, for years, I shied
away from anything to do with their music...
apparently, the album was supposed to be a double vinyl set but they whittled it down to a single album...
as one American reviewer commented..."if this is the best of what they had, imagine how bad the leftovers
are that failed to make the finished album!"
as a footnote, they managed a Grammy for "heartache tonight" and still sold several million copies worldwide
so I guess they couldn't care less what the critics thought...
so,
ive already posted "hotel California", which I love and their comeback album "the long road out of eden", which barely makes
the grade for me (very good first disc, lousy second disc IMO...
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: teenage jail
best track: heartache tonight
[video=youtube;iXzducbfLmc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXzducbfLmc[/video]
tracks:
1...the long run **
2...I cant tell you why **
3...in the city **
4...the disco strangler *
5...king of Hollywood **
6...heartache tonight **
7...those shoes *
8...teenage jail *
9...the Greeks don't want no freaks **
10.the sad café **
3s=0
2s=7
1s=3
rating: 1.7
so heres how I rate the Eagles studio albums catalogue:
The Eagles (2.4)
Deperado (2.5)
On The Border (2.5)
One Of These Nights (2.4)
Hotel California (2.5)
The Long Run (1.7)
The Long Road Out Of Eden (1.7) disc one gets 2.1 and disc two gets 1.4
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.