The Long Run (Eagles album)
The Long Run | ||||
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Studio album by Eagles | ||||
Released | September 24, 1979 | |||
Recorded | March 1978 - September 1979 | |||
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Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 42:50 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Producer | Bill Szymczyk | |||
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Singles from The Long Run | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | C+[2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Smash Hits | 4/10[4] |
The Long Run is the sixth studio album by the American rock group the Eagles. It was released in 1979, on Asylum in the United States and in the United Kingdom. This was the first Eagles album not to feature founding member Randy Meisner, who was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit. This was the last studio album until 2007's Long Road Out of Eden (though four studio tracks were included on 1994's Hell Freezes Over) and the final studio album for Asylum Records.
When released in September 1979, The Long Run debuted at #2 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit #1 dethroning Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. It was their last #1 album of the 1970s, and reigned for eight weeks in the #1 slot. The Long Run has sold more than seven million copies to date in the U.S. (it was certified Gold and Platinum in early 1980 by the R.I.A.A.).
The album generated three Top 10 singles, the chart-topping rocker "Heartache Tonight", the album's title cut, and the ballad "I Can't Tell You Why". Those singles reached #1, #8 and #8 respectively. The band also won a Grammy Award for "Heartache Tonight". Also featured on the record was "In the City", a song first recorded by their guitarist Joe Walsh for the movie soundtrack for The Warriors. "The Sad Cafe" (about the band's experiences at The Troubadour in Los Angeles) and "Those Shoes" also received substantial radio airplay.[citation needed]
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Critical reception
Reviewing the album retrospectively in AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann wrote of the album "the Eagles' follow-up to the massively successful, critically acclaimed Hotel California was a major disappointment, even though it sold several million copies and threw off three hit singles," adding that "amazingly, The Long Run reportedly was planned as a double album before being truncated to a single disc. If these were the keepers, what could the rejects have sounded like?"[5]
Track listing
Side one | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
1. | "The Long Run" | Don Henley, Glenn Frey | Don Henley | 3:42 |
2. | "I Can't Tell You Why" | Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey | Timothy B. Schmit | 4:56 |
3. | "In the City" | Joe Walsh, Barry De Vorzon | Joe Walsh | 3:46 |
4. | "The Disco Strangler" | Don Felder, Henley, Frey | Henley | 2:46 |
5. | "King of Hollywood" | Henley, Frey | Henley, Frey | 6:27 |
Side two | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
6. | "Heartache Tonight" | Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, J. D. Souther | Frey | 4:27 |
7. | "Those Shoes" | Felder, Henley, Frey | Henley | 4:57 |
8. | "Teenage Jail" | Henley, Frey, Souther | Frey, Henley | 3:44 |
9. | "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" | Henley, Frey | Henley | 2:21 |
10. | "The Sad Café" | Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther | Henley | 5:35 |
Album pressing
The original vinyl record pressings of The Long Run (Elektra/Asylum catalog no. 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:
- Side one: "Never let your monster lay down"
- Side two: "From the Polack who sailed north"
Personnel
- Don Felder – vocals, guitars, talkbox, organ
- Glenn Frey – vocals, guitars, synthesizer, keyboards
- Don Henley – vocals, drums, percussion
- Timothy B. Schmit – vocals, bass guitar
- Joe Walsh – vocals, electric guitars, slide guitar, talkbox, keyboards
- Additional personnel
- Jimmy Buffett – backing vocals on "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks"
- The Monstertones – backing vocals
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "The Sad Café"
- Bob Seger – backing vocals "Heartache Tonight" (not credited in liner notes)
Production
- Producer: Bill Szymczyk, the Eagles
- Engineers: Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk
- Assistant engineers: David Crowther, Mark Curry, Bob Stringer, Bob Winder
- Mastering and remastering: Ted Jensen
- Art direction: Kosh
- Design: Kosh
- Photography: Jim Shea
Singles
- "Heartache Tonight"/"Teenage Jail" – Asylum 46545; released September 18, 1979
- "The Long Run"/"Disco Strangler" – Asylum 46569; released November 27, 1979
- "I Can't Tell You Why"/"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" – Asylum 46608; released February 4, 1980
Accolades
Grammy Awards
Year | Recipient/Nominated work | Award | Result |
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1980 | "Heartache Tonight" | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[6] | Won |
Charts
Peak positions
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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France (SNEP)[24] | 2× Gold | 242,400[25] |
Japan (Oricon Charts) | 247,000[13] | |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26] | Gold | 25,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] | Gold | 100,000 |
United States (RIAA)[28] | 7× Platinum | 7,000,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References
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Preceded by | Australian Kent Music Report number-one album October 22 - November 11, 1979 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 by Rod Stewart |
Preceded by
Itsuka Tsumetai Ame ga by Iruka
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Japanese LP Chart number-one album October 22–29, 1979 |
Succeeded by On the Way by Satoshi Kishida |
Preceded by | Billboard 200 number-one album November 3–29, 1979 (9 weeks) |
Succeeded by On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 by Donna Summer |
Preceded by
In Through the Out Door by Led Zeppelin
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Canadian RPM 100 number-one album November 17, 1979 - January 26, 1980 |
Succeeded by Cornerstone by Styx |
Preceded by
Keep on Boppin' by The Boppers
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Swedish Chart number-one album November 30, 1979 |
Succeeded by The Wall by Pink Floyd |
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