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The Long Run is the sixth studio album by American rock group the Eagles. It was released in 1979, on Asylum in the United States and the United Kingdom. This was the first Eagles album to feature Timothy B. 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.

The Long Run
Studio album by
the Eagles
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1979
RecordedMarch 1978 – September 1979
Studio
Various
    • Bayshore Recording Studios, Coconut Grove, FL,
    • One Step Up Recording Studio, Los Angeles,
    • Love 'n' Comfort Recording Studio, Los Angeles,
    • Britannia Recording Studio, Los Angeles,
    • Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles.
Length42:50
LabelAsylum
ProducerBill Szymczyk
The Eagles chronology
Hotel California
(1976)		 The Long Run
(1979)		 Eagles Live
(1980)
Singles from The Long Run
  1. "Heartache Tonight"
    Released: September 18, 1979
  2. "The Long Run"
    Released: November 27, 1979
  3. "I Can't Tell You Why"
    Released: February 4, 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
Smash Hits4/10[4]

This was the band's final studio album for Asylum Records. 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.

Three singles were released from the album, "Heartache Tonight", "The Long Run", and "I Can't Tell You Why". "Heartache Tonight" reached No. 1 on the singles chart and won a Grammy Award. The album was certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA and has sold more than eight million copies in the US.


Background


The album was originally intended to be a double album. The band could not come up with enough songs and the idea was therefore scrapped. 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.[5][6] 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.[7] However, they managed to put together ten songs for the album, with contribution from their friends J. D. Souther and Bob Seger who co-wrote with Frey and Henley on "Heartache Tonight".[5] (Souther also got songwriting credit on "Teenage Jail" and "The Sad Cafe".)

According 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". 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".[7]

Randy Meisner decided to leave the Eagles after an argument in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the Hotel California Tour in June 1977.[8] He was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit, who brought an unfinished song to the band, "I Can't Tell You Why". Schmit wrote the song based loosely on his own experiences; both Henley and Frey liked the song and they completed the song together.[9] 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.[10] Don Felder wrote the tune for "The Disco Strangler" using a four-on-the-floor disco beat as the basis for the composition. Henley wrote the lyrics. 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.[11] 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 an homage to Sixties "frat rock" such as the song "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians.[7]

The album was produced by Bill Szymczyk, although the Eagles were listed as co-producers.[12]


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:

  1. Side one: "Never let your monster lay down"
  2. Side two: "From the Polack who sailed north" (may be a reference to the producer of the album Bill Szymczyk)[12]

Critical reception


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. If these were the keepers, what could the rejects have sounded like?"[13]


Grammys


Year Nominee / work Award Result
1980"Heartache Tonight"Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[14]Won

Commercial performance


When released in September 1979, The Long Run debuted at number two on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit number one. It stood for nine weeks in the number one slot. The Long Run was first certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 1, 1980, and reached 7× Platinum status on March 20, 2001.[15] It has sold more than eight million copies in the US.[16]

The album generated three Top 10 singles, "Heartache Tonight", the album's title cut, and "I Can't Tell You Why". Those singles reached No. 1, No. 8 and No. 8 respectively.[5] The band also won a Grammy Award for "Heartache Tonight".[17]


Track listing


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."The Long Run"
Don Henley3:42
2."I Can't Tell You Why"
Timothy B. Schmit4:56
3."In the City"
Joe Walsh3:46
4."The Disco Strangler"
Henley2:46
5."King of Hollywood"
  • Henley
  • Frey
Henley and Frey6:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Heartache Tonight"
Frey4:27
2."Those Shoes"
  • Henley
  • Frey
  • Felder
Henley4:57
3."Teenage Jail"
  • Henley
  • Frey
  • Souther
Henley and Frey3:44
4."The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks"
  • Henley
  • Frey
Henley2:21
5."The Sad Café"
  • Henley
  • Frey
  • Walsh
  • Souther
Henley5:35


Personnel


Eagles

Additional personnel

Production


Long Run Leftovers


It appears that several more songs were submitted for The Long Run, but did not make it. Some of these are included in the collection Selected Works: 1972–1999, with the title “Long Run Leftovers”, though in a barely recognizable form. Joe Walsh later resurrected two of them, which surfaced on his solo albums: “Rivers (of the Hidden Funk)” on There Goes the Neighborhood (1981) and “I Told You So” on You Bought It, You Name It (1983). The music of both of them appear to have been written by Don Felder, with lyrics by Walsh. Felder is also credited for playing guitar on both songs.[18][19]


Charts



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[39] 3× Platinum 210,000^
France (SNEP)[40] 2× Gold 200,000*
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[41] Gold 10,000*
Japan (Oricon Charts) — 247,000[42]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] Platinum 15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[44] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[15] 7× Platinum 8,000,000[16]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. Ruhlmann, William. "The Long Run". Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: E". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). Eagles. Simon and Schuster. Archived from the original on February 28, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  4. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 1–14, 1979): 29.
  5. Giles, Jeff (September 24, 2015). "36 Years Ago: The Eagles Grind to a Halt with 'The Long Run'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  6. DeRiso, Nick (November 7, 2015). "35 Years Ago: The Eagles Limp Away With the Patched-Together 'Live'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  7. Browne, David (June 10, 2016). "Eagles' Complete Discography: Don Henley Looks Back". Rolling Stone.
  8. Andy Greene (July 16, 2015). "Flashback: The Eagles Play 'Take It to the Limit' in 1977". Rolling Stone.
  9. "Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles". Song Facts.
  10. "Joe Walsh: In the City". AllMusic.
  11. Felder, Don (May 9, 2008). Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001). John Wiley & Sons. p. 199. ISBN 978-0470289068.
  12. Big Jay Sorensen (November 22, 2014). "This Week In History: The Beatles' 'Abbey Road,' The Eagles' 'The Long Run' & Bon Jovi's 'New Jersey'". WCBS-FM.
  13. "The Long Run - Eagles - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
  14. "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  15. "American album certifications – Eagles – The Long Run". Recording Industry Association of America.
  16. "Eagles: Biography". Rolling Stone.
  17. "WINNERS: 22nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (1979)". The Recording Academy.
  18. Felder, Don (with Wendy Holden) (2007). Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974–2001). Hoboken, New Jersey: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-470-28906-8.
  19. "Eagles: The Long Run". Mojim Lyrics. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  20. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  21. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 7866a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  22. "Dutchcharts.nl – Eagles – The Long Run" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  23. "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – E". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Eagles from the menu, then press OK.
  24. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  25. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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  31. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  32. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1979". RPM. December 22, 1979. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  33. "Les Albums (CD) de 1979 par InfoDisc" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  34. "Top Selling Albums of 1979 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  35. 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1979年（昭和54年） [Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1979] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  36. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1980". RPM. December 20, 1980. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  37. "Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  38. Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 20, 1980). Billboard.com – Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200.
  39. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  40. "French album certifications – Eagles – The Long Run" (in French). InfoDisc. Select EAGLES and click OK. 
  41. "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1981". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  42. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  43. "New Zealand album certifications – Eagles – The Long Run". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  44. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Eagles; 'The Long Run')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  45. "British album certifications – Eagles – The Long Run". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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[de] The Long Run

The Long Run ist das 1979 erschienene sechste Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Rockband Eagles. Es war das erste Album nach ihrem Welterfolg Hotel California und erschien wie ihre vorherigen Platten auf ihrem Stamm-Label Asylum. Im Jahr darauf löste sich die Band zum ersten Mal auf. Das Albumcover wurde von John Kosh gestaltet.
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The Long Run es el sexto álbum de estudio de Eagles.


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