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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Eagles metamorphoses is complete,
This review is from: The Long Run (Audio CD)
The Long Run...Eagles had a hard act to follow after the classic 'Hotel California' so rather than try that the band 'progressed'from the clear waters of country into the darker waters of progressive rock.The result is a mixture of styles ranging from the radio friendly 'Heartache Tonight' to the 'grunge'of 'Teenage Jail'.Make no mistake,this is a classic 70's album that broke new ground for the band.The fact that as the recording was still being produced,band members were in dispute,never tells.The inclusion of Joe Walsh as a guitarist as on'Hotel...'is invested in well,'In The City' is a fine song.Each member of the band takes centre stage for different songs,Timothy B Schmidt gives a angelic vocal display on'I can't tell you why'.The whole recording is immaculately produced and it really does rank highly in their chart of work.Only 'Hotel California' prevents this getting a 5 star rating.Buy it and you'll wish you had years ago.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The non-hits are the best!,
This review is from: The Long Run (Audio CD)
This is a great Eagles album as it contains many great tracks that most people have never heard but are better than the hits in my opinion.The Long Run, Heartache Tonight and In The City are good, and I Can't Tell You Why is ok, but... King of Hollywood with it's great lengthy guitar solos has to rank as one of the Eagles' best, as does the minor hit, the Henley sung ballad, The Sad Cafe, with it's saxophone finale. There are other standouts such as the Disco Strangler and Those Shoes which showed the harder-edged playing of the Eagles and the terrific vocals of Henley. Then there is the short, but fun 50's sounding rock n roll number, The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks. Teenage Jail isn't quite up to standard, but it's still an ok song. I think this album showed the type of hard-edged songs Don Henley would write for his later solo albums (can you tell I'm a fan?). The Long Run is a MUST purchase for any Eagles fan who likes the rockier sounding songs. Make sure you get the remastered version for superior sound quality. Highly recommended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Enigmatic but excellent,
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This review is from: The Long Run (Audio CD)
'The Long Run' has often been seen as the most enigmatic Eagles album, and many - including, at the time, myself - found it a bit disappointing. A longish time had elapsed since 'Hotel California', and this album seemed much less imediately accessible. True, you had some classic, hit-material songs ('Heartache Tonight', 'The Long Run') but a lot of the album seemed out of kilter with the band as we'd hitherto known them.
In fact, 'The Long Run' was a wholly logical next step in a process which had taken the Eagles from a country-rock band into the rock mainstream. The political awareness which had been present in 'On The Border', 'One of these Nights' and 'Hotel California' (especially in 'The Last Resort') became much more overt here and, with this, the music became both darker and heavier. Perhaps the album signals that the fun days and the idealism of the 70s were turning sour - that's certainly what you can take from 'The Disco Strangler' and 'King of Hollywood'. The latter track, in particular, was a million miles away from 'Take It Easy'. Personally, I like this album, and can recommend it. It can work on two levels - there are some individual classics here (such as 'I Can't Tell You Why', 'Heartache Tonight' and the title track) - but it also works as a whole in that, rather than simply a collection of good songs, it's a comprehensive, complex body of work, best appreciated in its entirety. Not the most accessible Eagles album, and it takes effort to appreciate it fully - but that effort is rewarded.
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