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The album is savvier still, crafted to evoke the spirit and feel of the Eagles' biggest hits.
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It's all a testament to the durable Eagles footprint on the pop landscape.
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That band’s ambition is intact is remarkable--that they’ve made an album that captures the zeitgeist is maybe even more so.
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Bitter or sweet, the Eagles sidestep self-parody, serving up the rarest of musical blends: freshly brewed nostalgia you'll actually want to savor.
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Sprawling, but pristinely produced, animated by righteous indignation and regret, this double album offers everything fans want and detractors scorn.
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There is more than nostalgia at work here. Lyrically at least, the cocaine cowboys of yore strive to engage with the modern world’s ills and idiosyncrasies.
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It is an auspicious beginning for a double album so strong it's almost irritating that it took so long to release it.
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The Eagles' original studio albums were all models of clenched-gleam detail, and Long Road suffers from sprawl.
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They could have made most of the album back in 1979.
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For better or worse, it's the most predictable album of the year.
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The best songs here are the least ambitious: love laments that coleader Glenn Frey and bassist Timothy B. Schmit both sing the hell out of.
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They're proving that they're still commercially relevant, but the calculated, tepid Long Road Out of Eden isn't likely to influence another generation of musicians.
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MojoThere are some very bad lyrics on this album. [Dec 2007, p.99]
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Q MagazineEagles may be victims of a world in which their signature sound has been distilled into oblivion. [Dec 2007, p.110]
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Fitting that the Eagles' first studio gathering since 1979's The Long Run should be a Wal-Mart exclusive, since the entire 2-CD affair is a generic sprawl aimed for the largest (read: lowest) common denominator.
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Disc one sounds like the band's Desperado years left out in the rain--damp, shrunken and fetid, with songs such as Guilty of the Crime and Fast Company giving out as much spark as a dying novelty lighter.
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Positive: 44 out of 77
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Mixed: 11 out of 77
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Negative: 22 out of 77
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Oct 11, 2010
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ClayKSep 21, 2009
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MartinD.Aug 25, 2009A fantastic double CD that warrants and rewards frequent playing. As good as anything they did 30+ years ago.