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| Smash Hits | 4/10[4] |
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 in the United Kingdom. This was the first Eagles album to feature Timothy B. Schmit, who had replaced founding member Randy Meisner. This was the band's final studio album for Asylum Records.
When released in September 1979, The Long Run debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit No. 1. It was their last No. 1 album of the 1970s, and stood for eight weeks in the No. 1 slot. The Long Run was first certified Platinum by the RIAA on February 1, 1980, and reached 7× Platinum status on March 20, 2001.[5] It has sold more than eight million copies in the US.[6]
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. 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.
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?"[7]
Accolades[]
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| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 1980 | "Heartache Tonight" | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal[8] | Won |
Track listing[]
Side one[]
- "The Long Run" (Don Henley, Glenn Frey) – 3:42
- Lead vocals by Don Henley, organ by Don Felder, slide guitar by Joe Walsh
- "I Can't Tell You Why" (Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit) – 4:56
- Lead vocal by Timothy B. Schmit, guitar solos by Glenn Frey
- "In the City" (Barry De Vorzon, Joe Walsh) – 3:46
- Lead vocal and slide guitar by Joe Walsh
- "The Disco Strangler" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey) – 2:46
- Lead vocal by Don Henley
- "King of Hollywood" (Henley, Frey) - 6:27
- Lead vocal by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, first guitar solo by Glenn Frey, second guitar solo by Don Felder, end guitar solo by Joe Walsh
Side two[]
- "Heartache Tonight" (Bob Seger, Henley, Frey, J. D. Souther) – 4:27
- Lead vocal by Glenn Frey, slide guitar by Joe Walsh
- "Those Shoes" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 4:57
- Lead vocal by Don Henley, guitar solo by Joe Walsh, talk box guitars by Don Felder and Joe Walsh
- "Teenage Jail" (Henley, Frey, Souther) – 3:44
- Lead vocal by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, guitar solo by Don Felder, synthesizer solo by Glenn Frey
- "The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" (Henley, Frey) – 2:21
- Lead vocals by Don Henley, backing vocals by Jimmy Buffett and "The Monstertones"
- "The Sad Café" (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther) – 5:35
- Lead vocal by Don Henley, alto saxophone by David Sanborn, guitar solo by Don Felder
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 – guitars, vocals, talkbox, organ
- Glenn Frey – guitars, vocals, synthesizer, keyboards
- Don Henley – drums, vocals, percussion
- Timothy B. Schmit – bass, vocals
- Joe Walsh – electric guitars, vocals, slide guitar, talkbox, synthesizer, 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)
- Joe Vitale – congas on "In The City"
Production
- The Eagles – producers
- Bill Szymczyk – producer
- Ed Mashal – engineer
- Bill Szymczyk – engineer
- David Crowther – assistant engineer
- Mark Curry – assistant engineer
- Phil Jamtaas – assistant engineer
- Bob Stringer – assistant engineer
- Bob Winder – assistant engineer
- Ted Jensen – mixing, remastering
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Jim Shea – photography
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
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Year-end charts[]
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Certifications and sales[]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[27] | 2× Gold | 242,400[26] |
| Japan (Oricon Charts) | Template:Sdash | 247,000[15] |
| Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28] | Gold | 25,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[29] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[5] | 7× Platinum | 8,000,000[6] |
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*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
References[]
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "The Long Run". Allmusic. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Eagles: The Long Run". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). Eagles. Simon and Schuster. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (November 1–14, 1979): 29.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:Template:Certification Cite/Title]]"] Check
|url=value (help). Recording Industry Association of America. URL–wikilink conflict (help) If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Eagles: Biography". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-long-run-mw0000650104
- ↑ "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada. March 31, 2004. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Eagles – The Long Run" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Eagles – The Long Run". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste" (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1979" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ↑ "Charts.nz – Eagles – The Long Run". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Eagles – The Long Run". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Eagles – The Long Run". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Eagles – Awards: AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1979". RPM. December 22, 1979. Retrieved October 3, 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Les Albums (CD) de 1979 par InfoDisc" (PHP) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ↑ 年間アルバムヒットチャート 1979年（昭和54年） (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 3, 2011. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ↑ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1980". RPM. December 20, 1980. Retrieved October 3, 2011. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 20, 1980). Billboard.com – Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200.
- ↑ "Les Albums Double Or". infodisc.fr. SNEP. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
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|url=value (help). IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. - ↑ [[[:Template:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:Template:Certification Cite/Title]]"] Check
|url=value (help). British Phonographic Industry. URL–wikilink conflict (help) Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Long Run in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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