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What a long, strange wait it's been. Don Felder has left, a generation has grown into adulthood, and at long last, Eagles return with a new studio album, their first since 1979's The Long Run. Given the interim, though, fans couldn't possibly have asked for more. The two-disc, 20-track Long Road Out of Eden not only retains the entire menu of the Eagles' staple sounds--effortless, multi-part harmonies; colorful, if not intricate, guitar embellishment; meticulously crafted songwriting; squeaky-clean, almost geriatric production--but many of these songs also viscerally recall past hits from Eagles' or the extant members' solo records. Like revenant doubles, "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" echoes "Life in the Fast Lane," "How Long" channels "Take It Easy," the guitar arpeggio threading through "Center of the Universe" hints at the ubiquitous "Hotel California," and "Business As Usual" could have been culled from the cutting room floor from Don Henley's The End of the Innocence. The effect of all this familiarity is one of masterfully crafted self-tribute with one eye riveted on posterity, calculated to please both the deep-pocketed who can still afford the Eagles' concerts and those who'd given up on ever hearing new material again. --Jason Kirk
 Customer Reviews 
Eagles Long Road Out of Eden
Rating: 5
Excellent CD. The music is excellent. Just what I would expect from the Eagles. I recommend this to any Eagles fan.
Well worth the wait
Rating: 5
This is pure Eagles - takes me back to the 70's and 80's loungin' and drinkin' in the sun of the Florida Keys, and listening to Eagles song after Eagles song, because they never made a bad one. The same still holds true, and anyone who doesn't believe that needs to listen to the songs on LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN just twice to be hooked. Well worth the wait!
Mostly Great Stuff
Rating: 4
This review is being written after listening to this album regularly for over 4 months. There is a mega-ton of achingly beautiful harmonies here, along with a few songs that only slightly diminish this overall top-notch effort. Nobody sounds like or does it like the Eagles ,if you love them and know them, I think you will understand the gift they were giving their long-time fans, something familiar and re-assuring but heartfelt and completely sincere, from an old friend. I am surprised that in these reviews that there aren't more comments on the jaw-dropping production values and fidelity of the recordings, this always is a big plus to encourage repeated listenings. For those who say that the Eagles have lost their edge, #1 listen closely to Joe Walsh's searing and spot-on solos throughout, particularly on "Big Picture" , #2 this album is a solid progression standing squarely on the shoulders and building from their previous records. I believe in years to come when we go back and listen to this album,we will experience renewed appreciation of how ridiculously superb this record actually is. It is destined to join the classics.
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