| The Long Run | ||||
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| Studio album by Eagles | ||||
| Released | September 24, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | March 1978 - September 1979 at Bayshore Recording Studios, Coconut Grove, FL, One Step Up Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA Love 'n' Comfort Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA Britannia Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Genre | Country rock, rock | |||
| Length | 42:50 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Bill Szymczyk | |||
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| Allmusic | link |
| Robert Christgau | C+[1] |
| Rolling Stone | link |
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The Long Run is the sixth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). This was the first Eagles album not to feature founding member Randy Meisner, who was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit.
The album was originally intended to be a double album to be released in 1978 but was instead demoted to a single album. Some of the tracks that were left off the album would be cobbled together to compose the cut "Long Run Leftovers" which appeared on the band's 2000 box set Selected Works: 1972-1999. Some of the bits in "Long Run Leftovers" were resurrected by Joe Walsh on "Rivers (Of the Hidden Funk)" from 1981's There Goes the Neighborhood and "Told You So" on 1983's You Bought It, You Name It.
Also, the band recorded a Christmas single during the sessions. First of which was a cover of "Please Come Home For Christmas" by Charles Brown, which was released as a single in November 1978. The song's B-side was a Don Henley and Glenn Frey original called "Funky New Year" which was the band's song about the pitfalls of celebrating New Year's Day.
The Long Run took almost two years to complete and saw the Eagles move in a more hard rock direction that they started going in with its predecessor, 1976's Hotel California.
When released in September 1979, The Long Run debuted at #2 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit #1 dethroning Led Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door and was the last #1 album of the 1970s where it reigned for eight weeks and has sold over seven million copies to date in the US alone (it was certified Gold and Platinum in early 1980 by the R.I.A.A.).
The album spawned three Top 10 singles, the chart-topping rocker "Heartache Tonight", the album's opening title cut and the ballad "I Can't Tell You Why". Those singles reached #1, #8, and #8 respectively. The band also won another Grammy for "Heartache Tonight". "In the City", is a song first recorded by guitarist Walsh for the soundtrack to the movie The Warriors. "The Sad Cafe" and "Those Shoes" received radio airplay, as well.
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Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1979 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
Album - Kent Music Report (Australia)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1979 | Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1979 | "Heartache Tonight" | Pop Singles | 1 |
| 1980 | "I Can't Tell You Why" | Adult Contemporary | 3 |
| 1980 | "I Can't Tell You Why" | Pop Singles | 8 |
| 1980 | "The Long Run" | Pop Singles | 7 |
| Year | Winner | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Heartache Tonight" | Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal |
| Preceded by In Through the Out Door by Led Zeppelin |
Billboard 200 number-one album November 3–29, 1979 (9 weeks) |
Succeeded by On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 by Donna Summer |
| Preceded by Slow Train Coming by Bob Dylan |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one album October 22 - November 11, 1979 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 by Rod Stewart |
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