Eagles – The Long Run - Original Vinyl Record Album

Catalog Number:  Asylum 5E-508

Conditions

Vinyl

-      Side 1:              VG

-      Side 2:              VG

Labels

-        Side 1:            VG+

-        Side 2:            VG+

Covers

-        Front Cover:   VG+

-        Back Cover:    VG+

 

Inside Cover Gatefold:  VG+

 Spine:                  VG

Seems

-        Top:                VG

-        Bottom: VG

Inner Sleeve:       VG+

Additional Items:  Nice copy of this classic album by this classic artist.

Released:    September 24, 1979

Recorded:   March 1978 - September 1979 at Bayshore Recording Studios, ,
One Step Up Recording Studio, Love 'n' Comfort Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Britannia Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA and , Los Angeles, CA

  from The Long Run

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Released: September 18, 1979 ""
Released: November 27, 1979 ""
Released: February 4, 1980

 

Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Rating

C+

4/10

 

The Long Run is the sixth studio by the American group the , released in 1979. This was the first Eagles album not to feature founding member , who was replaced by . This was also the last studio album until 2007's , the final studio album for , and the last studio album to include .

The album was originally intended to be a double album to be released in 1978 but was instead released as a single LP. 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 . Some of the bits in "Long Run Leftovers" were resurrected by on "Rivers (of the Hidden Funk)" from 1981's and "Told You So" on 1983's .

Also, the band recorded a Christmas single during the sessions, the first of which was a cover of "Please Come Home For Christmas" by Charles Brown (released as a single in November 1978). The song's B-side was a and original called "Funky New Year"—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 .

When released in September 1979, The Long Run debuted at #2 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart and a week later hit #1 dethroning 's . It was the last #1 album of the 1970s, and reigned for eight weeks in the #1 slot. "The Long Run" has sold more than seven million copies to date in the US alone (it was certified Gold and Platinum in early 1980 by the ).

The album generated three Top 10 singles, the chart-topping rocker "Heartache Tonight", the album's title cut, and the ballad "I Can't Tell You Why". Those singles reached #1, #8, and #8 respectively. The band also won a Grammy for "Heartache Tonight". Also on the record was "In the City", a song first recorded by guitarist Joe Walsh for the movie soundtrack for . "The Sad Cafe" (about the band's experiences at in ) and "Those Shoes" also received substantial radio airplay.

Track listing

Side one

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Lead vocals

Length

 

1.

""  

,

Don Henley

3:42

 

2.

""  

, Henley, Frey

Timothy B. Schmit

4:56

 

3.

""  

,

Joe Walsh

3:46

 

4.

"The Disco Strangler"  

, Henley, Frey

Henley

2:46

 

5.

"King of Hollywood"  

Henley, Frey

Henley, Frey

6:27

 

 

Side two

 

No.

Title

Writer(s)

Lead vocals

Length

 

6.

""  

Henley, Frey, ,

Frey

4:27

 

7.

"Those Shoes"  

Felder, Henley, Frey

Henley

4:57

 

8.

"Teenage Jail"  

Henley, Frey, Souther

Frey, Henley

3:44

 

9.

"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks"  

Henley, Frey

Henley

2:21

 

10.

"The Sad Café"  

Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther

Henley

5:35

 

Album pressing

Original 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 :

Side one: "Never let your monster lay down" Side two: "From " Personnel – , , , , – electric guitar, , , vocals – , , vocals – , vocals – electric guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, vocals Singles "Heartache Tonight"/"Teenage Jail" – Asylum 46545; released September 18, 1979 "The Long Run"/"Disco Strangler" – Asylum 46569; released November 27, 1979 "I Can't Tell You Why"/"The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks" – Asylum 46608; released February 4, 1980 Accolades Grammy Awards

Year

Recipient

Award

Result

"Heartache Tonight"

Won

Charts Peak positions

Chart (1979-80)

Position

Australian Albums ()

1

Canadian Albums ()

1

Dutch Albums ()

3

German Albums ()

20

French Alvbums ()

2

Italian Albums

13

Japanese Albums ()

1

New Zealand Albums ()

2

Norwegian Albums ()

5

Swedish Albums ()

1

UK Albums ()

4

US

1

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)

Position

25

32

French Albums Chart

65

Italian Albums Chart

39

Japanese Albums Chart

41

Chart (1980)

Position

Australian Albums Chart

30

Canadian Albums Chart

6

US Billboard Pop Albums

2

Certifications and sales

Region

Certification

France ()

2× Gold

242,400

Japan (Oricon Charts)

 

247,000

Switzerland ( Switzerland)

Gold

25,000x

United Kingdom ()

Gold

100,000^

United States ()

7× Platinum

7,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone