General Album Information

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There has been so much great information coming out about the new album that we wanted to compile it in one place. This is what we know as of right now. We'll add more information as we get it.

Title: Long Road Out of Eden

Release Date: Internationally, October 29th.  In North America, October 30th

Where Can I Buy It? In North America, the album will be available exclusively at Wal*Mart and Sam's Club. You can also purchase it from the band's official site. Right now, if you live in the US, you can pre-order the album and be entered in a contest to win concert tickets and get a free download of the first single. This deal is only available from the band's official site.  If you live in Europe, you can preorder it from Play.com or from this German site.

Album Length. The album will be a 2 disc set and feature 20 songs (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

Press:

Billboard QnA with Don Henley

Billboard QnA with Glenn Frey

Songs:

Official Track Listing (unless otherwise noted, song details are from this Billboard First Listen Article)

Disc one:

"No More Walks in the Wood" (4:00) A "gentle and forboding harmony fest" that is, "...part social commentary, part examination of the human condition and part re-introduction of the band via new and powerful songs"

"How Long" (3:20)--Cover of JD Souther song. This was released as the first single and a video was made for this song.

"Busy Being Fabulous" (4:17)--Henley lead vocal. A short clip can be heard on the band's official site. It is described as a "...mid-tempo twanger featuring the familiar Henley vitriol"

Lyrics courtesy of Bob Lefsetz:

"I came home to an empty house and I found your little note:

'Don't wait up for me tonight', and that was all she wrote

Do you think I don't know that you're out on the town with all of your high-rollin' friends?

But, what do you do when you come up empty? Where do you go when the party ends?

You were just too busy being fabulous

Too busy to think about us

I don't know what you were dreaming of

Somehow you forgot about love

And you were just too busy being fabulous, uh-huh"

"What Do I Do With My Heart" (3:55)-- Frey lead vocal. Country ballad. A short clip can be heard here. "Percussive...and boasts an earnest Frey vocal and a gorgeous, swirling bridge."

"Guilty of the Crime" (3:44) Joe lead vocal. a "...piano-driven, chugging boogie" that Joe also did on the Robocop soundtrack.

"I Don't Want To Hear Anymore" (4:25) This song was written by Paul Carrack. Timothy lead vocal. "...sweeping, rhythmic"

"One song that unfortunately won't be on this album (Carrack's new album) is 'I don't want to hear any more', a song that PC wrote especially for the forthcoming EAGLES album as the EAGLES have asked for 'exlusivity' of this song for a short time. It will probably be on a PC album next year and could still feature on the tour." (Source, Paul Carrack Message Board Thanks, Mr. Haney)

"Waiting in the Weeds"-- (7:10) "an acoustic-based ballad featuring a brilliant Henley lyric, vibrant imagery, haunting instrumentation and well-crafted vocal arrangements."

Lyrics Courtesy of Bob Lefsetz

"I don't know when I realized the dream was over

Well, there was no particular hour, no given day

You know, it didn't go down in flame

There was no final scene, no frozen frame

I just watched it slowly fade away" 

"And I've been waiting in the weeds

Waiting for the dust to settle down

Along the back roads, running through the fields

Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town

And I imagine sunlight in your hair

You're at the county fair

You're holding hands and laughing

And now, the Ferris wheel has stopped

You're swinging on the top, suspended there with him"

"No More Cloudy Days" (3:58)--This was featured on the Farewell I DVD (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

"Fast Company" (3:57) -- This song was a bonus on Walmart's 2006 Thanksgiving release of the Farewell I DVD. It's a funky little number featuring a lead Henley vocal and is about the dangers of fame. It's kind of New Kid in Town revamped for the Federline set.

"Do Something"  (5:06)-- This song was a bonus on Walmart's 2006 Thanksgiving release of the Farewell I DVD. Timothy sings lead on most of this, but Don sings the bridge. One one level it's about fighting for love, on another level, it's about taking a stand. Nice harmonies on this.

"You Are Not Alone"-- (2:30) A song Glenn wrote for his teenage daughter who was going through some hard times. (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

Disc two:

"Long Road Out of Eden" (10:15)--The title track and a Henley opus. Glenn says this song is about 10 minutes long and very ponderous. (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert) The Henley-penned title song, he added, is “written (from) the eyes of a U.S. serviceman and the way he sees the world.” (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

"an apocalyptic cautionary tale that blends desert imagery, spiritual overtones and wry observations on consumerism"

Lyrics Courtesy of Bob Lefsetz:

"Moon shining down through the palms

Shadows moving on the sand

Somebody whispering the Twenty-Third Psalm

Dusty rifle in his trembling hands"
----
"Weaving down the American highway

Through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk

Bloated with entitlement; loaded on propaganda

And now we're driving dazed and drunk

Been down the road to Damascus, the road to Mandalay

Met the ghost of Caesar on the Appian Way

He said, 'It's hard to stop this bingeing, once you get a taste'

'But the road to empire is a bloody, stupid waste'

Behold the bitten apple - the power of the tools

But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools

And it's a long road out of Eden"

"I Dreamed There Was No War" (1:37) An instrumental number designed to let people rest after "Long Road Out of Eden" Sounds like "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

"Somebody" (4:12) A "spooky, paranoid rocker"

"Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (5:10) "...an adventurous funk-rock powerhouse with biting takes on religion, journalism ("dead and gone," according to the Eagles), sex, money and politics."


"Last Good Time in Town" (7:15)  "an infectious (even danceable) romp" from Joe.

"I Love To Watch a Woman Dance" (3:11)--Glenn sings lead on this cover of a Larry John McNally song (McNally also wrote For My Wedding which appeared on Henley's Inside Job album...the 2 songs sound similar)

"Business As Usual" (5:34) A "pulsing rocker"

"Center of the Universe" (3:48) vaguely Beatles-esque "Center of the Universe" offers observant perspective on enduring love.  Lyric is: I thought I'd be above it all by now, in some country garden in the shade," Henley lead vocal.

"It's Your World Now" (4:20)  Frey lead vocal.  "...bittersweet".

What Else Do We Know?

The album went through a "...bucket of producers" (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

Joe says he has 2 songs on the album (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

Joe told Billbaord: "...that all of the band members -- himself, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmit -- wrote songs for the album, which he says "go in some really, really new, different directions. It's hard to compare to anything that I hear out there now." For his songs, however, Walsh "went rock'n’roll," including one "extended" track with "a middle full of guitar statement" and another that's "full-on rock'n'roll. I didn't want us to be too ballad-y here. We need some stuff we can play live, so I made sure there was that element in the record." (Source: Billboard)

Here's an ad for the album and a review of the "How Long" single from Rolling Stone. Click it to make it bigger (thanks, Kim and Carol)

Have we missed something? Let us know!

There has been so much great information coming out about the new album that we wanted to compile it in one place. This is what we know as of right now. We'll add more information as we get it.

Title: Long Road Out of Eden

Release Date: Internationally, October 29th.  In North America, October 30th

Where Can I Buy It? In North America, the album will be available exclusively at Wal*Mart and Sam's Club. You can also purchase it from the band's official site. Right now, if you live in the US, you can pre-order the album and be entered in a contest to win concert tickets and get a free download of the first single. This deal is only available from the band's official site.  If you live in Europe, you can preorder it from Play.com or from this German site.

Album Length. The album will be a 2 disc set and feature 20 songs (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

Press:

Billboard QnA with Don Henley

Billboard QnA with Glenn Frey

Songs:

Official Track Listing (unless otherwise noted, song details are from this Billboard First Listen Article)

Disc one:

"No More Walks in the Wood" (4:00) A "gentle and forboding harmony fest" that is, "...part social commentary, part examination of the human condition and part re-introduction of the band via new and powerful songs"

"How Long" (3:20)--Cover of JD Souther song. This was released as the first single and a video was made for this song.

"Busy Being Fabulous" (4:17)--Henley lead vocal. A short clip can be heard on the band's official site. It is described as a "...mid-tempo twanger featuring the familiar Henley vitriol"

Lyrics courtesy of Bob Lefsetz:

"I came home to an empty house and I found your little note:

'Don't wait up for me tonight', and that was all she wrote

Do you think I don't know that you're out on the town with all of your high-rollin' friends?

But, what do you do when you come up empty? Where do you go when the party ends?

You were just too busy being fabulous

Too busy to think about us

I don't know what you were dreaming of

Somehow you forgot about love

And you were just too busy being fabulous, uh-huh"

"What Do I Do With My Heart" (3:55)-- Frey lead vocal. Country ballad. A short clip can be heard here. "Percussive...and boasts an earnest Frey vocal and a gorgeous, swirling bridge."

"Guilty of the Crime" (3:44) Joe lead vocal. a "...piano-driven, chugging boogie" that Joe also did on the Robocop soundtrack.

"I Don't Want To Hear Anymore" (4:25) This song was written by Paul Carrack. Timothy lead vocal. "...sweeping, rhythmic"

"One song that unfortunately won't be on this album (Carrack's new album) is 'I don't want to hear any more', a song that PC wrote especially for the forthcoming EAGLES album as the EAGLES have asked for 'exlusivity' of this song for a short time. It will probably be on a PC album next year and could still feature on the tour." (Source, Paul Carrack Message Board Thanks, Mr. Haney)

"Waiting in the Weeds"-- (7:10) "an acoustic-based ballad featuring a brilliant Henley lyric, vibrant imagery, haunting instrumentation and well-crafted vocal arrangements."

Lyrics Courtesy of Bob Lefsetz

"I don't know when I realized the dream was over

Well, there was no particular hour, no given day

You know, it didn't go down in flame

There was no final scene, no frozen frame

I just watched it slowly fade away" 

"And I've been waiting in the weeds

Waiting for the dust to settle down

Along the back roads, running through the fields

Lying on the outskirts of this lonesome town

And I imagine sunlight in your hair

You're at the county fair

You're holding hands and laughing

And now, the Ferris wheel has stopped

You're swinging on the top, suspended there with him"

"No More Cloudy Days" (3:58)--This was featured on the Farewell I DVD (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

"Fast Company" (3:57) -- This song was a bonus on Walmart's 2006 Thanksgiving release of the Farewell I DVD. It's a funky little number featuring a lead Henley vocal and is about the dangers of fame. It's kind of New Kid in Town revamped for the Federline set.

"Do Something"  (5:06)-- This song was a bonus on Walmart's 2006 Thanksgiving release of the Farewell I DVD. Timothy sings lead on most of this, but Don sings the bridge. One one level it's about fighting for love, on another level, it's about taking a stand. Nice harmonies on this.

"You Are Not Alone"-- (2:30) A song Glenn wrote for his teenage daughter who was going through some hard times. (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert)

Disc two:

"Long Road Out of Eden" (10:15)--The title track and a Henley opus. Glenn says this song is about 10 minutes long and very ponderous. (Source: Glenn Frey, Niagara Falls Concert) The Henley-penned title song, he added, is “written (from) the eyes of a U.S. serviceman and the way he sees the world.” (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

"an apocalyptic cautionary tale that blends desert imagery, spiritual overtones and wry observations on consumerism"

Lyrics Courtesy of Bob Lefsetz:

"Moon shining down through the palms

Shadows moving on the sand

Somebody whispering the Twenty-Third Psalm

Dusty rifle in his trembling hands"
----
"Weaving down the American highway

Through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk

Bloated with entitlement; loaded on propaganda

And now we're driving dazed and drunk

Been down the road to Damascus, the road to Mandalay

Met the ghost of Caesar on the Appian Way

He said, 'It's hard to stop this bingeing, once you get a taste'

'But the road to empire is a bloody, stupid waste'

Behold the bitten apple - the power of the tools

But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools

And it's a long road out of Eden"

"I Dreamed There Was No War" (1:37) An instrumental number designed to let people rest after "Long Road Out of Eden" Sounds like "Battle Hymn of the Republic"

"Somebody" (4:12) A "spooky, paranoid rocker"

"Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" (5:10) "...an adventurous funk-rock powerhouse with biting takes on religion, journalism ("dead and gone," according to the Eagles), sex, money and politics."


"Last Good Time in Town" (7:15)  "an infectious (even danceable) romp" from Joe.

"I Love To Watch a Woman Dance" (3:11)--Glenn sings lead on this cover of a Larry John McNally song (McNally also wrote For My Wedding which appeared on Henley's Inside Job album...the 2 songs sound similar)

"Business As Usual" (5:34) A "pulsing rocker"

"Center of the Universe" (3:48) vaguely Beatles-esque "Center of the Universe" offers observant perspective on enduring love.  Lyric is: I thought I'd be above it all by now, in some country garden in the shade," Henley lead vocal.

"It's Your World Now" (4:20)  Frey lead vocal.  "...bittersweet".

What Else Do We Know?

The album went through a "...bucket of producers" (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

Joe says he has 2 songs on the album (Source: Joe Walsh interview)

Joe told Billbaord: "...that all of the band members -- himself, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Timothy B. Schmit -- wrote songs for the album, which he says "go in some really, really new, different directions. It's hard to compare to anything that I hear out there now." For his songs, however, Walsh "went rock'n’roll," including one "extended" track with "a middle full of guitar statement" and another that's "full-on rock'n'roll. I didn't want us to be too ballad-y here. We need some stuff we can play live, so I made sure there was that element in the record." (Source: Billboard)

Here's an ad for the album and a review of the "How Long" single from Rolling Stone. Click it to make it bigger (thanks, Kim and Carol)

Have we missed something? Let us know!