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''Long Road Out of Eden'' is the seventh studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, ''Long Road Out of Eden'' is the first studio album from the Eagles since 1979's ''The Long Run'', and along with the four original tracks on 1994 ''Hell Freezes Over'', and two songs in 2003 ("Hole in the World") and 2005 ("One Day at a Time"), the only original material since. The album produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: a cover of J.D. Souther's "How Long" and "Busy Being Fabulous", both of which were Top 30 hits on the country charts as well as Top 20 hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The album produced five straight hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts with "How Long", "Busy Being Fabulous", "No More Cloudy Days", "What Do I Do With My Heart", and "I Don't Want to Hear Anymore". The album debuted at #1 in the U.S. and won the band two Grammy awards for "How Long" and the instrumental "I Dreamed There Was No War". The album became the band's sixth #1 album and was the highest selling album of the year. It has since sold 3.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Being a double album with length exceeding 90 minutes, the album was certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 3.5 million discs. ==About the album== In 2006, a special edition exclusive to Wal-Mart of the DVD release, ''Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne'', included a bonus CD with three studio versions of songs from ''Long Road Out of Eden'': "No More Cloudy Days," "Do Something" and "Fast Company." On August 20, 2007, the song "How Long," written by J.D. Souther – who had previously worked with the Eagles co-writing some of their biggest hits including "Best of My Love," "Victim of Love," "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town" – was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video at Yahoo! Music and debuted on television on CMT during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23, 2007. The band performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1970s, but did not record it at the time due to J.D. Souther's desire to use it on his first solo album. The ''Deluxe Collector's Edition'' of ''Long Road Out of Eden'' was released on November 20, 2007, featuring two bonus tracks, "Hole in the World" and "Please Come Home for Christmas." This version of the CD is wrapped in a red linen cloth, screen printed with panoramic imagery, and includes a 40-page booklet with lyrics, credits, exclusive photos and desert scenes from the making of the "How Long" video.〔(Wal-Mart Releases Eagles' 'Deluxe Collector's Edition of Long Road out of Eden' ), Press release via money.cnn.com, November 16, 2007〕 "No More Walks in the Wood" is a song using the words from "An Old-Fashioned Song," a 21-line poem (without choruses either in the poem or song) by John Hollander. The song is in four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly sung a cappella.〔Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, "Venerable Poet's Words to a Pop Music Beat", article, ''The New York Times'', Connecticut and the Region section, February 10, 2008, p 6〕 In a 2007 interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make."〔( Don Henley: 'Let the chips fall where they may' ) ''CNN'', November 18, 2007〕 When questioned about the possibility of a follow-up album in November 2010, band member Timothy B. Schmit said, "My first reaction would be: no way. But I said that before the last one, so you never really know. Bands are a fragile entity and you never know what's going to happen. It took a long time to do that last album, over a span of years, really, and it took a lot out of us. We took a year off at one point. I'm not sure if we're able to do that again. I wouldn't close the door on it, but I don't know."〔(Eagles have learned to take it easy ), The Australian, November 25, 2010〕 In a 2010 interview with undercover.fm, Joe Walsh said that the band might be able to make one more album before the band "wraps it up".〔(Joe Walsh To Release First Album In 18 Years )〕 At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the album won Best Pop Instrumental Performance and was nominated for three more: Best Pop Vocal Album; Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Waiting in the Weeds"; and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Long Road Out of Eden". "Guilty of the Crime" was covered by The Bellamy Brothers and The Bacon Brothers, whose version was released as a single in June 2009. In 2009 "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" was released as the fifth single from the album. The song's writer Paul Carrack had already cut his own version, with Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit singing backing vocals, in 2007.〔(I Don't Want to Hear Anymore ) from SongFacts.com〕 For the first year after the album's initial release, the album was available in North America exclusively via the band's website, or through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Road Out of Eden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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