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  • DrMaddVibe
    ROTH ARMY ELITE
    • Jan 2004
    • 6686

    Eagles Prepping New Studio Album, Tour

    July 31, 2007, 10:30 AM ET

    Gary Graff, Detroit
    The Eagles are planning to take flight with a long-awaited new album and a tour. Guitarist Joe Walsh tells Billboard.com that the album -- the Eagles' first full-length studio set since "The Long Run" in 1979 -- is "almost out. We're just finishing vocals and mixing it. We're all finally signing off on it."

    Walsh says 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'nÕroll," 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."

    Walsh says the band, which took this year off the road to hunker down on the album, plans to tour extensively in 2008.

    The guitarist is hardly sitting at home, however. Though he's put the James Gang on ice until he has more time to dedicate to it, he's playing 13 solo shows in the next month, beginning tonight (July 31) in Saratoga, Calif. Walsh has recruited a band of well-credentialed young players such as Gia Ciambotti (Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams) and Drew Hester (Lisa Marie Presley, Foo Fighters), who he says "are really kicking me in the pants."

    "I love the energy and the attitude of a younger band, especially on stage," Walsh says. "I'm less cautious and less ... professional, I guess. I just like to rock'n'roll, and they're making me want to do it more."

    Walsh adds that he's jonesing a bit to do some solo recording again but, not surprisingly, says, "I don't think I would cancel being an Eagle and resurface with a solo career. I love being in the Eagles, and we're not really done yet."



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  • devildogou812
    Roth Army Recruit
    • Jun 2007
    • 16

    #2
    GREAT NEWS! I've always liked the Eagles and I'm interested to see how the new album will sound.

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    • DrMaddVibe
      ROTH ARMY ELITE
      • Jan 2004
      • 6686

      #3
      Finished giving the entire cd a listen. This is 10X the record "The Long Run" was. I'm not sure how much of this was left in a vault, but there are some updated lyrics and the melodies and harmonies are what you've always come to love the Eagles for.

      What a great release.
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      • indeedido
        Veteran
        • Feb 2004
        • 2293

        #4
        I'm a little dissapointed with it. It is good, but where are the uptempo songs? It's a pretty slow album.
        This space for rent.

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        • diamondD
          Veteran
          • Jan 2004
          • 1962

          #5
          That's what I was afraid I'd hear about it, but I'm sure I'll pick it up anyway.
          Meet us in the future, not the pasture

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          • VanHalener
            ROCKSTAR

            • Nov 2006
            • 5451

            #6
            It's always good news to me when the Eagles kick it back into motion. I have heard the first three songs so far and it's pure Eagles sound: however, I too was looking for a tune a little more uptempo by that thrid song.
            Looking forward to hearing the rest later and seeing them Live in '08.
            ~Only you can prevent low volume~

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            • DrMaddVibe
              ROTH ARMY ELITE
              • Jan 2004
              • 6686

              #7
              "Business As Usual"

              "Frail Grasp On The Big Picture"

              "Last Good Time In Town"

              "How Long"...CLASSIC Eagles sound.

              "Guilty Of The Crime"
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              • Wawazat
                ROCKSTAR

                • Jul 2005
                • 5288

                #8
                Way too many lame songs here.
                Day-dreaming's gone commercial

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                • DrMaddVibe
                  ROTH ARMY ELITE
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 6686

                  #9
                  Lame? Eagles?

                  I can understand them not being everyone's "cup o' tea", but calling this new one lame?

                  There's a lot of great songs on it with some fantastic guitar work.
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