Eagles Live

Eagles Live
The album cover has a trunk for Eagles' touring gear on it
Live album by Eagles
Released November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07)
Recorded October 20, 1976 – July 31, 1980
Genre Rock
Length 77:10
Label Asylum
Producer Bill Szymczyk
Eagles chronology
The Long Run
(1979)		 Eagles Live
(1980)		 Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
(1982)
Singles from Eagles Live
  1. "Seven Bridges Road"
    Released: December 15, 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Robert ChristgauC−[1]

Eagles Live is the first live album by the American rock band Eagles, a two-LP set released on November 7, 1980. The Eagles effectively disbanded on July 31, 1980, after a concert in Long Beach, California that served as a fund-raiser for then-Senator Alan Cranston's campaign, and where Glenn Frey and Don Felder nearly came to blows backstage. However, the band owed Elektra/Asylum Records one more album and fulfilled that commitment with a release of performances from the Hotel California and The Long Run tours.[2]

Eagles Live was mixed by Frey and Don Henley on opposite coasts in Los Angeles and Miami respectively, and as producer Bill Szymczyk put it, the record's three-part harmonies were fixed "courtesy of Federal Express." The 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide said it is "perhaps the most heavily overdubbed [live album] in history." "Seven Bridges Road," a Steve Young cover, was released as a single and became a top 40 hit. The song was a showcase for the band's close harmony singing, as the first and last verses feature band members singing in five-part harmony.

Album composition

The album provides a balanced document of the band's musical history, recorded during two distinct phases. Five of the tracks were recorded during the Hotel California tour, specifically during three different performances at The Forum in Inglewood, California in October, 1976. The other ten tracks were recorded in July, 1980 from three different shows in Santa Monica, California and one in Long Beach, California. Not including the brief musical interlude of "Doolin Dalton (Reprise II)", of the 14 vocal songs on the album, five different lead singers are featured (Henley, Frey, Walsh, original bassist Randy Meisner, and his replacement Timothy B. Schmit). There are also songs from each of the Eagles studio albums except one (On the Border is not represented) as well as two Joe Walsh solo tracks from different movie soundtracks he had worked on, and one cover song: the acoustic harmony-laden "Seven Bridges Road", which was the album's lead single.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleRecording date and location Length
1. "Hotel California" (writers: Don Felder, Don Henley, Glenn Frey)July 29, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 6:55
2. "Heartache Tonight" (writers: Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, J. D. Souther)July 27, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 4:35
3. "I Can't Tell You Why" (writers: Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey)July 28, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 5:24
Side two
No. TitleRecording date and location Length
1. "The Long Run" (writers: Henley, Frey)July 27, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 5:35
2. "New Kid in Town" (writers: Henley, Frey, Souther)October 22, 1976, The Forum
Inglewood, California		 5:45
3. "Life's Been Good" (writer: Joe Walsh)July 29, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 9:38
Side three
No. TitleRecording date and location Length
1. "Seven Bridges Road" (writer: Steve Young)July 28, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 3:54
2. "Wasted Time" (writers: Henley, Frey)October 22, 1976, The Forum
Inglewood, California		 5:40
3. "Take It to the Limit" (writers: Randy Meisner, Henley, Frey)October 20, 1976, The Forum
Inglewood, California		 5:20
4. "Doolin-Dalton (Reprise II)" (writers: Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman)October 21, 1976, The Forum
Inglewood, California		 0:44
5. "Desperado" (writers: Henley, Frey)October 21, 1976, The Forum
Inglewood, California		 4:04
Side four
No. TitleRecording date and location Length
1. "Saturday Night" (writers: Meisner, Henley, Frey, Bernie Leadon)July 28, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 3:55
2. "All Night Long" (writer: Walsh)July 27, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 5:40
3. "Life in the Fast Lane" (writers: Henley, Frey, Walsh)July 31, 1980, Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, California		 5:10
4. "Take It Easy" (writers: Jackson Browne, Frey)July 27, 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Santa Monica, California		 5:20
LP notes

Personnel

Eagles
Additional musicians
Production

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart Position
Australian Kent Music Report[3] 3
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[4] 25
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 7
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[6] 8
New Zealand Albums Chart[7] 9
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[8] 25
Swedish Albums Chart[9] 44
UK Albums Chart[10] 24
US Billboard 200[11] 6
West German Media Control Albums Chart[12] 55

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 67
Chart (1981) Position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 60
US Billboard Pop Albums[13] 67

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[15] Gold 100,000*
Japan (Oricon Charts) 105,000[6]
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[17] 7× Platinum 3,500,000^

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

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Eagles Live". Robert Christgau.
  2. ↑ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/eagles-live-1980/
  3. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 34, No. 8" (PHP). RPM. January 31, 1981. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "dutchcharts.nl Eagles – Live" (ASP). Hung Medien (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  7. ↑ "charts.org.nz Eagles – Eagles Live" (ASP). Hung Medien. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  8. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com Eagles – Live" (ASP). Hung Medien. VG-lista. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ "swedishcharts.com Eagles – Live" (ASP) (in Swedish). Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Eagles > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  11. ↑ "allmusic ((( Eagles Live > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Album Search: Eagles – Eagles Live" (ASP) (in German). Media Control. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Albums". Billboard: YE-8. December 26, 1981.
  14. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Eagles – Live". Music Canada. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  15. ↑ "French album certifications – Eagles – Live" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Select EAGLES and click OK
  16. ↑ "British album certifications – Eagles – Live". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Enter Live in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  17. ↑ "American album certifications – Eagles – Live". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 27, 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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