I am thoroughly impressed...
It's interesting reading all these other reviews, which tend to be either very positive or very negative. How anyone can possibly be the slightest bit disappointed with Long Road Out Of Eden is beyond me. To me this is one of their strongest releases and damn impressive. Some complain about its length, and that some of these songs shouldn't have been included, but apart from the cover of the dull Guilty Of The Crime I certainly do not agree. Others complain that some of the ballads are too soft and sentimental, but that was always a part of the Eagles sound (The Best Of My Love, I Can't Tell You Why, etc.), so - again! - I don't agree. I wouldn't want to be without Do Something (excellent), You Are Not Alone (very pretty melody) or I Don't Want To Hear Any More. The acoustic ballad Center Of The Universe gives me goosebumbs - I think it is by far their most beautiful ballad alongside After The Thrill Is Gone (1975). The title track is another favorite: The guitar solo puts a lump in my throat and reminds you why these guys are still up there with the very best in the music business. I could go on and on about these songs (Frail Grasp On The Big Picture, Business As Usual, It's Your World Now, etc.) - they really are THAT good. If like me you were very apprehensive about Long Road Out Of Eden based on the four, very bland, new songs they recorded for Hell Freezes Over, then do NOT worry. The Eagles are BACK, and they are OUTSTANDING. Every time I am listening to Long Road Out Of Eden in one sitting, by the time I get to the end of it, I am thoroughly impressed and really rather overwhelmed and touched by the fact that they have managed to make such a superior comeback after all these years. The double album / cd is very consistent despite its length. Another classic. Higly recommended!

Worth the Wait
Simply stated, like women and fine red wine, The Eagles have only improved with age!

OUTSTANDING!
Let me first say that I grew up listening to groups like the Eagles and America ... I'm 54. I was given this CD(s) a few months ago but was so busy I didn't get a chance to listen to it until yesterday. This is as good as any Eagle's music I've ever heard ... it's absolutely great.

Ignore the reviews that give less than 4 stars.

Wasted time
Let's call this release what it really is: a piece of crap. If the intention of this band was to go back in time, to 1972, then they accomplished it. As for musicality, it is just dreadful. Since firing Don Felder, the Eagles have become a caricature of themselves. This is a lame and utterly disrespectful release: disrespectful to their fans.

Give it up, boys. Your time has come and gone. We'll enjoy the classics but it is now clear, in the long run, you no longer have anything of relevance to offer.

Some Assembly Required
Too many songs, so too many opportunities for listener rejection, but any real Eagles fan should be able to pick enough likeable tracks to create a personal one-disc version or iPod program that they could rate five-star. Personally, I dumped four Frey's and a Henley, but your results may vary.

Frey seems to be challenging (and losing to) Schmit for the soulful ballad title he earned back in the Long Run days. Henley want to be the surprise element of the record, but can't hold a candle to Mr. Non-Sequitur himself, Walsh. Had Frey and Henley actually collaborated on a few tunes other than trading a few verses on How Long, their tracks would be much more respectable.

The problem with the two-disc program is that it jumps back and forth too abruptly from over-produced weepy lite rock to angry alternative-ish protest numbers, neither of which styles ever made Eagles a household name (but styles that did show up later on solo records). They may have done better to dedicate a disc each to all of the slow or fast numbers - one disc to fall asleep to and one to fornicate to. Better yet, Walsh and Schmit could've just secretly switched Frey's Valium with Henley's Viagra, and maybe those two would've approached a comparable enough mood to be able to be able to produce a track or two that actually had some of each one of them in it, instead of the string of obvious vanity tracks that make up so much of this album.