The Eagles are working on a new album

[Auburn Annie]

Eagles prepping 1st new album since 1979

Thursday, August 3, 2006; Posted: 9:04 a.m. EDT (13:04 GMT)


NEW YORK (Billboard) -- The Eagles hope to take flight with a new album -- sooner rather than later, according to guitarist Joe Walsh.

"I would say the first half of next year we should be able to put out a new Eagles album," he told Billboard.com, adding with a laugh that "it'll be nice to have some new songs to play, 'cause we're sick of the old ones!"

The Eagles have been talking about a new studio album, their first since 1979's "The Long Run," since launching the tongue-in-cheek series of "Farewell" tours in 2003. The recording sessions so far, according to Walsh, have yielded "pretty much basic tracks for people to take and write words to. We've got a bunch of stuff floating around."

But after touring Europe earlier in the summer, Walsh said there's a new resolve to start turning those ideas into finished songs.

"We decided we better get some new product out, some new songs. We could rest on our laurels and play our catalog forever, but we're not a nostalgia band. We've got another record in us. We don't have a mean ol' record company to tell us we're done anymore, so we're taking too long. We really need to just police ourselves and get in there and get it finished and put it out."

Two new songs, Walsh's "One Day at a Time" and bandmate Glenn Frey's "No More Cloudy Days," appeared on last year's live DVD "Farewell 1 Tour -- Live From Melbourne," which the band released via its own Eagles Recording Co. imprint.

First up for Walsh, however, is his first tour with the James Gang in 35 years. The outing begins Aug. 10 in Sturgis, North Dakota. Walsh wouldn't rule out the possibility of recording new music with the trio too, but he quickly added, "I really don't know what to expect. I just don't see a whole lot of improvising rock'n'roll bands out there now, so I think maybe there's a little window here for a spontaneous group like us. I'm excited to see where it goes."

[charlene]

Love the Eagles...such nostalgia listening to their old tunes.
Glen Frey was just in Orillia at Casino Rama:
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[Jesse Joe]

The Eagles, many great hits to there credit.

[ August 03, 2006, 17:45: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Eagles prepping 1st new album since 1979

Thursday, August 3, 2006; Posted: 9:04 a.m. EDT (13:04 GMT)


NEW YORK (Billboard) -- The Eagles hope to take flight with a new album -- sooner rather than later, according to guitarist Joe Walsh.

"I would say the first half of next year we should be able to put out a new Eagles album," he told Billboard.com, adding with a laugh that "it'll be nice to have some new songs to play, 'cause we're sick of the old ones!"

The Eagles have been talking about a new studio album, their first since 1979's "The Long Run," since launching the tongue-in-cheek series of "Farewell" tours in 2003. The recording sessions so far, according to Walsh, have yielded "pretty much basic tracks for people to take and write words to. We've got a bunch of stuff floating around."

But after touring Europe earlier in the summer, Walsh said there's a new resolve to start turning those ideas into finished songs.

"We decided we better get some new product out, some new songs. We could rest on our laurels and play our catalog forever, but we're not a nostalgia band. We've got another record in us. We don't have a mean ol' record company to tell us we're done anymore, so we're taking too long. We really need to just police ourselves and get in there and get it finished and put it out."

Two new songs, Walsh's "One Day at a Time" and bandmate Glenn Frey's "No More Cloudy Days," appeared on last year's live DVD "Farewell 1 Tour -- Live From Melbourne," which the band released via its own Eagles Recording Co. imprint.

First up for Walsh, however, is his first tour with the James Gang in 35 years. The outing begins Aug. 10 in Sturgis, North Dakota. Walsh wouldn't rule out the possibility of recording new music with the trio too, but he quickly added, "I really don't know what to expect. I just don't see a whole lot of improvising rock'n'roll bands out there now, so I think maybe there's a little window here for a spontaneous group like us. I'm excited to see where it goes."

The article is slightly mistaken. The Eagle's did put out an album in 1994 called Hell Freezes Over.

[Cathy]

The original release was November 8, 1994. I believe it was reissued in 1997 on CD. I got the cassette in 1994 and played it until it wouldn't play anymore, and a few years later, after I bought a CD player, I bought it on CD.

[Auburn Annie]

I believe the Hell Freezes Over album was from their reunion tour of the same name, with mostly old songs (I think there were 3-4 new studio cuts.) The forthcoming album has all NEW songs; I think that was the point of the article.