The Long Run
by Eagles
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Eagles bestography
The Long Run is ranked 4th best out of 19 albums by Eagles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Eagles is Hotel California which is ranked number 267 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,009.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Long Run track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Long Run rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 59 Music Albums of 1979 | 51/59 | 1 |
| 2026 | Gendjar | Top 13 Music Albums of the 1970s | 8/13 | 9 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1979 | 6/75 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 99 Music Albums of 1979 | 65/99 | 2 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 76/100 | 23 |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 26 Music Albums of 1979 | 26/26 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 32 America Usa 3 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 27/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 | 21/30 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 60/100 | 8 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 148 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 466 | |||
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The Long Run ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 09:02 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/17/2026 22:21 | matterhornrider | 5,196 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 17:32 | davidhuret | 2,055 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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The Long Run forum mentions
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The Long Run comments
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Much more uneven album than the prior greats from the Eagles, without any career-defining highlights, so it's quite comfortably my least favorite of their "classic six" records. That said, there's still good stuff here—Heartache Tonight and In the City are fun, and Timothy Schmit gives a nice performance on I Can't Tell You Why. Though, to my ears, the two best songs are easily the non-hits Those Shoes and King of Hollywood. (Edited)
They only scored one hit from this album in the UK, with Heartache Tonight just making No.40, but you have to remember they only ever scored one top 10 hit in their entire career. When I was young they were never on the radio as they weren't in the charts. So I listened to this album for the first time, not knowing any of the songs. I immediately recognized Barry De Vorzon/Joe Walshs In The City from The Warriors, classic tune. The Disco Strangler & The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks also standout tunes for me. This was their last but best album because of the variety contained in this album, which made it much more contemporary than previous albums. (Edited)
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Slightly overlooked and underrated coming on the heels of the astoundingly successful Hotel California. In some ways, I like this one even more, especially for the great contributions from Joe Walsh.
This is a really underrated album. I didn't buy it for years because it always had a bad reputation, but it's a very good record. The Eagles by this time are closer to Steely Dan than they are to themselves, around, desperado, time. The title track, and, heartache tonight, are the most famous tracks, but there are other gems to be found, especially in, the disco strangler, and my favourite, those shoes. The long run, is full of that late seventies coked up Californian cynicism that the Eagles were so good at capturing. Very good.
Not bad for a send-off album. My favorite is Greeks Don't Want No Freaks. Got sick of hearing In The City, but I tried to look past that. Not as good as earlier efforts, but still worth listening to. Released in early fall of 1979, my high school graduation year and beginning of college at IU. Was a big album played at the parties at IU, probably everywhere.
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