And is that the overwhelming success of "Hotel California" required a thoughtful pause and a great reflection.
This new album would not achieve the success of that one, but nevertheless it reached the fantastic number of more than five million copies sold worldwide.
During the break between "Hotel California" and "The Long Run", the band had undergone a significant change, Randy Meisner had left the formation and had been replaced by the former Poco component; Timothy B. Schmit, who in addition to the role as bassist towards the main voice in some of the songs.
By then all the components were capable of singing as soloists, but it was Don Henley and Glenn Frey who most commonly did so.
As the single from this new album, "Heartache Tonight" would be chosen, sung by Frey, which would reach number one on the charts, other hits were "I Can't Tell You Why", sung by Schmit and "The Long Run" by Don Henley.
At this point The Eagles showed a group of interchangeable solo voices and instrumentalists, which gave them great musical wealth but at the same time very little stability.
An example of this was the exceptional sales figures and that the band suddenly disappeared, dissolving shortly after.
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