The Eagles' Glenn Frey: Long Road Out Of Eden was a quantum leap

The Eagles' latest album Long Road Out Of Eden is currently Number Two on the Billboard album charts, having debuted earlier this month at Number One.

The group's co-founder Glenn Frey says that it was a far easier task back in 1994 for the Eagles to gear up as a live band than it was to regroup as a studio ensemble: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "You know that was a quantum leap for us. That was a place that was hard to get to. It was a bit of a journey, but the Eagles sort of has a life of its own and so everything's gotta be just right for things to happen for us."

The group, which now includes Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmidt, took their time in getting the new album done, having started the album only days after 9/11: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "And we got to a certain point and I think we realized that there was a lot more writing that needed to be done. Then we started the title track as a jam one afternoon during that first recording session, I believe."

The Eagles recently wrapped up a series of Los Angeles dates and will tour next year in support of Long Road Out Of Eden.