THE Eagles' first studio recording for nearly 30 years emerges as a double album when a single, stronger disc would surely have worked better.
Don Henley and Glenn Frey hold sway, while Joe Walsh, who added a much-needed harder edge to the band in the old days, seems to be there to make up the numbers.
There are moments - Waiting in the Weeds, for example - that work really well. But too much of this smacks of smug old men giving voice (albeit in often sumptuous harmonies) to their laudable but hollow-ringing anti-war, pro-environment philosophies.
Look after the world, they say, we've done our bit. Yeah, right.
The Eagles were once quite good. So were the Stones. Should there be a rest home for retired rock stars?
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