Track Listing

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Lyin' Eyes
4. Already Gone
5. Desperado
6. One Of These Nights
7. Tequila Sunrise
8. Take It To The Limit
9. Peaceful, Easy Feeling
10. Best Of My Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #186 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
From the original master tapes on 24 karat Gold disc. Booklet includes complete original artwork. 1993 release. Standard jewel case.

Amazon.com essential recording
The pre-Hotel California years were arguably the best for The Eagles (though there were, thanks to Joe Walsh, some stellar future moments). Their mix of country, folk, and rock had a harder, grittier edge, and helped define what would become known as the Southern California sound. There was just enough of a country feel in the beautiful harmonies of "Best of My Love," to blur the edges between the genres. "Take It Easy" and "Lyin' Eyes" could easily have come out of the new Nashville school, as well. The twang that characterizes the guitar intro to "Already Gone" and the leads in "Witchy Woman" and "One of These Nights," also pays tribute to country's guitar greats. Greatest Hits 1971-1975 houses a scant ten singles, but not only does it illustrate the magic of the collaboration between Glen Frey and Don Henley, it shows the breadth of The Eagles impact on the many who would follow their lead. --Steve Gdula

Customer Reviews

the eagles hits
The main reason I'm giving the Eagles Greatest Hits a perfect 5 star rating is because it does a PERFECT job collecting all the major hit songs from the Eagles. While I feel many of these songs have overstayed their welcome, and even though I've moved on to other classic rock artists, what matters is how solid a greatest hits collection is, and let me tell ya- they don't get any more solid than this!

However, it's probably best to pick up some of the bands regular studio albums instead. Start with the very first one and go from there.

Outstanding compilation
The Eagles still remain as one of my favorite bands (along with Pink Floyd, ELO, Allman Brothers, and Led Zeppelin). Every song on here is great. Witchy Woman, and Already Gone are my two favorite songs of theirs

All LP Versions
There isn't much I can add to the other reviews in terms of this legendary group, inducted into the R&R Hall Of Fame in 1998. However, for those who are conditioned by the term "greatest hits" meaning those renditions that made it to the Billboard Pop Hot 100, be advised that these are all LP cuts.

For example, while the hit single version of Witchy Woman, which came out on Asylum 11008 in 1972 (# 9) is 3:53 in length, the version presented here is 4:14. Likewise with Lyin' Eyes, a # 2 in 1975 on Asylum 45279 at 3:58, whereas the cut here is 6:24.

For those seeking the single versions, and even those not overly concerned with such things, I would still recommended looking around for recent compilations which present upwards of 20 to 25 cuts, complete with informative liner notes and discographies. This has nothing in either regard.

Also how, exactly, does Desperado fit within the term "greatest hits" - LP cut or not? That not only never made any singles charts, it wasn't even the B-side to one of their charted singles.