Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. Desperado
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Doolin-Dalton
7. Already Gone
8. The Best Of My Love
9. James Dean
10. Ol' '55
11. Midnight Flyer
12. On The Border
13. Lyin' Eyes
14. One Of These Nights
15. Take It To The Limit
16. After The Thrill Is Gone
17. Hotel California

Disc 2:

1. Life In The Fast Lane
2. Wasted Time
3. Victim Of Love
4. The Last Resort
5. New Kid In Town
6. Please Come Home For Christmas
7. Heartache Tonight
8. The Sad Cafe
9. I Can't Tell You Why
10. The Long Run
11. In The City
12. Those Shoes
13. Seven Bridges Road (Live)
14. Love Will Keep Us Alive
15. Get Over It
16. Hole In The World

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #970 in Music
• Released on: 2003-10-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered

Amazon.com
This packed double-disc is the slim option for fans who find the Eagles' vaunted greatest hits sets too little and the boxed set too hefty. Hit singles large and medium are here, often ("One of These Nights," "Hotel California") still sounding definitive and even tough. Large helpings of favorite album cuts are also included, along with a taster from a promised 2004 Eagles studio reunion. Unfortunately, "Hole in the World," Don Henley's response to September 11, feels just as empty and entitled as "Get Over It," the band's previous state-of-the-union message (from which the newer song represents a philosophical 180-degree turn). But for those seeking an overview of this Southern California juggernaut's successes, as well as telling comments from band members--mostly Henley and Frey--in a well-designed booklet, Very Best will more than do. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

Good listening Music!
I made my purchase after reading an Amazon.com recommendation and review. Most of the Eagles music is very soothing, cool and mellow. Just plain old "Good listening music". Its not for everybody,..but then what is?

Fantastic
The Very Best of the Eagles: Its audio music, and its the Eagles. There really is no need to say more. This is the best of their albums in my personal view. The main reason I bought the album was for the song, "Hole In the World", but the rest are also fantastic.

The Best and the Worst
The first CD takes the listener through "Hotel California," the title and leadoff song of the fifth album. This break is significant, for The Eagles became only the eagles with the loss of Randy Meisner and the addition of Joe Walsh. Firing Don Felder was also one of their dumber moves. Note that credits for "Hotel California" list Glenn Frey and Don Henley before Don Felder, indicating that they had more to do with writing the song than Felder, although in the credits on the original album Felder is listed first. In fact, Felder wrote all of the music himself, including the arrangements for each instrument. The stunning guitar duet that ends the song, in my opinion, represents the high point of their career.

Some of the songs have been remastered, unfortunately muting the msndolin and banjo contributions of Bernie Leadon. The song that loses the most in the recorded version versus the live performance is "Take it to the Limit." Again in my opinion, Timothy B. Schmit is a very poor replacement for Randy Meisner, whose range was greater - and voice truer -than any of the others, and Frey's version just doesn't make it. I also have a hard time recognizing some of the songs as "hits," but it is good to hear them again.

In short, if you like listening to The Eagles while you're driving the highway and want to change the CD player as little as possible, this is an excellent compilation. The collection is in chronological order, which none of the other "best of" releases have been. It enables the listener to follow the the changes in the band from the beginning, which I really like.