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Eagles, Their Greatest Hits (original 1976; edition 1976)

by Warner Bros Publications

Series: The Eagles [Rock Band] (Compilation 1)

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Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 [1976 Sound Recording Album] by Eagles (1976)

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1 Take It Easy 3:29
2 Witchy Woman 4:10
3 Lyin' Eyes 6:21
4 Already Gone 4:13
5 Desperado 3:33
6 One Of These Nights 4:51
7 Tequila Sunrise 2:52
8 Take It To The Limit 4:48
9 Peaceful, Easy Feeling 4:16
10 Best Of My Love 4:35
  carptrash | Mar 7, 2022 |
INFORMATION-This album contains the following tracks:
1 Take It Easy (Jackson Browne / Glenn Frey), 3:31
2 Witchy Woman (Don Henley / Bernie Leadon), 4:13
3 Lyin' Eyes (Glenn Frey / Don Henley), 6:21
4 Already Gone (Robb Strandlund / Jack Tempchin), 4:13
5 Desperado (Glenn Frey / Don Henley), 3:34
6 One of These Nights (Glenn Frey / Don Henley), 4:50
7 Tequila Sunrise (Glenn Frey / Don Henley), 2:52
8 Take It to the Limit (Glenn Frey / Don Henley / Randy Meisner), 4:46
9 Peaceful, Easy Feeling (Jack Tempchin), 4:18
10 Best of My Love (Glenn Frey / Don Henley / J.D. Souther), 4:35
  Lemeritus | Mar 18, 2014 |
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On their first four albums, the Eagles were at pains to demonstrate that they were a group of at least near-equals, each getting a share of the songwriting credits and lead vocals. But this compilation drawn from those albums, comprising the group's nine Top 40 hits plus "Desperado," demonstrates that this evenhandedness did not extend to singles -- as far as those go, the Eagles belong to Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The tunes are melodic, and the arrangements -- full of strummed acoustic guitars over a rock rhythm section often playing a shuffle beat, topped by tenor-dominated harmonies -- are immediately engaging. There is also a lyrical consistency to the songs, which often concern romantic uncertainties in an atmosphere soaked in intoxicants. The narrators of the songs usually seem exhausted, if not satiated, and the loping rhythms are appropriate to these impressions. All of which means that, unlike the albums from which they come, these songs make up a collection consistent in mood and identity, which may help explain why Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) works so much better than the band's previous discs and practically makes them redundant. No wonder it was such a big hit out of the box, topping the charts and becoming the first album ever certified platinum. Still, there must be more to it, since the album wasn't just a big hit, but one of the biggest ever, becoming one of the very few discs to cross the threshold of 20 million copies and competing for the title of best-selling album of all time. There may be no explaining that, really, except to note that this was the pervasive music of the first half of the 1970s, and somehow it never went away.
 

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You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
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Songs on album:
Take It Easy
Witchy Woman
Lyin' Eyes
Already Gone
Desperado
One of These Nights
Tequila Sunrise
Take It to the Limit
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Best of My Love

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