The Very Best of the Eagles [Import]

Eagles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea/Warner
• ASIN: B000005S5W
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,589 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take It Easy

2. Witchy Woman

3. Peaceful Easy Feeling

4. Doolin Dalton

5. Desperado

6. Tequila Sunrise

7. Best Of My Love

8. James Dean

9. I Can't Tell You Why

10. Lyin' Eyes

11. Take It To The Limit

12. One Of These Nights

13. Hotel California

14. New Kid In Town

15. Life In The Fast Lane

16. Heartache Tonight

17. The Long Run

Editorial Reviews

Unavailable in the U.S., this 1994 release on Elektrafeatures 17 classics, including the bulk of their two U.S.hits collections, as well as 'James Dean' & 'Doolin-Dalton'.Others include 'Lyin' Eyes', 'Take It To The Limit', 'One OfThese Nights', 'Hotel California', 'Heartache Tonight', 'TheLong Run', 'I Can't Tell You Why', 'Witchy Woman', 'New KidIn Town' and 'Best Of My Love'!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than buying the 2 separate U.S. discs, May 31, 2000

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Jeff Pearlman (Lakeland, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of the Eagles (Audio CD)

Shameful to see England doing a better job of packaging than our great big U.S.of A. Rather than parcel out ten songs per disc like they did here, Elektra U.K. put 17 Eagles hits on one excellent disc. (This is probably because the British need the value to encourage them to shell out for our beloved American rockers. Squeeze and Crowded House are competing for their hard-earned pounds...) The only song missing from "our" Vol. 1 is "Already Gone." I am prepared to weather this loss. All the chart hits from the relatively-less-popular Vol. 2 are here as well, except for "Seven Bridges Road". While I wish that was here, this CD compensates with early tracks "James Dean" and "Doolin-Dalton". I prefer having one rock-solid disc to two that are each missing something; that made this worth the import price for me. Sound quality is excellent, and all the versions are the same lengths as on the U.S. discs. P.S.: Michael Jackson fans, take note--if enough people choose this over "Greatest Hits '71-'75", "Thriller" may someday reclaim the all-time sales lead...

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Eagles Collection For Those With More Money, Less Room, August 10, 2001

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Anthony G Pizza "trivialtony" (FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of the Eagles (Audio CD)

Hard imagining anyone but wealthy, space-strapped Eagles fans taking this one-disc, price-prohibitive collection over "Greatest Hits 1971-75" and "Greatest Hits Vol.2," among music's top sellers and essential 1970s collections.

Choosing "The Very Best of The Eagles" over those shortchanges vintage classics as "Sad Cafe'," "Already Gone," "After The Thrill Is Gone," and others. But the sequencing here is refreshingly out of chronological order, dropping Tim Schmitt's honest, aching vocal on "I Can't Tell You Why" above "Lyin' Eyes" chrome polished country. Sprinkling less familiar songs ("Doolin' Dalton," "James Dean") among Eagle standards shows creativity those hits sets lacked. Praising a mythical gunfighter and the "just too cool for school" film star allowed lead songwriters Glenn Frey and Don Henley to tap the musician-as-renegade image rock and country stars (Paul McCartney's "Band On The Run," Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings "Outlaws" projects) cultivated throughout the decade.

Other than that, the same California timepieces ("Life In The Fast Lane," "Hotel California," "Take It To The Limit") show up on both collections, here providing a more concentrated shot of what made this country-turned-rock band one of music's richest, most enduring supergroups: lyrics charting personal and political cynicism that defined the 1970s, set to melodies consistently straddling reflective country ("Best of My Love," "Peaceful Easy Feeling") and wailing, immaculately crafted hard rock ("Life In The Fast Lane"). If you need the room and have the money, "The Very Best of The Eagles" covers the hits nicely, but the two hits collections covers more ground for about the same price.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything a casual fan needs, April 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Very Best of the Eagles (Audio CD)

The Eagles are well known for their hit singles more than classic albums except for Hotel California (the album) Most of their first Greatest Hits album is here, 9 out of 10 tracks, plus their later hits like the classic Hotel California, I can't tell you why, Life in the fast lane, New kid in town and Heartache Tonight. Is the most complete compilation, since it cover their whole carreer from 1972 to 1980. It's a jewel of Country Rock and probably the only disc to buy instead of buying "Their Greatest hits 1972-75" and "Greatest Hits Volume 2".