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Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
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Track Listing
- 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
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #50467 in Music
- Released on: 2006-05-01
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
- Dimensions: .8 pounds
Editorial Reviews
CD Description
The Eagles are one of the most celebrated bands in Americanmusic history. Between 1971 and 1975 they released four albums, and followed those with this collection of nine singlesand one album track. 'Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975' becamethe first record ever to be certified platinum and has goneon to sell over 25 million copies. Lyrics on love and the rock 'n' roll lifestyle are backed by acoustic guitars and a fluid rhythm section, to create some of the most recognisable country rock of the 1970's.
Customer Reviews
A very well chosen set of representative songs.
This is the Eagles in all moods - from the driving beat of "Take It Easy" to the lament "Desperado". The atmospheric track "One Of These Nights" give us a preview of later numbers such as "Hotel California" and the whole album is very melodic. Even non-devotees will recognise at least one track on the disc because it is such a good all round sample of the best Eagles' music.
Still a great compilation
With the new double-disc Eagles compilation out, "Their Greatest Hits 1971-75" may be pushed into the background a little bit, but it is still a great introduction to the pre-Hotel California Eagles.
The first record ever to be certified platinum, "Their Greatest Hits" gathers the cream of the crop from the band's first four albums. The tunes are superbly melodic, and the arrangements - full of strummed acoustic guitars playing over a rock rhythm section - are immediately engaging.
Sure, "The Very Best Of The Eagles" is much more comprehensive, but this compilation pulled off a nifty trick by concentrating on big hits and substituting album track "Desperado" for "Outlaw Man", a single that didn't go anywhere, thus providing a compulsively enjoyable listen. And if you get this album and its sister volume "Their Greatest Hits vol. II", you'll have an Eagles retrospective which includes virtually all of their very best songs, and not a single weak track.
The serious Eagles fan will need to own all of the group's original albums, of course, and "Their Greatest Hits" certainly doesn't include every good song the Eagles recorded between 1971 and 1975, but their two original compilation albums remain the best purchase for the casual fan, as well as providing a terrific introduction for the curious.
One thing to say.....
The best ever selling album of all time, need I say more?
