Eagles

One Of These Nights

Sing-along-with-Don

Review Score:

(8/10)
I have to say that this is one of those albums where the memory is so much better than the reality. For me, 'One of These Nights' was THE single of the summer of '75. It was a wonderful, balmy time, and many radio DJs were very pleased for the band, because it was their first major commercial success in the UK.

But on hearing this again, I feel it marks the moment where the Eagles sold out -- where they went for mainstream success, whatever that meant abandoning. 'One of These Nights' is still a decent single, but it has nothing to do with country rock.

'Journey of the Sorcerer' is one of those weird one-offs that actually defies what I've just written about about success at any cost. In the UK, the tune is now better known as the theme tune to the radio series 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Assuming Disney use it for the film that the show's writer, Douglas Adams, is negotiating, it should keep Bernie Leadon comfortable in his retirement.

The entire album is very pleasant, very listenable. I have to question whether this album is really remastered. This is now the fourth Eagles album in the remastered series that I've bought, and I feel I need a little more than a sticker and a transparent jewel case to persuade me that the sound has been remastered. Unlike say, the Steely Dan remasters, there are no additional sleevenotes. So if the recording has been remastered, we don't know who did it, where or when. Before it got stolen, I used to own this recording on a mid-1980s gold CD, and I cannot say that the sound on this version is any better.

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