Eagles

Their Greatest Hits

One of my very favorite "sing along" albums

Review Score:

(10/10)
If there is ever a two-album soundtrack of my high school years, this one will take up one whole album. I sang along with these in the car, at my friends' houses, out in the fields of my dad's farm (we always took a transistor radio and listened). One of the first songs I slow-danced to was "Best of My Love." "Already Gone" was, for many years, the song that got me through many heartaches when going through yet another breakup with a guy.

What I liked about their music was that they could talk about broken romance in a matter-of-fact, realistic way, not, "I'll never get over you," but "well, it's over, and it hurts, but hey, life goes on and eventually I'm going to be all right." "One of These Nights" had a spot of wildness in it that would come to full head on "Hotel California" and "Long Run."

There were other artists and groups out there during the 70s who wrote songs for dancing, showing off their guitar prowess, or just to make a quick buck. The Eagles, through all their personnel changes and wild ride to fame, never forgot the basics of making unforgettable music: to first tell a great story and then make it easy to sing along with. During his 1993 solo tour, Don Henley included many of these songs in his Indianapolis concert that my husband took me to. And the audience sang right along without missing a beat--even the ones who weren't born yet when "Take It Easy" was released:)

If I had to choose a favorite here, I guess it would be "Desperado," the first song Don Henley and Glenn Frey wrote together. The older you get, the more truth you'll find in it. It's aged well, as has this whole album. They were a great band. This is some of their best work. If you love them as much as I did and still do, you need this in your collection.

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