ORIGINAL 1990 Elektra/Wea
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This second collection of hits features a hardening of sorts for these
laid back southern California rockers. The emphasis shifts away from the
lazy, rolling rhythms of the first collection to the tighter and
harder-edged material contained herein. Part of the blame may be the
inclusion of James Gang veteran Joe Walsh who adds noticeable lead
guitar work and galvanizes Don Henley and Glenn Frey into taking greater
chances. "Hotel California" is the obvious potboiler, but "Heartache
Tonight," "Life in the Fast Lane," and "The Long Run" are close
runners-up. Timothy B. Schmit's vocals on "I Can't Tell You Why" return
the band full circle to their mellow, country-rock roots.
Track
listing
1. Hotel California
2. Heartache
Tonight
3. Seven Bridges Road
4. Victim of
Love
5. Sad Cafe, The
6. Life in the Fast
Lane
7. I Can't Tell You Why
8. New Kid in
Town
9. Long Run, The
10. After the Thrill
Is Gone
Product Details
- Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
- Original Release Date: October 1982
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Elektra / Wea
Eagles Biography
With five number one singles, fourteen Top 40 hits, and four number
one albums, the Eagles were among the most successful recording artists
of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two of those albums --
Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Hotel California -- ranked among the
ten best-selling albums ever, and the popularity of 2007's Long Road
Out of Eden proved the Eagles' staying power in the new millenium.
Though most of its members came from outside California, the group was
closely identified with a country- and folk-tinged sound that initially
found favor in Los Angeles during the late '60s, as championed by such
bands as the Flying Burrito Brothers and Poco (both of which contributed
members to the Eagles). But the band also drew upon traditional rock
& roll styles and, in their later work, helped define the broadly
popular rock sound that became known as classic rock. As a result, the
Eagles achieved a perennial appeal among generations of music fans who
continued to buy their records many years after they had split up, which
helped inspire the Eagles' reunion in the mid-'90s.
The band was
formed by four Los Angeles-based musicians who had migrated to the West
Coast from other parts of the country. Singer/bassist Randy Meisner
(born in Scottsbluff, NE, on March 8, 1946) moved to L.A. in 1964 as
part of a band originally called the Soul Survivors (not to be confused
with the East Coast-based Soul Survivors, who scored a Top Five hit with
"Expressway to Your Heart" in 1967) and later renamed the Poor. He
became a founding member of Poco in 1968, but left the band prior to the
release of its debut album in order to join the Stone Canyon Band, the
backup group for Rick Nelson. Meanwhile,
singer/guitarist/banjoist/mandolinist Bernie Leadon (born in
Minneapolis, MN, on July 19, 1947) arrived in L.A. in 1967 as a member
of Hearts and Flowers, later joining Dillard & Clark and then the
Flying Burrito Brothers. Singer/drummer Don Henley (born in Gilmer, TX,
on July 22, 1947) moved to L.A. in June 1970 with his band Shiloh, which
made one self-titled album for Amos Records before breaking up.
Finally, Glenn Frey (born in Detroit, MI, on November 6, 1948) performed
in his hometown and served as a backup musician for Bob Seger before
moving to L.A. in the summer of 1968. He formed the duo Longbranch
Pennywhistle with J.D. Souther, and the two musicians signed to Amos
Records, which released their self-titled album in 1969.
In the
spring of 1971, Frey and Henley were hired to play in Linda Ronstadt's
backup band. Meisner and Leadon also played backup for Ronstadt during
her summer tour, though the four only did one gig together: a July show
at Disneyland. They did, however, all appear on Ronstadt's next album,
Linda Ronstadt. In September 1971, Frey, Henley, Leadon, and Meisner
signed with manager David Geffen, agreeing to record for his
soon-to-be-launched label, Asylum Records; soon after, they adopted the
name the Eagles. In February 1972, they flew to England and spent two
weeks recording their debut album, Eagles, with producer Glyn Johns. It
was released in June, reaching the Top 20 and going gold in a little
over a year and a half on the strength of two Top Ten hits -- "Take It
Easy" and "Witchy Woman" -- and one Top 20 hit, "Peaceful Easy Feeling."
The
Eagles toured as an opening act throughout 1972 and into early 1973,
when they returned to England to record their second LP, Desperado, a
concept album about outlaws. Produced by Glyn Johns and released in
April 1973, it reached the Top 40 and went gold in a little less than a
year and a half, spawning the Top 40 single "Tequila Sunrise" in the
process. The title track, though never released as a single, became one
of the band's better-known songs and was included on the Eagles' first
hits collection.
After touring to support Desperado's release, the
Eagles again convened a recording session with Glyn Johns for their
third album. Their desire to make harder rock music clashed with Johns'
sense of them as a country-rock band, however, and they split from the
producer after recording two tracks, "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and
"The Best of My Love." After an early 1974 tour opened by
singer/guitarist Joe Walsh, the band decided to hire Walsh's producer,
Bill Szymczyk, who handled the rest of the sessions for On the Border.
Szymczyk brought in a session guitarist, Don Felder (born in
Gainesville, FL, on September 21, 1947), an old friend of Bernie
Leadon's who so impressed the rest of the band that he was recruited to
join the group.
On the Border was released in March 1974. It went
gold and reached the Top Ten in June, the Eagles' fastest-selling album
yet. The first single, "Already Gone," reached the Top 20 the same
month. But the most successful song on the LP -- the one that broke them
through to a much larger audience -- was "The Best of My Love," which
was released as a single in November. It hit number one on the easy
listening charts in February 1975 and topped the pop charts a month
later.
The Eagles' fourth album, One of These Nights, was an
out-of-the-box smash. Released in June 1975, it went gold the same month
and hit number one in July. Moreover, it featured three singles that
hit the Top Five: the chart-topping title song, "Lyin' Eyes," and "Take
It to the Limit." "Lyin' Eyes" won the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Pop
Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group, or Chorus, and the Eagles also earned
Grammy nominations for Album of the Year (One of These Nights) and
Record of the Year ("Lyin' Eyes"). The group went on a headlining world
tour, beginning with the U.S. and expanding into Europe. But on December
20, 1975, it was announced that Bernie Leadon had quit the band, and
Joe Walsh (born in Wichita, KS, on November 20, 1947) was brought in as
his replacement. He immediately joined the tour, which continued to the
Far East in early 1976.
The Eagles' extensive touring kept them
out of the studio, and with no immediate plans for a new album, they
agreed to release a compilation, Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), in
February 1976. The album's success proved to be surprisingly meteoric.
It topped the charts and became a phenomenal success, eventually selling
upwards of 25,000,000 copies and dueling with Michael Jackson's
Thriller for the title of the best-selling album of all time in the U.S.
It
took the Eagles 18 months to follow One of These Nights with their
fifth album, Hotel California. Released in December 1976, the record was
certified platinum in one week, hit number one in January 1977, and
eventually sold over 10,000,000 copies. The singles "New Kid in Town"
and "Hotel California" hit number one, and "Life in the Fast Lane" made
the Top 20. Meanwhile, "Hotel California" won the 1977 Grammy for Record
of the Year and was nominated for Song of the Year; the album itself
was nominated for Album of the Year and for Best Pop Vocal Performance
by a Duo, Group, or Chorus. The Eagles embarked on a world tour in March
1977 that began with a month in the U.S., followed by a month in Europe
and the Far East, then returned to the U.S. in May for stadium dates.
At the end of the tour in September, Randy Meisner left the band; he was
replaced by Timothy B. Schmit (born in Sacramento, CA, November 20,
1947), formerly of Poco, in which he also had replaced Meisner.
The
Eagles began working on a new album in March 1978 and took nearly a
year and a half to complete it. The Long Run was released in September
1979. It hit number one and was certified platinum after four months,
eventually earning multi-platinum certifications. "Heartache Tonight,"
its lead-off single, hit number one, and "I Can't Tell You Why" and "The
Long Run" became Top Ten hits. "Heartache Tonight" won the 1979 Grammy
for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The Eagles
toured the U.S. in 1980, and at a week-long series of shows at the Santa
Monica Civic Auditorium, they recorded Eagles Live. (Also included were
some tracks recorded in 1976.) Released in November 1980, the double LP
(since reissued as a single CD) reached the Top Five and went
multi-platinum, with the single "Seven Bridges Road" reaching the Top
40.
The Eagles were inactive after the end of their 1980 tour, but
their breakup was not officially announced until May 1982. All five
released solo recordings. (Walsh, of course, maintained a solo career
before, during, and after the Eagles.) During the rest of the 1980s, the
bandmembers received several lucrative offers to reunite, but they
declined. In 1990, Frey and Henley began writing together again, and
they performed along with Schmit and Walsh at benefit concerts that
spring. A full-scale reunion was rumored, but did not take place. Four
years later, however, the Eagles did reunite. In the spring of 1994,
they taped an MTV concert special and then launched a tour that ended up
running through August 1996. The MTV show aired in October, followed in
November by an audio version of it, the album Hell Freezes Over, which
topped the charts and became a multi-million seller, spawning the Top 40
pop hit "Get Over It" and the number one adult contemporary hit "Love
Will Keep Us Alive."
The Eagles next appeared together in January
1998 for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, when the
five present members performed alongside past members Leadon and
Meisner. On December 31, 1999, they played a millennium concert at the
Staples Center in Los Angeles that was recorded and included on the box
set retrospective Selected Works: 1972-1999 in November 2000. All was
not well within the band, however, and Felder was expelled from the
lineup in February 2001. A protracted legal battle ensued as the Eagles
soldiered on as a quartet, releasing The Very Best of the Eagles in 2003
and achieving minor success with the single "Hole in the World."
Felder's case was settled out of court in 2007; that same year, the
Eagles returned with the band's seventh studio album, Long Road Out of
Eden, a double-disc album that quickly went multi-platinum.
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