Eagles "Selected Works: 1972–1999 (Box Set)"

Selected Works: 1972–1999 is a compilation box set by the Eagles, released in 2000. The box set consists of four CDs featuring their greatest hits, album tracks, previously unreleased live performances recorded on 29–31 December 1999 in Las Vegas and Los Angeles and a 44-page booklet. This set chronicles their work from their debut 1972 self-titled album Eagles to the 1999 millennium concert performed at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, December 31, 1999.

Track listing

Disc one: The Early Days

1. "Take It Easy" Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey Eagles, 1972 3:31
2. "Hollywood Waltz" Bernie Leadon, Frey, Don Henley, Tom Leadon One of These Nights, 1975 4:01
3. "Already Gone" Jack Tempchin, Robb Strandlund On the Border, 1974 4:15
4. "Doolin-Dalton" Browne, Frey, Henley, J.D. Souther Desperado, 1973 3:26
5. "Midnight Flyer" Paul Craft On the Border 3:58
6. "Tequila Sunrise" Henley, Frey Desperado 2:52
7. "Witchy Woman" Henley, Leadon Eagles 4:11
8. "Train Leaves Here This Morning" Gene Clark, Leadon Eagles 4:07
9. "Outlaw Man" David Blue Desperado 3:29
10. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" Tempchin Eagles 4:16
11. "James Dean" Browne, Frey, Souther, Henley On the Border 3:36
12. "Saturday Night" Frey, Henley, Leadon, Randy Meisner Desperado 3:19
13. "On the Border" Henley, Leadon, Frey On the Border 4:28

Total length: 49:28

Disc two: The Ballads

1. "Wasted Time (Reprise)" Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman Hotel California, 1976 1:21
2. "Wasted Time" Henley, Frey Hotel California 4:55
3. "I Can't Tell You Why" Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey The Long Run, 1979 4:53
4. "Lyin' Eyes" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 6:21
5. "Pretty Maids All in a Row" Joe Walsh, Joe Vitale Hotel California 3:58
6. "Desperado" Henley, Frey Desperado 3:33
7. "Try and Love Again" Meisner Hotel California 5:10
8. "The Best of My Love" Henley, Frey, Souther On the Border 4:34
9. "New Kid in Town" Souther, Henley, Frey Hotel California 5:03
10. "Love Will Keep Us Alive" Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack Hell Freezes Over, 1994 4:02
11. "The Sad Café" Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther The Long Run 5:33
12. "Take It to the Limit" Meisner, Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:47
13. "After the Thrill Is Gone" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:49

Total length: 58:59

Disc three: The Fast Lane

1. "One of These Nights (Intro)" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 1:59
2. "One of These Nights" Henley, Frey One of These Nights 4:49
3. "Disco Strangler" Don Felder, Frey, Henley The Long Run 2:45
4. "Heartache Tonight" Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, Souther The Long Run 4:25
5. "Hotel California" Felder, Henley, Frey Hotel California 6:29
6. "Born to Boogie" Hank Williams Jr. Previously unreleased outtake from The Long Run sessions 2:16
7. "In the City" Walsh, Barry De Vorzon The Long Run 3:44
8. "Get Over It" Henley, Frey Hell Freezes Over 3:29
9. "King of Hollywood" Frey, Henley The Long Run 6:25
10. "Too Many Hands" Felder, Meisner One of These Nights 4:40
11. "Life in the Fast Lane" Walsh, Henley, Frey Hotel California 4:44
12. "The Long Run" Henley, Frey The Long Run 3:41
13. "Long Run Leftovers" Walsh, Henley, Frey, Felder, Schmit Previously unreleased 3:02
14. "The Last Resort" Henley, Frey Hotel California 7:29
15. "Random Victims, Part 3" Walsh, Henley, Frey, Felder, Meisner, Schmit Previously unreleased 9:42

Total length: 1:09:39

Disc Four: The Millennium Concert (A Night to Remember)

1. "Hotel California" Felder, Frey, Henley Henley 6:57
2. "Victim of Love" Felder, Frey, Henley, Souther Henley 5:01
3. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" Tempchin Frey 5:23
4. "Please Come Home for Christmas" Charles Brown, Gene Redd Henley 3:52
5. "Ol' '55" Tom Waits Frey and Henley 5:20
6. "Take it to the Limit" Frey, Henley, Meisner Frey 4:02
7. "Those Shoes" Felder, Frey, Henley Henley 6:12
8. "Funky New Year" Frey, Henley Henley 3:45
9. "Dirty Laundry" Henley, Danny Kortchmar Henley 5:54
10. "Funk 49" Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Walsh Walsh 3:47
11. "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" Kortchmar Henley 5:20
12. "The Best of My Love" Frey, Henley, Souther Henley 5:06

Total length: 1:00:39

Eagles "Long Road Out Of Eden"

Long Road Out of Eden is the seventh and most recent studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released in 2007 on Lost Highway Records. Nearly six years in production, it is the band's first studio album since 1979's The Long Run. In between that time the band recorded four original studio tracks for the live album Hell Freezes Over (1994), "Hole in the World" for The Very Best Of (2003) and the Joe Walsh-penned "One Day at a Time" for the Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne DVD (2005), which Walsh later re-recorded for his 2012 album Analog Man.

It is the band's first album released following the dismissal of Don Felder in 2001 as well as their final album with Glenn Frey before his death in 2016.

The album produced two singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: a cover of J.D. Souther's "How Long" and "Busy Being Fabulous", both of which were Top 30 hits on the country charts as well as Top 20 hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. The album produced five straight hits on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts with "How Long", "Busy Being Fabulous", "No More Cloudy Days", "What Do I Do With My Heart", and "I Don't Want to Hear Anymore".

The album debuted at No. 1 in the U.S. and won the band two Grammy awards for "How Long" and the instrumental "I Dreamed There Was No War". The album became the band's sixth No. 1 album and was the highest selling album of the year. It has since sold 3.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Being a double album with length exceeding 90 minutes, the album was certified 7x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 7 million discs.

According to Henley, Bill Szymczyk, who had produced their previous albums, was a producer on the album, although Henley described Szymczyk's role as that of "a mediator, a consigliere, a ringmaster" since they (Frey and Henley) had already learned how to produce records themselves.

Three studio versions of songs from Long Road Out of Eden: "No More Cloudy Days," "Do Something" and "Fast Company" were first released in 2006 in a bonus CD of a special edition exclusive to Wal-Mart of the DVD release, Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne.

On August 20, 2007, the song "How Long," written by J.D. Souther – who had previously worked with the Eagles co-writing some of their biggest hits including "Best of My Love," "Victim of Love," "Heartache Tonight" and "New Kid in Town" – was released as a single to radio with an accompanying online video at Yahoo! Music and debuted on television on CMT during the Top 20 Countdown on August 23, 2007. The band performed the song as part of their live sets in the early to mid-1970s, but did not record it at the time due to J.D. Souther's desire to use it on his first solo album.

The Deluxe Collector's Edition of Long Road Out of Eden was released on November 20, 2007, featuring two bonus tracks, "Hole in the World" and "Please Come Home for Christmas." This version of the CD is wrapped in a red linen cloth, screen printed with panoramic imagery, and includes a 40-page booklet with lyrics, credits, exclusive photos and desert scenes from the making of the "How Long" video.

"No More Walks in the Wood" is a song using the words from "An Old-Fashioned Song," a 21-line poem (without choruses either in the poem or song) by John Hollander. The song is in four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly sung a cappella.

In a 2007 interview with CNN, band member Don Henley declared, "This is probably the last Eagles album that we'll ever make." When questioned about the possibility of a follow-up album in November 2010, band member Timothy B. Schmit said, "My first reaction would be: no way. But I said that before the last one, so you never really know. Bands are a fragile entity and you never know what's going to happen. It took a long time to do that last album, over a span of years, really, and it took a lot out of us. We took a year off at one point. I'm not sure if we're able to do that again. I wouldn't close the door on it, but I don't know." In a 2010 interview with undercover.fm, Joe Walsh said that the band might be able to make one more album before the band "wraps it up".

At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the album won Best Pop Instrumental Performance and was nominated for three more: Best Pop Vocal Album; Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Waiting in the Weeds"; and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals for "Long Road Out of Eden".

"Guilty of the Crime" was previously recorded by The Bellamy Brothers on their 1997 album Over the Line. In 2009, they recorded a version with The Bacon Brothers and released it as a single, with a music video starring Shannen Doherty.

In 2009 "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" was released as the fifth single from the album. The song's writer Paul Carrack had already cut his own version, with Henley and Schmit singing backing vocals, in 2007.

For the first year after the album's initial release, the album was available in North America exclusively via the band's website, or through Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail stores. It became the first account-exclusive album to reach number 1. The album blocked Britney Spears' Blackout from hitting number one, ending her record-breaking streak of number one albums as all previous four opened at the helm.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "No More Walks in the Wood"  2:00
2. "How Long" 3:16
3. "Busy Being Fabulous" 4:20
4. "What Do I Do with My Heart"    3:54
5. "Guilty of the Crime" 3:43
6. "I Don't Want to Hear Any More" 4:21
7. "Waiting in the Weeds" 7:46
8. "No More Cloudy Days" 4:03
9. "Fast Company" 4:00
10. "Do Something" 5:12
11. "You Are Not Alone" 2:24

Disc two

1. "Long Road Out of Eden" 10:17
2. "I Dreamed There Was No War" 1:37
3. "Somebody" 4:09
4. "Frail Grasp on the Big Picture" 5:46
5. "Last Good Time in Town" 7:07
6. "I Love to Watch a Woman Dance"   3:16
7. "Business as Usual" 5:31
8. "Center of the Universe"  3:42
9. "It's Your World Now" 4:22

Eagles "On The Border"

On the Border is the third studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 1974. Apart from two songs produced by Glyn Johns, it was produced by Bill Szymczyk because the group wanted a more rock‑oriented sound instead of the country-rock feel of the first two albums. It is the first Eagles album to feature guitarist Don Felder. On the Border reached number 17 on the Billboard album chart and has sold two million copies.

Three singles were released from the album: "Already Gone", "James Dean" and "Best of My Love". The singles peaked at numbers 32, 77 and 1 respectively. "Best of My Love" became the band's first of five chart toppers. The album also includes "My Man", Bernie Leadon's tribute to his deceased friend Gram Parsons. Leadon and Parsons had played together in the pioneer country rock band Flying Burrito Brothers, before Leadon joined the Eagles.

This is the first album by the Eagles to be released in Quadraphonic surround sound. It was released on Quadraphonic 8-track tape and CD-4 LP. A hidden message carved into the run out groove of some vinyl LPs reads: "He who hesitates is lunch".

The album was initially produced by Glyn Johns and recorded at Olympic Studios in London, but during the making of the album, disagreement arose between the Eagles and their producer. As the band tried to lean towards a more hard rock sound, they felt that producer Glyn Johns was overemphasizing their country-influenced rock sound. Johns however felt that the Eagles were not capable of what the band wanted and told the band: "You are not a rock-and-roll band, The Who is a rock-and-roll band, and you're not that." The band—Glenn Frey in particular, but not Don Henley—were also unhappy with the no-drug policy of Johns during the recording; furthermore they did not feel at home recording in London. The band was concerned about the lack of success of the previous album Desperado, and were more assertive in wanting more input into the album, which Johns was unwilling to allow. The Eagles spent six weeks recording in London, with both the band and the producer becoming frustrated with each other and frequent arguments between Johns and Frey. The band then took a break, decided to find a new producer and discarded all the recordings except for two usable tracks, "Best of My Love" and "You Never Cry Like a Lover".

The band relocated back to California and hired Bill Szymczyk, who had produced The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get by Joe Walsh—who was also managed by their manager Irving Azoff and who would go on to join the Eagles in late 1975—that interested the band. The band recorded the rest of the album at the Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles. They were allowed more input in how the album was made and enjoyed more freedom with Szymczyk in the making of the album. Szymczyk suggested they bring in a harder-edged guitarist to add slide guitar to the song "Good Day in Hell". Bernie Leadon suggested his old friend Don Felder, whom they had met and jammed with on a few occasions. The band was so impressed that they invited Felder to become the fifth Eagle. The only other track on this album on which he appeared was "Already Gone". They credited him as a late arrival on the album's liner notes.

On the difference in sound between Johns' and Szymczyk's productions, Henley said: "There’s a lot less echo with Bill, for one thing. There’s more of a raw and funky presence. Glyn had a stamp he put on his records which is a deep echo that is really smooth like ice cream". He thought that the production on the two songs that Johns produced was good and necessary. Frey, however, found that L.A. country-rock records were "all too smooth and glassy", and wanted a "tougher sound". Their friend and collaborator J. D. Souther ascribed the change of producer to "Eagles’ desire to get more of a live, thin sound on the albums".

The first two singles released were more rock-oriented; Frey was reluctant to release the Johns-produced "Best of My Love" as a single, and held off its release for some months. However, when it was finally released, the label had truncated the song–without the band's knowledge or approval–so that it would be more radio-friendly. "Best of My Love" would become their biggest hit thus far, and their first No. 1 on the charts.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Already Gone" 4:15
2. "You Never Cry Like a Lover"   4:00
3. "Midnight Flyer" 3:55
4. "My Man" 3:29
5. "On the Border" 4:23

Side two

1. "James Dean" 3:38
2. "Ol' '55" 4:21
3. "Is It True?" 3:14
4. "Good Day in Hell" 4:25
5. "Best of My Love" 4:34