Celebration of "The End of the Innocence"

[Windeagle]

Ok, I'll try it. I just listened to this one recently, so I think I can do it blind. I'll have to re-listen to The Allnighter before I can make a list for that one.

Here goes:

1. New York Minute
2. I Will Not Go Quietly
3. The Heart of the Matter
4. The Last Worthless Evening
5. The End of the Innocence
6. Little Tin God
7. If Dirt Were Dollars
8. How Bad Do You Want It?
9. Gimme What You Got
10. Shangri-La

[Freypower]

Although overall this is Don's best album, for some reason, the worst song he ever recorded as a solo artist (in my opinion) is on it.

1. The Last Worthless Evening
2. The End Of The Innocence
3. If Dirt Were Dollars
4. Little Tin God
5. The Heart Of The Matter
6. New York Minute
7. How Bad Do You Want It?
8. I Will Not Go Quietly
9. Gimme What You Got
10. Shangri-La

[shunlvswx]

Happy 25th Birthday to The End Of The Innocence album.

This is my favorite album of Don's. Inside Job is getting up there as my favorite too. I love every song on this album.

Of course my favorites are The Heart of The Matter, The End Of The Innocence, Last Worthless Evening, How Bad Do You Want It and I Will Not Go Quietly.

[DivineDon]

I love the Heart of the Matter and Last Worthless Evening...I can easily imagine him singing both to me...

(darn, I've woken up too soon from that dream again, haven't I!!! lol)

Do not like the long-haired look though. The start of the video for LWE always makes me laugh. The first shot of Don shows him flicking his fringe away

[sodascouts]

This album has some of his best and some of his worst. I can't believe it's been 25 years! I know I've already told this story in this thread, but again today I thought about buying that black market tape in Saudi Arabia all those years ago. Funny what "album birthdays" make you remember!

[Lisa]

"The End of the Innocence" is such a strong collection from Don Henley. I think there are only two off numbers, and both of them were also popular hits with many fans. (I won't name either of them. No controversies.) I like the title track, and probably all of the regional description-and-digression numbers.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

A little late, but ...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE END OF THE INNOCENCE!!!

A thing of pure beauty (with a couple of exceptions). I love this album and it is my very favorite of Don's solo work. It is very worthy of the recognition and awards it received, IMHO.

[Funk 50]

Although overall this is Don's best album, for some reason, the worst song he ever recorded as a solo artist (in my opinion) is on it.

1. The Last Worthless Evening
2. The End Of The Innocence
3. If Dirt Were Dollars
4. Little Tin God
5. The Heart Of The Matter
6. New York Minute
7. How Bad Do You Want It?
8. I Will Not Go Quietly
9. Gimme What You Got
10. Shangri-La

I thought Shangri-La and I Will Not Go Quietly were real highlights of the Henley live show I attended in '89. Freypower. Never really cared for The Last Worthless Evening though.

Some great songs but a tepid album imho.

1. The Heart Of The Matter
2. New York Minute
3. I Will Not Go Quietly
4. The End Of The Innocence
5. If Dirt Were Dollars
6. Little Tin God
7. Shangri-La
8. The Last Worthless Evening
9. How Bad Do You Want It?
10. Gimme What You Got

[Ive always been a dreamer]

A belated ...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE END OF THE INNOCENCE!!!

F50, I'm sure there are some who may agree with you, but tepid is definitely not the adjective that comes to mind when I think of this album ,,, for me, I'd chose something along the lines of BRILLIANT!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Yes, actually EOI was the first of Don's solo albums that I bought, I didn't buy the others until after I listened to EOI about a hundred times.

I don't usually do the ranking thing for any Eagles or Eagles-related album, but this one for some reason is pretty easy. I guess because my favorites on other albums change day to day, depending on mood, but this one is pretty set for me and always has been. In reality, I feel my top two are far, far above the others on the album. Not to say I don't like the others, I do, but when I have the CD in and playing, the top two average several repeats as opposed to one listen each for the rest.

1. The Heart of the Matter - one of my favorite songs of all time
2. The End of the Innocence - as with every song, I never think of the possible political statement, I only care about what it means to me and my life. This song means a lot, if not as much as THOTM.
3. The Last Worthless Evening - yet another song that gave the words to feelings I had at the time.
4. How Bad Do You Want It
5. I Will Not Go Quietly
6. Little Tin God
7. If Dirt Were Dollars
8. Gimme What You Got
9. New York Minute
10. Shangri-La - If I skip a song, this is it