Greatest Hits 1971-1975 vs Greatest Hits Vol. 2

[sodascouts]

Today is the anniversary of the release of Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2.

I was thinking how this GH never gets any attention. The first Eagles Greatest Hits is the best-selling album of all time (although I believe it may currently be tied with Michael Jackson's Thriller after his death), yet Vol. 2 garners no such accolades.

I think it didn't sell as well because everybody already had Hotel California, songs from which make up about half of Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2.
Plus, it was released in 1982; the Eagles were no longer even together, much less in the forefront of the music scene.

What do you think - and which do you like better?

To remind you, here are the track listings for the two albums:

Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975

Take It Easy
Witchy Woman
Lyin' Eyes
Already Gone
Desperado
One of These Nights
Tequila Sunrise
Take It to the Limit
Peaceful Easy Feeling
The Best of My Love

Eagles Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Hotel California
Heartache Tonight
Seven Bridges Road
Victim of Love
The Sad Cafe
Life in the Fast Lane
I Can't Tell You Why
New Kid in Town
The Long Run
After the Thrill Is Gone

I personally like the first one better, and have even before I knew it was so successful.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Okay - this is toooo weird. I was just getting ready to start a thread exactly like this and we haven't discussed this at all. I had just finished looking up the date that Greatest Hits I was released and was coming here to start the thread when I saw this. Very scary and it's not even Halloween.

[sodascouts]

Great minds think alike!

Another thing I noticed - "After the Thrill Is Gone" is included on Volume 2 despite the fact that it was released before the prior Greatest Hits album (and thus presumably didn't make the cut for it).

Therefore, its inclusion on Volume 2 - especially as the last track - might be a big hint to the listeners who may or may not have realized the Eagles were over for good that there truly would not be another Eagles album. The thrill is gone, babe.

SO glad that turned out not to be true!!!

[Topkat]

Most people bought GH Volume 1 because most people (I think, like myself) had these songs on records, because they were made before CD's were even invented.
GH Volume 2, most of these songs were already on CD, so I believe that's why Volume 1 sold much more than Volume 2.......That's my theory & I'm sticking to it.
For example, I Can't Tell You Why is on HFO, The Long Run & GH Vol2

[Freypower]

Despite the presence of HC, HT & NKIT on Volume 2, I would have to say that my preference is for Volume 1, and it doesn't have the 'crappy cover' as Don Henley called it before the Millennium Shows.

[Freypower]

Most people bought GH Volume 1 because most people (I think, like myself) had these songs on records, because they were made before CD's were even invented.
GH Volume 2, most of these songs were already on CD, so I believe that's why Volume 1 sold much more than Volume 2.......That's my theory & I'm sticking to it.
For example, I Can't Tell You Why is on HFO, The Long Run & GH Vol2

GH Vol 2 was originally released on vinyl. I have a copy of it.

[sodascouts]

Despite the presence of HC, HT & NKIT on Volume 2, I would have to say that my preference is for Volume 1, and it doesn't have the 'crappy cover' as Don Henley called it before the Millennium Shows.

Yeah, that cover is pretty lame!

[Topkat]

Ok, so that theory goes out the window!

I think I remember something in the book "To the Limit" by Marc Eliot about them releasing this to get something out for the Christmas buying season. Released on Dec 1, 1982, because it was indeed OVER for the Eagles!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

Ha, I bought GH1 on vinyl. Then 8 track. Then cassette. Then CD.

[Victim of Love]

I can't choose one over the other but maybe it's because I've got everything ever put out by these guys so it isn't a question of content for me. I've got multiples of many (vinyl/cassette/CD formats) and in the case of LROOE I've got three CD sets (two were gifts and I couldn't make myself return them!).

I've got to say that my favorite 'travelling CD' is 'The Very Best Of' because it covers every incarnate of the band. But I never leave home without my complete collection. I've got all of their work -- band and solo -- on my MP3.