Greatest Moments In Eagles History Border Poll - Round 1

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Before we started this poll, we actually did discuss calling this the band's 'defining' moments, but I decided to go with 'greatest' instead. Each of us put our own criteria around how we choose our lists, but it would be an interesting exercise to go through to see who would change their lists if we had used 'defining' moments instead. After this round ends, I'm going to go back and redo my list just for grins.

With regard to the band changing musicial directions, I've always thought it was a very significant factor in the bands success. As most of you know, I love all of their music - for me Hotel California and Desperado are my two favorites even though the musical styles of those two albums are day and night. However, IMHO, the band's appeal and longevity are largely attributable to the fact that they were able to do so many different genres of music at such a high level. It's also the reason I think the change in management and producers in 1974 was so significant - I think that marked the beginning of the shift in direction for the band.

[Topkat]

I just found this thread. This is really hard. I need time to figure it all out

[Topkat]

I don't see how ANYTHING but this can be the #1 defining moment, but I'm sure there will be loads of opinions here.

1> #25 1999 Eagles are named Artist of the Century & Greatest Hits 1971-75 certified best selling album.

2> #24 1998 Eagles inducted into R&R HOF & all 7 Eagles appear on the same stage

3> #23 1994 Eagles reunite after 14 years to tape the MTV concert & record HFO album

4> #16 1976 Hotel California the bands 5th album is released

5> #3 1972 Eagles release self titled album

6> #13 1975 OOTN becomes the bands first #1 album

7> #9 1974 Eagles add official 5th member , Don Felder to help them achieve a more rockier sound

8> #15 1976 Eagles win first Grammy for Lyin' Eyes

9> #18 1978 Eagles win Grammy Awards for Hotel California (single) & New Kid in Town

10> #2 1971 Glenn, Don, Bernie & Randy perform together for the first time as Linda Ronstadt's back up band.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Voting for this round is now closed. I will be posting the results shortly.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

I am now going to post the results for this round. I took the Top 12 events and carried over to a new thread for Round 2. I think the results are pretty interesting. 25 out of the 30 events received at least one vote, but after the Top 12 moments, there was a pretty substantial drop-off. So here goes ...

Greatest Moments in Eagles History

1. 1971: Glenn Frey befriends Don Henley at the Troubadour with the idea of forming a band 112 points

23. 1994: Eagles reunite after 14 years to tape MTV concert & record Hell Freezes Over album 83 points

5. 1972: Don Henley and Glenn Frey collaborate to write their first songs together 78 points

16. 1976: Hotel California – the band’s fifth album is released 73 points

14. 1975: Walsh replaces Leadon to complete transition from country rock to rock and roll band 59 points

9. 1974: Eagles add an official fifth member, Don Felder, to help them achieve a rockier sound 57 points

3. 1972: Eagles – the band’s self-titled first album is released 52 points

24. 1998: Eagles inducted in R&R HOF in 1st yr of eligibility; only time all 7 members appear together 51 points

2. 1971: Frey, Henley, Leadon, & Meisner perform together for 1st time as backup for Ronstadt 48 points

25. 1999: RIAA names Eagles Artist of Century & Greatest Hits certified all-time best-selling album 39 points

7. 1973: band abandons recording in London under G. Johns & D. Geffen and hires Szymczyk & Azoff 37 points

4. 1972: Take It Easy becomes the band’s first hit single 36 points

13. 1975: One of These Nights becomes first #1 album; leads to string of 6 consecutive #1's 19 points

21. 1980: Eagles play last concert & privately disbands; official announcement not made until '82 18 points

11. 1975: The Best of My Love becomes the band’s first #1 single 17 points

6. 1973: Desperado – the band’s second album and first concept album is released 16 points

22. 1993: Eagles appear in T. Tritt’s Take It Easy video that he covered for Common Thread album 15 points

28. 2007: Long Road Out of Eden – the band’s first album in 29 years is released 15 points

15. 1976: Eagles win their first Grammy award for Lyin’ Eyes 13 points

17. 1977: Timothy B. Schmit replaces Randy Meisner who he had replaced in Poco six years earlier 13 points

18. 1978: Eagles win Grammy awards for Hotel California (single) and New Kid In Town 9 points

27. 2001: Felder fired from the band, who, in turn, files a lawsuit against Azoff, Frey, & Henley 7 points

12. 1975: One of These Nights – the band’s fourth album is released 5 points

8. 1974: On the Border – the band’s third album is released 4 points

10. 1974: Eagles play to a crowd of 200,000+ at the California Jam festival 4 points

19. The Long Run – the band’s sixth album is released 0 points

20. 1980: Eagles win a Grammy award for Heartache Tonight 0 points

26. 1999: Eagles play The Millennium Concert at the L.A. Staples Center 0 points

29. 2008: Eagles win Grammy award for How Long 0 points

30. 2009: Eagles win Grammy award for I Dreamed There Was No War 0 points

Please feel free to comment on these results, but post your list for the next round in the new thread that was started for it.