"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
Happy 40th anniversary to this record-breaking compilation!
In the HOTE doc, Irving looked like a proud papa when he displayed the small plaque from his office for the album's achievement.
"You thought you would be satisfied, but you never will learn to be still."
RS - I searched the 'Singing for the Sake of the Song' forum and couldn't find anything. Feel free to start a thread there if you want.
However, we do have an thread for the Top 20 Desert Island Eagles Songs ...
https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/...=desert+island
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
Love, love this album! For 40 years! It'll definitely go to that desert island with me too!
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
Happy 40th birthday to one of the best compilation albums ever released! There are plenty of 'Best of' and 'Greatest Hits' albums which contain a lot of great songs, but this one I find is relatively unusual in that the sequence actually makes some sense rather than just being a load of hits thrown together. I think this is because in many cases the songs are in the same positions they were in on the original albums (e.g. Take It Easy first, and Best Of My Love last). I don't actually own it myself, but I've listened to the songs from this record in sequence quite a few times and I've always enjoyed doing that.
Dreamer is correct in saying that there has never been a bespoke thread on this topic although there are a few threads that have covered similar territory. The 'Listography' thread would be a good place to post such a list, and indeed having just checked there was a 'Twenty albums you'd take on a Spaceship' list several years before I joined:
https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/...ums#post109775
Another thread that might be of interest is the relatively recent Top 100 albums topic - the title does say '100' but I don't think anyone would mind if you only wanted to name 10 or 20 albums (I myself did a Top 50 as found I could do 50 albums easily but my collection isn't big enough to justify 100, there's a drop off in quality after about number 60 in my list).
Less directly relevant (although still interesting) is the 'Share the Music You Love' thread, which has some posts about Borderers' top 10 desert island bands, again here's a link to the relevant page:
https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/...and#post168253
Hope this helps!
When this came out, I couldn't see the point of it. Why would you buy a greatest hits album when all the tracks were on the earlier albums (which I already owned)? I've never owned a copy nor known anyone who did.
UTW - I guess there were lots of folks who didn't own the previous albums that just wanted the hits. Obviously, it struck a chord with a lot of people. I actually owned all the albums and still bought this one too. Why? Who knows - maybe for the cover art?
"People don't run out of dreams: People just run out of time ..."
Glenn Frey 11/06/1948 - 01/18/2016
I just had to have anything by the Eagles! But actually, I ended up playing it more that the other albums when I wanted to just listen to the hits. Of course that was before ipods and playlists! Come to think of it, compilation albums aren't really needed anymore, are they?!
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
I have 2 vinyl copies. They're great for playing when I can't decide to play. I also bought a cd copy for my to have so that she can get an Eagles fix when she wants! I actually do like the artwork!
I probably would buy a cassette of it just to have it.
-Kim-
People don't run out of dreams, People just run out of time
Wow I was young 40 years ago and I still have all the vinyl.
Happy 40th to one of the best albums ever.
So Put Me On A Highway And Show Me A Sign
And Take It To The Limit One More Time..............