Favorite Eagles Studio Albums

[TimothyBFan]

To whom it may concern,

LEAVE LONG RUN AND ALLLLLLL OF IT'S SONGS ALONE-INCLUDING DISCO STRANGLER AND GREEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Willie

[MikeA]

To whom it may concern,

LEAVE LONG RUN AND ALLLLLLL OF IT'S SONGS ALONE-INCLUDING DISCO STRANGLER AND GREEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Willie

okay

[TimothyBFan]

Why thank you Mike! That was easy-all I needed to do was ask!

[MikeA]

I've made no secret about it.

My least favorite is LROE. I've never been able to listen to that double CD "start to finish" and seldom get through more than a couple of tunes on it. It just doesn't yank my chain.

Most favorite is a toss-up between Hotel California and Desperado. Love 'em both.

Everything else they've done have highlights I like but as a whole, they fall somewhere between the two extremes and I would have a hard time ranking them. Possibly, OOTN appeals more than the others.

[sodascouts]

Except for Disco Strangler, right!

Well, we're talking in terms of albums... when it comes to individual songs like "Disco Strangler".... For the sake of Willie...

NO COMMENT

[StephUK]

As I've already said Desperado is my fave album with LROOE coming next, butI agree with you all in general that there are strong & weak songs on most of the albums. It's interesting that we really like or dislike different tracks, but I guess that's how to sell albums - you have to make it appeal to a wide audience.

[The Disco Strangler]

To whom it may concern,

LEAVE LONG RUN AND ALLLLLLL OF IT'S SONGS ALONE-INCLUDING DISCO STRANGLER AND GREEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Willie

Woot! Woot! I love that album and those songs too

[thelastresort]

Hope thread bumps are OK on here:

In order:
1) Desperado - wonderful. If any one of the songs on here was on another album, they would be my favourite off that album! Without doubt one of the best concept albums ever penned, and some of the harmonies are just delicious. Far and away their best work ever.
2) Hotel California - the title track. New Kid in Town. PMAIAR. 'Nuff said.
3) On the Border - love the slightly rockier approach they took with Felder, also contains some of Randy's best bass work. Shame it's probably the most forgotten Eagles album. Ol' 55 and My Man (the latter in particular) are probably two of the most emotionally powerful songs the Eagles ever did.
4) One of These Nights - dislike the title track, but Hollywood Waltz, Lyin' Eyes and TITTL are all equally beautiful.
5) LROOE - Not bad for a bunch of 60 year olds! Love the variety too - from the country rock of Busy Being Fabulous to the HC-like mystery of the title track, to the harmony-based NMWITW.
6) Never really gotten into this as much as I have the other albums. Can't argue with the singles though, all very good songs.
7) The Long Run - its only redeeming features are that it contains In the City and that it actually ends. If this was the first Eagles album I'd listened to I'd probably never have bothered with them again.

[luna65]

I enjoy all six releases from the original era, but I favor the earlier records, with On The Border being my favorite. But I also have a place in my heart for The Long Run and part of that has to do with 1979 being an important year for me in terms of music: The Wall, Tusk and The Long Run are all albums I listen to even now with the same fervor. As far as Eden goes, it's not an album I listen to as an album all that much.

But even with all the issues we know regarding the making of TLR, I would defend it as something that the band needed to do, to let that darkness well up a bit, because it's fascinating to listen to the intersection of perfection and darkness.

[The Thrill Is Never Gone]

Desperado
Out on the Border
One of these Nights
Hotel California

These are my top four, I can't pick an order. I love them all. The rest are in order.

Eagles
The Long Run
Long Road Out of Eden