Amazon.com: This packed double-disc is the slim option for fans who find the Eagles' vaunted greatest hits sets too little and the boxed set too hefty. Hit singles large and medium are here, often ('One of These Nights,' 'Hotel California') still sounding definitive and even tough. Large helpings of favorite album cuts are also included, along with a taster from a promised 2004 Eagles studio reunion. Unfortunately, 'Hole in the World,' Don Henley's response to September 11, feels just as empty and entitled as 'Get Over It,' the band's previous state-of-the-union message (from which the newer song represents a philosophical 180-degree turn). But for those seeking an overview of this Southern California juggernaut's successes, as well as telling comments from band members--mostly Henley and Frey--in a well-designed booklet, Very Best will more than do. --Rickey Wright
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The first CD takes the listener through "Hotel California," the title and leadoff song of the fifth album. This break is significant, for The Eagles became only the eagles with the loss of Randy Meisner and the addition of Joe Walsh. Firing Don Felder was also one of their dumber moves. Note that credits for "Hotel California" list Glenn Frey and Don Henley before Don Felder, indicating that they had more to do with writing the song than Felder, although in the credits on the original album Felder is listed first. In fact, Felder wrote all of the music himself, including the arrangements for each instrument. The stunning guitar duet that ends the song, in my opinion, represents the high point of their career.
Some of the songs have been remastered, unfortunately muting the msndolin and banjo contributions of Bernie Leadon. The song that loses the most in the recorded version versus ... Read More
Rating: - Best overview to arguably the greatest American rock band ever
In October of 2003, The Eagles became the latest addition of great veteran bands from the 1970s to get their own 2 disc best of collection entitled The Very Best of The Eagles.
The Eagles' set came in the wake of the success of other veteran rock acts' 2-disc best ofs like Pink Floyd's 2001 2-disc best of Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd, Queen's 2002 3-CD best of The Platinum Collection, The Rolling Stones' 2002 best of 40 Licks, Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne era 2-disc makeover of We Sold Our Soul For Rock and Roll with extra tracks entitled Symptom of the Universe and The Who's 2-disc The Ultimate Collection as examples, all of which came in the wake of the successful Beatles 1 collection in 2000.
Disc 1 of this Eagles best of covers the cream of the crop of their early years from 1971-75 with one from 1976, in fact, the whole Greatest Hits 1971-75 disc is on disc one with classics like Take It Easy, ... Read More
Rating: - perhaps spiteful?
Any 2 disc Eagles 'best of' that fails to include 'Try and Love Again,' 'I Wish You Peace,' 'Hollywood Waltz,' 'My Man,' 'Saturday Night,' and 'Twenty-One' is highly questionable. That goes double when something like 'Those Shoes' gets included. This collection over-emphasizes the final period of the Eagles and thus neglects the first four albums. I have no idea what the purpose was in so doing, but I do know that such steers casual listeners to see the band as being exactly what Henley and Frey made it, rather than what is was in the early days, which is what made it great and wildly successful.
Anybody who likes the Eagles enough to purchase a 2 disc 'best of' needs to own the first five albums. The Eagles should do fans a favor by creating a special 'best of' that includes everything on this disc 2 beginning with 'Please Come Home for Christmas.' It could add another song from The Long Run so that no ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic Rock Must Have
This two CD set is truly a 'very best of' collection.
The Eagles were clearly the supergroup of the 1970s. If any other band was bigger during that decade, I can't think of who it would be. This album has all of their biggest hits and lots of others as well. It includes the following: Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Desperado, Already Gone, The Best of My Love, Lyin' Eyes, One of These Nights, Hotel California, and many more.
This is a must have for any classic rock fan who does not already have several other Eagles' albums.
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