Selected Works: 1972-1999

Eagles, The Eagles - Selected Works: 1972-1999

Selected Works: 1972-1999
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Artist: Eagles, The Eagles
Brand: Eagles
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Take It Easy
  2. Hollywood Waltz
  3. Already Gone
  4. Doolin' Dalton
  5. Midnight Flyer
  6. Tequila Sunrise
  7. Witchy Woman
  8. Train Leaves Here This Morning
  9. Outlaw Man
  10. Peaceful Easy Feeling
  11. James Dean
  12. Saturday Night
  13. On The Border
Music CD 2
  1. Wasted Time Reprise
  2. Wasted Time
  3. I Can't Tell You Why
  4. Lyin' Eyes
  5. Pretty Maids All In A Row
  6. Desperado
  7. Try And Love Again
  8. New Kid In Town
  9. Love Will Keep Us Alive
  10. Sad Cafe
  11. Take It To The Limit
  12. After The Thrill Is Gone
Music CD 3
  1. One Of These Nights Intro
  2. One Of These Nights
  3. Disco Strangler
  4. Heartache Tonight
  5. Hotel California
  6. Born To Boogie
  7. In The City
  8. Get Over It
  9. King Of Hollywood
  10. Too Many Hands
  11. Life In The Fast Lane
  12. The Long Run
  13. Long Run Leftovers
  14. The Last Resort
  15. Random Victims Part 3
Music CD 4
  1. Hotel California
  2. Victim Of Love
  3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
  4. Please Come Home For Christmas
  5. Ol' 55
  6. Take It To The Limit
  7. Those Shoes
  8. Funky New Year
  9. Dirty Laundry
  10. Funk
  11. All She Wants To Do Is Dance
  12. Best of My Love

Music reviews of Selected Works: 1972-1999

Music Review: Going the distance.
Rating: 5 Stars

Even before they published their first album, the Eagles declared that they wanted to be more than a one-hit wonder; they wanted to create something lasting. They certainly have - although you don't even need this particular compilation as evidence of that fact. Maybe even more probative in that respect is their surprise reunion after their bitter 1980 break up and subsequent "14-year vacation," fittingly entitled "Hell Freezes Over." So why bother with this one?

First, because of the Millennium Concert CD; not only because you don't get that particular CD without the boxed set anyway. (OK, I admit I went to the show, loved it, and would have bought the boxed set for that reason alone. But even if you didn't see the show, it's still worth the expense.) The disc opens, as the Eagles' shows have for years, with "Hotel California" - their signature song which personally, I can't get enough variations of; so I am very happy with yet another live version, particularly as (in hindsight) this is probably the last recording with the participation of Don Felder. In addition, this CD contains the first live version of "Take It to the Limit" since the departure of Randy Meisner (with Frey, who declared during the show that the song "is now in G," taking over lead vocals), and several tracks the Eagles have never officially recorded live; although Glenn Frey may have been a bit tongue-in-cheek when he said during the concert that they didn't even remember ever performing those songs live before: "Victim of Love," "Please Come Home For Christmas," "Funky New Year," "Those Shoes" (one of my all-time favorites) and Tom Waits' "Ol' 55." (According to Frey, Tom Waits wasn't very happy with their cover at first "... but then he got the check. And since then, Tom and I, we're really close.") The Millennium Concert CD is also an adequate reflection of the Eagles' tour program ever since "Hell Freezes Over:" Like it or not, they have been performing the individual band members' greatest solo releases in concert alongside the band's songs for years now (and conversely, all of them are doing Eagles tracks in their solo live appearances), so it's only fair that at least some of those tunes should be included in the band's live CDs. (Coincidentally, you can't criticize them for that and then point to "Hell Freezes Over" in the same paragraph - HFO, after all, contains Henley's "New York Minute" on the CD release and in addition, several other of his solo hits on the video/DVD version.) I agree that at least one of Frey's songs ("Smuggler's Blues" is a good example) should have been included, too; but short of that, I'm happy to at least have Eagles versions of two of Henley's solo releases and of Walsh's "Funk #49" ... to me, Walsh's guitar work in "Dirty Laundry" alone is worth the bargain, not to mention Frey's and Schmit's harmony vocals in Walsh's solo track.

Second, as several others have pointed out already, the sound quality on this boxed set is unquestionably superior to the 1980s' CD releases of the band's individual albums - if you compare those to the vinyl versions of the same albums, there is no mistaking that those CDs were sloppily produced and a lot was lost. Not so here; credit, among others, Elliot Scheiner's sound engineering with that. Eagles fans have been waiting for years for the release of true "original recording remastered" CD versions of the band's studio albums. Barring the repurchase of each and every individual album as an eventually-released originally remastered CD, this is a pretty darn good substitute with regard to most of their songs. I also like the arrangement by themes, which shows the band's continuity ... and proves that they are much more than "the people who helped invent country rock." (Witness, for example, "Desperado" on the same disc as "Sad Café," and "Get Over It" on the same disc as "One Of These Nights;" with a rather quirky intro from way back when ... when Felder had just joined the band and they were still getting along great or at least, sounded like they were - and closing on an equally quirky "Random Victims Part 3," almost 10 minutes' worth of the band's goofing off in the studio, secretly [?] recorded on Bill Szymczyk's infamous separate two-track machine.)

Would I have wished for the inclusion of more, or of different songs? Yes, but not many. "My Man," Bernie Leadon's tribute to Gram Parsons, and "Bitter Creek" (likewise by Leadon) are examples. But this compilation is entitled "Selected Works," not "Complete Retrospective" or, on the other hand, "Greatest Hits And A Little More." All in all, it's a very rounded and well-produced selection of the Eagles' work over the course of almost three decades - with a nice 40-page booklet which contains articles by Glenn Frey, David Wild ("Rolling Stone") and the Eagles' long-time producer Bill Szymczyk, and some great photos of the band, not all of which were previously published; some by legendary photographer Henry Diltz, whose work is also featured on the band's studio albums and who is probably best known for his contributions to the Crosby, Stills and Nash biography and his "Under the Covers" portrait CD-Rom of some of rock's greatest stars.

During the production of their last studio album, the Eagles sometimes jokingly called that album "the long one," because it took them all of three years to finish. But not only since then, they have shown that they really are in there for The Long Run; and this compilation is a fitting tribute to their career.

Also recommended:
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Hotel California
Long Road Out of Eden Deluxe Edition
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Description of Selected Works: 1972-1999

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 14-NOV-2000
It's tough to forecast which bands are built for the long run. The Eagles emerged as part of a genre (country rock) that proved to be a passing fancy. And with two talented frontmen sharing the spotlight, how could artistic differences be fended off for long? But, of course, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and the boys had a juggernaut on their hands, generating a dozen top 10 hits in their initial eight-year spurt. Selected Works: 1972-1999 gathers all the highlights from the group in all of its '70s and early '80s glory on three discs, dubbed "The Early Years," "The Ballads," and "The Fast Lane." The handsome box is fleshed out with a live disc from New Year's Eve 1999. With striking packaging, extensive liner notes, and a surplus of vintage photos, Selected Works is a suitable retrospective on a band that defined the California sound and took it easy, and, in the process, took it to the limit. --Steven Stolder

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