Selected Works: 1972-1999
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Selected Works: 1972–1999 is a compilation box set by the American
band Eagles, released in 2000. The box set consists of four CDs featuring their greatest hits, album tracks, previously unreleased live performances and 44-page booklet. This set chronicles all their work from their debut 1972 self-titled album Eagles
to the 1999 Millennium concert.
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band Eagles, released in 2000. The box set consists of four CDs featuring their greatest hits, album tracks, previously unreleased live performances and 44-page booklet. This set chronicles all their work from their debut 1972 self-titled album Eagles
Eagles (album)
Eagles is the debut album by the rock band of the same name, released in 1972. The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Glyn Johns. The album was an immediate success for the young band reaching #22 on the charts and going platinum. The album also released three Top 40...
to the 1999 Millennium concert.
Disc one: The Early Days
- "Take It EasyTake It Easy"Take It Easy" is the title of a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and most famously recorded by the Eagles . It was the band's first single, released on May 1, 1972. It also was the opening track on the band's debut album Eagles and it has become one of their signature songs, included...
" (Jackson BrowneJackson BrowneJackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
, Glenn FreyGlenn FreyGlenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
) – 3:31 - "Hollywood Waltz" (Bernie LeadonBernie LeadonBernard Mathew "Bernie" Leadon, III is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Prior to the Eagles, he was a member of two pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Dillard & Clark and the Flying Burrito Brothers...
, Frey, Don HenleyDon HenleyDonald Hugh "Don" Henley is an American singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful solo career. Henley was the drummer and lead vocalist for the Eagles from 1971–1980, when the band broke up...
, Tom LeadonTom LeadonTom Leadon is an American musician. He was an original member of Tom Petty's former band, Mudcrutch. He is the brother of Bernie Leadon, formerly of the Eagles....
) – 4:01 - "Already GoneAlready Gone (Eagles song)"Already Gone" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and Robert Arnold Strandlund and recorded by the American rock band Eagles for their 1974 album On the Border...
" (Jack TempchinJack TempchinJack Tempchin is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known for writing the Eagles classic "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and co-writing their hits "Already Gone", "The Girl From Yesterday," "Somebody," and "It's Your World Now."...
, Robb Strandlund) – 4:15 - "Doolin-Dalton" (Browne, Frey, Henley, J.D. Souther) – 3:26
- "Midnight Flyer" (P. Craft) – 3:58
- "Tequila SunriseTequila Sunrise (song)"Tequila Sunrise" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles. It was the first single from the band's second album Desperado...
" (Henley, Frey) – 2:52 - "Witchy WomanWitchy Woman"Witchy Woman" is a song written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. Released as the second single from the band's debut album Eagles, it reached #9 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and is the only single from the album to feature Henley on lead...
" (Henley, Leadon) – 4:11 - "Train Leaves Here This Morning" (Gene ClarkGene ClarkGene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
, Leadon) – 4:07 - "Outlaw Man" (David Blue) – 3:29
- "Peaceful Easy FeelingPeaceful Easy Feeling"Peaceful Easy Feeling" is a song written by Jack Tempchin and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. It was the third single from the band's 1972 debut album Eagles. The single reached #22 on the charts and is one of the band's most popular songs...
" (Tempchin) – 4:16 - "James DeanJames Dean (song)"James Dean" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Jackson Browne, and J. D. Souther, and recorded by the American rock band Eagles for their 1974 album On the Border. It was the second single released from this album, reaching number 77 on the U.S. pop singles chart.The song is about...
" (Browne, Frey, Souther, Henley) – 3:36 - "Saturday Night" (Frey, Henley, Leadon, Randy MeisnerRandy MeisnerRandy Herman Meisner is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of Poco and the Eagles...
) – 3:19 - "On The Border" (Henley, Leadon, Frey) – 4:28
Disc two: The Ballads
- "Wasted Time Reprise" (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman) – 1:21
- "Wasted Time" (Henley, Frey) – 4:55
- "I Can't Tell You WhyI Can't Tell You Why"I Can't Tell You Why" is a song from the Eagles which appeared on their 1979 album The Long Run. The song was written by Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley, and was the first Eagles song to feature Schmit on lead vocals....
" (Timothy B. SchmitTimothy B. SchmitTimothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...
, Henley, Frey) – 4:53 - "Lyin' EyesLyin' Eyes"Lyin' Eyes" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded in 1975 by the American rock band Eagles, with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the second single from their One of These Nights album, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #8 on the US Country chart...
" (Henley, Frey) – 6:21 - "Pretty Maids All in a Row" (Joe WalshJoe WalshJoseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has been a member of three commercially successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm, and the Eagles, and has experienced notable success as a solo artist and prolific session musician, especially with B.B...
, Joe VitaleJoe Vitale (musician)Joe Vitale is an American musician primarily known as a drummer but also a flautist, keyboardist and singer. He has played with many of the top names in music during a career dating back to the 1970s.-Biography:...
) – 3:58 - "DesperadoDesperado (song)"Desperado" is a soft rock song by the Eagles, an American rock band, written by group members Glenn Frey and Don Henley. It first appeared on the 1973 album Desperado, and has later appeared on numerous compilation albums although it was not a single....
" (Henley, Frey) – 3:33 - "Try And Love Again" (Meisner) – 5:10
- "The Best of My LoveBest of My Love (Eagles song)"Best of My Love" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther. It was originally recorded by the Eagles , and included on their 1974 album On the Border. The band's first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in March 1975, the song also topped the easy listening chart for one week...
" (Henley, Frey, Souther) – 4:34 - "New Kid in TownNew Kid in Town"New Kid in Town", written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther, is a song by the Eagles, from their 1976 album Hotel California. Released as the first single from the album, the song became a #1 hit in the USA, and #20 in the UK. The single version has an earlier fade-out than the album...
" (Souther, Henley, Frey) – 5:03 - "Love Will Keep Us AliveLove Will Keep Us Alive"Love Will Keep Us Alive", is the title of a song written by Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale. It was performed first by the Eagles in 1994, during their "Hell Freezes Over" reunion tour. It was sung by bassist Timothy B...
" (Pete Vale, Jim CapaldiJim CapaldiNicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...
, Paul CarrackPaul CarrackPaul Carrack is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several others including Nick Lowe, and has enjoyed success as a solo artist as well...
) – 4:02 - "The Sad CaféSad CaféSad Café can refer to:* "Sad Café", a song by The Eagles, featured on their 1979 album The Long Run* Sad Café , a band featuring Paul Young - see also Mike + The Mechanics...
" (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther) – 5:33 - "Take It to the Limit" (Meisner, Henley, Frey) – 4:47
- "After the Thrill is Gone" (Henley, Frey) – 4:49
Disc three: The Fast Lane
- "One Of These Nights (Intro)" (Henley, Frey) – 1:59
- "One Of These NightsOne of These Nights (song)"One of These Nights" is a song written by Don Henley and Glenn Frey and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. The title track from their One of These Nights album, the song became their second single to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart after Best of My Love and also helped propel the album to...
" (Henley, Frey) – 4:49 - "Disco Strangler" (Don FelderDon FelderDonald William "Don" Felder is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as lead guitarist for the Eagles from 1974 to 1980 and again from 1994 to 2001.-Early life and influences:...
, Frey, Henley) – 2:45 - "Heartache TonightHeartache Tonight"Heartache Tonight" was revived four years later in a cover version by country music artist Conway Twitty. Released as the second single from his Lost in the Feeling album, Twitty's version reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the fall of 1983.Twitty's version featured the...
" (Henley, Frey, Bob SegerBob SegerRobert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...
, Souther) – 4:25 - "Hotel CaliforniaHotel California (song)"Hotel California" is the title song from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey...
" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 6:29 - "Born to Boogie (out-take from "The Long Run" Sessions)" – 2:16
- "In the City" (Walsh, Barry De VorzonBarry De VorzonBarry De Vorzon is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and composer. His first composing big hit was the rock song "Dreamin'," sung by Johnny Burnette in 1960, although he had a number-one hit previously called "Just Married," which he wrote for Marty Robbins in 1958...
) – 3:44 - "Get Over ItGet over It (Eagles song)"Get Over It" is a song by the Eagles, released as a single after a fourteen year breakup. It was also the first song written by bandmates Glenn Frey and Don Henley when the band reunited. "Get Over It" was played live for the first time during their Hell Freezes Over tour in 1994, with Henley...
" (Henley, Frey) – 3:29 - "King Of Hollywood" (Frey, Henley) – 6:25
- "Too Many Hands (Felder, Meisner) – 4:40
- "Life in the Fast LaneLife in the Fast Lane"Life in the Fast Lane" is a song written by Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey and Don Henley and recorded by the American rock band Eagles on their 1976 studio album Hotel California...
" (Walsh, Henley, Frey) – 4:44 - "The Long Run" (Henley, Frey) – 3:41
- "Long Run Leftovers" – 3:02
- "The Last Resort" (Henley, Frey) – 7:29
- "Random Victims, Part 3" – 9:42
Disc four: The Millennium Concert (A Night To Remember)
- "Hotel California" (Felder, Frey, Henley) – 6:57
- "Victim Of Love" (Felder, Frey, Henley, Souther) – 5:01
- "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Tempchin) – 5:23
- "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) – 3:02
- "Ol' 55" (Tom WaitsTom WaitsThomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
) – 5:20 - "Take It To The Limit" (Frey, Henley, Meisner) – 4:02
- "Those Shoes" (Felder, Frey, Henley) – 6:12
- "Funky New Year" (Frey, Henley) – 3:45
- "Dirty Laundry" (Henley, Danny KortchmarDanny KortchmarDanny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
) – 5:54 - "Funk 49" (Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Walsh) – 3:47
- "All She Wants to Do Is DanceAll She Wants To Do Is Dance"All She Wants to Do Is Dance" is a 1984 song recorded by Don Henley and became a Billboard Top 10 hit in March 1985, peaking at number 9, and also became his second song to top the Top Rock Tracks chart...
" (Kortchmar) – 5:20 - "The Best Of My Love" (Frey, Henley, Souther) – 5:06