The Very Best of Eagles

Infobox Album | Name = The Very Best of Eagles
Type = Compilation
Artist = Eagles


Released = October 21, 2003
Recorded = 1972-2003
Genre = Rock
Length = 140:48
Label = Warner Strategic Marketing
Producer = Glyn Johns, Bill Szymczyk, Eagles, Elliot Schiner and Rob Jacobs
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:l1ge4j576waw link]
Last album = "Hell Freezes Over"
(1994)
This album = "The Very Best of Eagles"
(2003)
Next album = "Long Road Out of Eden"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = The Complete Greatest Hits
Type = Compilation


Lower caption = European album cover

"The Very Best of Eagles" (released as "The Very Best of The Eagles" in the UK) is two-disc compilation by the American band Eagles, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).

This album combines tracks that all previously appeared on the two previously released Eagles greatest hits albums (Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) & Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2) plus album tracks and the new track "Hole in the World".

The Very Best of Eagles was also released as a limited-edition three-disc set with the third disc being a bonus DVD containing the video for the new song "Hole in the World," as well as a making of the video featurette and "Backstage Pass to Farewell 1."

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on November 8, 2003 at number 3, with 162,000 copies sold. It spent 62 weeks on the chart. The album was certified and awarded gold, platinum, and double platinum records by the RIAA on December 17, 2003, and on December 13, 2004, it achieved triple platinum status. As of December 2007, it has spent over 325 weeks in the Irish Album Charts, effectively not having left the chart since its release.

Track listing (U.S. version)

Disc one

#"Take It Easy" (Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey) – 3:29
#"Witchy Woman" (Don Henley, Bernie Leadon) – 4:10
#"Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Jack Tempchin) – 4:16
#"Desperado" (Henley, Frey) – 3:33
#"Tequila Sunrise" (Henley, Frey) – 2:42
#"Doolin-Dalton" (Browne, Frey, Henley, J.D. Souther) – 3:26
#"Already Gone" (Tempchin, R. Strandlund) – 4:13
#"Best of My Love" (Henley, Frey, Souther) – 4:35
#"James Dean" (Browne, Frey, Souther, Henley) – 3:36
#"Ol' 55" (Tom Waits) – 4:22
#"Midnight Flyer" (P. Craft) – 3:58
#"On the Border" (Henley, Leadon, Frey) – 4:28
#"Lyin' Eyes" (Henley, Frey) – 6:21
#"One of These Nights" (Henley, Frey) – 4:51
#"Take It to the Limit" (Randy Meisner, Henley, Frey) – 4:48
#"After the Thrill Is Gone" (Henley, Frey) - 3:56
#"Hotel California" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey) – 6:30

::Tracks 1-3 from "Eagles" (1972)::Tracks 4-6 from "Desperado" (1973)::Tracks 7-12 from "On the Border" (1974)::Tracks 13-16 from "One of These Nights" (1975)::Track 17 from "Hotel California" (1976)

Disc two

#"Life in the Fast Lane" (Joe Walsh, Henley, Frey) – 4:46
#"Wasted Time" (Henley, Frey) – 4:55
#"Victim of Love" (Felder, Souther, Henley, Frey) – 4:11
#"The Last Resort" (Henley, Frey) – 7:25
#"New Kid in Town" (Souther, Henley, Frey) – 5:04
#"Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charlie Brown) – 2:58
#"Heartache Tonight" (Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, Souther) – 4:26
#"The Sad Café" (Henley, Frey, Walsh, Souther) – 5:35
#"I Can't Tell You Why" (Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey) – 4:56
#"The Long Run" (Don Henley, Frey) – 3:42
#"In the City" (Walsh, Barry De Vorzon) – 3:46
#"Those Shoes" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 4:56
#"Seven Bridges Road" (live) (Steve Young) – 3:25
#"Love Will Keep Us Alive" (Pete Vale, Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack) – 4:00
#"Get Over It" (Henley, Frey) – 3:29
#"Hole in the World" (Henley, Frey) – 4:13

::Tracks 1-5 from "Hotel California" (1976)::Track 6 was a non-album single (1978)::Tracks 7-12 from "The Long Run" (1979)::Track 13 from "Eagles Live" (1980)::Tracks 14 and 15 from "Hell Freezes Over" (1994)::Track 16 was a non-album single (2003)

Personnel

*Don Felder: Guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, vocals (songs 7, 13-17 on disc one and songs 1-15 on disc two).
*Glenn Frey: Guitars, piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals.
*Don Henley: Drums, percussion, guitars, vocals.
*Bernie Leadon: Guitars, Lap Steel, banjo, mandolin, vocals. (songs 1-16 on disc one)
*Randy Meisner: Bass guitar, guitars, guitarrone, vocals. (disc one and songs 1-5 on disc two)
*Timothy B. Schmit: Bass guitar, vocals. (songs 6-16 on disc two)
*Joe Walsh: Guitars, Slide Guitar, keyboards, organ, synthesizer, vocals. ("Hotel California" and all of disc two)
*Steuart Smith: Guitars. (song 16, disc 2)
*Scott Crago: Drums, percussion. (songs 14-16 on disc 2)
*Willie Hollis: Piano. (songs 14-16 disc 2)
*Jim Ed Norman: Piano, keyboards, arrangements.
*David Sanborn: Tenor Saxophone.

Production

*Producers: Glyn Johns, Bill Szymczyk, Eagles, Elliot Schiner and Rob Jacobs
*Engineers: Allan Blazek, Michael Braunstein, Glyn Johns, Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk, Michael Verdick, Don Wood
*Assistant engineers: Allan Blazek, Howard Kilgour
*Remastering: Ted Jensen
*String arrangements: Jim Ed Norman

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)