Welcome to my post on the best Eagles songs. I will give a brief history of the band, their singles and their albums.

 

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in 1971 who had amazing success in the US. They had 5 number 1 singles and 6 number 1 albums there. Here in the UK their chart success single wise was limited with 5 singles making the top 25, they also had 4 top 10 albums, 1 live album that made number 18 and 5 greatest hits album made the top 10 over the years.

The original members of the band were Glenn Frey (guitar and vocals), Don Henley (drums and vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitar and vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass guitar and vocals).

 

Best Eagles Songs – The Singles

My list of the best Eagles songs from the 70’s will consist of song names, year released, position reached in the charts in the US, plus if applicable chart position reached in the UK.

1. Take It Easy (1972) (12)
2. Witchy Woman (1972) (9)
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling (1972) (22)
4. Tequila Sunrise (1973) (64)
5. Outlaw Man (1973) (59)
6. Already Gone (1974) (32)
7. James Dean (1974) (77)
8. Best Of My Love (1974) (1)
9. One Of These Nights (1975) (1) (23)
10. Lyin’ Eyes (1975) (2) (23)
11. Take It To The Limit (1975) (4) (12)
12. New Kid In Town (1976) (1) ( 20)
13. Hotel California (1977) (1) (8)
14. Life In The Fast Lane (1977) (11)
15. Please Come Home For Christmas (1978) (18) (30)
16. Heartache Tonight (1979) (1) (40)
17. The Long Run (1979) (8) (66)
18. I Can’t Tell You Why (1980) (8)
19. Seven Bridges Road (1980) (21)

Seven Bridges Road was the last single to make the top 30 in the US.

 

 

 

Best Eagles Songs – Studio Albums

The studio albums list will consist of song names, year released, position reached in the charts in the US, plus if applicable chart position reached in the UK.

1. Eagles (1972) (22)
2. Desperado (1973) (41) (39)
3. On The Border (1974) (17) (28)
4. One Of These Nights (1975)
5. Hotel California (1976) (1) (2)
6. The Long Run (1979) (1) (4)
7. Long Road Out Of Eden (2007) (1) (1)

 

 

 

 

Live Albums

1. Eagles Live (1980) (6) (24)
2. Hell Freezes Over (1994) (1) (18)

Greatest Hits Albums

1. Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976) (1) (2)
2. Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol 2 (1982) (52)
3. The Best Of Eagles (1985) (8 in the UK)
4. The Very Best Of The Eagles (1994) (4 in the UK)
5. The Very Best Of The Eagles (2001) (3 in the UK)
6. The Very Best Of / The Complete Greatest Hits (2003) (3) (9)

Let’s take a look at the track list of the final greatest hits album to make the charts in both countries.

 

 

 

The Very Best Of / The Complete Greatest Hits

Disc 1

1. Take It Easy
2. Witchy Woman
3. Peaceful Easy Feeling
4. Desperado
5. Tequila Sunrise
6. Doolin-Dalton
7. Already Gone
8. Best Of My Love
9. James Dean
10. Ol’ ’55
11. Midnight Flyer
12. On The Border
13. Lyin’ Eyes
14. One Of These Nights
15. Take It To The Limit
16. After The Thrill Has Gone
17. Hotel California

Disc 2

1. Life In The Fast Lane
2. Wasted Time
3. Victim Of Love
4. The Last Resort
5. New Kid In Town
6. Please Come Home For Christmas
7. Heartache Tonight
8. The Sad Cafe
9. I Can’t Tell You Why
10. The Long Run
11. In The City
12. Those Shoes
13. Seven Bridges Road (live)
14. Love Will Keep Us Alive
15. Get Over It
16. Hole In The World

 

Individual Hits

When the band split up in 1980 Glen Frey and Don Henley had a couple of solo hits here in the UK.

 

Glen Frey

The Heat Is On in 1985 reached number 2 in the US and number 12 in the UK

Smugglers Blues also in 1985 reached number 12 in the US and number 22 in the UK

Glen also had 4 other US singles that made the top 20

1. The One You Love (1982) (15)
2. Sexy Girl (1984) (20)
3. You Belong To The City (1985) (2)
4. True Love (1988) (13)

 

Don Henley

This Don Henley list will consist of song names, year released, position reached in the charts in the US, plus if applicable chart position reached in the UK.

 

1. Dirty Laundry (1982) (3) (59)
2. The Boys Of Summer (5) (12)
3. All She Wants To Do Is Dance (1985) (9)
4. Sunset Girl (1985) (22)
5. The End Of The Innocence (8) (48)

 

I must mention Joe Walsh here as he was with the band when I saw them in 1994 (see below). He joined Eagles in 1975 after the departure of Bernie Leadon. His only top 20 hit in the UK was Life’s Been Good which reached number 14 in the UK and number12 in the US. It was a cracking song though.

 

 

Hell Freezes Over Tour

The Eagles broke up in 1980 but got back together to make the Hell Freezes Over album in 1994, the album was called this because whenever they were asked when they would get back together again they always said when hell freezes over. They then embarked on a Hell Freezes over tour between 1994-1996, my wife Gill and I were lucky enough to see them on this tour at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland on the 8th April 1996. What a night.

 

The line up was

Glenn Frey: guitar, piano, vocals

Don Henley: drums, vocals

Joe Walsh: guitar, vocals

Don Felder: guitar, vocals

Timothy B. Schmit: bass, vocals

Setlist

Hotel California

Victim Of Love

New Kid In Town

Wasted Time

Pretty Maids All In A Row

The Girl From Yesterday

I Can’t Tell You Why

Ordinary Average Guy

Lyin’ Eyes

One Of These Nights

Silent Spring / Tequila Sunrise

Help Me Through the Night

Heart of the Matter

Love Will Keep Us Alive

You Belong to the City

The Boys of Summer

Funk #49

Dirty Laundry

Life’s Been Good

All She Wants to Do Is Dance

Heartache Tonight

Life in the Fast Lane

Get Over It

Rocky Mountain Way

Already Gone

Desperado

Take It Easy

Thanks to Eagles Online for this information.

 

I hope you enjoyed your trip down memory lane with this post on the Best Eagles Songs. If you have leave a comment below, maybe you have seen them recently on their current tour. Perhaps like me you saw them years ago on one of their tours. What about your favourite Eagles song, my is probably Take It Easy.