Eagles

The best albums have their own sound, and this one fits the bill. Who knew this is where Sweetheart of the Rodeo would take us

Had no idea these guys were so country rock. I just assumed it was all Hotel California, which I like better...

A seminal debut album. Smooth production, easy listening, and sonically defining for music in the 70s. There is nothing immensely profound in many of these songs, (as compared to say, Hotel California...) but their 'good vibe' and 'easygoing' storytelling is rich in this record. There is a religion to this album, and an all-Americana influence, carving out that 'country rock' sound. Instrumentally, the album glows as well. An album to listen to on a desert road trip. Favourites: take it easy, witchy woman, nightingale, peaceful easy feeling (standout), tryin.

a classic. not necessarily a good one but a classic! Its fine- easy enough to listen to and most of these songs I wouldn't necessarily bother to skip if they came on but nothing special really. I really hate take it easy though, its so overplayed and tedious to listen to. Overall it's actually pretty mid and boring yet super overhyped. Favourite: "witchy woman" skips: "take it easy", "take the devil"

it was alr 3/5

Pretty darn good album!

The Dude was right, the Eagles suck.

Take It Easy Witchy Woman Peaceful Easy Feeling

Take it easy is such a windows down, driving the back roads song. I will never not love it. Peaceful easy feeling is also a great listen. I could not tell you another song on here and I felt neutral about them. So meh.

So much talent. I've loved the country/rock crossover genre before it was even a thing. Witchy Woman, Take It Easy, and Peaceful Easy Feeling are the soundtrack to my late teens/early 20's even though we were well over a decade past the release of this classic. Good friends, an amateur with a decent voice and basic guitar skills, cheap beer, and Eagles sing-alongs. Suddenly, I'm 18 again.

Solid album wiht some excellent hits.

Better than I'd expected

Not a fan

Nostalgia factor is up there on this album, but apart from the main hits the rest of the album isn't anything special.

At least this isn’t the one Hotel California is on. Doesn’t quite make me hate the f’n Eagles.

I hate the fucking Eagles, man.

Sounds like something i would hear on a trip Fav songs: witchy woman Nightingale 8)

Apart from the hits I haven’t listened to Eagles at all. But I like this album really much.

Right out of the blocks this album showed what a talented group of musicians can put together. Timeless lyrics and music. Plus great songs from Jackson Browne that I didn't realize were part of this record. Doesn't get any better than the Eagles.

Favorites

This was better than I expected.

I love classic rock. I know this is classic rock. The math ain’t mathin.

This isn't my least favorite Eagles album, but I still don't like the Eagles. I like the brevity, and there is some more rocking on this album than the boring schlock they turned into. I still wouldn't choose to listen to it, though.

Not as bad as I feared but low points are painful

good debut

All time fave! I'm a big Eagles fan so for sure will give them a great review. Definitely recommend.

I don't hate it as much as the Big Lebowski does, but it is kinda boring.

Take it Easy is one of the Eagles songs that I really like, but this album generally peaks there. The album is ok, but not stellar.

This is one of my favorite Eagles albums.

Solid debut... don't know where all the hate comes from.

3 Stars, Not great, Not terrible...

# 194 : Not as good as Hotel California, but it’s a kind of ordinary album. I don't love it. I don't hate it. It just is. The hits are good, but the b-sides are kind of boring. Favourite Track : Peaceful Easy Feeling.

Nice music but didn’t grab me

I saw this pop up and thought this will be a 5. It's not. Couple great songs, a lot of mediocre songs. Not bad by any means, but not what I expected. The dude was right.

Good

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t understand the hate that gets directed towards the Eagles. I think this is a good album. Plenty of other light rock like this that’s close to my heart (America, Michael McDonald). I enjoyed the listen.

The Eagles have everything needed for mass appeal, they can rock, they can soothe, they can harmonize, their songwriting is smooth, and guitar solos so tasty!

I know I'm supposed to hate the Eagles, but there's something I love about this 70's pop shit. BTW, this album is older than I imagined. The first two tracks slay. Unfortunately, the album dies for me until Peaceful Easy Feeling. Tryin' is an apropos ending.

Always liked the hits, again never listened to an album of theirs. Some of it was good, others not so much.

favourite: take it easy, nightingale, peaceful easy feeling least favourite: textbook feel-good music this album is great mayb 8/10

Pretty chill listen all things considered. For the most part the tracklist sonically sort of just sounds rather samey and with a few exceptions such as the whatever the hell is going on at the start of in Earlybird. It's serviceable country/folk rock all things considered.

no hotel californina on this album whats even the baka point this is the type of music that plays in a corny american film and gets switched off right before the bar fight kicks off. "boy I'm glad we got outta that one!" typa music. car fading into the distance on highway 51 typa music. gonna go listen to hotel california again though

Clean production but mostly repetitive

Nice soft rock esq album, nice lyrics nice music

Undoubtedly, a great album

I hadn't heard most of these before. Some catchy songs for sure, but also a few that I really didn't care for (the sad song). The final track sounds too much like the first one. A mixed bag.

This album has some variations of more bluesy and country songs. While the groovy bluesier ones spoke to me, and I also like some of the guitar parts, in overall it does not quite float my boat.

"Take it is easy" made the album for me, sadly the rest of it never hit that quality. Still enjoyed it throughout.

De meesters van de jaren zeventig-softpop leveren puik werk af in hun debuutplaat. Lange-autowegen-arm-uit-het-raam-muziek, zoals alleen de hele groten dat kunnen.

Het is het debut. En dat hoor je. De zang komt nog niet volledig tot zijn recht. En er wordt veel minder gevarieerd dan we op Hotel California hoorden. Het is nu amerikana of saai en soms een combinatie van die twee. De twee nummers die ik kende (de hits?) zijn illustratief. Take it Easy heeft een amerikaanse kampvuur sfeer. Peaceful Easy Feelings laat wat betreft de zang juist een meer jonge-Beatles geluid horen met heel veel heel lange klinkers. Beide stijlen zijn niet mijn smaak. Heeft het album geluk dat het na het veel saaiere Beth Orthon komt en ik daar 2 sterren aan heb toegekend. En dit is natuurlijk overduidelijk een heel stuk beter.

De Eagles staan bekend om hun prachtige harmonieën en dat laten ze regelmatig zien op dit album. Maar als ze solo moeten zingen, wordt me al snel duidelijk dat niet iedereen gelijkgestemd is. Randy Meisner zingt meer als Bon Jovi en is wat mij betreft een vreemde eend in de bijt. Het geldt eigenlijk wel een beetje voor het hele album. Iedereen mag proberen om de lead zang op zich te nemen, maar niet altijd resulteert dit in een fijn aan te horen liedje. De Eagles zijn op hun best als ze samenwerken. Maar goed, dat moesten ze blijkbaar nog uitvinden, want dit is hun debuutplaat. Ik ben niet overal kapot van, maar de potentie is zeker al wel te horen. Na de wannabe Joni van vanmorgen is dit al een stuk fijner om te luisteren. Maar het zit slechts ergens tussen een 3 en een 4 in.

I’ve not heard a huge amount by The Eagles, but I have thoroughly enjoyed most of what I have heard. I’m happy about this album being generated today. I look forward to some easy listening rock music with excellent vocal harmonies! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Peaceful Easy Feeling There is an argument that this album was too predictable, with it being exactly what I expected from an Eagles album. However, I did still really enjoy this. The vocals are fantastic and the harmonising makes for silky smooth listening. There isn’t anything wild here - no shredding guitar solos or experimental theremins that would make it feel different, but sometimes there is comfort to be found in the expected.

I'm not going to make a Lewbowski reference, but the Eagles just suck. When the album was over Spotify played Steely Dan and what a relief. Steely Dan sucks dog shit, but it was better than this.

generic, innit

Some good songs, though there are better eagles albums.

Good album, enjoyed the two listens. Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, and Nightingale were the songs that I enjoyed the most from the album. 3/5!

One of rock ballads greatest even albums. Fantastic

EAT SHIT

I hate The Eagles.

Better than expected - the classics are overplayed. Some of the other stuff is hit and miss, still found one or two that I liked the sound of

Near every track here is a Standout.

GREAT!~!!!! Just a classic

Genre: Country Rock Instruments: 2/5 Modern Translation: 2/5 Dance Potential: 2/5 Listening Location: commute to work & at work Heard it before: No Favourite Song: Take it Easy & Peaceful Easy Feeling Made me feel: Felt like I should be sitting around a fire pit with friends, next to lake, with the BBQ going after a day of being outside. Easy listening, digestible album.

That's more like it! Proper songs. I didn't like them all, but at least even the ones I didn't like were musical.

Pretty good! Ignore the Eagles haters

You know what? I love those few songs, but I was really disappointed with the rest of the album! I'm going to get kicked out of our club I'm sure.

You can hear the tension in this album as the Eagles were deciding what type of band they were ultimately going to be. Country, rock, country/rock, pop? They were still coming into their own as writers, and discovering their strengths and direction. Interesting the 2 of the 3 most popular songs , Take it Easy and Peaceful Easy Feeling, were not written by the band. I think this is also when they decided that Meisner was not going to be a lead singer. I give it 4 stars, based mostly on the song Take it Easy.

Makes me smile. :) I'm obsessed with the lyric "1320 N. Columbus" in Train Leaves Here This Morning. But not so obsessed that I'm going to read this whole blog: https://the-reconstructor.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-byrds-1320-north-columbus-1968.html

This is what I was looking for from the Eagles, more so than Hotel California which I previously rated here. Liked Nightingale and Earlybird quite a bit. Strong 3.5 rounding up to 4.

What a snooze fest

This album didn't have the peaks and valleys of energy I was looking for. It wasn't all that interesting, but it wasn't awful either. I'd say 2.5 stars.

i expected this to be worse with the amount everyone rags on the eagles

too much

This is full on beige - Take It Easy is a decent enough song, but not particularly memorable, but the rest of it really doesn't inspire much of anything. Perfectly pleasant to listen to in the most part (Chug All Night feels very weird and out of character for them), but it's pretty unambitious given how good their voices are. Should be doing a lot more (and did so with some later albums, much better than this).

Well it’s better than Hotel California. The country vibe works better for them.

Incredible debut to a megastar band

This was about as boring as I expected it to be. Not bad, just boring. I almost forgot I was listing to it by the end. Take it Easy is objectively a great song though, so I can't justify a 1 star here.

- Enjoyable album, easy listening - Some classics in here - Not a huge fan of the bluegrass-y tones at times

My second eagle's album and I very nearly bounced off the list completely. A more country influenced eagle's album. Is it good? Yes. Is it boring? Uninspired? Absolutely. 3/10 Tap water has more flavour

OK. Nothing special. The Eagles are more of a greatest hits/singles band than an album band. I've heard better. I've heard worse.

After listening to most of the Eagle catalogue I get why people hate them. When it's shit, it's really shit but they have some super catchy, awesome to sing songs, beautiful harmonies and Don knows how to sing about terrible heartache. And their songs are country as fuck and launched thousands of bro-country bands. Best track: Peaceful Easy Feeling

I like the Eagles. I already knew "Take it Easy", "Witchy Woman" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" but the rest is good too especially "Most of Us are Sad" and "Train Leaves Here This Morning" Not good enough for 5 stars but a solid 4

Beautiful armonics

gähn

*Insert The Big Lebowski reference here*

Favourite Song: Take It Easy A light, simple album which is enjoyable but don't feel like it's doing anything special.

My least favorite album from my favorite band. Aside from the hits there's a lot of a work in progress vibe. Take it Easy may be the best roadtrip song ever. Witchy Woman was an early glimpse of the icon Don Henley would become. If Peaceful Easy Feeling doesn't lower your blood presure, see your doctor. The rest are some the worst Eagles songs ever. But like chocolate ice cream, the worst is still good.

Objectively good album

Lots of ballads/slower stuff, but I do like the western influence (banjo)

I know lots of people wanna be funny and hate the Eagles because the Dude does. I get it. It’s a funny quote, I’ve said it lots of times before myself. But honestly, my dad loved The Eagles so I know them very well and their music is uniquely nostalgic to my childhood. But also, this record is a good time. The lyricism might be kind of cheesy and cornball, but I’m not hating on it. It still fits so comfortably after all these years. An old pair of shoes I’ll never throw away.

This is an incredibly well produced record with a ton of talent and influence. Fantastic from start to finish

Imagine taking Steely Dan and making it suck. That’s the Eagles. Absolute snoozers throughout. Take It Easy is alright and is keeping this from getting a 1.

The guiltiest pleasure. There's something that deeply and essentially just sucks about this band, but if you suspend critical judgement and let the cheesy vibes wash over you it's possible to feel that easy feeling, like the warm fading rays of a desert sunset and the chill of an evening breeze. But the you notice how trite it is or remember what creeps they are and it jerks you back to the vacuous reality of sad 70s corporate rock.

Yeah, fine.

Easy listening! I love the vocals of lead singer , has a Native American vibe…. Eagles are great. I remember Uncle Jeff singing one of their songs “love will keep us together” at Sally and Mitch’s wedding in Pasadena…? Good times I’ll have to hover around with the Eagles some more before the next day’s album drops

Great album from one of my favorite bands.

Harmonies are their strong point and this album has a few decent songs. Like the country influence more than what comes later in their career. 3/5 Might listen to a few of the songs again

Pretty generic country rock. Not bad, but also not amazing.

meet the eagles

I really like this album. The vocal harmonising is incredibly distinctive for its time, creating easy-listening music like no other. The two opening tracks, "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman", are a brilliant one-two punch that made me immediately love the album regardless of the future tracks. The downside is that the instrumentation and harmonising is so consistent that it makes the "filler" tracks much harder to remember. The final two tracks - especially the grand finale "Tryin'" - also kick some serious butt. The music is simple, elegant, and does its job - but it's not quite mind-blowing. 4/5

The Dude was always right. I fucking hate the Eagles, man. This album has a couple tracks that keep this from being a single star, but I really hate most of this middling garbage.

Some great songs here, but the Eagles always feel so sanitized to me.

Meaningless, bored, uninspired 70s yacht rock in my opinion. And I LIKED Hotel Calafornia. That album was at least iconic and sounded clean as a whistle. This album brings nothing to the table in terms of safe, bland soft rock and was, frankly, a pointless inclusion.

Obviously a little dated and the country influence doesn't appeal to me too much, but there's plenty to enjoy here.

When I was younger, I thought I hated the fuckin' Eagles, man, just like the proverbial Dude. Turns out I just didn't know them well. They've *never* made a perfect album, but there might be a couple of LPs in their discography where the good clearly outweighs the bad--namely this debut and *Hotel California*. The question is, do those two records deserve to be in such a list, as benevolent and accepting as one might be inclined to think of them today? For 1972's *Eagles*, there's not a *huge* iconic song in it like the title track giving its name to the other album I've mentioned in my introduction up there. Yet there's an overall, wide-eyed, youthful energy *Hotel California* doesn't have in spades in comparison. A lot of reviewers in here have praised the three singles taken out of this debut album, "Take It Easy", "Witchy Woman", and "Peaceful Easy Feeling", and it's true that those three famous cuts have a special kind of quaint charm that makes them endearing today--plus, "Take It Easy"'s chorus is so memorable that it makes the song a perfect opener. But it's when Eagles's sense of adventure takes them to less "obvious" roads that the band becomes one that somehow masters the full-length format, at least when they succeed in alternating happy-go-lucky hits with more off-kilter pleasures... Case in point: Frey's rocker "Chug All Night". With its tense, minor harmonies on the verses, unexpectedly "solved" during the solar chorus that follows them, this song epitomizes a care for dynamics and effective "twists" the Californian band rarely forgot about when recording this LP. At this point, it doesn't even matter if the song's lyrics are a little hackneyed or trite. Sometimes clichés can be served with a nice chaser, and just like tequila, they become a treat instead of a chore. And when Eagles "rocked out", they had an energy that had little to do with their country-indebted tunes, as can be witnessed with "Chug All Night"'s cousins in the album, the great "Take The Devil" and "Tryin'"--aptly evoking the desert landscapes shown on the album's artwork. Funny how a lot of listeners often quickly forget such positive things to say about this band. But maybe the Dude smokes too much pot to remember any of it... Introduced by chirps and warbles, "Earlybird" is also a very lively moment, even if it's too mild to be a "rocker" per se. Written by Leadon and Meisner, this song proves that when every single member of the band took part in compositions, they had many trump cards in their hands--because it made the whole thing sound "varied" and all over the place, somehow, if you can mean such things in a good way. Last but not least, two of the more "country" cuts are particularly effective in this record. There's "Nightingale" closing the proceedings on side one. And most especially, there's the side two opener "Train Leaves Here This Morning", co-penned by Leadon with none other than ex-Byrds Gene Clark. Check the latter's own version of the song in the LP... *No Other*, by the way. If only because this album is a truly *stellar* one. To return to Eagles' debut, it seems that the *only* borefest in it is Frey's "Most Of Us Are Sad". "Textbook"-country rock is a large part of this record. Yet it comes as a surprise that only *one* song is boring because of this, and that the rest is still pretty convincing and even thrilling to an extent. Call it a miracle. Some people can go to Death Valley and live to tell the tale, after all. 4/5 for the purposes of this list of "essential albums". Which translates to a 9/10 grade for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 297 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 310 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 169 Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 227

This was a real pleasure. Hell Freezes Over will always be my favorite though.

Good album 3/5

The dude is right. This shit sucks. I’m scared to look and see how many other Eagles albums are on this list, but I’m not looking forward to Hotel California.

early eagles albums were very good

I think all the reviews saying this is boring country rock are like the people who watch Star Wars for the first time in 2007 and think it's a tired, worn-out story. It's not derivative, it's where country rock was derived from. The Eagles lay down a kicked-back comfy groove, and I'm here for it. Slap me in some cargo shorts and call me Dad if you must, but I'm digging the bluesy solos, the liberal use of banjos, and the vocal harmonies.

Mellow rock with some cool guitar riffs. After Witchy Woman there wasn't a ton here that I would revisit.

Country, rock, pop, chill, would listen again. Warm feel. Abit boring and bland though.

Another super nostalgic album for me. The vibes, man.

Nice

Much like hotel California, the start is phenomenal then falls off

Absolutely vibey as fack, like too good actually!

3.5?

Very classic rock!

Eagles debut album, just titled *Eagles*, it a huge statement for the band and shows how they helped mold rock and roll into the top genre of the 70s and 80s. The album establishes the country-rock/folk blend that would be popular throughout the 70s, as well as establishing the hard rock (see Tryin’) that would be popular in the 80s. *Eagles* shows it’s folk/bluegrass roots till the end, showcasing beautiful guitar solos and satisfying harmonies. Eagles is very experimental, which is both it’s greatest strength and it’s killer weakness. Some of the songs present were groundbreaking, but did not set any trends for the future like other songs on the album did (seriously wtf is Earlybird). Despite this, *Eagles* shows why the band was as influential and popular as it was, and it shows why the bands own *Hotel California* album would become one of the best selling albums of all time years later. A band that had the confidence to push out something so new and exciting was built for success.

I feel like the hits always carry this band and the album is never as good as a whole. Cant believe I am giving this a 3 tbh

Classic album. Worth a listen.

This did not give me a peaceful easy feeling

Listened Before? No As with Kid Rock, I never had any intention of listening to an Eagles album start to finish. Alas, here we are... I will say that I did not realize Eagles released their debut in 72'. Seems earlier than I would have expected. Album opens with one of their all time classics "Take It Easy." And I will say, of their hits, this is the one that holds the most appeal in my mind (next to Life in the Fast Lane). This is a standard blues rock jam that actually sounds heavily influenced by The Dead with far superior vocal harmonization. Witchy Woman is a bit moodier and more southern rock than blues-pop. Fine song. Chug All Night appears to be a horny honky tonk song using "chug" as a double entendre for drinking and fucking. Low point thus far, that is well suited for blaring in a garage while working on you 72 Chevelle. In one of the most curious sequencing decisions of recent memory, this transitions into the earnest and tender ballad Most of Us Are Sad. Honestly, if this had a bit more twang in the guitar and dust on the recording, I could mistake this for a Graham Parsons song (and I mean that as a complement). Enough of the sad stuff; back to a poppy southern rock song with Nightingale. Energy is fine, but execution is kind of meh. I actually enjoy the plonky southern blues of Train Leaves Here This Morning. I think I just have a weakness for this style of music when it is done reasonably well. It just calms me. Nice harmonization and room for the guitar to explore in the middle. Wish they did a bit more with the instrumental expansion... Earlybird is kind of wild. I both love and hate the bird whistle sample, but the guitar + banjo is kind of nice. Weird one, but one of the better on here. Peaceful Easy Feeling is the other recognizable hit. This one does a lot less for me than Take it Easy, but it is still just fine. All said, this was actually a much more pleasant ride than I expected going in. In my mind this oscillated the 2/3 boundary. The hits are fine and tap into something that I really enjoy. The rest kind of blends together for the most part and suffers from some of the jankiest sequencing I've heard. That said, I think I would be too harsh to go 2 on what is a rather serviceable record. So its a 3 from me, though I wish there were a bit more interesting elements to the instrumentation. Added to Library? No Songs Added to Playlists: - Peaceful Easy Feeling (Sunny-vibes) - Take it Easy (Sunny-vibes)

A lot of this album reminds me of college summers and driving to visit Evelyn at Georgia Southern. Lot of nostalgia points.

If you don't like my music get your own fucking cab! Pretty solid classic rock with a handful of hits. Exactly as expected from The Eagles. Not the strongest 4, but a 4 nonetheless.

I have never listened to a full Eagles album before so it is great that their debut album came up first. This has some all time classics. I have always really liked Eagles for just being the easiest of easy listening music

First two songs I know. Although admittedly not my favorite Eagles songs. Chug all night is super cheesy. Cheese cheese kinda cheesy. Most Of Us Are Sad is a snoozer and making me sad. No real notes on the others. Just kinda boring until Earlybird which I enjoyed. Peaceful Easy Feeling is solid enough. For some reason most of these Eagles songs bore tf out of me. Between a 2-3 but I’ll round up for the singles and Earlybird. Plus, I had a bad day and I hate the fucking Eagles. #gobucs

I’ve grown up hating the eagles simply because of my dad and not really knowing why. I honestly liked this album and i’ve been needing music like this after hearing hundreds of not so good ones on this. Impressed and optimistic.

"...ohhhh....witchAYYY woman!" Great harmonizing, a lot of familiarity from growing up with (constant) play on the radio....I grew up hating them actually; am (hopefully) far more accepting of different styles now even if I don't enjoy country rock and putting aside the fact that Henley/Frey are/were grade A dicks. "Take It Easy" isn't a bad song at all, I've definitely hung on hating it for ages for no reason. "Most of Us Are Sad" - there's a multitude of jokes one could make around this; although even if the song truly is plodding there are some nice harmonies - as there are on most tunes here. Another album where the cover does match the music pretty well - if you're into sleeping out on the desert floor, rolling over into a cactus, and just looking out at the world - this is your album. Ehh...It's mostly fine [but "Chug All Night?" hahaha seriously how is this not worse than most trashy 80s popmetal throwaways] and I can absolutely see how people would love this, it's just ...there for me. Not much more. It does tug at those nostalgic strings and easily brings one back to the 70s. If one wishes for this particular time machine. I'd lean towards the Deep Purple/Stevie Wonder setting myself. 5/10 2 stars.

I like the songs I already liked

i've never been the hugest eagles fan, but this one has always been my favorite of theirs. i much prefer their earlier output to their more radio-friendly later albums. obviously there are some tracks on here that are still played regularly on classic rock radio, so i think a lot of the context is lost for when this was released. starting off as a country rock supergroup of sorts, this album is a bit of a shift of the country rock genre towards the mainstream, away from the gram parsons-esque relative obscurity it started in. the songs that still get played on the radio ("take it easy" "witchy woman" "peaceful easy feeling") are classics for a reason, they are pretty good songs, although due to the constant overplay, i am pretty much sick of them to death at this point. the rest of the album, however, is a pretty consistent progressive (in terms of evolution, i'm not saying this is prog) take on the country rock formula, although a bit heavier on the rock than the country. my favorite of the bunch is album cut "nightingale" which has that classic eagles sound but is at least not played to death. overall, it's a solid enough album, not my favorite country rock album, but i think it's the album from the eagles i appreciate most.

nope. Proof that sales do not always correlate to quality

Take It Easy is an amazing opening track, but unfortunately the rest of the album doesn’t quite live up to this standard

Loved it. The only Eagles song I really knew before was Hotel California. Will listen to them more.

The album has a strong start, really like the first couple of tracks. However the album as a whole is middle of the road.

Na het geweld van gisteren en de hardrock daarvoor ben ik eigenlijk best wel down voor wat slappe rock van The Eagles. Take it easy is een lekkere opener. Daarna word het wel wat minder, het is gewoon prima rock. Niet spannend, niet te heftig, dit is voor mij de ultieme Dad-rock band. Is dit nou een album waarvan ik vind dat iedereen het moet luisteren? Nee, ik zie echt totaal niet in waarom dit nu een groundbreaking album is ofzo. Het is een prima rock album, niet super bijzonder, niet super speciaal. Het luistert prima weg, maar als dit er in staat verwacht ik bijna ook een Maroon 5 album. Favo: Take it easy

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Couple hits, but not as good as Greatest Hits.

I’m feeling eh? Always thought the Eagles sounded like if you took every 70s rock band and averaged them out. Some interesting guitar flourishes here and there, just not feeling this as one of the 1001 best albums of all time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I could never get into the Eagles. My opinion didn’t not change after listening to this album.

The Eagles are legendary, but this album leaves a lot to be desired.

Nice!

The Eagles will really make one good song for every 10 bad or boring songs.

The hits are just as awesome as I remember. I didn't feel like I got as much out of the rest of the songs that I hadn't heard before. The start and end leave put it on track for a five, but the middle brings it down.

eh. it didn't make me angry to listen to but after the first two tracks it was just a real nothingburger. happy for the people who like this but it's just more dull dad rock to me. take it easy is a pretty good song though favorites: take it easy, witchy woman

Very country overall. Take It Easy probably the best here. Witchy Woman also quite good.

It’s like, fine, but compared to Hotel California (which I had yesterday) it’s kinda shit

Algjört feel-good dæmi fyrir mig. Fæ aldrei nóg!

It's interesting listening to music I heard as a kid as an adult, understanding references that went over my head back then. I liked the whole album but Earlybird was a surprise, and now on my favorites list.

I also own this album, this is great classic easy rock, dad stuff 👍

Some of my favorite Eagles songs (Take it Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling) plus Witchy Woman. I'm unfamiliar with the rest. Train Leaves Here This Morning is a nice tune, but I'm not feeling the rest.

Take it easy! A solid classic rock album by my assessment.

Mixing Country and Rock is like mixing beer and wine. While you might personally strongly prefer one over the other, individually the options are still respectable. However, when you mix them you get this unholy amalgamation of fermented bitter-sour, half bubbly hop-grape juice. Imagine the tase. That is what listening to this album feels like.

Fair debut country-rocker from the global megastars, rightly loved by many. But it's success is in its easy listening, not in originality or creativity (look to CSNY if you want that).

The Eagles are a greatest hits type of band. The deeper cuts just aren't that great. P.S. For the love of God, I love The Big Lebowski too but that joke is plaaaaaayed out.

great country/folk rock. Eagles are always a wonderful listen. definitely for more of an easygoing mood. roadtrip album for sure.

Lots of good stuff on here. The gold standard for country rock

Pretty generic albu with the big hit...Take it Easy. Did nothing to enhance my opinion of The Eagles; which is and remains, why did these guys make it huge when dozens of other better bands remain obscure. (ie. Wilco) 2.5 stars

Nice one. This album has two of my favorite songs of theirs. It was also fun to hear some Eagles songs I’d never heard before.

Easy listening soft rock. Not the best eagles album tho

Lovely sound, great album.

3.75

Eh. I listened to the first 2 songs with my husband, an Eagles enthusiast, and his enthusiasm made the songs a pleasant listen. But otherwise, totally not my thing. I’ll grant that Train Leaves Here This Morning is good, though I’d probably prefer a cover version. Bumps my score up from a 2 to a 3 though.

I found it a bit boring. But anything was better than the last album

Liked this more than hotel California, gave Beatles vibes for some reason, more folky for sure 3/4****

Rating this one is very hard to me. It's definitely better than some of the 5s I've given but at the same time it's not near as good as One of These Nights or Hotel California. Between a 4 and a 5, will decide in the A.M.

A literal photo of an eagle on the cover. A little more rock and a little less country than I'd imagined. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Take It Easy Date listened: 24/11/23

Great album. Although it is probably not fair to compare the 1972 version of the band with the 1976 version, if Hotel California is a 5, then this is a 4.

Of all the albums by these guys, I'm not sure why this one made the list. Three major hits, sure, but still.... The rest of the songs have the Eagles sound, but aren't really worth much.

Take it Easy - 3.5 Witchy Woman - 4 Chug All Night - 3 Most of Us are Sad - 2.5 Nightingale - 3.5 Train Leaves Here - 3.5 Take the Devil - 3 Earlybird - 3 Peaceful Easy Feeling - 3 Tryin' - 4

As a white boy with parents who were coming of age in the 70s, I’m basically genetically forced to like the Eagles. Donning a more objective cap, the deep cuts here aren’t great. They grew a lot as songwriters, and their later albums don’t have a song out of place.

boring ish

Stupid eagles

The Eagles are an enigma to me. They are this huge band with millions of monthly listeners and multiple songs with hundreds of millions of streams. And the Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 album is one of highest selling albums of all time. But they aren’t very popular from a critics stand point. And I can kind of see why, but I also think this was far better than it’s made out to be. For country rock, this plays it about as safe as you can get. And yet, it kind of rules for that. It’s simple and a good time. I even heard a banjo at some points. But it actually goes crazy, especially on Early Bird. He played that banjo like it owed him money. And I like that they mix acoustic and electric on the same songs, and they play at the same time. Again, very simple, but it works. This isn’t groundbreaking or anything like that, but I can envision myself as an old man playing this while sitting on my porch with my cup of coffee in the morning, watching the trees move with the wind. It has a mood to it, and it’s one I find comfort in. Rating: 7/10

3.3

Decent but still an Eagles hater for now. 2.7/5

Such a boring album. No wonder the Dude doesn’t like the Eagles.

Three big hits are: Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Witchy Woman (not a fan of this one), with one more decent track "Train Leaves Here This Morning". The rest is sub-par.

A two for the familiarity of the songs from their best of. But, I’ve never really been a fan.

Come on man, I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles! Good classic Americana, and knowing the influence this had to popularize country rock, this clearly has a place on the list. But not something I'd listen to regularly.

Good classic rock

3,5

Eagles is an okay, if nothing special, album. There were not any particularly amazing songs that i will go out of my way to listen to again but none of them were bad and all were pretty pleasant to listen to. It's an unremarkable but solid album. Best Song: Tryin' Worst Song: Train Leaves Here This Morning

Aika kesäistä southern rockia. Ei mitään erityistä huippukohtaa taaskaan. Tasaisen hyvää koko levy

the hits are incredible, the rest is fine but nothing really stands out, slower than expected

So good. Reminds me of St Charles.

Pretty meh easy listening rock. Not something I'll go to again, found it bland and boring. I wouldn't say I hate the eagles but this did nothing to convince me to give them more of a listen

I hate the fucking Eagles man

I can’t rate Elvis Costello’s first album up for being packed full of singles and then not do the same for this album just because I don’t particularly care for The Eagles.

The Eagles are pretty ubiquitous. Never really been my jam. But I Ben I have taken a picture standing on the corner in Winslow, AZ. There’s a statue there and everything. There’s nothing really that offensive to me about any of the music. I just don’t like it very much. As The Dude once said, “I just fucking hate The Eagles, man”. Hate is strong word for my feelings on it, but it’s a quote.

Total respect for the Eagles. But, just tired of them and feels a bit boring.

Pretty good. I wanted Nightingale to use an actual nightingale. Did not like the vox Take the Devil. Everything else was very Eagles.

Great songs but some were significantly heavier than others and so it didn’t flow great

Thie very successful/lucrative country/rock hybrid of this band always sounds a bit cheesy to me. This (debut) is OK though. Prefer Creedence.

3.5

4++

Meh

not great, not terrible

Very easy listening…not for me!

It's a classic. Lots of recognizable music.

I really like witchy woman, the rest is good background eagles vibe time but not my favorites

what the other guy said

I've been listening to the Eagles on and off for most of my life, but I don't think I've ever listened to any of their whole albums. However, I did lose my virginity to "Take It Easy," but only because I didn't have my copy of Bush's Sixteen Stone with me (she really wanted to listen to "Comedown," which she loved because it was used in the movie Fear, which was clue number one that it was a bad idea to have sex with her). I thought this album was fine. The band has a decent country rock sound, but this album doesn't really set them apart from other acts that were big in country rock at the time. "Witchy Woman" is the closest they get to their signature southwest flair, but the main guitar riff and the drumming feel derivative of stereotypes of indigenous drum circles. Also, the bird noises on "Earlybird" were incredibly annoying; the song would have been much better without it. Outside of the banjo and guitar on "Take It Easy," there's nothing too remarkable about the instrumentation on this album. However, I absolutely love the Eagles' vocals. Glenn Frey and Don Henley are fantastic singers, and the band sounds great when they harmonize as a group. I know I levied a lot of criticism at this album, but I truly did think it was fine. This was my first time trying to listen to the Eagles with a critical ear, and I was able to really put some attention into some music that I've been listening to since I was a kid. I think this album has a handful of great songs, but the rest of it is kind of lackluster. And for everyone who quoted The Big Lebowski in their review: grow up and watch a real Coen Brothers movie.

Very ez 3. Generic 70’s rock. Nothing too special. Tryin’ is the best song.

take it easy 3.5

A pleasant surprise 3.5

The Eagles are a singles band to me. I have a knack for their harmonies combined with the country rock of the earlier albums. I still can't dig the opener but really enjoy 'Witchy Woman' and others. I wouldn't listen toe the album that many times again but pick out some of the best tunes.

Killer debut from an all time great band.

I am decidedly NOT anti-Eagles like a lot of my peers and I often am a bit confounded on the absurd hate they receive. Well, not really, but I think it’s overblown. Is it weird they are like highest selling American rock band of all time? Sure but who cares. They have a ton of good singles and a couple of genuinely good albums. They also have a lot of shit and they’re assholes. Anyway, the debut is an album where half is quite good, half is pretty atrocious. It’s like a 2.5 rounded up to a 3 to me. Early on, especially, they are always better with their breezy/country tracks rather than trying to rock, and that’s basically the case here. Anyway, I love Desperado and One of these Nights, this is just ok.

is aight, I like witchy woman because Elaine

Take It Easy // Witchy Woman // Most Of Us Are Sad // Train Leaves Here This Morning // 3.5/5

Album has a perfect flow and some great tracks. Was great to listen to while working.

A really impressive debut album!

Listened to while working lower entrance of open air market Was p good

Kind of boring to be honest.

a few of good songs, some are a bit too whiny for my taste

Great album

I hate the eagles man. The Dude had some merit there. They were sorely overplayed on the radio and still are on classic rock stations. They're incredibly radio-friendly and smooth enough to appeal to at least some demographic that doesn't like music to be too abrasive. Basically anything that the Eagles can do, Steely Dan can do better. My only compliment is that sometimes when they lean into the country a bit more (Train Leaves Here This Morning). Otherwise it's the Eagles.

Fantastic intro with Take it easy and Witchy woman.

8/10 — I think Hotel California is peak, but this earlier stuff is still pretty cool it’s honestly kinda hard to think this is the same band with how much their style changed over their career

Irgendwas zwischen 3-4. Tendenz zu 4, allein schon wegen "Take it Easy". Und es ist insgesamt einfach ein gutes Album mit zum Teil richtig guten Songs und geiler Lead-Gitarre.

This was awful. Turgid rock posturing. Next.

Take it Easy is a great opening track for a debut. The harmonising is pitch perfect. What follows is an odd mixture of songs. I had to check Spotify to make sure that it was still The Eagles streaming. What starts out as a classic 70's rock album fizzles out to become meh. I didn't now about the Glyn Johns connections with the production.

From the first track it’s clear. This debut and likewise this band are about to do some big things. Heeding their advice and taking it easy wasn’t difficult as I maneuvered my way through this series of tracks. A stellar debut by one of rocks finest ensembles.

This is ok. Pretty inoffensive. Got tired of it a little over halfway through the album. A low 3/5

Not as bad as Hotel California, but it still sucks.

Some classics and some boring country adjacent strum alongs

I did grow up with my parents listening to Eagles music, so this was surprisingly nostalgic for me. I had a really fun time with this one.

Jesus this album is boring, shame that there is a bunch of good classic rock music but a lot of the popular stuff is just like this. I dont think I have heard a classic rock album thats more of a chore to listen to then this one.

This album flirts a fine line between boring poppy-southern rock and a true piece of Americana magic. The harmonizations are fantastic and the guitar work can be absolutely stellar. The quirkiness fades to corny song composition when it’s not clicking, but the hits are hits for a reason. Truly a exhibition of some classic songs, and some truly forgettable b-sides.

Pleasant but not exciting, classy but not emotive, chilled but not cool. Eagles have always been around, but this doesn't really show why. If each album has 2 or 3 essential tracks, at least they will have a good greatest hits set.

Ehhh

OK I don't hate the f'in Eagles. I don't hate this album. It no longer blows me away but there was a time when it did.

Putting on an Eagles record to listen to is so fucking embarrassing. Within the first few seconds you are just instantly re-assessing what you are doing with your life, and wondering if you've really lost it. The Eagles are cheesy as everyone knows, but this has some redeeming qualities in that it's a bit more straightforward rock than their later stuff. I'll give it that but not much else.

A fine rock album that starts with a banger of a known song and is filled with a number of worthy classic rock songs that will go into a few playlists.

I love big Lebowski references but idk I think this is pretty good

Öde. Zwei Sterne wegen Take it Easy und Earlybird.

The sheer blandness, which maybe sounded new in 1972, is hard to fathom 50 years on. This is watered down CSN at best, and even allowing for the soft-rock "revolution," it's worth remembering how many bands (including Americana acts) subsequently exceeded this by some fair distance. Sure, the playing is competent, which suggests maybe they shoulda never been any more than a studio band. Since it feels like a random collection of songs, assessing as such seems only fair: "Take It Easy" is okay., fine, inoffensively pleasant. "Witchy Woman" is silly and non-edgy (+ sexist in a classic '70s way). Speaking of '70s, "Chug All Night" is a strong contender for dumbest song of the decade (which was, as we all know, a golden age for dumb songs). "Most of Us Are Sad" feels genuinely heartfelt but suffers from a weak, diffident vocal. "Nightingale," "Train Leaves," "Devil," "Earlybird" share anodyne and indifferent playing and often somnolent, almost yawnful pacing, but each is otherwise forgettable and unspecial in its own unique way. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" is sweet and swinging, probably the best thing they ever did, which says something about just how overrated they were/are/hopefully won't continue to be. "Tryin" aims to rollick, but proves an unrousing (appropriately) end, and with shag-rug, long-hair and moustache vibes that should be amply embarrassing to all right-minded folks. One gets as moderately (fittingly so) disturbed/annoyed by the inherent middle-of-the-road-ness of this, its essential barely-above-average-ness (+ its altogether discouraging popularity), as by the ever-more-exorbitant prices they charged for however many farewell tours they ran. (Side-noting: what's up with articleless album title vs. "The Eagles"?). For all these reason, rounding down is the clear – and easy – thing to do.

Good album choice damn! I grew up with the Eagles so this is a comfort album at least, a lot of songs I've heard before. Let's get into it. Take It Easy: Instant classic. Great opener to the album. 9/10. Witchy Woman: Reminds me of that one Seinfeld episode lmfao. Good song. 8/10. Chug All Night: Not heard this one before. Not really a fan. It's okay but I understand now why they don't play it on the radio that much. 6/10. Most of Us Are Sad: It was okay. 7/10. Nightingale: A delightfully happy song which confused me with the title. 8/10. Train Leaves Here This Morning: Slower sadder song. Pretty good, not my favorite though. 7/10. Take the Devil: Pretty mid song, 6/10. Earlybird: Bit better than the previous one, but doesn't seem popular enough to play on the radio, 7/10. Peaceful Easy Feeling: Classic, always liked this one. 9/10 Tryin': It was ok. 7/10. Total: 74/100. It's an ok album but I'm not a giant Eagles fan. It'll do.

Take it Easy - 3. Pas super bon opener, répétitif Witchy Woman - 3.5 Chug All Night - 3. On commence un peu à se faire chier mais je commence à capter le délire Most of us are Sad - 2.5. Svp je suis de bonne volonté me forcez pas à mettre moins que 3. Y a pas de Vibe, on se fait juste chier. Un peu mignon quand même Nightingale - 2. Ça va finir par m'énerver lol Train Leaves Here This Morning - 3. Je me résouds à accepter le fait que cet album ne sera pas dingue. Vibons donc et prenons chaque chanson comme elle est hein allez Take the devil - 3. Finis les commentaires Earlybird - 2.5 Peaceful Easy Feeling - 2. Le morceau porte (trop) bien son nom. Tryin' - 2. Moi aussi j'essaie, promis

So lame. Boring, cheesy, uninspired dad rock. The dude was right.

"Take It Easy" undoubtedly stands out as a notable track, often celebrated as a classic in the realm of country rock. However, even within this gem, one can discern the deliberate approach the band adopted during production. The harmonies are flawlessly polished, and the melody is irresistibly catchy, yet an element of contrivance lingers, leaving behind a trace of artificiality. Likewise, "Peaceful Easy Feeling" presents a radio-friendly exterior that's difficult to overlook. Its conveyed sentiment is undeniably appealing, but the wrapping it's encased in appears somewhat tailored for mass consumption. The song's melody and structure appear custom-fitted to captivate a broader audience, possibly to the detriment of the raw, unrefined essence that you can find in a more sincere country rock song. Overall, the album, while delivering catchy and melodically satisfying songs, it is overly assembled. Resulting in an air of sterility that inhibits the emotional impact. It's almost as though the prioritization of crafting a commercially viable product took precedence over allowing the songs to breathe with the sort of genuineness that could deeply resonate with listeners. Perhaps the sound is just too kitsch for me.

Definitely dad rock A lot of songs on this album which are boarder-line country/folk. Best song: earlybird - the way the bird whistles act in it is very cool. Almost like a solo of its own

Songs I like: Witchy Woman, Chug All Night, Nightingale and Take the devil Kind of a convoluted album, has a lot of different sounds contained within it so far. From take it easy which is a feel good song, you get witchy woman which is a psychedelic experience. you are mesmerized by this woman, along with the guitar riffs, going through this trip that keeps crescendoing until you are left with a feeling of if she was real or not. Then you’re thrust into “chug all night”. This is a great track, chugging all night with a woman thats as wild as you. Youve got your buddies, your beers, probably some shitty 70s weed, and you’re having a party in the middle of the desert with your RV. This track paints a picture of the live these guys live, which i enjoy. Most of us is decent to me, but it is a nice change of pace. The lyrics are great but the guitar I found to be kind of forgettable and felt like they could have done better. Nightingale is a great track with amazing instrumentals. The lyrics make me feel some type of way especially to my woman. Overall was one of my favorites. Train leaves this morning is forgettable to me. Lyrics didnt stay with me, neither did the overall composition of the track. Mid. Take the Devil on the other hand is amazing. Seems like a gospel song but still they killed it with the guitar. And the drums on this are phenomenal. Almost made me feel like I was in a spiritual battle with the devil himself. Earlybird I hated at first, the beginning sucks but the rest of the song is pretty decent, not offensive but not great. Peaceful Easy Feeling is a song about heartbreak and wondering if you could ever find that one again. But then you take that risk, and finally find a person that you can share your love with, even when theres that feeling that it wont work out, you decide fuck it and try. Trying is a great closer, basically gets you pumped and tells you to get off your ass. Love the riffs solos and the verses. A pretty basic song all in all, but i like the message and its catchy. Overall this is a big ass hippie album, but its not necessarily a bad thing. I love the psychedelia influences and the songs the shine are the ones that really paint a picture. Its consistent, its fun, but man the slow parts are SLOWWWW.

Filled with rock-country classics. The opening track has great danceability, a nice winding rhythm, intelligent lyrics, and a pleasant sounding banjo to boot. Other noteworthy tracks include “Peaceful Easy Feeling” with its mellow folk country feels and “Most of Us Are Sad” which is one of the most underrated Eagles songs. Favorites: Most of Us Are Sad, Take it Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Chug All Night Least Favorites: Trains Leaves Here This Morning

5/10 Very slow songs that imo haven’t aged well with time. Very basic sounds and lyricism that when gets interesting, barely dives into the topics and instead goes back to very thoughtless lyrics. There are some great peaks in this album that show how much talent the eagles do have, but this very much seems like an album that wasn’t thought out much and was an introductory album. (INDIVIDUAL SONGS THOUGHTS) Take it Easy - what an American tune. about just relaxing and going through life without overthinking the things around you. a little boring but it’s the theme of the song. Witchy woman - about a crazy heroine addict who fucks all night. it’s alright simple riffs. Chug all night - fun verses. I actually hate the chorus LOL. Again another song about wanting a girl. It’s one of the better songs but still eh. Most of us are sad - what a change up from wanting to have sex with heroine addicts and groupies. Good song fairly simple, a good break from the other songs. Nightingale - really fun song, the lyrics are well thought out. Way more creativity with this one. Train leaves this morning - I believe it’s about a girl that he believes was the one but didn’t work due to the situation they were in. He never wanted the truth from her and never looked back. Again I like the writing on this one more, this seems more emotional than “most of us are sad”. Take the devil: about being guided by the devil. Very simple song but i don’t know if back in the 70s if this was a well talked about topic during the rage of drugs and women that would come with fame. It’s eh Early bird - bird sample was sick. Ending guitar solo is cool af. The actually song is eh but I can pick things that really stand out Peaceful easy feeling - like this one. Well constructed song. Tryin’ - good ending song. High energy a good note to end on.

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ok 6/10

Always good!

Un bon album. Pas le meilleur de eagles. 4

Take it easy, witchy woman, and peaceful easy feeling, we're great songs. I've never heard anything else off this album, I guess "tryin" was the best of the other tracks. Overall decent

Somewhere out there, other side of the horizon, ‘bout the place where the sun meets the green grasses; where the wheat fields yield to asphalt wondering like a wise hitchhiker, peripatetic being a close cousin of prophetic and all; out there, under a sky the kind of azure blue that makes you wonder if, of the billion other skies out there in the cosmos, could any ever be so beautiful; out there, in the remote wilds where the quiet thoughts sharpen against the blaring silences; out there there’s a chance that I might find something interesting about this record. As it stands, sitting here: I don’t. And in a funny, kind of cosy way, I actually like Eagles all the more for how almost completely unremarkable it is (“almost” because the last minute of “Take the Devil” sounds like the middle 8 of “Two Minutes to Midnight”– an unfortunate moment of attention grabbing intrigue that is, mercifully, faded out before it can be developed). Out there, it seems, the middle of the road might be safest place to be. Long live the out there journeymen and their sage advice. 2.5.

Just the Eagles being the Eagles.

Seem to be the enemy of alternative music lovers, with e.g. Fleetwood Mac. I am lover of alternative music but also love the Eagles. Their voices just fit so good together, like CSNY or Beach Boys. Best one is Desperado and the long Run also brilliant. Desperado The Long Run and One of These Nights I all prefer to this one, but a 4*. .

I don't know eagles I Love Eagles I want to know more about Eagles

Take It Easy and Peaceful Easy Feeling are nice enough but the rest was more boring than expected

Never actually listened to anything from the Eagles before this (depsite hearing Hotel California too many times). Pretty disappointing. First sign was alright, but then quickly got terrible. Chug All Night was embarrassing to listen to. Rest of it pretty terrible except for Take the Devil. Country needs to be resigned to the bin.

Not my favorite type of music, but I have to recognize how catchy the songs are and how big several of the songs became.

Dad Music. Okay

Classic rock

this is for boomers but it is also quite good

Not a band I find particularly interesting. They record near perfect MOR rock for the masses. But it’s all a little dull.

Very good

Oh, so this is what they meant when they said "the banality of evil" 1/5

The definitive Eagles album.

Pierwsze 3 dobre, więc dostaje 3

Me terminé guardando dos temas con la palabra easy en el título. Es un 2.5 pero me siento generoso

"I hate the fucking Eagles" -The Dude

Eagles really nailed their sound on their first album, very high four but I'll give it a five for a very solid first album

Just a phenomenal album. Still not sure if I prefer this or Hotel California though.

some really good songs on here, but also a lot of mid ones

Standard Rock. nothing too catchy

Hadn't listened to this whole thing before.

I love these guys- grew up listening to their songs so why shouldn't I like this album? I can't understand the bias against them. Sure there's a couple of fillers but the overall vibe conjures hot Californian nights, sat in an open top car and drinking ice-cold beer by the beach. This is feel-good relaxing music.

Pomalo - definicija classic rock albuma 1. 5 2. 3 3. 4 4. 3 5. 3 6. 3 7. 5 8. 3 9. 4 10. 5 3,8

I don’t really enjoy the Eagles, and the hits on here were some of my least favorite of their hits. I was very pleased that this album did not contain Hotel California, because I assumed that with the amount of air play that song still gets 50 years later, it must be on every single one of their albums. They have a song called Chug All Night that I thought was probably the least interesting song in the album until I heard the next track, Most of Us are Sad. I like songs about sadness, the sadder the better honestly, I really like to feel the emotions of a sad song. This song didn’t move me and I nearly nodded off a minute. One more song of note would be early bird, which opens with the trilling of a songbird which is a little too cutesy for me, then the song starts and I keep finding myself thinking that the songwriter must have been very pleased with the toddler who helped conceive the lyrics. I’m giving this album 2 stars rather than one because it wasn’t so awful that I couldn’t listen to the entire thing and also because Hotel California wasn’t on it. So TL;DR This album left me wanting a whole lot more, and my expectations were pretty low to begin with because I’m not typically a fan. I’m going to listen to the album I missed yesterday now, Green by REM, as a reward for making it through this album.

Fairly limp country with some nice harmonies.

Tämähän oli oikein miellyttävä elämys! Eagles on jäänyt itselle aika vähäiselle soitolle, enkä oo itseasiassa tainnut tätä ennen yhtään kokonaista levyä kuunnella. Yks kokoelma on hyllyssä jolla ex-kämppis maksoi osan vuokrastaan 4/5

Oikein miellyttävää, nautin.

Sitä jenkkiprätkälläajorockia. Kunnollista. 3/5

Not a fan. Take it easy is alright, the rest is bleh.

I liked this, though I didn't love it. Breezy country-rock with occasional interjections of heavy guitar. Never been a huge Eagles person (beyond Hotel California, that one rules) but have always been cool with them, so no surprises here. Best song: Take It Easy

Very fine

Maybe could've been 3. I thought it was going to be better at the start but by the last few tracks I wanted the album to end. Aggressively mid dad rock. Witchy Woman and Nightingale were pretty good though. Listened 6/11/23

day 23. the older I get and the more chaotic the world around me gets, the more I appreciate the Eagles. I’ve never listened to this album in its entirety and only knew Take it Easy and Peaceful Easy Feeling. Both great tunes. I just really enjoy the easygoing, folksy rock vibe, it’s relaxing to me, albeit a bit generic. the misses for me were Chug All Night and Most of Us Are Sad, but I liked the rest of the songs. New faves - Nightingale, Take the Devil, Train Leaves Here This Morning 3.5/5 rounded up to 4

It's alright

This is great

This album screams "get some mates, grab some beers and sit in the garden to talk shit all night."

Some really good tunes on this one. Makes me want to go to Winslow.

Three solid home run tracks, and Tryin' is pretty strong too. Though i have no idea why "Chug All Night" was thought to be a good idea here, the rest of passable. Interesting to get a taste of where the Eagles started.

So I was super excited to listen to this album. The first two songs are amazing. Then. . . Not so much. I was surprised that I didn't like the whole thing. Too bad!

It's hard to beleive that this album is over 50 years old - it's still a great album. The opening track "Take It Easy" is timeless.

Pretty damn good.

Take It Easy is great. Tryin was ok. Everything else was verryyyyy boring and repetitive and same. So disappointed, I hate the fucking eagles man.

god bless anyone who got all the way to Earlybird before giving this a 1 and quoting Lebowski. god help anyone who got all the way to Earlybird and still gave this a 5.

pretty good

Not as bad as she described it

This has some of the stupidest lyrics I’ve ever heard Whole album sounds like it drives a truck and drinks 26 cans of bud light a day

Eagles

Pretty solid Rock album. Witchy Woman, Most of Us are Sad, and Take the Devil would be my favorites. 7.5/10