Celebration of "On the Border"

[sodascouts]

On the Border was released this day in Eagles history (March 22, 1974). I thought it would be fun to pay tribute to it. I've set the board's default style to the On the Border style for the week and in this thread, we can post our thoughts on it, our favorites songs from it, or anything else we'd like to talk about regarding the album.

I think this is a great album. With the exceptions of "You Never Cry Like a Lover" and the title track, I love every song on it. It's such a shame that they don't play any song from this album in concert anymore. "Already Gone" ROCKS live, and "Best of My Love" was their first #1 hit as well as a favorite of mine (and many others).

[AzEaglesFan]

Best of My Love is still my favorite Eagles song.

[Koala]

I love every song from this album,
especially I like Already Gone, Best of My Love!

[Troubadour]

Great idea, Soda!

I love On The Border. I listen to it a lot in the car - it's a good cruising album. To me, it's got a very youthful vibe, with songs like On The Border, James Dean and Already Gone, interjected with some more introspective, slower stuff like Ol' 55 and You Never Cry Like A Lover. I'm a fan of the latter, but I do tend to feel that something more could have been made of it. Don's vocals don't shine through as much as usual... Perhaps this was intentional, I don't know. Either way, I enjoy the song. Good Day In Hell is a great rocker, and when you get to Best Of My Love, it's like things have stepped up a notch. It's got a more tender, mature feel from the rest of the album - kind of a taste of what was to come. I know many people cite it as their favourite Eagles song, and it's definitely high up on my list. I also like Midnight Flyer. It reminds me of Kirshner and the guys having fun!

One more shallow reason for appreciating the album - the guys look fantastic in the artwork! (See top of page for proof.) Gotta love the funky little mushrooms on Don's shirt.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Love the celebration and love the board style. Since this is officially "On the Border" week on The Border, I'm going to try to post a thought each day instead of putting everything I want to say about the album in to one post. So my thought for today ...

This is when the band brought in a fifth Eagle to move toward more rock-oriented songs. The "late addition" of Don Felder's mean guitar gave the band a harder sound. Felder only played on a few tracks on this album, so his full impact wasn't felt until the band's next album.

[Glennhoney]

..beautiful job with the board Soda........loved that album...and I shall listen to it today...

[Brooke]

This is when the band brought in a fifth Eagle to move toward more rock-oriented songs. The "late addition" of Don Felder's mean guitar gave the band a harder sound. Felder only played on a few tracks on this album, so his full impact wasn't felt until the band's next album.

I'm getting confused here. Bernie was obviously still here since My Man is on it, but he left and Felder joined? And Joe was already here too? Strange that they actually put out an album with personnel changes in the middle of it. But it was a great album anyway.

I've really enjoyed the celebration, too.

[sodascouts]

Today, back in 1974, the Eagles released On the Border. We'll be celebrating that this week with a Survivor as well as just listening to it and commenting on it in the thread. Here's to On the Border!

[Brooke]

36 Years! Wow! Still love this album!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Happy 36th anniversary to On the Border!!!

Love this board style and how we're celebrating this week. As I've said many times, I believe On the Border is the band's most underrated album. I think our Survivor game will be very spirited as they usually are when most of the album's songs are so good.