alternate album covers

[alreadygone]

what do you think would have been good alternate covers

eponymous album - https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesttl01.jpg

on the border - https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesBorderPress.jpg

one of these nights - https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/ootninsert1big.jpg

hotel california - https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesblue.jpg

long run - https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesVB03.jpg

[NightMistBlue]

The critics would have accused them on trading on their good looks to rope in the girlies.

[Freypower]

The Long Run one, possibly. On The Border, possibly. A version of the OOTN one is on the back of the album anyway. I never understood the appeal of the first photo. The HC one is a dreadful photo of Walsh.

And yet again, LROOE is ignored. I never liked this; too awkward.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/ozeagle/Eagles%20General/DesertSands.jpg

I can't remember if this came out at the same time as LROOE but it could have worked as a cover:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/ozeagle/Eagles%20General/GloomyEagles.jpg

[thelastresort]

Never would have guessed in a million years that was Randy on the eponymous photo.

[travlnman2]

Hell Freezes Over. Although Timothy seems to Hard Core for it lol. Desprado is left out because they are on the front.

Hell Freezes Over
https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglestrittTIE03.jpg
Hotel California
https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesHCHenleyHoboPants.jpg

[alreadygone]

The HC one is a dreadful photo of Walsh.


why, because he looks high af? (which he probably was)

[Delilah]

I like The Long Run alternate the best, maybe change the backdrop. Travelin Man's HC one is good too but maybe Felder should be holding something else (that doesn't look like they're bragging).

[Freypower]

why, because he looks high af? (which he probably was)

Because it's unflattering.

With respect the one where they are holding an award is hardly appropriate for an album cover. Album covers featuring photos of a band have to be something more than just a photo. They should attempt to convey something of the mood of the album.

This is more of an album cover idea for HC:

https://eaglesonlinecentral.com/images/eaglesHCBW.jpg

[Eagles7]

Is Henley wearing Felder's jeans and suspenders in the award photo? Hahah

[alreadygone]

With respect the one where they are holding an award is hardly appropriate for an album cover. Album covers featuring photos of a band have to be something more than just a photo. They should attempt to convey something of the mood of the album.

also, the HC picture came out probably after the album was released. If this was the fall of 1976, you would want a picture that you had at the time. I think the picture I used as a HC alternate was taken before the album was released and hence could have been used.

[travlnman2]

also, the HC picture came out probably after the album was released. If this was the fall of 1976, you would want a picture that you had at the time. I think the picture I used as a HC alternate was taken before the album was released and hence could have been used.

I think the award was for their greatest hits. Didn't Randy leave as soon the album was released?

[AlreadyGone95]

I think the award was for their greatest hits. Didn't Randy leave as soon the album was released?

Randy left in late 1977 while the band was touring for HC.

OP: I like the alternative versions of On The Border and The Long Run the best.

[chaim]

Album covers with band photos are often cut'n'paste jobs anyway, so if one member looks bad in a photo, they could have used another photo of him. The first photo works as it is. Glenn could have been replaced with "another Glenn" in the On The Border picture (not because he looks bad, but somehow his posture and facial expression don't work well enough with the others for an album cover IMO). The OOTN pic is fine. They definitely should have used another shot of Joe in the Hotel California pic - if it had become the cover. The Long Run pic is fine as it is. Glenn, especially, looks awesome there.

[buffyfan145]

I never really thought about which group photos for covers they would've used but I'm loving seeing all the pics posted. :D

[BillBailey1976]

Does anyone know why the band is on the cover of the Desperado Album? It seems out of place against the rest of the albums. They aren't on the cover of any others, even the greatest hits albums or the Live Album.

[NightMistBlue]

I've never heard them say, so this is purely speculation but the whole metaphor of "rock musicians as outlaws" was perfectly illustrated by the boys themselves in their Wild West get-ups. A more abstract cover wouldn't quite tell the story, or even adequately hint at it.

[GlennLover]

I've never heard them say, so this is purely speculation but the whole metaphor of "rock musicians as outlaws" was perfectly illustrated by the boys themselves in their Wild West get-ups. A more abstract cover wouldn't quite tell the story, or even adequately hint at it.

I think that you are correct, NMB. I had the same thoughts.

[thelastresort]

I'd concur, the image on the back of them all lying dead with their management above them is especially relevant to the concept of the album I think.

[Annoying Twit]

The critics would have accused them on trading on their good looks to rope in the girlies.

Evidence all over this forum suggests that girlies have been roped in.

[NightMistBlue]

Ha ha, true. In my defense: I only liked their music for many years. Didn't succumb to Randy's good looks until two years ago. Blame HOTE, not their album covers.

[DJ]

why, because he looks high af? (which he probably was)

They all appear to be "glassy" eyed. LOL

[Funk 50]

This thread has got me thinking about the album titles. Apart from their eponymous first album the Eagles have tended to name their albums after (arguably) the strongest track.

What happened with On The Border?

I'd love to know how that ended up as the title track.

[thelastresort]

I'd guess because it was released around the time of Watergate and Nixon's resignation and it helped to emphasise their discontentment at it all? The other candidates would be Already Gone, Best of My Love or James Dean, and none of those three work at all. In all honesty On the Border is probably the only decent album title in there!

[Freypower]

This thread has got me thinking about the album titles. Apart from their eponymous first album the Eagles have tended to name their albums after (arguably) the strongest track.

What happened with On The Border?

I'd love to know how that ended up as the title track.

I feel the same about The Long Run. The song fails to live up to the expectations of the title & is one of my least favourites of all their songs. At least the song OTB has some novelty value.

NB: This is not a popular opinion; I know that.

[thelastresort]

Out of interest FP is there a song you would put forward as the title track in lieu of The Long Run?

[Freypower]

Out of interest FP is there a song you would put forward as the title track in lieu of The Long Run?

Ah; now you've asked me. I suppose The Sad Café but it is too similar in mood to Hotel California for a title. There really isn't another suitable title from those songs - I have to concede that. But why couldn't Heartache Tonight have worked? It would have been the ONLY time Glenn sang lead on the title track of an Eagles album. What they could have done was choose a lyric from one of the songs & used that (the same as Tim uses 'feed the fire' from The Shadow as the title of that album). Tracks On The Boulevard?

[thelastresort]

You raise a: further, could any lyrics from songs from OTB have worked?! I'll give it some thought. I would say Heartache Tonight is the only other decent alternative for The Long Run, but I do think the song they went with, combined with the artwork, probably gives quite a good indication of how utterly fed up and borderline splitting up they were, certainly in retrospect. I'll go for another question too - what would the alternative song / lyrical title for the eponymous album have been?

(OP - sorry about derailing the thread! Maybe it might be best to split it into the original artwork one and a different one for alternative titles?)

[Funk 50]

You raise a: further, could any lyrics from songs from OTB have worked?! I'll give it some thought. I would say Heartache Tonight is the only other decent alternative for The Long Run, but I do think the song they went with, combined with the artwork, probably gives quite a good indication of how utterly fed up and borderline splitting up they were, certainly in retrospect. I'll go for another question too - what would the alternative song / lyrical title for the eponymous album have been?

(OP - sorry about derailing the thread! Maybe it might be best to split it into the original artwork one and a different one for alternative titles?)

It's my fault entirely thelastresort. I'm gonna try and think up some alternate album titles using song lyrics rather than song titles.