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Eagles ?– Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 Label: Asylum Records ?– 6E-105 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation, Embossed Cover  Country: US Released: 1976 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Take It Easy Written-By – G. Frey*, J. Browne* 3:29 A2 Witchy Woman Written-By – B. Leadon*, D. Henley* 4:10 A3 Lyin' Eyes Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey* 6:21 A4 Already Gone Written-By – J. Tempchin*, R. Strandlund* 4:13 A5 Desperado Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey* 3:33 B1 One Of These Nights Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey* 4:51 B2 Tequila Sunrise Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey* 2:52 B3 Take It To The Limit Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey*, R. Meisner* 4:48 B4 Peaceful, Easy Feeling Written-By – J. Tempchin* 4:16 B5 Best Of My Love Written-By – D. Henley*, G. Frey*, J. D. Souther* 4:35 Companies, etc. Pressed By – PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Published By – Jazzbird Music Published By – WB Music Corp. Published By – Kicking Bear Music Mastered At – Criteria Recording Studios Produced For – Interglobal Records Produced For – Pandora Productions Ltd. Record Company – Warner Communications Inc. Credits A&R [Direction] – Irv Azoff* Art Direction, Design – Boyd Elder, Glen Christensen Artwork By [Cover Art], Typography [Lettering] – El Bwyd de Valentine M.F.S. Management – Front Line Management Photography By [Cover Photography] – Tom Kelly Jr.* Producer – Bill Szymczyk (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B3), Glyn Johns (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B4, B5) Typography [Additional Lettering] – Henry Diltz Notes Embossed front cover.
Produced for Interglobal Records (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B2, B4, B5) Produced for Pandora Productions Ltd. (tracks: A3, A4, B1, B3)
Publishing: A1: W. B. Music Corp. ASCAP A2, A3, A5, B1, B2, B3, B5: W. B. Music Corp./Kicking Bear Music ASCAP A4, B4: Jazzbird Music/W. B. Music Corp. ASCAP
Back cover: ?&© 1976 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, 962 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., Calif, 90069; A Division of Warner Communications Inc.
Labels: ?1976 by Asylum Records Mfg. by Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, 962 North La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90069/A Division of Warner Communications Inc.
Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975).jpg Greatest hits album by the Eagles Released February 17, 1976 Recorded 1971–1975 Studio Olympic Studios, London; Island Studios, London; The Record Plant, Los Angeles; Criteria Studios, Miami Genre Rockcountry rock Length 43:08 Label Asylum Producer Glyn JohnsBill Szymczyk the Eagles chronology One of These Nights (1975) Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) (1976) Hotel California (1976) Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) is the first compilation album by the Eagles, released in 1976. The album contains a selection of songs from the Eagles' first four albums released in the period from the Eagles' formation in 1971 up to 1975. It was the best-selling album of the 20th century in the United States, and it stayed the best-selling album in the U.S. for some years until it was surpassed by Michael Jackson's Thriller after the artist's death in 2009.[1] In August 2018, it regained the title of the U.S.'s biggest-selling album, with a 38× Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In 2017, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."[2]

Contents 1 Background 2 Artwork 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Charts 8 Certifications 9 See also 10 References Background Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) comprises nine singles released between 1972 and 1975, plus the album track "Desperado." All of these singles except "Tequila Sunrise" charted in the top 40, with five in the top ten, and "One of These Nights" and "Best of My Love" both topping the singles chart.
The manager of Eagles, Irving Azoff, said: "We decided it was time to put out the first greatest-hits because we had enough hits."[3] However, according to Don Felder, none of the band members had any say in the decision to release the compilation album.[4] The band complained that the album was "nothing more than a ploy by the record company to sell product without having to pay additional production costs".[5] Don Henley was unhappy that songs like "Tequila Sunrise" and "Desperado" were lifted out of the context of the original album in a way that he thought detrimental to the nature, quality and meaning of the music. He said: "All the record company was worried about were their quarterly reports. They didn't give a shit whether the greatest hits album was good or not, they just wanted product."[5] Despite being unhappy with the album's release, the band nevertheless reasoned that it gave them more time to work on the Hotel California album.[6]
Artwork The cover of the album is an image of an artwork created by Boyd Elder, also known as "El Chingadero", whose work was also used for the cover of One of These Nights.[7] The work was created from a plastic cast of an eagle skull, which was then painted.[8] The skull was set against a light-blue background made of silver mylar, and the bumpy appearance of the background gave rise to a myth that it was cocaine powder that they were using. Glenn Frey also noticed the resemblance, telling Elder that the background reminded him of "a field of blow" (slang term for cocaine), however the band chose not to debunk the myth.[3] The artist was paid $5,000 for the work.[8]
Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic 5/5 stars[9] Robert Christgau (B)[10] Rolling Stone 5/5 stars[11] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic thought the songs in the compilations melodic and immediately engaging, and that they have lyrical consistency. He wrote: "... unlike the albums from which they come, these songs make up a collection consistent in mood and identity, which may help explain why Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) works so much better than the band's previous discs and practically makes them redundant. No wonder it was such a big hit out of the box ..."[9]
Commercial performance Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 album chart on its first week of release,[12] and reached number one in the following week, where it stayed for five weeks.[13][14] It was ranked number four on the Billboard year-end album chart of 1976 and has spent a total of 239 weeks on the Billboard 200 as of August 2018.[15][16] The album has also been number one on the Billboard Top Pop Catalog Albums chart for 15 non-consecutive weeks and has spent 465 weeks on the chart.[16]
The album has the distinction of being the first album to receive the RIAA platinum award, which was introduced in 1976 to recognize albums that shipped one million copies in the United States.[17][18] It received its certification on February 24, 1976, a week after its release. In August 1990 it was certified 12×platinum, and it then became the best-selling album of the 20th century in the United States when it was certified 26× platinum on November 10, 1999.[19][20] In a 2001 radio interview, Randy Meisner said neither he nor Bernie Leadon were notified of the award presented to the band in 1999, and "...had to call and we finally received it."[21] It was certified 29x Multi-Platinum on January 30, 2006. According Nielsen Soundscan, which started collecting sales data in 1991, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) sold just over 5 million albums in the United States since 1991, although RIAA certifications indicate 17 millions albums shipped between 1990 and 2006.[22][23][24] On August 20, 2018, the album was certified 38x platinum by the RIAA for 38 million units consumed in the United States under the new system that tallies album and track sales as well as streams. Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) became the highest-certified album by the RIAA, surpassing Michael Jackson's Thriller which is certified 33x multi-platinum.[25]
Worldwide, the album has sold over 42 million copies as of 2011.[1][26]
Track listing Side one No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Take It Easy" (from Eagles, 1972) Glenn Frey Jackson Browne Frey 3:29 2. "Witchy Woman" (from Eagles, 1972) Don Henley Bernie Leadon Henley 4:10 3. "Lyin' Eyes" (from One of These Nights, 1975) Don Henley Glenn Frey Frey 6:21 4. "Already Gone" (from On the Border, 1974) Robb Strandlund Jack Tempchin Frey 4:13 5. "Desperado" (from Desperado, 1973) Don Henley Glenn Frey Henley 3:33 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "One of These Nights" (from One of These Nights) Don Henley Glenn Frey Henley 4:51 2. "Tequila Sunrise" (from Desperado) Don Henley Glenn Frey Frey 2:52 3. "Take It to the Limit" (from One of These Nights) Don Henley Glenn Frey Randy Meisner Meisner 4:48 4. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (from Eagles) Jack Tempchin Frey 4:16 5. "Best of My Love" (from On the Border) Don Henley Glenn Frey J.D. Souther Henley 4:35 Personnel Eagles
Glenn Frey – guitars, vocals; piano Bernie Leadon – guitars, backing vocals; banjo, pedal steel, mandolin Randy Meisner – bass guitar, vocals Don Henley – drums, vocals Don Felder – guitars, backing vocals on "Lyin' Eyes," "Already Gone," "One of These Nights," and "Take It to the Limit" Production[27]