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But if this one is going cheap, or if you liked some other stuff by them, this will certainly not dissappoint. Played non stop in my CD player for a few months;
a great buy
Sure, Bernie Leadons two contributions, the ballad "I Wish You Peace" and the weird but stately 7-minute instrumental "Journey Of The Sorcerer" don't quite fit in with the rest, but the other seven songs fit reasonably well onto the same album.
The highlights are unquestionably the three singles - Frey and Henley always knew wich songs to pick for single release. "One Of These Nights" the song and "One Of These Nights" the album both hit #1, and "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It To The Limit" were top 10 hits as well.
The title track is a dance-friendly rock song which is often described as "disco-like". It's not a disco number, though, so don't worry, it's actually more of a funk tune if you want to call it anything other than just plain rock n' roll.
"Lyin' Eyes" is one of Glenn Frey's patented, shuffling country rockers with a great sing-along chorus, and "Take It To The Limit" is a grand, melodious stop-and-go ballad, sung by bassist and co-writer Randy Meisner.
Meisner also takes the lead on "Too Many Hands", written by himself along with guitarist Don Felder (a bit of an odd couple, but it's a fine, mid-tempo country rocker).
And Felder does his only lead vocal with the Eagles, on the album's hardest rock song, "Visions", co-written with Don Henley.
Don Henley takes the lead on "One Of These Nights" and the mellow but thoughtful "Hollywood Waltz" - the only song written by both Frey, Henley and Leadon, and, bless them, a real waltz. (I hate it when people call a song "The something-or-other Waltz" or "This-and-that Blues" and the song is a dime-a-dozen pop song with none of the characteristics of either waltz or blues!)
Glenn Frey's only solo lead vocal is "Lyin' Eyes" (he consciously chose to step back a little and let Henley handle the lead vocals on most of the songs they wrote together), but he shares the lead vocal duties with Don Henley on the fine ballad "After The Thrill Is Gone".
The arrangements and the playing is better than on "On The Border", and although the quality of the songs is not as continually high as on "Hotel California", this is certainly one of the Eagles' two or three best albums. The singles are superb, and although the album tracks may not all be great, none of them are less than good.
"On The Border" is well written, tremendously well played, beautifully sung, and highly recommendable.
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