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It is also worth noting that at their "Hell Freezes Over" reunion tour, they were quoted as saying "For the record, we never broke up; we just took a fourteen year vacation."
Their instrumental space-country-rock song "Journey of the Sorcerer" (from the album ''One of These Nights'') is famous for being used as the theme song for ''[[The
Although Eagles are not primarily considered a country music act, the band has loads of cred in that department. Three of the band's singles have been top 40 country hits, and ''Long Road out of Eden'' was the best-selling country album of 2008. In addition, Eagles' trademark use of layered harmonies has shown up in a very large number of country music bands, including Alabama and Restless Heart. In 1993, several country singers joined forces to record a tribute album called ''Common Thread: The Songs of Eagles''; Travis Tritt's decision to include the 1980 lineup in the video for his cover of "Take It Easy" is said to be a catalyst in the band's 1994 reunion. In addition, Don Henley has recorded two duets with Trisha Yearwood.
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* ''Desperado'' (1973): A concept album centering on [[The Wild West]], notably the outlaw gangs thereof. "Desperado" and "Tequila Sunrise" are perhaps the only songs people remember from this album.
* ''On the Border'' (1974): Introduced guitarist Don Felder.
* ''One of These Nights'' (1975): Included a couple of still-popular tunes and the unnoticed-at-the-time instrumental ''Journey of the Sorceror'', which went on to become the theme tune to ''[[The
* ''Hotel California'' (1976): Eagles' most famous album, and one of the most well-respected albums of rock. This album more than any other concerns itself with the concept of the [[American Dream]]. Joe Walsh joined the group in time for this album, and his guitar work helped push them firmly into the aforementioned "more mainstream" direction.
* ''The Long Run'' (1979): Eagles' last album before their <s>breakup</s> fourteen year vacation.
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* [[Self-Backing Vocalist]]: Usually averted, as all members could sing very well and they also arranged their material so that live versions would be nearly identical to the studio cuts, so they tended to have the lead vocalist absent from harmonies and viceversa (similarly, no guitarist played rhythm and solos at the same time). An exception was "One of These Nights" where, at the end, bassist Randy Meisner is doing both the lead and the high harmony (which often overlap at that point).
* [[Signature Song]]: ''Hotel California''.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Take That]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm7KKYb4qy0 "I would like to dedicate this song..."]... to [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Mr Rupert Murdoch]]!"
* [[Truck Driver's Gear Change]]: ''Hole In The World'' has a classic example.
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