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On the Border
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596059527
Format: Import
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 1004
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Editorial Review:
On their third album, the Eagles finally produced a No. 1 hit with "The Best of My Love," but most of On the Border is marked by tough rockers, not sweet ballads. "Already Gone" is a brusque kiss-off and "Midnight Flyer" a bluegrass kicker, while "James Dean" recalls the '50s rebel icon, and the title track reflects on paranoia and creeping Big Brotherism. The Eagles also cover a Tom Waits tune, "Ol' 55," and pay tribute to alt-country godfather Gram Parsons on "My Man." The album title is prophetic in the sense that the band that made this record (bolstered by the addition of guitarist Don Felder) was on the verge of greatness, but not quite there yet. --Daniel Durchholz
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Eagles, On The Border
Fantastic Album, I would recommend everyone who enjoys the Eagles to add this one to their collection
Rating:  - Star Making Machinery Revs Up
The Eagles are to country rock what The Kingston Trio are to folk, which isn't bad necessarily-- it just gives you an idea of where you are. There are better practitioners of both genres. So "String Along" by The Kingston Trio is a very good record, very hummable and entertaining, but no one would call it as good as Woody Guthrie. "On the Border" is good too-- fast songs, slow songs, melodic, digestable-- but there are half a dozen bands that have done better albums. What's that? Name them? Ok, ... Read More
Rating: - Another dynamite Eagles album
What can be said about "Already Gone" and "Midnight Flyer", two of the best songs ever recorded! And more of the magical Eagles lyrics: "...I went lickety-splitly..."; "...we who must remain go on laughing just the same..."; "...along came a Spyder, picked up a rider, and took him down the road to Eternity... you were too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye..."
If you've never listened to this album, you're in for a stunning experience.
Rating: - The Eagles go from quartet to quintet on this transitional album
In March of 1974, The Eagles released their third album On the Border.
From the opening rocker Already Gone, you could tell that the band had become a rock band. Not a country rock band but a plain good ol' rock and roll band.
The addition of third guitarist Don Felder in late 1973 gave the band a bigger, more raw, more urgent sound, particularly on the hardest rock tracks, the opening "Already Gone" which had great Felder solos and was the world's real intro to Felder, the rocking "Good ... Read More
Rating: - A Masterpiece
This record is a true country-rock masterpiece. How anybody could possibly rate it as 3 out of 5 is beyond me. Every single song is bursting at the seams with melody; the harmony vocals and arrangements are tremendous on every track.
A record born in an era where great songwriting and musicianship ruled the roost and wonderful examples of both of these attributes are apparent in abundance here!
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