Volume 1 is from 71-75        Volume 2 is from 76-79
-Take It Easy                      -Hotel California
-Witchy Woman                  -Heartache Tonight
-Lyin Eyes                          -Seven Bridges Road
-Already Gone                    -Victim Of Love
-Desperado                        -The Sad Cafe
-One Of These Nights          -Life In The Fast Lane
-Tequila Sunrise                  -I Can't Tell You Why
-Take It To The Limit          -New Kid In Town
-Peaceful Easy Feelin          -The Long Run
-Best Of My Love                -After The Thrill Is Gone

a very impressive 20 songs on 2 albums, a very tough choice but if I had to pick I'd say volume 1 :)

Tough choice alright !  I voted Volume 1, too  :)

Wow, I seem to be on at just the right time to hit these threads early on!  :D

For me, it's definitely Vol 2 - that's where Joe Walsh joined and helped give the band a harder, more mainstream rock sound, as opposed to the more country pop/rock of the material on Vol 1.

That said, my favorites from V1 are "Already Gone" (probably the only real rocker) and the poppy "Take it Easy" - that's a classic. "Best of my Love" is a nice ballad too, but the other 7 I could take or leave (especially anything from Timothy Schmidt! Sorry, but I never could stand the guy's songs - way too soft rock-y!).

V2 on the other hand is packed with 70's arena rockers (Long Run, Victim of Love, and my favorite - "Life in the Fast Lane" - I so wish MTV had been around in 1976. Imagine what they could've done with this one!). Of course "Hotel California" is the mid-tempo classic here.

both equal

V2 on the other hand is packed with 70's arena rockers (Long Run, Victim of Love, and my favorite - "Life in the Fast Lane" - I so wish MTV had been around in 1976. Imagine what they could've done with this one!). Of course "Hotel California" is the mid-tempo classic here.




I agree,there's some better rockers on 2. I picked 1 over 2 because of 'Heartache Tonight' I can't stand the song, now if it was replaced with 'In The City' I'd pick V2, it's that close for me :)

^ Yeah, I loved "In the City" too - laid back but rocking at the same time. "Disco Strangler" was another cool album track from 'Long Run'.

"Heartache Tonight" is definitely one of their sillier songs, but I still like it. ;D

Volume II - but only because Volume I includes Lyin Eyes (which I thoroughly hate!)

ALL the studio albums. I love all the songs on both greatest hits...but I also love the entire "The Long Run" LP with songs like King Of Hollywood and The Sad Cafe. I like most of the" Hotel California" LP, including Try And Love Again :)