Audio CD review:
Eagles - Asylum Album Box Set (9CD)

Eagles - Asylum Album Box Set (9CD)

Band: Eagles Title: Asylum Album Box Set (9CD) Rating: Release Date: 15 March, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Take It Easy 2: Witchy Woman 3: Chug All Night 4: Most of Us Are Sad 5: Nightingale 6: Train Leaves Here This Morning 7: Take the Devil 8: Earlybird 9: Peaceful Easy Feeling 10: Tryin' 11: Doolin-Dalton 12: Twenty-One 13: Out of Control 14: Tequila Sunrise 15: Desperado 16: Certain Kind of Fool 17: Doolin-Dalton [Instrumental] 18: Outlaw Man 19: Saturday Night 20: Bitter Creek 21: Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise) 22: Already Gone 23: You Never Cry Like a Lover 24: Midnight Flyer 25: My Man 26: On the Border 27: James Dean 28: Ol '55 29: Is It True 30: Good Day in Hell 31: Best of My Love 32: One of These Nights 33: Too Many Hands 34: Hollywood Waltz 35: Journey of the Sorcerer 36: Lyin' Eyes 37: Take It to the Limit 38: Visions 39: After the Thrill Is Gone 40: I Wish You Peace 41: Hotel California 42: New Kid in Town 43: Life in the Fast Lane 44: Wasted Time 45: Wasted Time (Reprise) 46: Victim of Love 47: Pretty Maids All in a Row 48: Try and Love Again 49: Last Resort 50: Long Run 51: I Can't Tell You Why 52: In the City 53: Disco Strangler 54: King of Hollywood 55: Heartache Tonight 56: Those Shoes 57: Teenage Jail 58: Greeks Don't Want No Freaks 59: Sad Café 60: Hotel California [Live] 61: Heartache Tonight [Live] 62: I Can't Tell You Why [Live] 63: Long Run [Live] 64: New Kid in Town [Live] 65: Life's Been Good [Live] 66: Seven Bridges Road [Live] 67: Wasted Time [Live] 68: Take It to the Limit [Live] 69: Doolin-Dalton (Reprise II) [Live] 70: Desperado [Live] 71: Saturday Night [Live] 72: All Night Long [Live] 73: Life in the Fast Lane [Live] 74: Take It Easy [Live] 75: Please Come Home for Christmas 76: Funky New Year

Customer Reviews Great sound; construction quality could be better This review is about the construction of this boxed set edition, not the music. You're probably already an Eagles fan if you're reading this. If amazon allowed half stars I'd give it a 3. 5. It's a good looking collection, with each CD sleeve duplicating the original vinyl album in great detail. The gatefold album covers are well made, but the inner and outer sleeves of the other discs are far too fragile. I'm sure they will start tearing, even though I take immaculate care of my music collection. Also, the textured white cover of _On the Border_ sits in between the dark _Desperado_ and textured dark _One of These Nights_, and the covers are rubbing off on each other. The other drawback is that the text is mostly illegible because of the small size and the variety of fonts. But that's always an issue with these "vinyl replica" type CD sleeves. I had put off buying the Eagles on CD for a long time, so since I found this set at a good price I'm glad I finally have it. Just be aware that you'll need to be very careful with it. (For quality comparison, the Doors box set from 1999 and Queen's The Crown Jewels box set have very nice, well made miniature album sleeves. ). eagles nostalgia excellent set of cds. . . . . . all they made and then some other versions. very enjoyable. if you like the eagles you will love this. For collectors and those that don't have Eagles on CD only The songs are classics and there's a lot of stuff that you won't get on the greatest hits package (although "Very Best of" manages to cover a lot). The people who should pick this up are the ones who want to get the Eagles catalog remastered in one shot and want the original style packaging. But for a very limited edition that has a higher pricetag, Don, Glenn, Joe and Tim should have autographed each set (because it is their devoted fans likely buying the set), even if it meant raising the price on the set even higher. I also think that the entire set should've been a CD/DVD collection, as a lot of rare footage exists from this era as well, some of which has been shown on VH1 Classic. I just think it's far more fun to just watch the archive footage with its flaws than the flawless "Hell Freezes Over" concert. The "bonus" CD should've had the "Get You In The Mood" B-side from "Take It Easy" that they have never put out on CD. The only other thing I can think of is that "Eagles Live" should include more songs as the original 2 LP release had time constraints. Hopefully one day they can do a proper "Eagles Live" box set to cover the original Eagles with Leadon/Meisner as well as the Felder/Walsh/Schmidt lineup, because a lot of great songs they'd done live were left off. I think that because they have been putting out more repackages than new material (they really don't need to put anything out to justify touring), I don't see it appealing to anyone who already has all their CDs to begin with. Bottom line: The Eagles have repackaged themselves one too many times (the DVD-Audio version of "Hotel California" probably the only repackage worth its weight) , yet they have a lot of live material in the vaults that are far worth exploring than yet another repackage of what we've all heard many times over as well as concerts they've recorded for TV and have on film. But DO watch out for the Eagles "Farewell I" DVD to be released sometime in June 2005 and shown on network TV. . . You can see a complete list of all Eagles discography, or go back to the Eagles tabs