Already Gone/You Never Cry Like A Lover/Midnight Flyer/My Man/On The Border/James Dean/Ol '55/Is It True/Good Day In Hell/Best Of My Love
On The Border is considered to be a transitional album from The Eagles where their original country rock sound is now joined by more commercial mainstream influences. Features the US No. 1 hit single Best Of My Love. (US:17 UK:28)
“The sound is transitional, as the country influences are disappearing replaced by the commercial guitar sound they wished to adopt. However, it still maintains the familiar sound of The Eagles' work. Once again the album drifts through the songs, but in this case the second side doesn't seem to have much material or solid songwriting, and the album ends up really dragging.”
“In many ways, On The Border, was a transitional album. Country-rock now shared equal billing with commercial rock. Their harmonies and catchy music remained intact as they moved toward a sound that would sell more albums than all but a few groups in music history.”
“What distinguishes this album from many of the group's others is the consistency of the songwriting throughout. Maybe there's nothing earth-shattering here, but all of the songs are at least pretty good, with no outright loser tunes.”
“From the aggressive beginning with Already Gone to the melancholy reflection of The Best Of My Love, On The Border delivers a great jam, one after another. While a lot of the album's theme was heavy rock, there is a definite soft-rock, mellow feel, one that will put you in a relaxed mood and state of mind.”
“Don Felder joined the band for On The Border. His addition marked the start of a shift from a country rock band towards more mainstream rock. In fact most of the album is made up of harder rocking songs.”
“Although reasonably successful when released, this is now perhaps a rather overlooked album, which dates from a period of changing directions for The Eagles, as they veered away from their original country-influenced soft rock towards a more hard-edged sound. Only two tracks are widely known, the closing ballad Best Of My Love and to a lesser extent the brash, rocking opener Already Gone. These almost epitomise the diverging styles of the band when the album was made. The rest will be unfamiliar to all but dedicated fans.”
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