Classic Rock,Metal,Oldies 101: The Eagles : One Of These Nights (Deluxe Edition)

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

The Eagles : One Of These Nights (Deluxe Edition)

YOU GOT YOUR DEMONS
AND YOU GOT DESIRES
WELL, I GOT A FEW OF MY OWN

One of These Nights

is the fourth

studio album by

American rock band

The Eagles,

released on

June 10, 1975,

by Asylum Records.

The album was the band's

commercial breakthrough,

transforming them into

international superstars.

In July that year,

the record became

the Eagles'

first number one album

Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart,

yielding thre

e Top 10 singles:

"One of These Nights",

"Lyin' Eyes"

and

"Take It to the Limit".

Its title song is

the group's

second number one single

on the

Billboard Hot 100.

The album sold

four million copies

and received a

Grammy nomination

for Album of the Year.

A single from the album,

"Lyin' Eyes",

was also nominated for

Record of the Year,

and won

the Eagles'

first Grammy

for Best Pop Performance

by a Duo or Group

with Vocals

at the

18th Annual

Grammy Awards

in 1976.

The band embarked on

the worldwide

One of These Nights tour

to promote the album.

One of These Nights

is the last

Eagles album to feature

the original lineup of

Randy Meisner,

Glenn Frey,

Don Henley,

and

Bernie Leadon

(along with then-new member Don Felder).

Leadon left the band

after the album's tour

due to his dissatisfaction

with the band's shift

from country

towards a more

mainstream rock sound

and was replaced by

Joe Walsh.

The seventh track,

"Visions",

is the only

Eagles song on which

lead guitarist

Don Felder

sang the lead vocals,

despite his desire

to write and sing

more songs.

Background

The Eagles

began working on their

fourth album

in late 1974.

Glenn Frey

and

Don Henley

wrote four

of the nine songs

by themselves,

and they also collaborated

with other members

of the band

on three other songs.

Many of the songs

were written while

Frey and Henley

were sharing a house

in Beverly Hills,

including

"One of These Nights",

"Lyin' Eyes",

"Take It to the Limit"

and

"After the Thrill Is Gone".

In an interview with

Cameron Crowe,

Henley joked that

it was their

"satanic country-rock period"

because

"it was a dark time,

both politically and musically"

in America,

referring to the turmoil

in Washington

and disco music

starting to take off.

He added:

"We thought,

'Well, how can we write

something with that flavor,

with that kind of beat,

and still have the

dangerous guitars?'

We wanted to capture

the spirit of the times."

Frey said that

"One of These Nights

was the most fluid and

'painless' album

[they] ever made",

and thought that the quality

of the songs he wrote

with Henley

had improved dramatically.

However,

Leadon was becoming

increasingly unhappy

during the making

of the album.

He wrote three of

the nine songs,

none of which was

released as a single.

He was unhappy with

the more rock direction

of the band that

Frey preferred,

at one time walking out

of a meeting to go surfing,

rather than discuss which

take to use after

the recording of a rock track.

Leadon would leave the band

in late 1975,

after the album was released.

Frey also began to sing less

as a lead singer

starting with this album,

singing solo lead on

only one song

("Lyin' Eyes")

and sharing lead vocals

with Henley on another

("After the Thrill Is Gone").

Henley later said:

"[Glenn] was generous

in that respect ...

If I began to do more than he did,

it was because if someone had

a strong suit he would

play that card.

'You sing this,

you sing it better,'

that kind of thing."

Randy Meisner

sings lead on two songs,

one of which,

"Take it to the Limit",

a composition he

co-wrote with

Frey and Henley,

was released as

the third single

from the album.

Of the nine Eagles songs

to feature

Randy Meisner singing solo,

this is the only song of his

to be released as a single.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

One Of These Nights

Too Many Hands

Hollywood Waltz

Journey Of The Sorcerer

Lyin Eyes

Take It To The Limit

Visions

After The Thrill Is Gone

I Wish You Peace

CD 2

Live At Anaheim Stadium,

Anaheim, Ca,

9/28/1975

Take It Easy

(Live At Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, Ca, 9-28-1975)

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