Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
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| Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 12, 1993 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 56:46 |
| Label | Giant |
| Producer | Various |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic - |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles is a tribute album to the American rock band Eagles. Released in 1993 (see 1993 in country music) on Giant Records, the album features covers of various Eagles songs, as performed by country music acts. It has been certified 3× Platinum in the United States by the RIAA.
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[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Take It Easy" (Travis Tritt) | Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey | James Stroud | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Little Texas) | Jack Tempchin | Christy DiNapoli, Doug Grau | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Desperado" (Clint Black) | Don Henley, Frey | James Stroud | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Heartache Tonight" (John Anderson) | Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, J.D. Souther | James Stroud | 4:23 |
| 5. | "Tequila Sunrise" (Alan Jackson) | Henley, Frey | Keith Stegall | 2:53 |
| 6. | "Take It to the Limit" (Suzy Bogguss) | Randy Meisner, Henley, Frey | Suzy Bogguss | 4:32 |
| 7. | "I Can't Tell You Why" (Vince Gill) | Timothy B. Schmit, Henley, Frey | Tony Brown | 4:04 |
| 8. | "Lyin' Eyes" (Diamond Rio) | Henley, Frey | Monty Powell | 6:30 |
| 9. | "New Kid in Town" (Trisha Yearwood) | Henley, Frey, Souther | Garth Fundis | 5:07 |
| 10. | "Saturday Night" (Billy Dean) | Meisner, Henley, Frey, Bernie Leadon | Lynn Peterzell, Billy Dean | 3:25 |
| 11. | "Already Gone" (Tanya Tucker) | Tempchin, Robb Stradlund | Jerry Crutchfield | 5:00 |
| 12. | "Best of My Love" (Brooks & Dunn) | Henley, Frey, Souther | Don Cook, Scott Hendricks | 4:38 |
| 13. | "The Sad Café" (Lorrie Morgan) | Henley, Frey, Joe Walsh, Souther | Richard Landis | 4:45 |
[edit] "Take It Easy"
During the music video shoot for his rendition of "Take It Easy", Travis Tritt requested that the 1980 lineup of the Eagles (Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit) be included in it.[3]
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Album
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 22 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Performed by | Peak positions | ||||||
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||||||||
| 1993 | "Desperado" | Clint Black | 54 | 52 | |||||
| "I Can't Tell You Why" | Vince Gill | 42 | 26 | ||||||
| "Tequila Sunrise" | Alan Jackson | 64 | — | ||||||
| "Peaceful Easy Feeling" | Little Texas | 73 | — | ||||||
| "Take It Easy" | Travis Tritt | 21 | 12 | ||||||
| "Already Gone" | Tanya Tucker | 75 | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
[edit] Production
The 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year was awarded jointly to Suzy Bogguss, Tony Brown, Don Cook, Jerry Crutchfield, Billy Dean, Christy Dianpoli, Garth Fundis, Doug Grau, Scott Hendricks, Richard Landis, Lynn Peterzell, Monty Powell, Keith Stegall and James Stroud for their contributions in producing the album.[4]
- Executive Producer: James Stroud
- Production Assistants: Lisa Bradley, Allison Brown, Ginny Johnson, Scott Paschall, Doug Rich, Roxanne Stueve, Jane West
- Engineers: Mike Bradley, Mike Clute, John Kelton, Tim Kish, Gary Laney (also mix assistant), Steve Lowery, Steve Marcantonio, Mike McCarthy, Lynn Peterzell (also overdub engineer), Csaba Petocz, Marty Williams
- Assistant Engineers: Derek Bason (also assistant engineer for overdubs), Pasquale Delvillaggio, Mark Hagen (also mix assistant), Ken Hutton (also assistant engineer for overdubs), Julian King (also assistant engineer for overdubs & mix assistant), Russ Martin, Herb Tassin, John Thomas II (also mix assistant), Craig White
- Mixing: Mike Bradley, Garth Fundis, John Guess, John Kelton, Lynn Peterzell, Marty Williams (also mix assistant)
[edit] Proceeds
On the back cover of Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles, it states.
"A portion of the royalties from the sales of this collections will go to the Walden Woods Project, a non-profit organization founded in 1990. The purpose of the Walden Woods Project is to purchase, and thereby preserve, environmentally sensitive and historically significant forestland located near Henry David Thoreau's famed retreat at Walden Pond."
Eagles co-founder Don Henley Founded the Walden Woods Project in 1990.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic - review
- ^ Browne, David (October 15, 1993). "Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,308378,00.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Eagles biography". CMT. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/eagles/bio.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ http://cmaawards.cmaworld.com/docs/default-document-library/past-cma-award-winners.pdf
- ^ "Home | Walden Woods". Walden.org. http://www.walden.org/. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
| Preceded by In Pieces by Garth Brooks Greatest Hits Volume Two by Reba McEntire |
Top Country Albums number-one album November 6, 1993 - January 15, 1994 January 29 - February 12, 1994 |
Succeeded by Greatest Hits Volume Two by Reba McEntire Kickin' It Up by John Michael Montgomery |
| Preceded by In Pieces by Garth Brooks North Country by The Rankin Family Clay Walker by Clay Walker |
RPM Country Albums number-one album November 20 - December 3, 1993 December 11–31, 1993 February 7–27, 1994 |
Succeeded by North Country by The Rankin Family The Other Side by Charlie Major Kickin' It Up by John Michael Montgomery |
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