On The Border
by Eagles
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On The Border is ranked 7th best out of 19 albums by Eagles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Eagles is Hotel California which is ranked number 261 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,109.
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On The Border track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 07/22/2026 10:51 | davidhuret | 2,046 | 76/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 13:19 | spinout | 3,462 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:28 | Philly28 | 952 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 03:34 | sgenrikh | 159 | 94/100 |
| ! | 05/01/2026 19:52 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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An excellent Eagles album and unlike later efforts which were dominated by Henley this is a group recording. Glenn Fry provides some excellent guitar here with Felder only contributing to a couple tracks. Highlights.. On the Border, Ol 55, James Dean, and Already Gone. Best of My Love is a good one but overplayed.
Fischman 01/09/2019 17:51 | #229395
Not quite as good as the first two, or the two that would follow it, but still perfectly pleasing to early Eagles fans.
Very underrated album, and in my opinion, second best by the Eagles after Hotel California. From the funky On the Border, to the bouncy Midnight Flyer, to the slide guitar-infused Good Day to Hell, to the sweet tribute My Man, everything on this album just works. Any fan of the Eagles or Eagles-like sound needs to listen to this one.
Tamthebam 02/11/2017 08:02 | #185268 | TOP COMMENT
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This to me should be right up there with Hotel California & Desperado as one of their best albums Already Gone, My Man a cover of Ol' 55 & Is It True are great tracks and Best Of My Love finishes of a really good collection of songs the only weakness the throw away Midnight Flyer.
Possibly my favourite Eagles album. On the border, features some excellent tracks. Already gone, is a great opener, the Gram Parsons tribute, my man, is utterly beautiful, and there's a nice cover of Tom Waits' ol'55. James Dean, is probably the weakest song, a generic rocker, but the rest is fine. Enjoyable record.
This is believe their weakest record. A few good tracks but generally uninspired.
Already Gone is the best song ever made with cheesy lyrics. Best of My Love, Ol' 55, and the title track are all classics as well.
junodog4 11/08/2014 22:55 | #126529
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Very good album.
Bork 01/06/2012 05:04 | #34688
Eagles never made a great album but this one still belongs on the bottom half of their catalog. They had some good songs but were always a tad dull and On the Border may be the highpoint of that dullness. The cover of Ol' 55 is incredibly pale compared to the original. Listenable, but definitely skippable.
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