One of These Nights is the fourth studio album by the
Eagles,
released in 1975. The record's title song became the group's second #1 single on the
Billboard Hot 100, in July of that year.
One of These Nights is the last Eagles album to feature
Bernie Leadon. The seventh track, "Visions", is the only Eagles song on which
Don Felder sang lead vocals.
Track listing
Side one
#"
One of These Nights" (Henley, Frey) – 4:51
#*Lead vocals by Don Henley and Randy Meisner, lead guitar by Don Felder
#"Too Many Hands" (Meisner, Felder) – 4:43
#*Lead vocal by Randy Meisner, lead guitar by Don Felder, ending dual guitar solos by Don Felder and Glenn Frey
#"Hollywood Waltz" (B. Leadon,
Tom Leadon, Henley, Frey) – 4:04
#*Lead vocal by Don Henley
#"Journey of the Sorcerer" (B. Leadon) – 6:40
#*instrumental
Side two
#"
Lyin' Eyes" (Henley, Frey) – 6:22
#*Lead vocal by Glenn Frey, Lead Guitar by Bernie Leadon
#"
Take It to the Limit" (Meisner, Henley, Frey) – 4:49
#*Lead vocal by Randy Meisner
#"Visions" (Felder, Henley) – 4:00
#*Lead vocal and Lead Guitar by Don Felder
#"After the Thrill Is Gone" (Henley, Frey) – 3:58
#*Lead vocals by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, Lead Guitar by Don Felder
#"I Wish You Peace" (
Patti Davis, Leadon) – 3:45
#*Lead vocal and Lead Guitar by Bernie Leadon
Track information
"Journey of the Sorcerer"
"Journey of the Sorcerer" was used as the theme music for
Douglas Adams's
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series produced by the
BBC in 1978 and 1979. Adams said he had wanted something sci-fi sounding while at the same time suggestive of a traveller, so this
banjo-based instrumental struck him therefore as ideal. "Journey of the Sorcerer" was used subsequently for the
television series in 1981 (albeit re-recorded), the sequel radio series produced by
Above the Title Productions for the BBC in 2003 and 2004, and (re-recorded once again) for the
film produced by
Disney/
Touchstone in 2005. The original version from
One of These Nights was used for all original transmissions of all five radio series. The TV adaptation of the series, and also an additional version released on
LP record, used an arrangement by
Tim Souster, the CD releases of the radio series transmitted in 2004 and 2005 used another one arranged by
Philip Pope, and the 2005 film used one by
Joby Talbot.
"I Wish You Peace"
“I Wish You Peace” was written by Bernie Leadon and his then-girlfriend
Patti Davis, daughter of
Republican then-
Governor of California Ronald Reagan.
Nancy Reagan had already disowned Patti during this period, ostensibly due her choice of living together with Leadon as an "unmarried couple". Don Henley would years later disparage this song as an Eagles release, describing it as “smarmy cocktail music”.
Personnel
Glenn Frey - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonium
Don Henley - Lead vocals, drums, percussion, tablas
Bernie Leadon - Lead vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, steel guitar, pedal steel
Don Felder - Lead vocals, guitar, slide guitar, organ
Randy Meisner - Lead vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Additional personnel
David Bromberg - fiddles on "Journey of the Sorcerer"
The Royal Martian Orchestra - strings on "Journey of the Sorcerer"
Albhy Galuten - synthesizer on "Hollywood Waltz"
Jim Ed Norman - piano on "Lyin' Eyes" and "Take It to the Limit", orchestrations
Concert Master: Sid Sharp
Conductor: Jim Ed Norman
String Arrangements: Jim Ed Norman and The Eagles
Production
Producer: Bill Szymczyk
Engineer: Allan Blazek, Michael Braunstein, Ed Mashal, Bill Szymczyk, Michael Verdick, Don Wood
Art Direction: Gary Burden
Design: Gary Burden
Photography: Norman Seeff and Tom Kelley (cover)
Remastering: Ted Jensen
Singles
"One of These Nights"/"Visions" - Asylum 45257; released May 19, 1975
"Lyin' Eyes"/"Too Many Hands" - Asylum 45279; released September 7, 1975
"Take It to the Limit"/"After the Thrill Is Gone" - Asylum 45293; released November 15, 1975
Charts
Album
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|1975
|Pop Albums
|1
|-
|}
Singles
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|1975
|"One of These Nights"
|Billboard Hot 100
|1
|-
|1975
|"Lyin' Eyes"
|Billboard Hot 100
|2
|-
|1976
|"Take It to the Limit"
|Adult Contemporary
|4
|-
|1976
|"Take It to the Limit"
|Billboard Hot 100
|4
|-
|}
Awards
Grammy Awards
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Winner
!align="left"|Category
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|"Lyin' Eyes"
|align="left"|
Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal
|-
|}
Grammy Award Nominations
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Winner
!align="left"|Category
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|"Lyin' Eyes"
|align="left"|Record of the Year
|-
|align="left"|1975
|align="left"|One of These Nights
|align="left"|Album of the Year
|-
|}
Release history
Original pressings of this record had text engraved into the carry-out grooves on each side.
Side One: Don't Worry---
Side Two: ---Nothing Will Be OK!
This is the second album by the Eagles to have a Quadraphonic surround sound pressing. It was released on Quadraphonic 8-track tape and CD-4 LP.
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References
Kelley, Kitty. Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1991. ISBN 0-671-64646-x
Notes
External links
"One of These Nights" Super Seventies
One Of These Nights by The Eagles ''Songfacts
Category:Eagles (band) albums
Category:1975 albums
Category:Elektra Records albums
Category:Asylum Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Bill Szymczyk
