Legacy isn't the first compilation to attempt to offer the complete recorded works of
the Eagles in one box. That would be 2005's Eagles, which contained all of the group's albums between
1972's Eagles and 1979's
The Long Run, adding 1980's
Eagles Live and the "Please Come Home for Christmas" single for good measure. Released some 18 years later,
Legacy trumps Eagles by adding the reunion album
Long Road Out of Eden -- released two years after the 2005 box -- and the 1994 concert album
Hell Freezes Over, the 2000 LP Millennium Concert, and a collection of non-LP singles. The CD version adds a DVD of
Hell Freezes Over and Blu-ray of Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne for good measure. These are absent on the LP version of
Legacy, but this isn't without its own merits: chief among its attributes is the first vinyl pressing of
Hell Freezes Over since 1994. Both sets contain a hardcover book and both sets are a handsome, attractive way to acquire the entire discography of
the Eagles in one fell swoop. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine