On the Border

On the Border
Studio album by the Eagles
Released	March 22, 1974
Studio	Olympic, London, UK Criteria, Miami, Florida[1] Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Rock country rock hard rock[2]
Length	40:29
Label	Asylum
Producer	Bill Szymczyk, Glyn Johns
The Eagles chronology
Desperado (1973) On the Border (1974) One of These Nights (1975)
Singles from On the Border
"Already Gone" Released: April 19, 1974 "James Dean" Released: August 14, 1974 "Best of My Love" Released: November 5, 1974

On the Border is the third studio album by American rock band the Eagles, released on March 22, 1974. Apart from two songs produced by Glyn Johns, it was produced by Bill Szymczyk because the group wanted a more rock‑oriented sound instead of the country-rock feel of the first two albums.^[3] It is the first Eagles album to feature guitarist Don Felder. On the Border reached number 17 on the Billboard album chart and has sold two million copies.

Three singles were released from the album: "Already Gone", "James Dean" and "Best of My Love". The singles peaked at numbers 32, 77 and 1 respectively. "Best of My Love" became the band's first of five chart toppers. The album also includes "My Man", Bernie Leadon's tribute to his deceased friend Gram Parsons. Leadon and Parsons had played together in the pioneer country-rock band Flying Burrito Brothers, before Leadon joined the Eagles.

This is the earliest album by the Eagles to have been released in Quadraphonic surround sound. It was released on Quadraphonic 8-track tape and CD-4 LP. A hidden message, carved into the run-out groove of some vinyl LP copies, reads: "He who hesitates is lunch".