Early Chart Success Can Sometimes Be Forgotten<\/h3>\n
The term underrated<\/em> doesn’t necessarily mean these LPs were commercial failures. Other albums were just quickly overshadowed by far greater successes.<\/p>\n How does a gold-selling Top 25 Don Henley release featuring his No. 3 breakthrough solo single become somehow underrated? When Henley’s next two LPs combine for almost 10 million sales in the U.S. alone. Henley’s original hit song, “Dirty Laundry,” has become just about all anyone remembers aside from 1984’s Building the Perfect Beast<\/a><\/em> and 1989’s End of the Innocence<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> How the Eagles Became the First Band to Go Platinum<\/a><\/p>\n Randy Meisner<\/a> followed his undistinguished solo debut with an underrated album that boasted a No. 19 hit single and another that just missed the Top 20. Yet it remains criminally forgotten, as well. Eventually, Meisner simply gave up. He only released two more solo LPs before his death in 2023 with the most recent dating back to 2001.<\/p>\n Joe Walsh’s most underrated album made a respectable run up the charts, also going gold while besting Henley with a No. 11 finish. But its top-charting single stalled out at No. 93. Walsh later reached his best-selling platinum peak with 1978’s But Seriously, Folks …<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n Along the way, some terrific music was left unheard. UCR returned to it all and compiled the following look back at the most underrated Eagles solo albums:<\/p>\n Here’s a look back at the most underrated solo album released by all seven key members of the Eagles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Listen to Don Felder on the ‘UCR Podcast’<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Most Underrated Eagles Solo Albums<\/h2>\n