Glenn Frey

All seven released an LP that either slipped through the cracks at the time or lost cultural resonance over the years.

Here are the essentials from a brief but record-smashing run of seven studio projects.

These projects tend to arrive at significant moments.

The deluxe release features 16 previously unreleased recordings.

This era-turning multi-platinum smash became the group's first chart-topping album.

In most cases, there weren't many – so every new LP tended to carry a little extra weight.

We lost far more than our fair share of innovative geniuses on this particular trip around the sun.

This band's most-streamed songs will be no surprise to fans both committed and casual. But what about the rest?

Together, they tell the story of a songwriting partnership that grew with each new studio album.

Every element of this wry narrative about a gold digger's empty life unfolds with a writerly knack for detail.