The Very Best of the Eagles is composed of seventeen songs, fifteen of which were released as singles and two songs—"
Desperado" and "
Doolin-Dalton"—that were album tracks from
Desperado. The 2001 reissue's track listing is more loosely compiled. Both issues of the album feature
desert-themed photography. The first release featured art direction and design by Gabrielle Raumberger. The reissue had its art direction handled by Jeri Heiden with design by Barrie Goshko, who also did
photo manipulation for the release. Both the original and the reissue erroneously credit Glyn Johns as producer on the track "James Dean" from the
On the Border album. It was produced by Bill Szymczyk. ==Track listing==