Reviews (page 11 of 15)
Min far bliver så skuffet hvis han hører, at jeg kun rater den her 3, men jeg synes ærlig talt det er generøst. Synes de fleste numre er ret corny, selvom de er glimrende musikere og jeg syntes ikke, at orkesterelementerne blev for meget
Titelnummeret er udødeligt! Kæmpe banger! Også selvom den er corny. Resten af pladen er også corny og relativt bangerless. Det må I godt sige til min far, tror sgu han er ligeglad med Eagles.
Hotel California er en banger. Det var sjovt at høre dem jamme på de fleste af numrene
A dark classic, the title track would have been enough to immortalize this record. It’s strange to think they achieved such massive success and recognition (along with a gang of dedicated haters) from a record which is essentially a meditation on the perils of excess, the spiritual ennui of the West Coast, the betrayal of love, and the desolation of fame. That’s a bit of a neat trick, all played and sung with a glossy LA sheen. It’s unclear if it’s a loose concept album or not—seems like we’re meant to think so. In any event, we begin at the enticing haunted house of “Hotel California,” full of cocaine paranoia, and we end on “The Last Resort,” a tale of suburban sameness that manages to cover additional sociopolitical critiques of colonialism, religious hypocrisy, and environmental destruction. Of course, this is the Eagles, so they have to make even their political commentary sound perfect, railing against conformity and excess in a bloated 7+ minutes in the most musically agreeable way, complete with string section. No wonder this record was such a giant hit—even when they’re trying to expose the tarnished promise of the American Dream, the band can’t help but spin FM gold.
Hotel CA the song is great. Rest of album? Nope.
Absolutely not.
One of the best songs in the history of rock music plus the most average album in the history of the average albums. Listening to this lp was a pretty boring experience in general, but I just don't feel it's fair to give a bad rating to one of the greatest guitar solos ever. So here we are.
boring
Pretty cool, didnt find full album
That’s a hell yea from me brother
LOVE IT SO SO GOOD
One of the best sounding records I've ever heard. But it's just that. I just don't like the crying rockerman ballads. Sorry dads
it was fine. i dunno. i've heard the eagles like a million times and they're kinda boring to me. however i can see why such an album might be considered important or some shit.
- Eines der großen Rockalben - Ich liebe das Album, und höre es immer wieder gerne - „Hotel California“ ist einer der geilsten Songs, die die Rockgeschichte zu bieten hat - „New Kid in Town“ liebe ich einfach durch seinen geilen entspannten Vibe - Das zieht sich so durchs ganze Album - Einziger Abzug ist, dass die Eagles ab und zu zu schlageresken Parts neigen, wären die weg, wäre es eine 5/5 für mich Rating: 4,25-4,5/5
- Irgendwann mal vor Ewigkeit das letzte mal komplett gehört. - Ich fand und finde den Titel-Track und absoluten Welthit "Hotel California" überbewertet. Ist ein guter Song und hat auch seinen Wiedererkennungswert, aber darüber hinaus macht der leider relativ wenig mit mir. - Die Balladen auf dem Album (Hälfte der Platte) finde ich überwiegend leider eher schwächer und langweilig. Da fehlt mir einfach die Schwere, Emotionen und musikalische Finesse um die nach vorne zu bringen. - New Kid in Town, Life in The Fast Lane, Victim of Love dafür aber bockstarke Songs und richtige Banger. - Bin mit den Eagles nie so richtig warm geworden. War für mich irgendwie immer etwas zu generisch und vorhersehbar. 3/5
- Solides, entspanntes Album - Hotel California ist am Ehesten im Kopf geblieben - Als komplettes 3-4/5
Banger
Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the f***in' Eagles, man! This album is meh, their last decent album although I prefer the previous ones that sounded a bit more country. Hotel California is one of the most overplayed songs ever. It's all downhill from there.
A couple of the biggest songs in rock history, but they’re so overplayed they almost blot out the rest of the album. It’s hard to check in when the lobby soundtrack’s been looping since 1976.
I mean, not offensive, tap your foot, etc. Do not rate in the top ever though.
The dude hates the Eagles, man.
I was hoping for more depth and different sounds. I love Hotel California but the rest was just music. Good for the background, but nothing that would headline a playlist.
I learned two things. It's "Eagles" not THE Eagles. And I had no idea that I was in love with the song "Victim of Love" but it happened and I swear I am totally innocent.
I’m not the biggest Eagles fan, but I’ve spent time with this album in the past and it is a solid work.
The Eagles are not a band I seek out, but this album is such a staple of classic rock that giving it less than a 4 feels wrong. And I also enjoyed it!
One of the best ever
It’s honestly just boring country rock, although, title song is so good it drags it up to a 3
Yes Please.
Heard this too many times.
Приятное старческое музло, без тошноты и уныния, все как надо душе под вискарик
One of the all-time classic albums
Day121 - if i reviewed this 30 years ago it would be five stars but as good as it is if i never have to hear the eagles again i’ll be happy
All time classic, probably my favorite eagles record
I can tell why it’s a classic. Some of it is just excellent.
A classic for a reason. Also very nostalgic to me with my father being a big fan.
I enjoyed it a lot
hotel art for 70s rock
A lot of people have strong feelings about this band. I do not. This is fine.
I went into this expecting sonic torture, but like…this is really good??? And fun?!?! It makes me want to have a woman with excessive lip filler sit on my lap while I drink a piña colada and imagine Ms. Lip Filler is my ex-wife who left with the kids 5 years ago today, and, simultaneously, it also makes me want to lean over the bar and bat my lashes at a man until he comes over and asks what I’m drinking and I make him order a Sex on the Beach just to hear him say, “Sex on the Beach,” while he tries to nonchalantly move his hand down my waist. Hotel California is just sleaze in its totality – as light-hearted fun, as a deep and dark sadness. It feels like flipping through a guest ledger of a Motel 8 in a beach town on a cold January afternoon. Sometimes it’s a bit self-indulgent and on the nose, but for the most part, it’s virtuoso without being too serious, and a sincere depiction of a time and place. After actually listening to it, I just think it became overplayed and that its time and place got a reputation as a result. But don’t let that fool you, because this is an excellent album, through and through. Not flawless (I am clearly not living “Life in the Fast Lane”), but pretty damn close. Also, Providence, Rhode Island got a shoutout, so it’s an instant love, in my eyes. *EDIT*: Yeah, finally admitting that this is a 5-star record for me, because I have ridiculous taste. That said, it's not a perfect record, and I think it really has a specific time and place. Like, it's fun to drive to, to listen to while you drink, to listen to on the beach, to listen to during the summer, but like...it's a bit of a silly choice for a house party, or cooking dinner, or riding the MTA, and like, I'm mostly doing the latter nowadays, not the former. Truthfully, I thought this would sit better with me over time, and it has, but it's aged like mid-tier wine. Still, I think as I've gotten deeper into this challenge, I've rated albums 5-stars that I think are worse than Hotel California, so it really only feels right to bump it up regardless. But this is more like a 9/10 record for me. But that's still better than most people would give it, and I think it deserves a lot better than most records. (Re-rated from 4/5 to 5/5 on June 2nd, 2025)
After the first Eagles album and finally this one with the famous "Hotel California" song that I listened to so many times (whether I wanted it or not), I can finally state that I don't like the Eagles style and music. It's still possible to tap my feet a bit during the listening session, but nothing more.
Impossible not to like this album. Peak Eagles. Slightly darker/more melancholic than I recall.
listened before. you still cant mess with a classic.
nothing comes close to the title track
Enjoyed the lead duel between Joe Walsh and Don Felder more. Now appreciate where the band was when this was released. Enjoyed Wasted Time…
Helpful to separate the art from the artist. This is a fabulous record made by some terrible people.
Majority of the album is missing from YouTube music.
It was nice to listen to a whole album. Lovely voices, I can see why they have so many fans.
Though I'm definitely NOT an Eagles fan, on Hotel California they moved away from their flat, bland country-rock sound and made a rock record that is the only Eagle's album I can listen to. It opens with three staple songs on classic rock radio rotation including the always insufferable, title track, Hotle California, New Kid In Town, recalls their earlier country-ish sound and Life In The Fast Lane, the satisfying rocker. The remainder of the album edges towards schmaltzy and MOR mediocrity, that was the blueprint for the rest of the Eagles discography, but it remains (in my opinion) their finest moment, if there ever was one. I never bought into the whole Eagles thing and I would certainly not waste my money seeing these over-the-hill "rockers" live.
Hotel California is one of the best selling albums of all time, and there are many reasons it has that place. Starting out with a legendary tracklist of rock classics like Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane, Wasted Time, most of these are legendary songs I’ve come across multiple times across various classic rock stations growing up. Don Henley’s vocals pair wonderfully with the elegant background vocals and beautifully powerful, simple production. Lyrics are simple and introspective with enough flavor to keep them from being absolutely dull. Every rock trope that plays a part in dating it is executed so perfectly that it’s impossible not to love it. Cheesy Piano and strings sections during Wasted Time. The dedication to simple rhymes. The sequencing transferring from more energetic stuff to slower more sincere stuff. Cheesy love songs written to you. There's a level of simpleness with enough care and attention put into the finer details to make this improve that I think this album gets underrated under a critical lens for remaining towards the surface in its material and more relatable side of things. I personally love what Hotel California achieves and think it accomplishes a ton while remaining very mainstream and there’s a lot to be said about how impressive that is. Low 10/10
Great album ... A classic one . everyone knows most of the songs. I enjoy seeing the lyrics as some of the songs have vague words, etc. Can't go wrong w the Eagles.
Il tema dell'album è quanto sia inevitabile per noi distruggere tutto ciò che è bello. Hotel California è un capolavoro, ma non è l'unico: basta continuare con la traccia successiva. Il primo album con cui ho iniziato questo percorso mi ha già dato la grande soddisfazione di scoprire canzoni stupende che non ho mai ascoltato pur avendole sempre davanti.
Grew up with the Eagles. They played often at the concert venue in my home town. 4/5
There’s no denying The Eagles wrote some great songs. There’s also no denying they wrote some average songs, and there’s also some of those here. Lastly, there’s no denying that Henley and Frey are greedy pricks and I should bump them down on the sole basis of karma. 3/5 you insufferable pricks.
Overrated band playing overrated music.
In typical Eagles fashion, there are 2 absolute bangers, and the rest of the album is mediocre or boring.
A classic
01) Hotel California - 10,0 02) New Kid In Town - 10,0 03) Life In The Fast Lane - 8,0 04) Wasted Time - 8,5 05) Wasted Time (Reprise) - 6,0 06) Victim of Love - 8,5 07) Pretty Maids All in a Row - 8,0 08) Try and Love Again - 8,0 09) The Last Resort - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,33 (83/100) It's a 3,5-star album that will get 4 mostly because of the two exceptional songs at the beginning of the album. The rest is not so remarkable. 3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible...
I was pleasantly surprised by this album as for some reason I expected not to like it. I was familiar with the singles but not the album itself. I thought it was a solid and well-polished production and enjoyed listening to it. Who knew?? Listens: 1 Fave Track: Hotel California Rating: 4
Wasted time ja muut kpl pitävät ihan hyvin seuraa huippukappaleelle.. Toimii varsinkin kun rauhallisesti kuuntelee ja ei odota mitään ja loppuun nokoset.. Huoh.. perfect scenario for album.. and her rating.. Enjoy.. I cannot lie.. see other reviews.. Strict objectia..
who can hate the Eagles?
meer country dan ik had verwacht
Det her album er her kun på grund af sangen..... Resten var ligegyldigt.
Der er nogle elementer rundt omkring på albummet som jeg virkelig godt kan li’. Et rif her, et stryger arrangement der. Desværre sovses det hele ind i lækkerhed af ikke mindst vokalen. Og så ligger der en tyk, tyk dyne af Main Street, USA over det hele. Det her album føles som at være til et MAGA rally. Hvis jeg hører albummet en gang mere får jeg lyst til at købe en pistol, spise spareribs og råbe USA, USA, USA! Men så hellere skyde hovedet af mig selv, end at skulle igennem det album igen.
Well written, well performed, and very well produced, but is missing a certain something to make it unique and interesting amongst a sea of generic dad rock.
Incredibly bland, incredibly middle of the road, if you're a music fan theres nothing here you wont find done better in a hundred other places Not unlistenable as it gets the basic building blocks of solos, songwriting etc right...just forgettable, overproduced and boring. Can't really understand why it's still in the zeitgeist at all - avoid unless you can't
I'm with the Dude on this one
ehhhhh
No skips all bangers
Love this album.
6/10. Not my favorite. Mostly pretty basic. I did put the title song on the 5 ⭐️ list though. It deserves that for sure.
2.9
This lbum falls off QUICK. Hotel California, the single, what a masterpiece. Quite simply a masterclass in how to write a single that will still be heralded decades (and generations) after release. The rest of this album is pants though. How can you go from /that/ solo to what is ultimately an additional hour of filler. Just release the single bro! Were it not for the single this would easily be 1*
Absolute classic and I agree that this should be on here. Doesn't mean it's a great record in my book. Aside from the title track and maybe "Life in the fast lane" there is a lot of boring filler tracks and while the musicianship is impressive it is definitely missing some sort of edge to make it interesting instead of just smooth and bland.
Now this is a great album right here. It's been a while since I got an album with a song I've definitely heard before. I think the last one was British Steel which I listened to about 3 weeks ago. Today, we have one of the best selling albums of all time, Hotel California by Eagles. I find it weird that they're called "Eagles" and not "The Eagles" but whatever. Anyways, this album absolutely deserves all those sales because it's great. I'll start with my one problem that isn't even really a problem. It peaks at the beginning. The title track off of this album might just be one of the greatest songs ever made. None of the other songs capture that perfection to quite the same degree, though they are all good songs. Everything that makes Hotel California a great song does apply to the other songs and the album as a whole, just to a slightly lesser extent. I do like the vocals, but the song and album as a whole stands out with the other aspects even more so than that. The writing is great, the pacing is effective, and the sound is amazing. I really like the guitar work. It lends itself to some great moments, with the highlight easily being the solo at the end of the title track. Overall, this is an amazing album that absolutely deserves the praise and fame it's gotten over the years. 5/5.
The best part about the Eagles is, that every time I hear/read their name, I imagine JD from Scrubs going "Eagleeee!". The second-best part (with still considerable room in between) is probably this album.
Awesome.
The Eagles are another band that I will always listen to. This album is great but there are a few skips.
One of the most dad albums I've ever heard. I do love some dad rock, but when I call this one dad rock, it's in the derogatory sense. Title track is a classic, despite a pretty mid chorus, and Life in the Fast Lane is like half a guilty pleasure. Besides those two, though, I can't say much here left an impression. There's better yacht rock that deserves more hype.
Holy mother of god that sucked. Try and Love Again was the closest to some level of quality and soul, rest of the album felt like trying to take a fly out of a soup with tweezers
I can't tell if I love or hate this album. Hotel California is an iconic song that you would think sets the tone for the album. It doesn't. Instead, the album focuses back on chill Cali-country rock. I was left disappointed at first, but ended up enjoying a handful of songs at the end. While I don't this this album did anything revolutionary, it accurately reflects popular music of the 70s. Best Songs: Hotel California, Wasted Time, Try and Love Again Worst Songs: Pretty Maids All in a Row, Try and Love Again
Coole Songs, vielseitig, bleibt aber nicht wirklich immer im Kopf
i hate the eagles
Solid singles, but their albums are a bit snoozy. "Hotel California" is no exception (and perhaps even a bit moreso than others -- "One of These Nights" I return to far more often). I suppose that's a big reason why their GH is so zenith-selling...
Hotel California is great, but after that I don't know there were too many other songs that I was into.
hotel california
“Ugh”, I reacted to seeing this album as today’s selection. Yeah, there’s some decent songs on here, but for me this is one of those bands that has been played to death. Random factoid: I read somewhere that at their peak there was a 12 or 18 month span where they were selling over a million albums a month.
Boy I am struggling with this one. In the words of the Dude, I do not care for the Eagles. And yet, I can’t deny Hotel California is a pretty great song. And then there’s the rest of the album, which is underwhelming at best. I’m going 2 stars but it’s really 2 and a half, for the title track. So many other artists do this so so so much better (Flying Burrito Brothers) so it’s always hard to hear how huge this band is.
Slick, easy listening. I sometimes think The Eagles unfairly get shit on. Sure, they’re not doing anything exciting or innovative, but they were one of the best at what they did do and made some songs that I like. Hotel California is played out, like a lot of their songs. I think they’re a 3 band that made a 3 album. If other people love it, that’s cool.
This album is very safe, and takes hardly any risks. While there is nothing inherently wrong with that, it can feel a bit boring. It's pleasant, and makes for good background music, but nothing here is mind blowing.
2.5 Okay I know we all hate the Eagles but this is generally fine. I woulda rated it 3 but the last song is overlong and sounds like something you’d sing at church camp
Hotel California is my #1 all-time song. The rest of the album is okay. I feel like it should be better.
HATER POST: Maaaan fuck the Eagles, I’m sorry, fuck Eagles because the band is as grammatically stupid as the music is boring. Hotel California mystifies me of how people could tolerate that slog for so many years. How do you make a guitar solo sound so fucking tedious!? I looked up some lyrics out of curiosity and the explanation given on Genius through an interview with Don Henley only reinforced my hatred. Dude sounds like a grade A asshat. Rest of the album sucks too, life in the fast lane blows, new kid in town blows, the other tracks aren’t even memorable enough to list. I imagine the record label made them double up on Wasted Time as a warning to consumers much like a parental advisory sticker.
Pop country rock. Pretty mixed feelings about this album. I liked the big songs I already knew and then one or two others, but everything else just didn't do anything for me. Like I recognize the talents behind the songs, good singing/harmonies, great guitar work, etc. However, I didn't really get anything out of them. Especially the ballads, my god we're they boring. I wish I liked it more, but for a first listen I was not impressed. Might revisit some songs. 3/5
Pretty damn good
Hotel California – 5 New Kid in Town – 5 Life in the Fast Lane – 5 Wasted Time (1) – 4 Wasted time (2) – 3 Victim of Love – 4 Pretty Maids All in a Row – 4 Try and Love Again – 4 The Last Resort – 4.5 Average – 4.27 The American Beatles 👍
I was not expecting much from this. I have only really known the title track over the years, and even that I have always thought was just OK rather than amazing. So I came into the full album with fairly low expectations. It surprised me. There is a real polish and confidence to this record. The songwriting is tighter than I expected, and the production has that warm mid 70s California sheen without feeling overblown. New Kid in Town is excellent, smooth and melodic with a great vocal, and Life in the Fast Lane has real bite and energy. Across the whole album there is a strong sense of craft. The musicianship is superb and the songs feel carefully constructed rather than thrown together. It flows well and never drags, which I did not anticipate. I will definitely listen again, which is not something I thought I would be saying beforehand. Favourite song: Life in the Fast Lane Least favourite song: None. All strong tracks Album artwork: Great cover. Instantly recognisable and perfectly suited to the mood of the music
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. The title track is a banger, the following 2 tracks are solid. The rest however, well the best word I can think to describe them is bland.
Ultra-solid songwriting wrapped in a neat 70s soft-rock package. Me likey. There's plenty to compliment here and not much to fault. In terms of track listing, the first three (Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane) leave little to be desired. They're so darn catchy while (importantly) not making you feel like your brain is decaying slowly. I do feel that there's some punchy, electric element missing from all three tracks (particularly Life in the Fast Lane), but then the same applies to all Eagles music. Eh, whatever. They knew what they were doing, probably. Except for that weird accent in the title track. There aren't any major standouts in the remaining six tracks except the pretty, acoustic finale, The Last Resort. They're all inoffensive and, while still catchy and musically complex enough in their own right, aren't quite as memorable as they could be. Still, it's hard to find specific faults. Still lacking the gritty element I'm looking for, but that would be incongruous with the Eagles' style that made them so successful. (But there's a flaw - they played it safe.) In terms of general sound, the band's firing on all cylinders here. The textures and vocal timbre/harmonies are incredibly smooth, like sonic mousse. Chocolatey, too. The guitar solos are groovy, catchy, and deceptively simple. The drumming is fairly standard but works excellently in every song. Key tracks: Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, The Last Resort 5/5
classical eternal banger (hotel california)
Décent album
my problem with this album is two-fold: 1) i don't prefer the eagles, but if i am listening to them, i am listening to early period stuff, as i find the blatant country-rock stuff more interesting. this era of eagles does not move me at all 2) the only "compelling" song here is the title track, which i have grown to despise over the years due to excessive overplay and the general populace's insistence that it is a classic. this song genuinely makes me roll my eyes. i hate its shitty reggae beat. i hate its dumb "story". the guitar solo is its only saving grace. it's very overrated. the rest of the album is so run of the mill. and that's not to say I just outrightly hate the eagles - like I said, i don't prefer them but there are a handful of songs of theirs that i do genuinely like. i am not an "eagles hater" as much as i am an "eagles realist" - i do know them at their best. this is not that. apologies to all the boomer dads out there.
Hotel California – 5 New Kid in Town – 5 Life in the Fast Lane – 5 Wasted Time (1) – 4 Wasted time (2) – 3 Victim of Love – 4 Pretty Maids All in a Row – 4 Try and Love Again – 4 The Last Resort – 4.5 Average – 4.27 The American Beatles 👍
I know most of these songs well, but I have to admit listening in one sitting to this album diminished my enjoyment. Title track is wonderful of course and the dreamy New Kid in Town recording sounds perfect. What kind of studio was that recorded in? Surprise surprise Greatest Hits is better.
Decent album. Love Hotel California and like New Kid in Town.
Epic in every way.
3.9/5 Best Track: Hotel California
Ok, honnêtement c’est quand même bon. C’est pas le meilleur rock, mais ça s’écoute très bien d’une oreille
Although I’m a little tired of how overplayed this band has been over the years, I will admit that I owned this album back in the day and their harmonies are beautiful to listen to.
I don't like the Eagles but I have to give props to this album and it's actually mostly not the Eagles sound that I don't like.
Not my kind of music
Personally, I dance to forget. It would seem I've been away from Classic Rock radio stations long enough to appreciate this. Probably the first time I've ever listened on headphones, too. The Eagles catch a lot of flack, but this is a solid album. Particularly enjoy the Joe Walsh guitar.
Iconic couple of songs. The rest of the album didn't really do anything for me.
The musical equivalent of Wonderbread. I don't think I could name a single song off the album other than the title track. Just an incredibly unmemorable album that I am shocked made it onto this list.
A couple of these songs are all time classics, a couple are absolutely boring as hell. Overall worth a listen, but generally overrated.
Fuck the Eagles, man.
Ein Jahrhundertalbum, rockig, zwischen Folk, Country und Westcoast Sound, lief auf allen Feten in der zweiten Hälfte der 70er. Ich höre es immer noch gerne und immer wieder... einfach schöne Musik, Hotel California erkennt man mit den ersten Tönen, ein Jahrhundertwerk.
Hotel California
I know its coolness vacillates but I love the song “Hotel California” and The Eagles Live is one of my favorite albums! Probably the reason why I stuck with Americana music and love harmonies.
A few classics, particularly the title track, and a fair bit of filler, such as the reprise of a song on the following track. The good songs are so good, and the filler just good enough, that this has to score well. I just wish they had put more effort into making more even albums, or just fewer albums, so their great songs weren't spread so thinly.
This is proper good. Loved it 🤩
Ignoring Hotel California. That song is so overplayed it's impossible to rate. The rest was boring dad rock. Some songs teased that they might go somewhere interesting, but they were just teasing apparently. 2.5*
Boring except for a couple songs
The Last Resort left a terrible preachy taste in my mouth
This is why I love this project. I’ve always openly talked shit on the Eagles, but giving this a sincere and honest listen was a nice experience. It resonated with me in a real way. They’re like a calmer ELO.
Such variety. Love this album.
Meh
Sign 37 that I am getting ready to reproduce: I now enjoy The Eagles. In all seriousness — this got so much! The melodic creaftmanship, great musicianship (the riff on Life in the Fast Lane is way to often overlooked), and the ability to craft a cohesive album that works as a whole. I will say that I am not huge on the title track, but listening to this proved that is probably just a result of it being excessively overplayed. Listening to this also shows why it is so overplayed, cause this is brilliant.
Not very interesting. Why is this in here?
It's classic rock, and plenty of big hitters, but just kinda boring and plain for me.
Well known big hits and very grown up adult rock. Highly polished and slickly produced but the sound is a bit too.country influenced at times for my taste. Meh x
How can I not give it a 5? One of the best selling album of all time, and one of my dad’s favorite bands. I grew up knowing who Don Henley was before I ever owned my own CD player. Even the non-hits were stellar.
I'll always love the Eagles man. They have such a unique "California Rock" style to their music. Equal parts Rock, Soul, Funk, and Blues with a dash of country twang. Don and Glenn are legends and deserve all the praise they get. Plus, 5 hit albums in 5 years is insane. Each album from their self-titled in 1972 to this one in 1976 is filled with hits. These guys rule.
It's OK. Hotel California is great, but a lot of rock that's just a little too standard, slick, and polished for my liking. Better than I thought, last song and 2nd song kind of heat. Should you listen to this album before you die: Maybe
Eh. Not great. Don’t need this in my life.
I'm a bit shocked that this album is featured so highly on Top 100 albums of all time lists. Hotel California, the obvious standout single, is the saving grace of the album and the rest of the album is a little lacklustre for me. The Last Resort at the end is quite good, but the album never reaches very interesting heights for me. 3/5, saved by HC.
Enjoyable
its classic rock for a reason. short but sweet, doesnt overstay its welcome.
Completely front loaded. Title track is great as is “Life in the fast lane”. New kid in town is fine. The rest is completely forgettable. This album is on the list for the 2 songs I listed above and that’s it
While the Eagles are one of the best selling bands of all time, it's notable that they aren't really loved by the younger generations. Certainly not at all the way Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin or of course The Beatles are They do almost everything very well; they all are very strong instrumentalists, the harmonies are on point, they have good musical chemistry and occasionally can churn out a strong lyric. Morever if the rest of the album was as strong as the first two songs the album would merit a really high rating, but the album decreases in quality (mostly songwritingwise) after that. And exposes the fact that The Eagles can be cheesy and boring at times. Still "New kid in town" and particularly Hotel California are fantastic songs fully deserving of being classics. Try and love are alright as well. Would give it 3.5 stars , because the album starts out so strong. But can't bring myself to give it 4
This band has great harmonies. I listened to this one driving to St. Louis, and I realized it makes a really good road trip album. Each song is just a little bit different enough to keep me interested, and they're all hits. I don't think I heard "New Kid on the Block" before, but I really liked it. I tried humming what I thought the melody would be before it came in, and it had some prettier chords than what I had in mind. I also like the "Wasted Time" interlude. I always wonder who writes those. Is it the same songwriters who do the orchestrations? Very pretty. "Last Resort" was an interesting song. I had to go back and read the lyrics for it.
What else can I say besides this album slapped. Eagles obviously figured out how to make popular, groovy songs and this album encapsulates that greatly. I didn't even get bored with the long songs. Just a well written album that has a few legendary bangers partnered with nice, smooth-listening tunes.
Incredible. Love the harmonies, awesome guitar riffs, easy listening. I've said it on a couple other albums, but this is peak music. Didn't know the Eagles were so good tbh.
I didn't have that many opinions on this album (other than that I like hotel California) but I did listen to it basically all day so I guess I liked it subconsciously?
There are a lot of 70s schlock rock bands that sound like each other and are hard to tell apart. Some of them I've listened to for this list. All of them I've kept an open mind. One or two of them, I actually enjoyed! Honestly! The Eagles are just bad. I almost wish they blended into the crowd. I couldn't make it through an entire song on this album. Even at their peak they are just plain insufferable.
Overall this is an OK album. Sound production is not great but that might come from the "remastered" version I listened to on Spotify. Of course, there are some classics but the second side lacks the spark.
Typical Eagles album, has some good singles
Absolute classic rock album
Eh.
The americanest USAest music. Country rocanrolleo, crec que son rollo Estopa, muy famosos allí pero nadie los conoce fuera, excepto por el hit que se hizo famoso.
Thoroughly mediocre and forgettable. The title track is decent but also massively overrated. The rest is just a 100% unremarkable collection of songs.
Very inconsistent for me, goes right in the middle overall. 'Hotel California' is great, a truly classic song, 'Life in a Fast Lane' and 'Victim of Love' are the other highlights for me, but the rest of the album is unfortunately not too strong.
Solid album - only previously knew Hotel California but a lot of songs on the album are very listenable and catchy
better than i expected, but i probably won’t come back to it that often 3.5
Basic rock for basic people
First 3 songs are good. The rest is trash.
Title song is great, the rest is pretty enjoyable. 3.5
Mostly overrated !
Solid album , I ended up listening to it twice over and enjoyed it.
The Eagles are legends and Hotel California is one of my all time favorite songs! Having said that, this isnt one of my favored albums from this band; the first track is incredible but the rest are sorta meh.
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A few classic gems mixed in with some real bad songs.
Better than average. I'm sure this globally will get plenty of 5s but it's not quite there for me.
I've never listened to an Eagles album start to finish before and as a result it feels a bit dated to me. Hotel California, Life In The Fast Lane are the standouts. Rest of it felt a bit bland.
Sweet, soft country rock. Easy to see how it's one of the biggest selling albums of all time, in all it's unchallenging, safe, inoffensive and well made glory. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Hotel California Date listened: 07/03/24
I've listened to this twice now, and I've come to the conclusion that it's really good. There's some great upbeat numbers, as well as some really nice ballads. It's pretty consistently quality throughout, and the instrumentation is on point. It's got a real easy listening vibe to it. I'm going a solid 4/5. But... you know, that's just, like, my opinion, man.
not something i'll revisit anytime soon, but it's a classic and I enjoyed it
Nice
One of the greatest albums of all time.
3 songs added hotel California ,New kid in town , life in the fast lane 9.0
Three songs in, I thought I was headed for an easy 5 but it goes a bit soft rock in the second half and overall just has a middle-of-the-roady feel to it. Title track and Life in the Fast Lane are brilliant though and generally just enjoyed it a couple of times through.
It was fine but just relatively uneventful. Did not grab me since I have listened to it so much since my teen years.
Eagles(NFL) suck. The band is ok, solid album
There is a reason this has been an iconic rock album for decades. Every song has gotten radio play, all but one was an actual “hit”. Hotel California has one of the greatest rock Solos of all time. Wasted Time is a beautiful heartbreak ballad. Joe Walsh’s Pretty Maids All in a Row is melancholy and haunting and The Last Resort stands as a political position against man’s tendency to make the worst out of the best life has to offer. It’s an introspective piece that even makes a person, like me, in the construction industry think about things. All 5 stars here.
Not a huge fan of the song itself but I did enjoy a few other tracks in this album!
I dont like Queen
What more is there to say about this? Hotel California the album basically defined the term "classic rock." The balance of perfect guitar solos, pitch perfect vocal harmonies that deviate from dark and edgy ("Life in the Fast Lane") to soft and twangy ("New Kid in Town"), sweeping orchestral ballads ("Wasted Time/Wasted Time Reprise") and overall expert songwriting just flow perfectly together. There's no doubt in my mind that this album is a 5/5. When I first started playing guitar as a teenager, I was incredibly jealous of the 12-string guitar melodies featured on the title track and recall being amazed that anyone could ever play such a daunting instrument and make it sound so gorgeous. If you're reading this: I still bow down to you as a guitar god, Don Felder. I'd never actually heard the album closer, "The Last Resort," and it's such a fantastic end to a truly special record. Cheers to you, Hotel California. Interesting factoids from Wikipedia: *It was the band's first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and the last to feature founding bassist Randy Meisner. * The album was also nominated (at the Grammys) for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (1977). * (Eagles frontman, guitarist, drummer) Don Henley said of the themes of the songs in the album: "They're the same themes that run through all of our work: loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté, the perils of fame, of excess; exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream, idealism realized and idealism thwarted, illusion versus reality, the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art; the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of 'peace, love and understanding.'" *The title for "Life in the Fast Lane" was inspired by a conversation between (Eagles guitarist/keyboardist Glenn) Frey and his drug dealer during a high speed car ride. *While the band were recording the album, Black Sabbath were recording Technical Ecstasy in an adjacent studio at (Los Angeles') Criteria Studios. The band was forced to stop recording on numerous occasions because Black Sabbath were too loud and the sound was coming through the wall. The last track of the album, "The Last Resort," had to be re-recorded a number of times due to noise from the next studio. *According to Henley in a 1982 interview, the Eagles "probably peaked on Hotel California." Henley said: "After that, we started growing apart as collaborators and as friends." *MusicRadar called Henley one of the greatest singing drummers of all time...In live shows, Henley plays drums and sings simultaneously on some Eagles songs. Standouts: Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, Wasted Time/Reprise, Victim of Love, The Last Resort
This one reminds me of my childhood. Hotel California will never get old.
Its fine I guess. It's the hotel art of rock music. Inoffensive and broadly appealing as possible and boring. Not something I'm going to listen to on purpose.
Love the Eagles, never tire of listening to their music.
Hotel California and life in the fast lane speak for themselves. The rest of the album was just some great easy listening
4 star album for me. I love the songs I know, I liked the songs I didn’t, and I felt like the pacing was good. “Victim of Love” was a new one for me, and I liked the guitar in it. Would listen again.
Iconic title track, plus Life in the Fast Lane.
Classique
5/10 Highlights: Hotel California The Last Resort Everything in between is dreadful
Hotel California is a great song obviously, and the album starts off quite strong but then it gets just more boring, overproduced middle-of-the-road rock. I'm a bit disappointed considering how famous this album it. The Last Resort is a good ending, though so I'll give it a 3.
The drumming is particularly annoying, especially the left-right panning.
Title track is so good they've never were able to reach that level again. Rest of the album is some decent but forgettable classic rock, lost resort is another highlight, however the lyrics aren't as profound or clever as they think they are
So good and classic. Had a few songs I didn’t know were theirs.
I was genuinely shocked to read some of the other reviews on here. This album holds a special place for me, as it was a staple in my father's collection; making it an important part of the soundtrack of my youth. The guitar, the harmonies and the melodies are so familiar and comforting. It definitely drops off near the end for me, but it's certainly earned a spot as one of the most important records in my books.
I hate the fucking people who hate the fucking Eagles, man.
First song slams! Rest of The songs kind if dissapoints. 3
Comienzo inmejorable con las dos primeras canciones. pelotazo absoluto merecido aunque un poco blando en general.
Omg a whole orchestra , musical masterpiece. Actually so beautiful love album almost bringing me to tears. Not a big fan of the last song it was too religious and about god but sounded good
Really good album. A few really strong tracks obviously but the other lesser known songs didn't resonate as strongly for me. I would listen to 5 of these songs on repeat and never listen to the others again.
Such classics on this one. Haven’t listened to the eagles in a while and it’s just good easy listening. We had a radio station at home called 97.3 the river “classic rock without the hard edge” and this embodies that 💯
Disappointed. I had high hopes for this one, since I’ve never actually listened to the whole album. It started out strong, obviously, with the title track, “new kid in town,” and “life in the fast lane.” But then it just turns into sappy, overproduced, hallmark card ballads. Great harmonies, yes, but it’s simply too shiny. The album starts with these themes of fame and the perils/vices of stardom. Then they suddenly abandon those themes halfway through. I see now why the Eagles “Greatest Hits” compilation sold more than any of their albums.
more dad rock… coooooool… is this album only on here bc of the titular track? the rest were whatever
Easy listenin. I wasn’t blown away but it was enjoyable to listen to this album! Obviously we had the hits, and for good reason, but all the others were nice too.
Is wasted time on here twice? Talk about wasted time am I rite The album? Pretty good. Couple snoozers but hotel California is fire
I mean, Hotel California is one of the best songs out there imo. I also love the Eagles. Definitely wasn’t the most exciting album out there but it was still phenomenal. Thoroughly enjoyed the listen through.
I've listened to the When Hell Freezes Over a few times before, and I would recommend that album over this one. The live version of songs helps them sound even better for whatever reason.
A solid three stars
it's like a bi-polar album, alternating between rockin hits and Michael Bolton type fluff. Hotel California - rocking New kid in Town - fluff Life in the fast lane - rocking wasted time - fluff victim of love - rocking rest of album - fluff
Singles are bad and the album tracks too. Gets an extra star for victim of love, which is good.
not my taste
It's just so dreadfully bland.
Eagles are a pretty vanilla band. I wanted to hate this, but Joe Walsh's guitar licks won me over.
Dit was puur genieten
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Other than Hotel California, I can't remember any of the other songs. Very samey.
I read that for this album they moved away from their normal country rock sound, but not far enough
yep, its the eagles.
Traumatic memories of my youth spent driving to family vacations with the Eagles, Dan Hill and Trooper as the soundtrack.
Did they invent alt rock?
Really wanted to like this because I found the first two songs pretty great. Unfortunately it didn’t last
Joe Walsh is so fucking good at guitar. Obviously Hotel California is great, but Life in the Fast Lane (it’s the bass grove for me) is the GOAT track of the record. That Wasted Time string arrangement is sick, considering the song sucks otherwise. Half the album is killer, half is filler. It’s the Eagles, you get great harmonies and some solid easy-rock tunes. Probably a 1/10 on the booty-shakability standard and a 6/10 on the CORN scale.
One if the most recognized albums in rock history. It is an important lesson in musical history. And it's good. I mean really good. Like top 10 albums ever. Thought provoking lyrics, perfect composition, and incredible musical talent.
This was such a huge album. Haven't listened to it in years. Coincidentally - and I find this extremely weird - Hotel California came up in today's news and as today's 1001 pick: _____ NEW YORK (AP) — A criminal case involving handwritten lyrics to the classic rock megahit “Hotel California” and other Eagles favorites went to trial Wednesday in New York, with three men accused of scheming to thwart band co-founder Don Henley’s efforts to reclaim the allegedly ill-gotten documents. The trial concerns about 100 pages of drafts of the words to songs from the 1976 release “Hotel California,” which is the third-biggest selling album ever in the U.S. _____ Produced by Bill Szymczyk: mandatory headphones. This album is where The Eagles took over the world - Bernie Leadon was gone (along with his country influence) and Joe Walsh was in (along with his hard rock influence). One of my favorite lines ever: "...she was terminally pretty." As great as this album is, it's also almost too perfect, too polished. But I guess you could say that about any Eagles album. This was around the time I kind of soured on them. They'd become more of a corporate machine than a band. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 46 🎧 LPs left to review: 955 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 11 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 15 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 11
Just seeing an Eagles album made me think of my Uncle Jeff. Man he hated these guys and their music. I think anybody over 40 knows the first 3 songs and Victim of Love. Hotel California is one of those songs ruined by radio when I was younger, but I can still recognize as a good song. I do still appreciate hearing Victim of Love, but the real story here is the rest of the songs on the album. Maybe they faded away from my memory over time, but damn, I was surprised how much those songs were my favorite listens. Wasted Time was very good. I do like Don Henley's voice and a lot of his solo stuff. This song and Joe Walsh's Pretty Maids All in a Row were my favorite songs off the album. Hell even the country song Try Love and Love Again was solid. Favorite songs, Wasted Time, Pretty Maids, The Last Resort and Try and Love again. Life in the Fast Lane always makes me think of Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Who didn't love the movie? I really enjoyed my listen and would have no problem throwing this album on again. I'd probably skip first 3 due to overplayed on the radio, but again, still solid songs. This album surprised me in a good way. This is a solid 4 for me and I know Uncle Jeff just had a cold shiver shoot down his spine. Ha. 4
2.5 I feel like Eagles are one of those groups that public opinion has shifted a bit on in recent years. Like, despite being one of the biggest rock bands ever and having the single best-selling greatest hits album of all-time (and third best-selling album overall), I just don’t feel like you see a lot of Eagles fans anymore. You could make the argument that that’s bound to happen with any musical group as time passes, but in my experience, you still see fans of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, etc. floating around and preaching about them online, even among the Gen Z crowd, but you don’t really see anyone raving about Eagles anymore. And honestly, I think it’s because we’ve all come to the conclusion that their music is kind of lame and wasn’t really all that groundbreaking or influential after all. Or maybe that’s just how I feel, and I’m projecting here, either way, I didn’t really care for this album. Ok, don’t get me wrong, Hotel California is a fantastic track - There’s an iconic guitar hook to it, a well-crafted build-up, a great set of lyrics (“You can check out any time you want/But you can never leave”), and an absolutely amazing guitar solo. Honestly, I love this song and think it’s really the only claim to put forward as Eagles being a monumental group - but man, nothing else on this album sounds anything like that. Like wtf, Hotel California is followed by a country track? Who the hell’s idea was that? That track is at least followed by Life on the Fast Lane, the second best track on the album by default, but even then, it’s not a song I really care for. Despite its name, I don’t find it particularly interesting or exciting, especially being that I almost exclusively now associate the song with Cedar Point’s fastpass system, Fast Lane. No idea if they still use the song to promote it, but I swear you used to hear the chorus about every five minutes walking around the park. Not much else to comment on from there. The fact they named two songs the exact same thing is fun and not at all annoying or confusing, and the closing track The Last Resort was a pretty uneventful and slow way to end things on. The title track saves this thing from bad territory, but overall, mid across the board. I swear the only reason this album is regarded as iconic and sold so well is because it was riding the coattails of Their Greatest Hits, and it was from an era where if you just wanted to hear one song, you had to buy the whole damn thing (yes, I know singles existed, but you had to wait 2.5 months after this dropped if you wanted to own the title track).
Not the worst. I had heard several before. Sounds more of what my parents would listen to tbh.
It's well made but I could take it or leave it
Don henley is a nonce
Overplayed, overrated.
More melodic than expected
Genuinely don't enjoy them too much, some good songs here though
Great music! Love the Eagles!
4.6. Classic album. Certainly deserves all of the accolades. Strong guitar work.
Hotel California ist ja der Super-Ohrwurm. Dagegen fällt der Rest ein wenig ab.
Nothing really jumps out, aside from the singles. Standout Tracks: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane
It's too perfect. It's boring for the most part with a few highlights. The lead guitars on the title track are amazing and my favorite song off the album: life in the fast lane.
Best album ever
The ultimate in Dad rock. Has become antiquated over time but the songwriting, musicianship, and vocals are unparalleled to this day.
Ikonisch. Ganz tolle Album, bei dem man jedes Lied genießen kann.
Enjoyed it.
One of my favs
A bit of a slog after the title track
Not a fan
Good music. Probably wouldnt go out of my way to listen to again, but I get the appeal. Favorite song was Try and Love again.
Almost too good. Now hated by those who consider it "dad rock" etc, but come on - this is world class choonage.
Not much of an Eagles fan. Hotel Californianis a good song ut I’ve heard it 8 trillion times. New Kid in Town is ok but Life In The Fast Lane irritates the hell out of me .
Outside of like 2 songs, not sure what makes this album stand out more than others to be considered in the top 1001... I was disappointed
Good album. "Hotel California" and "Life in the Fast Lane" are rightfully classics, and I also appreciated "Victim of Love" quite a bit. However, about 50% of these songs didn't connect with me more than as decent background music.
No. Fuck the Eagles. And James Taylor. https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/5/5/22420083/the-eagles-glen-frey-don-henley-50-years
life in fast line, victom of love
In fairness, two of my all time favorite songs are on this album, Wasted Time and The Last Resort. This album is an American masterpiece and yes I am biased towards this album.
This album opens up with an absolute classic Hotel California and it absolutely deserves all the hype. I’ve heard the song plenty of times, but it just never gets old. Anyway, the album does have a few weak tracks including the overrated Life in the Fast Lane and the cheesy Wasted Time. I was worried at this point that the album would go into downward spiral of cheesiness, but Pretty Maids All in a Row, though cheesy, was pretty solid and the last two tracks were pretty great and closed out the album on a high note.
Give me a break.
Clásico atemporal.
A classic and excellent songs
Turns out Eagles have better songs than Hotel California.
I'd never heard the album all-in-one before, but I have heard most of the songs previously. This is solid music. Not every track on here is a keeper, but there's a reason like 1/2 this album is in their Hell Freezes Over tour. Linda Ronstadt was right to encourage them to create their own band!
Given that the title track has 1.5 billion plays on Spotify this record definitely deserves to be on the list, but overall I didn't love it. Good vocal harmonies, and the music is fine, but nothing else really stood out to me.
Another album that I would enjoy more if it was instrumental, or maybe a singer other than Don Henley, perhaps.
Classic
no thank you
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This album is a lot of fine with a couple of great songs mixed in. A bit too soft rock for me all-around. (Also impossible for me not to see The Dude being annoyed.)
The Eagles have amazing harmonies and catchy lyrics.
I hate the song Hotel California…so I endured.
Classic
Don’t think I’d ever listened all the way through this album. There were only two I didn’t know.
Fifth studio album! They've moved past the fourth studio album phase! This album was released the same year Rumors was released. Good time for music, apparently. Musically, it's got a lot of different elements from the acoustic driven title song to the electric guitar Life in the Fast Lane to the piano forward Wasting Time. And then having Joe Walsh say, "Hi there, how are you?..."
Hotel California is quite an exceptional song and a great album. Plenty of Eagles highlights come from this album and the songs that you aren't originally familiar with are decent, keeping with the harmonies and soft melodies. Excellent.
Good. One of the classics
It's hard for me to approach this album objectively. The problem I have with it is that these songs have been played to death. I'm sick of hearing them; sick of talking about how the Eagles sound "pretty". Its ethos is soooo 70s. By the time the 90s came along, I had completely moved on.
Another case of bloated single accompanying album
Gets a 2 just for Hotel California, and the only other track I know Life in the Fast Lane. Based on the rest of this album, I don’t understand the hype for The Eagles.
I know it’s iconic and it’s a nice enough listen. But it’s maybe just a bit too middle of the road nice for me.
I don't mind the eponymous track, but unfortunately it was Codeine 1 - Eagles 0. I dozed most of the way through it. Became fully conscious during the last song and thought it should have bèen used as advert theme music for some Christian Evangelist TV channel. Very ordinary. Fuck knows why they are so big. 1
Ok, Hotel California is een fucking banger. Ik weet van het vorige album dat Eagles een beetje slappe rock was. Prima, Hotel california houd een speciaal plekje in mn hart. Ik vind het weer een klein beetje nietszeggende rock. Hotel California als nummer haalt niet het hele album omhoog, ik denk dat ik gewoon niet zo een fan ben van de Eagles. Vind het ook echt belachelijk dat er 2 albums van hun in deze lijst staan, maar goed, dat kan ook aan mijn muzieksmaak liggen. FAVO: Hotel California, Try and love again
Classic. Flows like water. Excellent road trip album.
The title track is a great piece of art and probably among one of the best rock songs. I didn't care for the other tracks.
Solid rock album, wonderful harmonies, nice hearing a little more of the eagles deep cuts as I’ve never listened to the full album.
Very solid album with many classic Eagle songs and some new ones that I had not previously heard, but really liked. Frey and Henley do such a great job sharing vocals. Guitar is great throughout the album.
The Eagles know how to make a long song not sound boring or drab. Such a great listen overall.
What a pleasant surprise. I had the same mindset for this album coming into it as So by Peter Gabriel of even if all the songs on it are purely mid its getting a four because Hotel California (the song) is just that good. It has one of the most rad guitar licks in existence and is such an incredible song lyrically, musically, and emotionally. The album itself was great as well, the songs were flowing and poetic. Musically it was a nice mix of rock and piano/strings on some of them so very nice variety. Very solid album.
I don't think this is one of the best albums by The Eagles, but it is a good listen. Does seem to fade with the middle tracks. Do appreciate the way they can tell a story with lyrics-like The Last Resort.
I will always have nostalgia for these guys since my dad loved them. He always played their greatest hits/hell freezes over. Otherwise, this is some nice/easy breezy soft rock with good singing.
One star for the title track, the reast really isn't my cuppa. Smells of football dads living it up while also reassuring themselves that they have feelings, too.
fckn boring
Não valeu a pena escutar além do hit no começo do disco.
Loved it
Featuring the Eagles’ best lineup and their strongest song selection to date.
Great album, standard.
My goodness, do I love this album! It is so nostalgic, because it was one of my favorite albums when I was a child, and that was in the 90’s. That is about 15 years after the albums debut! I was too young to understand the concepts and the analogies used. But, the album was mixed so well that it taught me what good recording is — creating very clear layers and messing with the listener’s perceptions with stereo field trickery. Couple these things with the passionate delivery of very perceptible lyrics, and it causes the listener to want to know more about the song (even at a very young age). Thank you Eagles for teaching me what analogies were indirectly! Thank you for showing me the art of music instead of just the pop Britany Spears albums (unabashedly still bangers). Thank you for stirring something in me that would eventually lead me to want to produce music myself. One of the few perfect scores from me!
One of best rock albums of all time. Some of the songs do meander, though nothing splits from the general mood of the album. I grew up with California rock, and I always appreciate some of the callbacks to the band's Country roots.
Goood
I don’t think I’ve ever heard this album all the way through. That’s probably true of most Eagles’ albums, honestly. All Eagles albums? Well let’s do this! Hotel California - great song! Jesus I’ve heard this a bazillion times. I don’t even have to hear it and pops into my head. I don’t even have to listen to it and I can review it. Honestly, if I never hear this song again I’d be happy. Maybe take a 10 year break or something. I have to comment on the supernatural, almost Satanic panic quality of this song. Trapped in some kind of ghostly ethereal hell. If you told me that the Eagles has sold their souls to the devil I’s believe you. Every one knows easy rock is the devil’s music. The Occult was Real, son. It was definitely a different era back then. “Haven’t had that spirit since 1969.” That line gets creepier with each passing year. Maybe 20 years ago this was 5/5, but now really overplayed. I mean it’s a punchline in a Marvel movie. 4/5 New Kid In Town - yacht rock! 2/5 Life In The Fast Lane - this whole album has to be about drugs? Right? This song’s a barn-burner, and the lyrics are just fantastic. 3/5 Wasted Time - I’ve never heard this song. For an Eagles song that’s crazy. Is it going to suck? I’ll admit I’ve got trepidations. Eh, no Desperado, but it isn’t actively terrible. Kind of amazed actually. Could have been a hit if it hadn’t been surrounded by other, better hits. 2/5 Wasted Time (Reprise) - maybe they thought this was the hit. Terrible idea to add this thing in. Actively detracts from the previous track. 0/5 Victim of Love - I mean I don’t have much to say other than 2/5. It’s fine. Just fine. For some reason I thought it was better. Pretty Maids All In A Row - Joe Walsh singing! Was Don Henley on a cocaine bender? Who knows. This is a snooze-fest. And kinda dumb. 1/5 Try and Love Again - Henley’s still on a bender but this one has a bit of the Eagles magic. 2/5 The Last Resort - oh boy, this pretty much sucks. Holy Christ it makes me wanna jam forks in my ears. Henley should have just hung out with his dealer. 0/5 2nd half really nose-dives. I mean it’s Hotel California and then everything else. That’s pretty expected. HC really is the Eagles’ best song by a country mile. Some of them get close but HC is just one of the greatest songs of the 70s. How do you compete with that? I’m giving this one a 2/5.
Over produced and boring.
Definately a alt-rock vibe. Can enjoy on a lazy afternoon. 4/5.
I'm pretty happy with this one! 4/5 "Would enjoy listening to it again!"
Goed album hoor. Ben pas sinds kort een beetje meer Eagles aan het luisteren omdat Femke van Gyrinus mijn hele spotify heeft volgezet met nummers van dit album. Ik vind de afsluiter onverwachts goed met de lekkere War on Drugs achtige vibe van The Last Resort. Kritiekpunt is wel dat ik Eagles soms nogal zeurderig vind. Ik geef het vier sterren
Oké derk, hier heb je 'm...Een uitgebreide review! Hotel California is een van de weinige nummers in de top 10 van de t2000 die er echt in hoort. Ik vind het een fantastisch nummer. Dan denk je 'we hebben het beste gehad', maar nee.. dan komt New kid in town, wat een straight banger is dat. Dan ben je even gekalmeerd komt Life in the fast lane. Gitaartje hier is fantastisch met de ruwe stem. Spitter spetter spater, bewaren we nog wat goeds voor later? Ik hoop het. Wasted time is wel goed, maar een beetje mainstream. Het wijkt af van het 'originele' wat ik tot nu toe hoorde. TTTTRiiinnggg Trinngggg, "Who dis?".. Het is Wasted time PART 2. ja goed, geen woorden voor. Viooltje. Dannn, Victim of Love, begint echt sterk, luistert verder oke weg. Pretty maids begint als een zoetsappig nummer. Helaas. Try and love again voelt iets origineler. En dan afsluiten met The Last Resort, Ik vind het een goed nummer, dus ben blij dat we afsluiten met een bangertje. Ik zou dit normaliter 4 sterren geven omdat niet alles fantastisch was, maar ik ben vooringenomen....Douze pouint.
Every song is a diamond. love this album
Tough one. They're great songs, they just don't grab me too much. I supposed it's telling that I had this in my collection and sold it. 3.5 stars.
Feels like you are where the album photo is, like watching a sundown or just after sundown and you are on your way home, at the same time its warm out :) (i also feel like this is like a dad album? if that makes any sense hehe)
You forget that there are 8 more songs on the album which are very, very good. I think this is the Eagles at their prime. Writing good songs and just making great music. Am I huge Eagles fan, no. Is this a great album? Yes.
Really liked it. Pretty good all the way through
Some great classic jams, life in the fast lane, obviously the title track, great album overall