Reviews (page 12 of 14)
Probably three stars, tailed off towards the end
Tried to check out from this album, but I could never leave
Actually pretty good overall, but the weakest song is the second and right after the title track so it feels like it drops sharply. Life in the Fast Lane was pretty good, hadn't heard that before.
The 3ist of 3's I ever did see
Rock extremadamente lento
Hotel California - vibes. New Kid in Town - didn't like at first but story got pretty interesting, chorus started to grow on me. Life in the Fast Lane - felt some soul in this one. also musically sound like cars the movie the song. story cool too. Wasted Times - Aight. Kinda forgot what it sounded like but i think it was good. Victim of love - kinda forgot this song already. Pretty Little Maids - OK Try and Love Again - great. good vibes. The Last Resort - nice
This is one of the first albums I recall as a kid. There isn't a lot of depth but it's pretty good for just chilling. It'll never make my regular rotation, but I like it and how it takes me back to the 70s as a kid.
A couple classics, but pretty average other than that.
A couple bangers, but otherwise a little too chilled out to be universally memorable.
the title track's legendary status is deserved. the rest of the album just feels like exposed chest hair, wide collars, gold chains, and feathered hair. like a bunch of other albums in this list, it just screams of its time. for me, in this case, it's not something i love.
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin eagles
Solid, great music
entendo o apelo mas não é meu tipo de música
Its the eagle. But it’s pretty ok.
A bit dreary, great song sad album.
Classic, uplifting rock shit. Good harmonies on some songs. Ballads were a little meh
Very safe rock. Title track is still great though.
album started off strong but dies off. what is up with wasted time and the last resort? These songs were completely out of character with the rest of the album.
You know, I was a little dissapointed.
Not for me
I like „Hotel California“. But the rest of the album is a bit boring.
en trea får det bli även om det var en del tråk
Yes, it bangs!
Pleasant enough to listen to but a bit forgettable, except for the classics of course
On the better end of the rock trends of the late 70s. Lyrics are a little cringey in general and the instrumentation and guitar solos overwrought at times, but still has character, good singing, and strong melodies. The flow from theme to theme within songs is a little jumbled at times, and isn't very sonically or conceptually cohesive. I also think the album isn't as playful as it could be; it takes itself a little too seriously. This album seems to exist in the strange in-between from classic rock of the earlier 70s to the soft rock/metal of the 80s - its a reflection of its time, but not always in a bad way. Not really to my taste, but I can see why a lot of people like it! Definitely good driving music, not the greatest for a standalone listen. 2.5 but I'm feeling generous so I rounded up.
Lol I got the album 1960 something. I like the song hotel California but, the album I listened to was alright too.
Neither quite as inspired as other similar albums from this era (don't get why it is so popular) nor as bad as some critics would have you believe.
I haven't been forced to listen to the Eagles since my mom died 15 years ago. This is a 2.5 rounded down to a 2 because the bad songs are really bad.
Now that was some old man bullshit right there, but it least it had a few good guitar solos.
Ugh, I hate the Eagles. As cheesy as this band is I have to admit they write really catchy songs. The slow songs are really bad but it's a better album than I thought it would be.
What if Supertramp was boring and was talking itself seriously?
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
Oh I could have died happy not hearing these songs again.
First 3 tracks are at least interesting or unique. Mush after that.
It's whatever. Not my thing.
Not for me. Some half decent tunes on there, but just don't like the overall vibe.
6.19.26 I find this album rather unremarkable. some enjoyable songs, but I just don't vibe with it as a whole. probably doesn't help that I'm not really a fan of the title track. Favorite Song: New Kid in Town Rating: 2.5/5
I think there are only two good songs on this album. The slow burns are deadly. Hotel California starts at a 5, perhaps, it’s so familiar it’s hard to say, but then the score goes down with New Kid in Town. Then Life in the Fast Lane. Undeniably fun. Then Wasted Time, with a Reprise which is a description of itself. Victim of Love is - ok. And it’s all down hill. Yeah- I think it crashes out at a 2. 2 Boolean: True?
Came across the vinyl at the markets on the weekend, nearly bought it. Thank God I didn't, absolute snooze fest. Besides track one obviously and maybe new kid in town and wasted time (reprise) 2/5
Hippy stuff
1stly I listened to the 2013 remaster. "Hotel California" is top-notch.
Whereas artists like Joni Mitchell and Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac made 1970s California feel so vibrant and exciting, The Eagles made it sound so damn boring.
Most songs drag a bit, and the drums are really boring. It also feels like they half-heartedly are trying to be artsy. The title track is pretty good though.
Nice but not for me
Meh. Fine. Whatever
2 stars. The title track is pretty great, and Life in the Fast Lane also alright but nothing drags it beyond a 2 star.
Learning to play the title track for a Country/Classic Rock cover band sub gig gave me a renewed appreciation for the song and Life In the Fast Lane doesn't suck. The rest of the album is boring, at best. 2 stars.
I don’t hate the title track as much as some people do but most of this is pretty awful. That last track is pretty based though.
Obligatory, "I hate the fucking Eagles, man!". But seriously, I actually don't really like the Eagles. I've never been forced to put my dislike for them into words like this and I don't think I could have until I read the Ringer's article "The Case Against the Eagles" this morning. In far fewer words, the Eagles have always felt like that privileged kid that expects the world and more and will throw a fit when they don't get their way. Anyways, separating the art from the artist and it's not all bad. Joe Walsh's guitar playing, when he's allowed to let loose, is amazing on this album. The hits are obviously great songs, Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane deserve the praise they get, but other than a few select songs, this album is incredibly boring.
"Hotel California" the song by the Eagles is a banger, "Hotel California" the album by the Eagles I am less a fan of
Easy going country tinged rock. Kinda boring. And The Last Resort is cheesy and try-hard. I don't know about this record. Mediocre.
Has a few easily recognizable songs at the beginning of the tracklist. Overplayed jams; still descent. But the back half of the record isn’t real rad. Maybe because I haven’t heard the songs as much. 2.6/5.0
not as good as take it easy
"Hotel California" is a legendary song that I don't want to listen to. "Life in the Fast Lane" remains excellent.
This is not my cup of tea. The best songs I have heard one million times, and after that are songs I don't need to listen to ever again.
Favorite track(s): Hotel California
The banality of Eagles.
Yes the title song has been heard so many times that it can be skipped and still be present in your head. Unfortunately the same can not be said of the remaining songs as it's as standardized rock as it can be. It's peak standardized rock maybe even defining it but it's still too bland. Favorite Songs: Hotel California
Hotel California, the song, is an absolute banger, and this album could probably coast on that alone. It basically does. New Kid In Town is solid, and the rest of this is fine, but I don't really think there were any other songs here that I noticed or cared about in any real way. It got me through 43 minutes of my day without upsetting me, and that's more than I can say about some albums, but that's also about where my thoughts on this one ends.
Neeeee, bah. Prima productie, geen slechte muziekanten maar niks interessants. Erger. ij er een beetje aan dat je er voor kiest om zulke gezapige ballads te maken. Luister nog liever iets wat ik heel kut vind omdat het dan nog iets van emotie oproept.
One of the songs has the same backing as American wedding and I like that song
It's country, rock-country if that's even a genre? The 'New Kid in Town' started playing and I went 'That's a country song!' - same goes for majority of the tracklist. The storytelling structure is very reminiscent of that of a country song and the rock songs like 'Life in The Fast Lane' - well, they're not rocking much, are they? Very safe, dull, boring... Even at the time I guess it wasn't innovative at all. It sounds dated to me. The concept is clear and strong throughout the album's duration but is it saying anything interesting about California and American Dream? Again, even for the time being, it's not investigative enough of its topic. There are some glimpses, a few lines hinting at something behind the courtain, and almost grasping it, before retreating quickly into safe surface-level observation. Listening to the lyrics, not much changed after 50 years, huh? Songs about CA, LA, American Dream are always onto the same shit and after listening to bajillion of them, I look for a deeper cut. The storytelling on this album is also, in general, not very compelling. Onto the highlights - 'Hotel California' is a great, haunting song. Overplayed? Sure, but I still love it every time it comes on. Eagles really caught a lightning in a bottle with this one - there's something so compelling here about the writing, vocals, production, guitars... I'd love to put it on when I'm in California someday. Must be amazing to listen to it while driving through the West Coast at sunset (call it cliche, I want it!!). I like the metaphor here and I like the enitre 'mythology' of this song. Other song I also like (much less then the title track but still) is 'Victim of Love'. I checked writing credits and what these 2 songs have in common that others don't is Don Felder - I'm not suggesting Felder is a great songwriter and others suck, I actually haven't yet heard the rest of Eagles discography (and any other songs written by Felder), just an observation. The production is nice overall. The closing track has a beautiful piano melody but it stretches for much longer than I think it needed to - again, I see writing issue with not being concise enough and not painting a compelling picture of what you want to convey. I really like the closing line, thesis statment of this concept album I'd say, 'You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye'.
Not necessary
I came with ears looking for aspects of The Eagles that I grudgingly admit to liking, but left finding this album quite dull. Certainly the title track deserves its status as a standard matching, say, The Doors "L.A. Woman" and "Riders on the Storm" for its vignettes about the seductive and destructive appeal of Los Angeles. While the reggae aspect of the song has the potential to drag it down, the band wisely limits it in favor of flamenco touches and the blazing guitar duel to close the track. Guitar work also allows another tale of L.A. excess, "Life in the Fast Lane" to grab hold of the listener. While not as compelling as ‘Hotel California”, it livens up the album. Lastly, most of the time I credit Don Henley as a singer. His voice seems limited in range, however its flatness serves the songs on many occasions. As the narrator, or at least a third party observer, Henley can stand back with his take on the disastrous foibles of the song’s characters. Aside from those songs and qualities, a recording that was bland. Glenn Frey’s lone lead vocal on “New Kid in Town” is at best Jimmy Buffet does a sad song. The whole second side of the record is lousy. “Victim of Love” has hard rock guitar chords that fail to add anything interesting. The band did make a wise decision by limiting Joe Walsh and Randy Meisner to one song each, because their vocals and tunes are particularly uninspiring. The Eagles had a chance to pull off a strong record with a typical 1970s epic final song. “The Last Resort” tells a straightforward story of Southern California, maybe much of the U.S.’, falling under suburban consumerism’s spell, and in the process robbing the land from the Indians. Henley and the musical arrangement, which includes orchestration, fail to bring any sort of poignancy or insight to the topic. Compare this song to the near simultaneous “Cortez the Killer” from Neil Young, which pared down the music to a wrenching guitar figure and then mixed in lyrics that gave the colonial exploitation tale a much wider perspective of pain. Perhaps Henley et. al. saw “The Last Resort” in the same vein as their friend Randy Newman’s “Sail Away” with its strings and anthem-like qualities. Newman brought a twisted view to tragedy as he stepped into the role of a slave trader trying to sell Africans on the wonders of America. Nothing remotely that original appears in this song, and I would argue on most of this album.
Like the titular track, this album feels like a hotel you can't check out of. Cliche after cliche after cliche. I'd begin to enjoy a song, like "New Kid" but then it would go on for 5 more minutes repeating the same thing. "Hotel California" as a song isn't even enjoying with the way it's sung and Frank Ocean's "american wedding" has superior lyrics that it just makes me want to listen to his song. Maybe that's why he was sued.
Brilliant start but was kinda disappointing by the end
Hotel California — Feels like one of those songs you hear on the radio as a kid New Kid In Town — Big “Without You Again” vibes (Sam Shaber) Life in the Fast Lane — it’s alrightt Wasted Time — it was okay.. not super my vibe Wasted Time (Reprise) — actually quite beautiful if not short Victim of Love — not bad it’s pretty decent Pretty Maids All In A Row — Okay i like this one >:3 Try and Love Again — This One’s also not bad :3 The Last Resort — He said WHAT
I hate the fuckin’ eagles man
Fuck no
Sleeping in Crossroads in the middle of the road
Some decent songs here, but this just wasn't my favorite. It didn't feel like it explored anything very unique or original, which could've been fine, but it just feels like it goes on a bit too long. Even Hotel California, which is probably my favorite track here, lacks the development I'd like a bit more of towards the end. Still a good song though. Favorites: Hotel California
This was more happy clappy than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was okay just not ground breaking. I know hotel California but have never been that impressed with it. Just a bit too dad rock for me
2 amazing songs. The rest are slow country bumpkin songs
In high school in the 1990s, there were always kids who made "California" their whole personality, and they all loved this album (and Sublime). I made it through the first five songs, remembered I had free will over this project, and then listened to the first minute of each of the remaining songs. None of this changed my opinion of the album, but now I can legitimately say I tried. Fuck the Eagles.
Kinda boring album
Just not a fan.
A title track é muito boa, o resto é ok mas sem graça. Em geral me passa a impressão de música genérica americana e meio ultrapassada. Nada tão terrível mas não me da vontade de escutar de novo. Não é minha praia
MEH. (Big meh.) I think Dimery is confused because the album has the same name as the first song. Just because the latter is good doesn't mean you have to hear it in context. It's the lead track ffs. You definitely need to hear the title track, and prob Life In The Fast Lane. Leave the rest on the table.
Hotel California es un temazo que merece la fama qué tiene. Me gustó el álbum pero es muy gringo, no se como explicarlo. No lo siento tan conectado. 1. Hotel California 2. Life in the fast line 3. Pretty maids all in a row 5/10
2 stars Ok the title track is a good song. I want to hate on it, but it’s good. The rest of the album is cheesy listening music. I can’t dig it and I would never listen to this for fun.
Hotel California (the song) is obviously great, Wasted Time (Reprise) and Try and Love Again are unexpectedly good, everything else is a reminder that rock music mythology is mostly just good marketing.
Mmm...soft California country-inflected rock. With the exception of the opening title track this is pretty turgid soft rock. Not for me.
This is the musical equivalent of plain mayonnaise on white bread
Bleh. The best way I could think to describe this was music that is perfectly fit for daytime radio. Seems like great music to slow dance to on your backyard patio while white wine drunk with a gross sunburn. I understand it’s popularity but it’s not for appeal.
Boring after the first three songs.
-be the eagles -create one of the all time greatest songs with one of the all time greatest guitar solos -pump out 8 other tracks that are the most plain, middling, easy listening rock ever -profit Now I understand why the dude hates the fucking eagles, man. I too would be pissed if I heard hotel California on the radio and felt compelled to buy the album, only to be horribly disappointed by every track proceeding the title track
the hell was that
We've all heard the title track. It opens the record and it's a totally fine soft rock song. It mostly just goes down from there. There's nothing else on this that's particularly interesting.
Just dudes being guys, but with overly long guitar solos. This was fine. I think the Eagles are at their best when they’re leaning more towards a slow ballad, but even then it’s a little too generic for me.
It's fine
I cant believe how the title track can be one of my favorite songs of all time yet the rest is so weak. The first few are ok but the second half is just nothing.
Great song
I just hate the Eagles, man.
I dont care for the music of the Eagles. I can't place my finger on it, but it's like wearing a slightly itchy piece of clothing or something. I realized that Wasted Time (reprise) was my favorite track. I guess the thing that bothers me are the vocals, the guitar throughout the album I find enjoyable. I also wish it was either more country or more rock, but it exists somewhere oddly in the middle.
Better than the other Eagles album I was forced to listen to. The music is more sophisticated with some nice orchestral pieces. They're not trying to be country any more, just pure 100% unadulterated adult contemporary. I can smell the Lysol in the air as I am reminded of dusting an unused piano while 98.1 echoes through the background, it's 1990 and nothing I clean is clean enough. They're talented, they've improved a lot since their debut album but they're excruciatingly boring. 100% better than their debut which brings this rating up to a blistering 2.
This is like easy listening, yacht rock and country all wrapped into one. I don't like any of those things. Hotel California is a bit of a bop, though.
Try to Love Again
(41/100)
Hotel California - 4/5 New Kid in Town - 2.5/5 Life in the Fast Lane - 3/5 Wasted Time - 2/5 Wasted Time (Reprise) - 2.5/5 Victim of Love - 2.5/5 Pretty Maids All in a Row - 2/5 Try and Love Again - 2.5/5 The Last Resort - 2/5 When I had watched The Big Lebowski for the first time, the joke where he tells the cab driver to turn off the Eagles and gets kicked out went right over my head because I had only known the Eagles from their song "Hotel California" and thought "surely they can't be that bad, right?" Reader, they were in fact that bad. Hotel California raises this by a star alone but the rest of the songs were just so incredibly boring Overall: 2/5 Favorite: Hotel California
One epic song, others are average
Nothing of value beyond Hotel California
Hotel California, the first track, is one of the greatest songs ever. The rest of the album is mostly trash. I did not enjoy this.
Pretty boring tbf
Bohemian drug fueled hippy soft rock teasing beauty with temptation, anger, drugs, speed, and jealousy turning itself into big pile of poopy
Very much Dad Rock with cheesy lyrics. Not much for me here, though the music is unoffensive.
this and a blunt 🇨🇦
Always been against the eagles. Guitar wankery with no real substance.
Såå tråkig rock. Svag tvåa.
Förutom totelspåret, Life in the Fast Lane och Victim of Love är det jävligt segt asså. Försökte lyssna på texterna men orkar inte.
2.0 stars I can respect the craft, the musicianship, and the cultural impact of this record, but it ultimately left me pretty bored. “Hotel California” is undeniably a great song...the bass line, the structure, and the narrative atmosphere absolutely hold up, but the rest of the album feels overly polished and emotionally boxed in. Everything is precise, clean, and radio-ready, but rarely exploratory or surprising. It was a rather bland listening experience. Favorite tracks: Hotel California, Pretty Maids All in a Row
Not worth the effort of putting the songs in order and finding them.
I can't really objectively assess the title track on here because it suffered from almost daily radio play on classic rock stations for many years of my life that I spent working in places that constantly had the radio on. The thing I kind of hate about it is really specific which is that when they say the "Ho-tel Cal-i-fornia" it has this kind of Harry Nilsson style 'Lime in De co-co-nut' stye affect that irritates me. I also don't really like the million voice vocal harmony. And then every time I hear life in the fast lane I just hear Don Henley doing Dirty Laundry later on with like the same sort of raspy up and down sprechgesang or whatever it is. I don't need to justify all of the small insignificant reasons I don't like this album it's not important. I listened all the way through just to make sure I wasn't missing any hidden gems. I wouldn't say that it's a gem but I did kind of like 'Try and Love Again' as far as a sappy 70s powerpop kind of song. I'm a sucker for that stuff. So that is the silver lining here.
Really nothing interesting aside from Hotel California and Life In The Fast Lane. I never understood why the Eagles got so big, they are pretty boring. They had a good song which became a huge hit and that's it for me.
I was amazed at the number of hits on this album. This shit was all over the airways in the eighties. Trouble is, I don’t think this held up very well. My favorite quote from the book states, “In many ways, Hotel California was everything that punk rock came to destroy glassy perfect production, harmonized guitar solos and “themes.” I couldn’t agree more. There isn’t anything particularly bad about this music, but there is also not anything particularly memorable or interesting.
Eat bat, prick https://youtu.be/qcb-K8k-OAE
Haven't listened past Hotel California before. Should've stopped there.
Not my fave, i don’t have any nostalgia for this kind of music and listening fresh it’s not doing anything super interesting imo. Not bad but thats kinda all there is to say.
I don’t know if I’d ever heard Hotel California (the song) in full before but I found it so underwhelming. One of the most famous songs of all time???? The rest of the album was also unremarkable to me
All very safe and...pleasant. Lots of....pleasant harmonies. The orchestral reprise of Wasted Time was very....pleasant. Apart from the title track, nothing really grabbed hold. My father is a big fan of the Eagles...I am not.
I like their first single, Take it Easy, and Hotel California is stand out brilliant, but one grows tired of it. Eagles and CCR, it's not them, it's me.
When it's not absolutely epic, it is just slow and dreary. Unfortunately, it's only epic for the title track, and it just unravels the longer you listen. Life in the Fast Lane is okay as well, to be fair. Regardless, given the legendary status of the title track and the albums phenomenal success over the years, it deserves its place on the list. 4/10
É um bom álbum, já tinha ouvido falar sobre ele, mas nunca tinha parado para escutar. Claro que a MÚSICA
I don’t fucking hate the Eagles, I just find them too mediocre to care.
zzz
Hotel California är en klassiker, men pågår lite för länge för sitt eget bästa, och sen blir det aldrig mer spännande än så.
Klassiskt titelspår men resten satte sig inte alls
It completely baffles me that people can be so into this music. It is bland, boring, and utterly meaningless. But hey, Boomers are still paying $500/ticket to see them at The Sphere 50 years later, so it's probably just me.
I didn’t grow up with this record but I grew up around it and have heard the biggest hits on it shit loads of times but have probably never put any of it on willingly. I was surprised that how many slow songs there are on this and even though I’ve heard the title track I don’t know like maybe 1000 times it’s still pretty good, actually. I don’t really know new kid in town, but that was a good one too.
2/5. I genuinely couldn't believe how bad this one was. Hotel California is a good song, but the rest of this is dreadful. 2 ok songs doomed from 40 years of use on TV commercials, and then like 6 more sappy ballads.
Started well but the 2nd half decended into bland soft rock.
Not for me
Listening to these canonized classic albums, I've often been struck by how even if an album doesn't particularly resonate with me, I can hear the roots of other things I love. This is the opposite. This is the Pandora's box of shitty boomer rock.
Not bad, but outside of the title track it’s pretty overrated dadrock.
Massively overrated
I dont like it but I get why others do.
Not totally my jam
Overproduced schlock and roll.
Hotel California (the song) is great - 5/5, no notes. Hotel California (the album) is ass - almost incredibly bad other than Hotel California (the song). Dirk Diggler-Chest Rockwell songwriting level awful; just hideous. 2 stars, up from 1 attributable solely to (1) Hotel California (the song), and (2) the fact that I'm generally inclined to take it easy and, today in particular have a peaceful easy feeling.
Never got that into the eagles beyond knowing a few songs and of course the title track. Not really my bag
Title track has a killer solo. Otherwise, I’m sorry but this was *very* bland.
it’s all downhill from the title track, which due to childhood indoctrination of classic rock radio I still enjoy… But the title track is track ONE. Ladies and gentlemen, the Eagles.
Johnny come lately? More like Johnny go away forever. This album STINKS!
I'm not really interested in this, miles away from my thing, and a quick skim play confirms it. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ 50% Revisit ❌️ Default ★★☆☆☆ (4/10) Total reviewed : 195 Already owned : 44 Purchased : 8 To buy list : 4 Nope : 139
For a band that seem to provoke strong feelings in a lot of people, I find The Eagles ... meh? I wouldn't ask a taxi driver to turn them off (a la The Big Lebowski) but I would't actively seek them out either. It just sort of slides by.
hoped for an excellent album based on the fact i only had known the title song before. got so disappointed bruh
i'm sorry i hate old music like this t.t is this rock?
Meh. It’s famous and all that, but bloody hell it’s flabby in places. That said, the title track is quite tight.
Forse sono io ma oltre hotel California (vabbè che ve lo dico a fa) mi è un po’ scesa
No
The Eagles are one of those bands that seem to get an insane amount of hate but I've always been mostly neutral about them. Hotel California is apparently one of the best selling albums of all time but I'm not sure I understand why? Aside from the two prominent singles of the title track and Life in the Fast Lane there's nothing really memorable here. Wasted Time is a bit of a nice ballad but then it just becomes more lazy and generic as the second side goes on.
This was very popular at the time but seems very middle of the road, safe and ultimately boring. The title track is loved by many people but generally I feel that anyone who likes this is exactly the sort of person I wouldn't like. Mildly pretentious, smug and dull
I'm not an Eagles fan by any measure. In fact, I suppose I've been conditioned to dislike them through conversations I've had with friends and family. That being said, I tried to go into this with as open a mind as I possibly could have. I didn't like it. The Eagles just ooze easy listening without much actual substance. And although this album undoubtedly deserves a spot on this list simply because of its astonishing commercial success, it's not something I will ever put on the stereo myself.
Horribly overrated
one or two memorable songs, rest is kohls music
Pre-listen: Ugh, fine I guess I have to listen to Eagles
I have been forced onto a 3-hour cruise by hairy men that won't stop singing at me. They really like bad guitar solos. Life in the fast lane is a guilty pleasure. These ballads make me wanna die. Four ballads in and I really wanna die. 2/5
I never liked the eagles. Listening to this in full didn't change my mind. 1.5*
swagless!
Not an eagles gal
338/1089 - I don't get the appeal. It sounds like generic pop rock music to me which isn't a sound I care for. People think it's interesting because the lyrics are ambiguous? I think that's weak songwriting. Why write something with no clear meaning (no matter how obscure you want it to be and even if the meaning isn't anything). Also, this sounds counterintuitive, but you need interesting rhythms if you're writing slow music. On a different note, I think it's cool that they made a greatest hits album before writing this one.
Aggressively mediocre
Not the fucking Eagles man
Thought the album was pretty bland, the title track was the highlight but I was never much a fan of that song in the first place
First off, the Gipsy Kings made the definitive version of the title track and it’s not remotely close. The songs are largely catchy, sing-along easy listening. I can bob my head along with new kid in town, and it makes me think of driving home from school in the pickup with my dad—he does love the eagles. But he loves Jackson Browne more, and (while he obviously had some crossover with the eagles and wrote a few of their hits) there’s an honesty to his songs that I just don’t feel here. The production on this album, for better or worse, is frighteningly crisp and clean. Every instrument sounds pure, the snare is wonderfully snappy and the kick is deep. But the production is almost too clean, sanitized. And I think that’s my gripe with the album—it’s stripped of the human element. The lyrics feel contrived, like they read an encyclopedia of cool song topics and wrote based off that. The music is sort of exactly what you’d expect, executed to perfection. There are some neat riffs—I can’t stand life in the fast lane, but it absolutely reads as somebody striving, and largely succeeding, to create an iconic guitar riff—but on the whole it just feels uncreative.
boring album
I’ve never listened to The Eagles. I only know Hotel California because it played all the time on 97.3 KBCO, my mom’s favorite radio station. I actually liked Hotel California a lot because it felt like I could dissociate from going to softball practice and just focus on the story. Same with the Shawn Mullins song Lullaby. Do you know that song? 😂 Wow, I was just taken into my mom’s car and I’m ten years old. Anyway, I actually do like the song Hotel California. The rest of this was so bad. It doesn’t even seem like the same band? I always thought Hotel California was sung by like a sexy latin man? Like I have always kind of visualized Enrique Iglesias mixed with Santana? Is this all because the Michelle Branch/Santana song “Game of Love” was also playing around this time in the car, and I just associated all guitar with Santana? One star, but an extra star for the weird memories and the childhood-imprinted Latin confusion. Actually, I just asked Google about this and it says, “Yes, Hotel California has significant Latin influences, which is why its original working title was Mexican Reggae.“ Whaaat?? I need to go to bed.
Never listened to the eagles properly before. Hotel California is obviously pretty iconic although I'm not sure how much I actually like the track.... The opening 2 tracks were decent. The rest I really found pretty dull. Moreso than I was expecting to, and I was expecting something pretty dull! Firm 2
Audibly groaned when I saw this one come up. I will admit that I enjoy the title track but the rest of the album is just so boring.
Prelisten thoughts: Ah fuck. Here we go… I suppose this is overdue? Maybe? I thought their best albums were other ones and this one was mostly known for the one hit, but I don’t know anything about them really. A theme that’s emerging is that if it isn’t Pink Floyd or Lou Reed or Throbbing Gristle and it’s from the 70s or 80s I’m going to usually be going in blind. — Better than I was fearing. Besides the title track there’s nothing especially compelling, but it all serves as a good way to follow the iconic title track. Not very memorable outside of said track, but they can’t all be winners. Apparently Joe Walsh is largely responsible for the wildly successful new direction they took on this album. I would rather listen to his song Ordinary Average Guy any day over anything off this album, and I can definitely identify how he might have guided them without even being familiar with their older stuff. If I could, I would rate this 2.5. 2 feels a bit too low but I can’t in good conscience put it with the 3-star albums that I might actually return to more than a few times.
Not even the great Joe Walsh could turn these corporate duds into rockers. Album is corny and feels formulated all the way through. Even down to the track listing, which just plops the 3 hit songs right up front. Just a blah album.
Two good songs to start the album then a whole bunch of slow shitty pop
8/9 songs are boring
I am, historically, an Eagles hater, not so much because I hate their music but because I have literally 0 respect them as artists. Overall, I find them (Don Henley in particular) to be an exercise in deep cynicism, chasing trendy sounds rather than paving any new ground. Especially ironic to me that Don Henley went on to write “The Boys of Summer” and lament seeing a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. But that’s what this whole goddamn band is. Just a bit Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac. A shiny commercial product that insists that it’s cool and countercultural. So it’s truly insane to me how the prevailing opinion on the internet seems to be that people only hate the Eagles because of a movie line. I’m sure that’s true of someone out there but, like, the line exists for a reason, ya dig? He specifically hates the Eagles; not The Byrds or The Band or CSN(Y) or Gram Parsons. The Eagles. It certainly worked out for them; I imagine if the band was told to choose between my (and, I guess, the Coen Brothers’) personal respect and their solid gold yachts powered by burning $100 bills and bricks of cocaine, there would not be much thought. Anyway, on to the album. I think I listened to this once the whole way through previously just to say that I did it but never really took it in. I hate "Life in the Fast Lane" with like every fiber of my being, but it's the only song on the album that I actively dislike. But I dislike it a whole lot. I’ve never enjoyed it but I don’t think I understood just how intolerable I found it until spending a day listening to this album on a loop and getting to the point that I started wincing when I heard that first riff. “Life in the fast lane surely make you lose your mind” indeed. I hate Don Henley’s voice (didn’t realize it was possible for a vocal timbre to sound like Reaganomics), I hate the lyrics, I hate the chorus, I hate the tune, I hate that it exists, I think it might be my least favorite song ever. You could swap it out for any Spacemen 3 song and it’d be a lateral move at worst. The rest I'm neutral - positive on. "Try and Love Again" is a very nice song and the little "woop" during the "Hotel California" guitar solo (you know the one) is sufficient to justify the entire existence of this band. I prefer the earlier, more country-ish, stuff but this is acceptable.
Probably harmonically kind of innovative, but super boring in terms of melody and lyrics. Pretty long 45 mins.
The birth of corporate americana. The high fructose corn syrup of music. Unbridled commercial drive meets rock solid musicianship, expert recording/production, a few ears for a hook and a great flair for harmony. This combination of endless self pity and smarmy good time smooth easy feeling is the pure uncut essence of boomerism. Overplayed, but for a reason. Perfect lead guitars and some slinky baselines. But God it sucks. Bloated and boring as an album, they're the definition of a greatest hits band.
I’ve obviously heard the title track before but this might be the first time I’ve ever properly paid attention to it. Bloody great song to start off with. Massive drop off for the next song New Kid in Town, didn’t like it whatsoever. I didn’t really get back into the album after that. There were a few songs I liked but nothing that will live long in the memory. Disappointing after such a strong start. Top Track - Hotel California
Still can’t understand the appeal of the eagles. Mediocre songwriting, decent guitars, blah blah blah
Oh, for fuck's sake, not this. I've always hated the title track. There are several dull piano ballads, including one which invents Bryan Adams and another about "the white man's burden" and manifest destiny. There's some irritating blues-rock, including one song that has a ZZ Top style riff with a kind of hybrid disco/country beat. The only song I liked was the second one, which is surely the kind of thing Elliott Smith had in mind when he wrongly dismissed his own 'I Figured You Out' because "it sounds like the fucking Eagles." If only I had just listened to his song for 40 minutes instead of this shit.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ALBUMS THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME. And not in a good way. I thought I liked this album, because I kind of assumed the rest of the album sounded anything like Life in the Fast Lane, which is a jam, or the title track, which is the classicest of classic rock. That was a misapprehension. Cue the Big Lebowski quote.
so god damn boring. and that’s coming from an eagles enthusiast. victim of love is the only notable song besides the obvious one
Pensava seria un album mes de rock. Te es mitic "hotel california" que dona nom a s'album, pero sa sensació final es mehh.
Much like Queen, they’re a band that people seem to love but I’ll genuinely never understand the fascination with them
Gorgeous production and iconic songs but a bit too polished for its own good
I was dreading this and I was right to.
Another album that I feel is on this list because of a single song. Not a bad album like, just beige as fuck hi
*Sigh* These are the albums I was dreading the most I think. The "Dad Rock" staples. Does this belong on the list? I guess. It's absurd popularity guarantees that. On musical merit? No, not really. Unless you're that high on Hotel California as a track. After the conclusion of the title track there's a lot of mediocrity and downright corny country-blues-rock. I know a lot of people love "Life in the Fast Lane" but it and "Victim of Love" are absolutely grating blues-rock riffing as far as I'm concerned. "Pretty Maids All In a Row" and "Try and Love Again" are melodic, but bland and clichéd. Then the closer "The Last Resort" is another overwrought, inauthentic, ballad to end things on. Generally that's my big issue with Eagles (no "The"). They have an uncanny valley feeling to them. Maybe my awareness that they've long been accused of being poseurs colours my analysis. But damn if you can't just hear it on every track here. They have enough of an ear for melody that they're bound to write a few tracks that make you go "yeah, that sounded good." but there is no interest at all in taking a risk, or doing something genuinely artistic. It's formulaic country-rock, with the edges that earlier, better musicians had shaved off so it can be packaged for mass-consumption. Rock music for people who don't actually like rock music. In-all, a begrudging two stars for an acknowledgement that, yes, some of these songs are catchy, but on the whole, possibly the first listen on the list I've genuinely not enjoyed.
Oh boy…
I'm not an Eagles fan. *insert Big Lebowski joke here*. It's not so much I hate them as I just can't take them seriously. This was cemented even more after Documentary Now spoofed the Eagles and similar California bands with Blue Jean Committee and the making of "Catalina Breeze". It's well-made, but so safe and predictable and pretty boring. It's at one time astonishing that the Eagles are one of the best-selling bands of all time (their Greatest Hits sits at #1 and this album at #4), and at the same time not so surprising that this would appeal to some many people and be so easily marketable. I don't even have too much to say or criticize here, as I just feel so indifferent to it. Maybe it's that I've heard "Hotel California" too many times or that all the slower songs sound the same. "Life in the Fast Lane" is the highlight for me-- that Walsh riff is really fun. I also just feel apathetic to this kind of commentary on California. It's one note. We get it. So it's not as if this is bad or insulting, just uninteresting.
As a teenager & young adult I loved Hotel California the song. Now more matured (in age only) it doesn’t have the same hold it had on me. It’s more of a nostalgic feeling when I hear that song. The rest of the album had a more nauseous feel to it. Extra star for nostalgia
day 22: everyone’s favourite album they’d like the avoid. not sure how this is 2nd highest selling album ever??!?!!?! it’s not bad but it’s really average at best for the era and sound. i’ve never cared for the title track, couple of the other quieter more acousticy ones sound alright tho. the wasted time (reprise) was the best part lol, pure string section which probably wasn’t even the band. try and love again also sounds decent. just more than half the songs boring as shit lol.
Just like the Dude, I hate the fucking Eagles man. I know this album is huge and an all-time classic but to me it can’t decide if it’s gonna be rock ‘n’ roll or soft rock.
Very much a hotel. From the carpets to the bedding to the little bars of soap...
Pretty boring Dad Rock. And I’m a fan of Dad Rock.
Not my thing.
Never noticed the reggae touch on Hotel California. Second song confirms Eagles are not part of the plan. Probably the most aggressively-Boomer music out. Life in the Fast Lane has that bigtime Boomer energy, like a Boomer literally driving in the fast lane in some oversized vehicle at some annoying speed, bumping that shit on their way to Home Depot. I don't haaate Don Henley, or really any of them individually I guess (I was thinking about that Heat Is On song from Bev Hills Cop...I'm mean, it's got a lot of energy), but whatever happens when the Eagles form isn't something I've ever needed or wanted to involve myself with. It's like hanging out with my dad and/or someone my dad would know. Different frequencies, that's all. Probably different political views as well. Be really weird if our political views actually aligned. I'd have to check my damn self. Victim of Love is pretty good. Pretty Maids All in a Row takes forfuckingever. I almost died while listening to it 'cause it nearly took my entire life to listen to it. Try and Love Again is whatever and no one gives shit about this song. The Last Resort also takes forever. I feel like what Henley's lyrics are saying is not actually what the majority of Boomers would choose to hear. What I hear is him basically singing about is how white people came and fucked everyone over all while believing that their path was justified within their particular Christian worldview. What Boomers would hear is the heroic and Jesus-sanctioned realization of what was always rightfully theirs. The lyrics can cut both ways, especially if you're an asshole and actually believe in some type of manifest destiny shit. Kinda interesting how this song shows up on this album and eludes to whatever environmental activism Henley would become involved in later. Still a boring-ass song. Uhh, overall this was exactly the fuck as I expected. Hardcore Boomer shit though. Savagely Boomer.
Meh. Title track is good, that's about it
Ganske middels forutanom tittelsongen.
Not a big Eagles fan. It's good, I guess. Has a very clean and well produced sound. But... meh.
I honestly did not expect to loathe listening to this! I expected kind of "easy listening" dad-rock, and the Eagles are very competent musicians. But... why did it make my soul retreat into my boots? I think how it felt like it had been written and produced in a board-room, sterile, free of any edge or adventure, an going through the motions. It reminded me of my reaction to Steely Dan, but I think this was more of a visceral reaction. Title track is catchy, nothing else merited a listen for me. Couldn't wait for it to end. I give a star as musicianship was great, bass stood out to me. :)
man this one hurt. Hotel California is the only stand-out song, not even because it's even good for the time, overdone radio banger. New Kid in Town is the beach boys copied BADLY. Life in the Fast Lane, Wasted Time, and Victim of Love are all aggressively generic pop rock songs the rest are okay... I really wanted this to be over ASAP
not for me chief
Honestly, there are few albums that generate such a visceral bad feeling for me as Hotel California. When it was released I was not into that genre at all, the hoopla then and now just fill me with The Ick. I'm not an Eagles fan but any other record of theirs would have been listened to, just not this one. Haha
I hate the Big Lebowski, man. But this drops off *hard* after the title track.
This album was a real drag. I think Hotel California was the livliest track on the album, and that song is a real drag.
I don't understand the love for this album, the title track is fine the first few times. None of the other songs stand out.
I fucking hate the eagles, man. But, listening to this all the way through i finally realized what it is, and what they were (which maybe is obvious and I'm just not the right generation to notice). But when I think of this as what all the people who used to be hippies were listening to 10 years later, when they were adults with jobs and kids, it suddenly makes a whole lot more sense why it exists and became so iconic.
The title track is good. The rest is just okay.
Not much there other than the three big songs. Liked Songs Added: Life In The Fast Lane
The song Hotel California is of course the stand-out track on this album, with Life in the Fast Lane a distant second, with nothing else being particularly memorable A great representation of AOR/MOR music from the mid 70's, but for me the harmonies and guitar phrases the Eagles use on this album have not faired well when heard again almost 50 yerars later
Absolutely not in the right mood for this right now, but I don't think it really matters, its just so bland in every single way, the guitars are cheesy the vocals are trash, the title song is ass, just not an enjoyable listen. I feel like it would even have felt dated at the time. Much worse than their other album which was surprisingly alright. Favourite song: try and love again. Overall around 3/10
Classic rock. Expert song writing and beautiful licks
Hotel California is great but then the rest just kinda falls flat in comparison, kind of like with Making Plans for Nigel by XTC you can tell they worked their hardest one that one song and made an album to supplement it.
Det verkar som att det finns en bra anledning till varför man bara har hört Hotel California. Resten är kass country/meatloaf whatever. Ärligt talat är albumet 1/5 men Hotel California låter den bli 2/5 antar jag
The hits are definitely hits, but then songs like “Wasted Time” feel like, well, wasted time. And there are more wasted time moments than hits.
The title track was better before Don told people it wasn’t specifically about heroin. All in all, there’s a couple of ok tracks but this is just kinda annoying.
It was just ok.
Mostly harmless
Since they stole my fucking Creedence I have to settle for this
I just don't think I'm a fan of the Eagles lmao. Not quite to the level of that one quote from the Big Lebowski, but yeah nothing really caught my ear. And speaking of The Big Lebowski, I much prefer the Gipsy Kings' cover of "Hotel California" (and how it was used in the movie) than the original.
Have you seen the "History of the Eagles" documentary? Highly recommended. Anyway, it's the f&#$ing Eagles. I don't know. They're not very good, but also, they're awesome?
Pas très intéressant à part le classique Hotel California, un genre de mix country et pop rock que j'aime pas tant.
It's the eagles, it's kinda slow and sad. Also kinda monotonous. Pairs well with day drinking or driving an old car where it's the tape permanently stuck in the deck.
I love the title track obviously, and The Last Resort was a great closer, quite beautiful. Life in the Fast Lane feels like the band letting loose, but what comes out is a fairly bland, edgeless rock song. Some of the others (Wasted Time, Victim of Love, Pretty Maids in a Row) are almost criminally dull. I will fully admit I do not get the hype.
It's too much. Everything about this Album is too much. It is too overproduced for a solid Rock record, too boring to be remembered (except for two tracks), too many recorded tracks on most of the songs and the lyrics are too bad. They can thank Big Lebowski, that they are still around. A meme, that's what it is. Fav: Life in the fast lane
I couldn't bring myself to listen to this
I was expecting to like this but mostly I was just really bored and my eyes hurt from rolling!
I cannot for the life of me understanding the fuss over this albu.. Completely unremarkable apart from track 1, which saves it from a 1-star rating. If this "capturures the shifting zeitgeist of the 70s" they should have left it the fuck alone.
Hotel California is a classic, but most of the rest of this album is a snooze
the rest of the album is so forgettable i cant lie
I had never felt so heard as when Jeff Bridges, playing the Big Lebowski, uttered the line, “I hate the fucking Eagles.“ I thought I was the only person on earth who didn’t think they were some sort of sublime musical genius. With the exception of a couple of tunes, “Life in the Fast Lane” among them (though it goes on way too long and has 200% more lyrics than necessary), their sappy, slow, sensitive Cal-boy aesthetic turns my stomach. I know that’s a little much, they can sing real pretty, can’t deny their harmonies, but in service to the music they make, I find it aggravating beyond any rational response. Don Henley strikes me as being a colossal douche.
You know how dog people start resembling their pets in looks and personalities? That happens with spouses in some cases in terms of musical taste. While I was never completely averse to the Eagles even though "Hotel California" is the same trite level as "The Weight" in my book. But after so many years with Andre, I gotta admit I stand with him and The Dude. It's not HATE but it sure ain't love or respect. bland.
Radek hates this very passionately so put of solidarity so do I. He also backed up his comments well. (I kinda liked it and hotel california slaps but idk if id go back to any of it).
Not a fan of this kind of music, didn't like the guitars.
My heart sank when this showed up for #2
Don't love most of the songs. Obviously HC is awesome.
I sure like guitars.
Couple good songs. Couple of stars.
Some classic songs here but overall I'm just kinda bored by Eagles. Everything sounds the same.
The Eagles themselves sum up this album. You can never leave. Or that's how it feels for 43 very long and arduous minutes. They aren't a bad band, they aren't a horrible band. They are a supremely boring band.
Bit of a conundrum of a band. They are a talented group of musicians and they are rightfully usually praised for their harmonies. But, they put out some pretty average songs. This album is no different and even with a couple of famous tunes, the album as a whole just kind of falls flat. 2.5/5 Won't listen again.
completely falls off after the first three songs
Kind of boring
The Eagles suck. I grew up with my Dad pumping a greatest hits in the car, which actually contain no songs from this album... I knew from the intro to the title track that this would be awfully drawn out. Look, I get Hotel California's place in rock music, but track two was back to that country sound that would burn a hole in my ear while driving to Orienteering events on Sunday between 1998-2002 (before I got my own Discman). Life in the Fast lane, 70s rock, eh... Not particularly inspired or interested. Shocking lyrics. It sounds like a lame attempt at ZZtop (but perhaps it's the other way around, I don't know the 70s that well!). Wasted Time speaks for itself, waste of time (clever, Dan!) and it really doesn't need a reprise. A nice classical score, but not beneficial to a bland record. Coincidentally, probably my favourite track (the reprise, that is!). I skipped through 'Victim of Love' 3 bars in... Just struck me as everything wrong with 70s rock. Pretty Maids All in a Row, I actually quite enjoyed the quiet intro (way to be innovative, Eagles!). I actually thought it was Dave Dobbyn singing briefly. But as soon as the flange/phaser guitar came through on a lounge piano I lost interest. The penultimate track had a nice riff and a pleasant melody. Felt like one of the more enjoyable tracks for me going in blind (or deaf in this case?) until that ghastly Eagles vocal 'Oooh' harmony came in. If I remember correctly, that was a staple of my Dad's greatest hits CD. Some redeeming features in the guitar playing, the nice kind of flashy, decent arpeggios. And, I love a stop in a song! So perhaps this is the winner on my 1001 best songs from my 1001 albums... Disappointed that they ended with a piano ballad. But then the prog synth came in and I could sense the build up. However, the reward was not there. I love an epic ending, this one fell short. Ironic as the Album title track would have been a better closer. Did I hate the album? No. It's something I could have on in the background at a dinner party. Turned down low, and I would probably make it clear to everyone else that someone else had picked the music. But, I went in with opinions and attitudes to begin with, so that one is on me. Dan's review number 1 (21/07/25) Hotel California - two stars.
This album is like when you’re five years old and your parents are having a party at home. Things start great because there is music playing, you’re allowed one soft drink, and several people are here and they seem excited to talk to you about your toy car collection. The night goes downhill quickly though, as your parents send you to bed early on in the party. You lie in bed and can hear the general murmur of a party, and it stops you from drifting off to a more enjoyable sleep.
Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the f@#king Eagles, man!
Only a couple good songs and a lot of boring ones
EFF THE EFFING EAGLES MAN!
ten album... jest
I have never liked the song Hotel California which was the only song I knew on the album and the best song on the album. A couple other songs sounded familiar, but I didn’t know them. I was just waiting for this album to end.
Joe Walsh=cool Don Henley=lame Therefore the Eagles average out to meh.
Every song is too long
Life in the Fast Lane is the highlight of the album. Wasted Time (Reprise) feels wasted on this album as it's a very good song, but I'll never listen to this record again.
Title track aside, I wasn’t familiar. This album is front loaded, and painfully goes downhill after track 3. Beige country rock. Good for what it is. I’m aware it’s a very successful album, but upon hearing it in its entirety it’s surprising that it is. Ruined my drive home.
Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the f***in' Eagles, man!
Listened to this as a teenager, not an Eagle's fan anymore
I like some Eagles stuff, but not likely to listen again, have heard it many times before.
Don Henley went on to make some music I like. This, though, is painful.
Tepid and soulless. Nothing really offensive here. 2 Stars.
I'm on record as sharing the opinion of The Dude when it comes to the Eagles. It's hard for me to give an unbiased opinion of this album when all of the hits have been jammed into my ears endlessly for the last 50 years. This is the first I've heard some of the non-single tracks, and it becomes obvious why these were not singles. At least they let Joe Walsh sing one.
One of the greatest opening songs of all time. But outside of that, to quote The Dude: “I hate the fucking Eagles, man.”
Standouts Hotel California Life in the Fast Lane
Meh 2.5
milquetoast to the nth degree
Ok boomer.
My god, these songs are so utterly, profoundly lame that it's almost disturbing. On paper, it's all there, but the whole thing feels so plastic it almost becomes an uncanny valley imitation of human soul and emotions. The title track is a classic, who am I to deny it - but with each track afterwards, any semblance to the fire that ignites raw creativity and passion fades further and further from view. I'm so glad punk happened the very next year.
One classic song, followed by a decent song, followed by a load of rubbish
It's loses pacing in the middle, but is bookended by two very solid songs.
There are bands that play a style of music because that is what they are most passionate about. Then there others that just do what's popular. The eagles are the latter. Competent but fairly soulless 2.5*
I hate the Eagles and this album deepened the hate.
Hotel California (the song) is a classic that though isn't my weapon of choice most days, still has my respect. It's by the best song on the album compared to the rest. I think the problem I have with the deep cuts on this album is that there's ideas and bits that I dig but the execution isn't for me. As a result, this tends to be a massive mixed bag of boring rock ballads that I don't care much for. I can understand why old dads eat this kind of stuff up, but as for a young college kid like myself, it's not something I would return to. The title track will always be iconic and the rest will always be the rest. This is an album meant to be commercial and it shows (4/10, 2/5 on this scale)
A killer title track which everyone has heard a thousand times, followed by other songs that pale in comparison but are totally fine, if a bit bland at times. The album tracks don’t pop but make for easy listening. Nothing to get mad about!
It's a question as old as Hotel California itself: What *is* Hotel California? Is it purgatory? Is it addiction? If you ask me, I'd say it's a 1976 studio LP by American rock band Eagles. With that out of the way, I can't say this was truly terrible, I just really don't care about Eagles. I mean, to list some positives, the title track is really great, yes its kind of played out, but it really is sort of an all-timer. Evocative lyrics and a hell of a guitar solo seal the deal, but I don't have to tell you this, you have definitely heard this song. While I don't agree with the seemingly extremely common belief that this is the only good song on the album, I think the gap between it and second place, Victim of Love, is noteworthy. Victim of Love is a pretty good rock song, it's catchy and driving and whatnot, it's just no Hotel California. Aside from this, Pretty Maids All in a Row is a pretty decent ballad, but the rest of the album just doesn't really do it for me. Eagles hit a kind of perfect commercial rock sweet-spot on this, as far as generating hits goes, but it's just not a formula that I think results in a particularly interesting album.
I could insert the Big Lewbowski quote here, but I’ve been beaten to it by many other middle aged men.
prvu pjesmu svi znamo, ostale dosta odudaraju od nje i, premda su pristojne, teško da će ikoga oboriti s nogu
[before listening] ah SHIT! well. 6 albums before i rolled Dad Rock, not a bad streak for a list as weighed down by that sort of rockist pap as this one. i'll give it a fair shake but none of the big hits do much for me. [after listening] yeah this is boring, insipid and mediocre deserves to be one of the 1001? hahaha no
I wish this album didn’t have some halfway decent songs, because I really don’t like the eagles. That said, the Gypsy Kings version of Hotel California is far superior, but I have to give these jerks credit for writing it. Also, I really don’t like this yacht rock crap either.
Wouldn't you know, I wrote an undeservedly long review for this one (mostly about how I didn't know there were *two* Dons in the Eagles, one being Henley (no direct relation to the shirt) and one being some guy I've never heard of, yet somehow neither is Don McLean (who I like fine, by the way)) and my computer restarted and I lost it. But that's fine because the Eagles are bad. My main points: - This is 70s country to me and IDK why everyone (wiki) calls it straight-up rock. - Vocalist ranking (based on these songs): Meisner > Frey > Walsh > Henley - Hotel California is probably my favorite Eagles song, but I still dislike it very much. Perhaps if they weren't as overplayed as they are, I'd give this a 3, but it is very overplayed and I've been hating the Eagles for a long time, so I give it a 2. Maybe I'm starting to get freer with the 2s. If there's another Eagles album (god forbid), maybe it'll be a 1!!
Everybody’s always wondering how this is the greatest selling band of all time. No seriously, everybody is wondering that. It’s one non sensual single and a bunch of filler. How did they bamboozle so many people? It remains a mystery.
Grotendeels overbodige plaat.
This album is 1 good guitar solo and the most mid margaritaville soundtrack. There are two good songs hotel California and surprisingly the best on the album, Try and Love Again. Life in the fast lane continues to be the worst song written. Overall didn’t change my opinion of the eagles. Incredibly overrated and just okay. 5/10
It was okay. 'Hotel California' is nice. Not impressed overall.
I just can't with this band- either I like it or immediately tune it out.
2-ply super soft bullshit. And dude, Red Man is not the preferred nomenclature. Native Americans, please
If I'd never heard any of these songs before, I'd appreciate this album a whole lot more. As it is, after hearing Hotel California for the ten thousandth time it just doesn't have the same effect. Guess that's why it makes the list: iconic sound, tracks that spawn generations of fans, and just not something I'm gonna smoke in my pipe that often.
All songs sound the same Mid at best Folk not rock by any means. Hotel California is the o ly thing holding this down
I did appreciate the yacht rock elements of it because I love yacht rock but wow the eagles are really not for me. And also one of my least favorite people in middle school was obsessed with the title track so I might be biased but idc this sucked
If all the songs approached the quality of the title track amd a few others, this would have been a strong 3. But, too much of it is too middling. You can see why their Greatest Hits album is their best selling album
It's amazing how familiar most of this is for how much I dislike it.
And who doesn't like THIS album? This is like Springsteen, if you don't love it you're a red commie who enjoys killing puppies, right? I'm paying attention, and tracking reviews...
Ok
Some dad rock can be good for the soul, but most of these songs are too slow for my liking.
It's not good when the words I would use to describe the overall texture of the album are 'hollow', 'monotone', or 'shrill'. It's funny because I actually think there are some decent ideas here from a music-writing standpoint (wasted time, pretty maids all in a row), conflating my final score to something like 1.6. But the whiny voice, lazy bass and boring guitar riffs lead me to believe that nobody in the band seems to have the talent or range to explore these ideas.
They are technically skilled, and the highlights for me are the times the guitars duel, like at the end of Hotel California. But everything screams corniness for me. I prefer more punk-laden social commentary, not this.
Can't hear the Eagles without thinking of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JlmvtAHhnc Anyway, the title track suffers from its success, but unlike Paranoid or other heavily-played tracks, it's harder for me to see its virtues. Dunno why. Still okay, but it wasn't starting from high bar. Don't think I've heard the rest of this album. Don't think I like it much. I'm not opposed to dramatic schmalzy stuff but this really doesn't do it for me much. This is just very boring. They take the most boring of country and fuse in some of the most uninspired rock. 1.5 stars, rounding to 2. This was bad in a nothing way, rather than the offensively awful GNR. But this and Van Halen have similarities in quality.
Fortunately, unlike the Hotel California, you can leave the Hotel California album. There are two good songs on this album, the title track and Life in the Fast Lane, so this gets one star for each of those.
Nope.
Title song is amazing rock storytelling. But the rest didn’t resonate with me
Bo-ring
Less than 24 hours later and I can’t remember anything about this album.
Never cared for The Eagles or this album in particular