Reviews (page 13 of 15)
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.
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
One good song.
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
Good
I like prog-adjacent jazzy dad rock, but i also hate country. Hotel california starts strong, but then nosedives into country-esque dad rock. It threatens to get interesting again but it doesn't really hit the mark. I liked the last resort though and Hotel California is a classic.
Hard to find to listen to so may not have got a fair shake.
I thought I might like this album better than my pre-conceived notion that I didn’t, but I was wrong. It’s pretty awful. The three hits that open the album have always been annoying to me, although the title track has a Steely Dan reference (They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast). The other “hit” (Victim of Love) is meh. The Joe Walsh penned track “Pretty Maids All in a Row” was decent, though. The Eagles have two great songs in their catalog, Already Gone, a rocker that has great guitar work (but they didn’t write it) and I Can’t Tell You Why, an achingly beautiful ballad with a lead vocal by co-writer Timothy B. Schmidt (also in Poco, a great country-rock band).
Very melodic, reasonably calm, nothing intense or heavy. Victim of Love was probably my favourite. Not the biggest fan, felt a bit boring, but liked all songs enough to add them to a playlist.
just listen to the title track and you are done with this album. 1/5
Moments of bite, but an ever-present overtone of boredom.
me and Lebowski are on the same page with this band.
This is a protest rating, the album is fine but I would like Frank Ocean to be able to put Nostalgia ULTRA on streaming services and for the HHGTTG vinyl to be able to use the actual theme song not that shite Tomita-sounding (in a bad way) midi version
Just like the debut, two great singles (Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane) and a middling single (New Kid in Town) surrounded by awful to middling tracks. At least this album felt like it went by quick despite multiple songs dragging on way too long. Wasted Time felt like it wasted my time, and the reprise was wholly inconsequential. Pretty Maids All in a Row had awful singing, and The Last Resort was about 4 minutes too long. The Eagles are a singles band. Don't ever bother with whole albums, just listen to their greatest hits records.
Pretty meh record for me, it was anything but special and hotel california itselg felt like a drag listening back to it. Overall a pretty lackluster record with no real big depth or instrumentally anything big for me, don't get me wrong its fine to listen to, but it just isn't something that imprssed me, I liked certain tracks and thats it. Favorite track: try and love again. Overall score: 4.8/10
put the två stjärnor in the bag
jeff lebowski is correct
"Hotel California" is obviously such a classic and actually I had a lot of misgivings about it but I really like it's catchy and I love the harpsichord vibe you can have in it and with a good solo guitar. "New Kid In Town" is BORIIIIING, I mean it just sounds like every other cheesy rock songs back from those days but nothing catchy or cool in this one. "Life in the Fast Lane" is good, with a really good guitar riff which they keep during the entire song. There was also a really good bridge. "Wasted Time" again a cheesy song but this time the vocals are pretty good and the lyrics as well. The piano and the drums are working pretty nicely in together for once not too much guitars which was good. The end of the album wasn't bad but nothing really tremendous sadly. To conclude, not a bad album but not a good one either, too cheesy and boring sometimes, who am I to judge but well yeah that's not so good clearly.
Turgid album
Hotel California is a great song. One of the best, in my opinion. After that, I really lost interest in this album.
This album smells like chlorine and piss.
Ultimately this is a miss, but this album is REALLY funny. Like "Wasted Time" is such a dull, interminable song, but then they begin the B-side with a string reprise of it? That's funny. There's also some good instrumentation, mostly on the title track but here and there on other tracks
5/10 https://youtu.be/-JlmvtAHhnc?si=dREm-vFXzf1y500a
Baffling decision to follow up one of the best songs ever written with music that sounds like it was written to be in the background of barbecue YouTube videos. Last song is good though.
La verdad no me gusta Eagles, tiene algun que otro buen tema nomas.
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin Eagles, man
OK! I get the idea. I can't really say there's anything wrong with the music itself, but it all starts to feel familiar, except for the title track, which is of course unique and landmark for a reason...
this sure do be an eagles album. 2.45 stars
I don't hate the Eagles quite as much as the Dude does, but their main value is as parody fodder with such classics as Life on the Fault Line. And who could forget that they made the song Hotel California so that the Moog Cookbook could give the world the most brilliantly demented cover of all time.
Listening to Hotel California is my Hotel California. I feel trapped and unable to leave. They are undoubtedly good musicians. But this is cheesy and the music is overplayed. If I never heard the song Hotel California again in my life I could die happy.
The Eagles have several jams (Lyin Eyes, I Can’t Tell You Why, etc.); alas, they are not to be found on this album. Love a singing drummer, although Don is a prick.
Ballads are straight 70s cheese, hits are good but hard to listen with having heard them 10000 times. Still, undeniable talent and quality music. Would be better with Screaming Man Chorus.
Surprisingly pretty good. I still hate the fuckin Eagles though.
Was lukewarm on their self-titled but I just don’t care one iota about this one.
I've only heard one song from this album before (you can guess which one) so I knew what sort of vibe it will have. The album was alright but also nothing stood out to me. Didn't have a bad time listening to it though, so I can't say it was bad. Just not spectacular. 2/5
Did the song Hotel California propel this into the talk of best album of all time? This album is a lot weaker than I thought it was going to be. I thought banger after banger was going to finger bang my ears when I pressed play. It’s been the complete opposite actually. The album just plods along with mostly half slow tempo songs. I take nothing great out of this album. Maybe this is the Eagles and I just haven’t realized that until now but if you take their hits and compare it to this album, you’d be very disappointed. Choice cut: Hotel California
I have not really listened to Eagles much. Hotel California is still sounds strong even after repeated exposure. The rest of the album is pretty bland nostalgia tinged American dad rock that did not float my boat.
Not terrible but not great either
The more rocky songs were decent, but the slower ballady are very boring and by the end that’s all that’s left.
I lowkey wasn't listening because I was coding. Hotel California lmao.
It's hard to be subjective when listening to Hotel California. The whole thing is so overplayed. It could be a work of genius. I'm just sick of hearing it. I still like Joe Walsh though.
1976 was something of a musical wasteland - the excitement of glam rock was gone, leaving only pomp rock, seedy disco and novelty songs while we waited for punk. This album is solid Dad Rock, and the first 3 tracks will be familiar to anyone who has ever heard one of those Jeremy Clarkson’s Driving Songs compilation tapes that you used to see in garages in the 80s. The hits are too well worn and the non hits aren’t that thrilling either. Snooze-tastic!
I actually knew only the title track, that is not that bad but too well worn. The rest of the album is lenghty dad rock. This album by itself is a good justification of punk rock; I would gladly have smashed their disc with my Dr Martens out of boredom.
Generally inoffensive, but not my style. Too radio-friendly American 'rock'.
Ooooh, Witch-ay Woman!
This is just... how do I rate this?! It feels like it transcends rating.
Best Song: Hotel California. Despite being overplayed, this song still feels like a perfect match of interesting storytelling, great lyricism, and wonderful guitar work. Worst Song: The Last Resort. A cringe finale to end it all off. Overall: Nothing in the rest of the album comes anywhere close to approaching the heights of the opening track. Technically proficient, but it still feels soulless to me.
hotel california and a bunch of mid shit
Hotel California is one of the most overrated albums in the pop/rock canon. One masterpiece track and two other pretty good songs do not make up for the other severely self-indulgent destinations of drivel the band decides to go. This record is pompous without having anything to back that attitude up. The most memorable things about this record for me would be that it feels remarkably plastic and repulsively unsexy (especially when Don Henley actively tries to make things “sexy”). Undeserved, self-aggrandizement and self-bloviation. Oh, and some DAMN good vocal harmonies too. 4/10
The title track is one of the most overplayed, overrated popular songs in history. The rest of the album isn’t much better.
classic, but a lil boring highlights: hotel california, wasted time, pretty maids all in a row
Я знал, кто такие Eagles до того, как узнал про Джизаса. Главный хит группы я слышал раньше песен местной эстрады. И как бы я не хотел сказать "хуйня и кринж", это песня несется через всю мою жизнь и дает комфорт и постоянство, которого иногда очень не хватает. Альбом норм, но это не моя музыка. Лучшая песня - Hotel California.
I feel bad about this review because I couldn’t hear it very well.
sanded balsa
eh
Title track is a classic for a reason. Of course it has been played to a pulp, but that doesn't really detract from its many qualities. But the rest is not interesting enough at all. Ballad after ballad starts to feel like eating sugar cubes; sickly sweet but lacking any contrasting flavour. I mean, it's not technically bad but sometimes uninteresting is worse.
Wouldn’t purposefully listen to this album ever again. Mostly boring. The songs I already knew weren’t necessarily welcome because I’d never really liked them. The songs I didn’t know all sounded the same.
this is straight elton john
yes the title track bangs but everything afterwards is so bland
It was as if Joe Walsh was like, “hey check out all the cool stuff I can do” but then Hotel California ended and they decided, let’s play Life in the Fast Last and a bunch of boring slow jams. 2 stars
Except for the title track (excellent), it’s a middle of the road snore-fest that drags and drags and drags. Felt like hours long.
I don't know, man. Sure, Hotel California. But did they have to make everything sound so damn cheesy?
Some of the biggest dicks in pop music, trying to be as limp as possible.
Hmm. I really wasn't expecting to dislike this one, but here we are. Honestly, a bit of a drag. The title song is a staple in my country and it is always played shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve. Honestly, it's the main thing saving this album from 1 star. Life in the Fast Lane is decent too.
It’s been a long night and I hate the f*cking Eagles, man
Not for me
Hotel california is good, the rest blah
Its fine. I wouldn’t put it on myself but you can tell who they’ve influenced over the years. Drummer sounds like he’s playing on pillows and wine glasses.
New Kid in Town makes me want to poke my eardrums out with a pencil. I hate the fucking Eagles, man!! Joe Walsh is the only saving grace on this album. 2.0
Hyvästä soitannasta huolimatta tää ei vaan ikinä oo toiminu mulle
‘Hotel California’ is a super difficult album for me to rate and review. I don’t dislike this album, but I also don’t love it. To get the good stuff out of the way: the title track and ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ are hits for a reason. The former is an absolute classic with one of the most infectious chorus’ ever put to tape, paired with phenomenal melodic guitar work to finish things up. ‘Life In The Fast Lane’, meanwhile, is just balls out rock ‘n’ roll; fun and simple. In general the tracklist is pleasant, listenable, and accessible; and there’s a couple of surprisingly strong ballads. ‘Pretty Maids All In A Row’ and ‘The Last Resort’ are well worth a listen as it’s where the band truly flex their skill at arrangements and Don Henley’s smooth vocals really shine. The problem I have with this album is that I just don’t see, or hear, what makes it so special or as highly revered as it is. The 70’s is an absolutely STACKED decade in terms of artists and bands who made some of the most influential music of our time. And I can’t help but feel that ‘Hotel California’ may have been as “Mall Dad Rock” back then as it is now (just to be clear, I am a late 80’s baby - so I’m making a broad assumption here). The impression I get is that this album lives off the reputation of its commercial success (and its singles), rather than any kind of influence or shift it may or may not potentially have had on the music industry. So in probably one of my more controversial moves I’m giving this album a 2, despite the fact I mostly enjoyed it at surface level. Because it feels like a band concerned with checking off a list of what will sell instead of crafting a project out of genuine, meaningful inspiration.
Well, I knew what I was going to get
To quote Jeff Lebowski “I fucking hate The Eagles, man!” Just a juiceless album. No edge. Striving for profundity but missing the mark (The Last Resort feels almost like a parody). Begrudgingly giving it two stars because the title track is iconic and listenable, but the rest is pure dreck.
for the two things that you should listen to. could i write poetry to this? n
Hotel California and The Last Resort are great songs. Sandwiched between them is everything I hate about 70s rock.
Vitun pliisu
Hotel california is a good song, but man is it overplayed. The rest of this album is a snoozefest of dad rock. 2* mainly because hotel california.
Competent schmalz-rock balladeering. Goes in one ear and out the other, signifying very little that I can discern.
This is the album equivalent of when you're in high school and you are making a happy birthday banner for your friend but you don't space out the letters beforehand so you get overconfident and start with a huge H before quickly realizing that you're going to run out of room on the banner and all the other letters are going to be really small and ugly and won't come out anywhere near as cool as that first Letter. That guitar solo is pretty great though.
I feel like most people stop listening to this after the first three songs. The fourth song called Wasted Time aptly describes the rest of the album. I don’t like the Eagles. Hotel California is a good song.
Never heard this before today. Lotsa radio hits on side one, but side two struggled to hold my attention, not unlike an unsuccessful mindfulness meditation session. Never been a fan of their sound or hits but grudgingly respect the tune Hotel California. There is a small lyrical fight going on in it that amuses me - "They stab it with their steely knives" was apparently a reference to Steely Dan, to get back at them for their "Turn down the Eagles, the neighbors are listening..." I would love to learn the story of how Joe Walsh joined this band for this album. When I listen to the James Gang I do not hear anything that suggests he would be a good fit for this outfit.
To quote The Big Lebowski, "Fuck the Eagles.".
Je bent jong, je koopt een platenspeler, en bij je eerste haul zit 'Hotel California'. Een scenario waar ik het slachtoffer van was, en die voor velen bekend zal aanvoelen. Eagles is zo'n band die werkt als een soort raam, waardoor je als tiener een blik kan werpen op 'oude' muziek (lees: papa rock). Op zich heb ik daar dan wel weer goede herinneringen aan, en ben ik in zekere zin door dat raam geklommen om m'n eigen weg in die muziek era te vinden. Het begin van deze plaat valt daardoor extra lekker, en de smooth rock van 'New Kid In Town', na de classic titelsong, belandde helemaal in goede aarde. In tijden niet gehoord, en de herinneringen maken het voor mij de highlight van ''Hotel California''. Het verval in het middenstuk, tot en met de staart van het album, is daarentegen significant. En uiteindelijk blijf ik toch vooral van mening dat ik blij ben dat ik verder ben gaan kijken dan deze overwegend fletse band. 6/10 Highlights: Hotel California New Kid In Town
Je bent jong, je koopt een platenspeler, en bij je eerste haul zit 'Hotel California'. Dan ga je maar alle Eagles platen sparen, want die zijn goedkoop. Een scenario waar ik het slachtoffer van was, en die voor velen bekend zal aanvoelen. Ik deel dan ook volledig de review van Youri. Een mooie ingang tot veel betere muziek. Overigens schaam ik me niet voor de Eagles platen in m'n kast. De eerste vier platen best lekkere countryrock en americana platen. Desperado een prachtig klein nummer. De plaat Hotel California bevat echter teveel ordinaire rock-ballads. Die te zoet en vaak te uitgespannen zijn. Ook al is de samenzang soms prachtig (Try and Love again), het is te soft. Hun beste werk lag achter hun, hopelijk mogen we daar nog een plaatje van recensenten binnenkort. 5,5/10 Highlights New Kid in Town Try and Love Again The Last Resort (vooruit, toch wel mooi)
Hotel California is excellent..... the rest didn't hold me
I think I fell asleep.
Pretty dull.
this was my first cassette tape!
i feel like this isnt my genre a bit too slow i need more energy from my music its only the 4th song lord hurry up why am i so disrespectful what is wrong with me i get the vision though its good i feel like i would like it if i was the target audience but im not my favorite song: i didnt really like any of them
It’s actually been a while since I last listened to Eagles. Doesn’t feel nearly as long as it’s been though. That’s probably because I’ve put more thought into every other form of music I listen to over this band. I actually didn’t hate their debut album. I reviewed it quite positively. Some people would say more positively than it deserves. But once I finished the album, and woke up the next day, I completely put it behind me. Simply because even if I found it enjoyable, there was very little that was actually noteworthy about it. And that seems to be a common theme across the rest of their catalog. At least to those who don’t like their music very much. A comment I made in that first review seems funny to me now. I mentioned how this band never seemed to be that popular from a critic viewpoint. Hotel California, on the other hand, completely destroys that claim. People simply won’t shut the fuck up about how good this is. This is everybody and their mother’s favorite 70s pop rock album. What do I think? If I were to devise a list of the most overrated and unnecessarily hyped up records ever, this would belong near the top of the list. This doesn’t have any right to be lauded as much as it is. The same people that drool over this will try to convince you that Rush is a shitty rock band. It has a decently strong start. The title track is obviously very well known, and not necessarily bad. But I’ll also never take anybody who claims it has the best guitar solo ever seriously. But other than Life in the Fast Lane, it’s all downhill from there. This album goes back and forth between sounding like two things. Either it’s some of the most unoriginal pop rock ever, or they are trying way too hard to sound like Elton John. Like really lackluster Elton John imitation songs. This is an album that I had to actively force myself to pay attention to. Anything mildly interesting that was going on in the debut is mostly gone. These songs also feel like they take a lifetime just to get over with. I can’t see the appeal. And I’m really not sure where all of the love is coming from. But music is subjective for this exact reason. Rating: 4/10
Hotel California, the song, is a timeless classic. Hotel California, the album, is an unnecessary drag.
Bangers: Hotel California ( i love its creepiness) Life in the Fast Lane (Joe Walsh's guitar mostly) I wasn't really in a 70s rock mood on this day.
They didn’t clean the sheets
I fuckin' hate the Eagles, man, but Life in the Fast Lane alone keeps it out of the basement. That song has the goods.
ohhhh shit! I get it now!!! "The Last Resort" is supposed to mirror "Hotel California" because a resort is like a hotel............fuck.
Meh, the Eagles have a couple of good songs that just happen to be on this album. I'll give them 1 star for each good song on the album.
I always love when an album like this has an absolutely banger opening and then the rest of the album sounds nothing like it.
Maybe I have heard the Eagles too often, but outside of Hotel California there is not a lot on this album. I really cannot like the whole album
Softer and less engaging than I expected. How is this band playing this fear?
Look, there are two good songs on this record. The rest is just boring. I’m astounded this album sold so many copies. I’m not an Eagles hater, I do like some of their music. I just don’t get the high level of hype. The title track is a classic.
I just don't think I'm a Eagles fan unfortunately. I like Hotel California alright and Life in the Fast Lane and New kid in Town were ok, but the rest of the album was comprised mainly of ballads that just didn't do it for me. I think as an album its not as an enjoyable of a listen as its lead song is. I did think the production was very good though.
meh
Oh god do I have to? There is a precipitous drop off in energy and interest after the 3rd track. Those 3, all the singles, are not representative of the remaining 6 (actually 5 since one is a “Reprise” of another track ). Really expected more from a best selling album of its time. Wasted time indeed.
Utter 💩 1 extra star for not being steely dan
A come off good songs, but I just don't like it much.
Hotel California 3.5 New Kid in Town 2.3 Life in the Fast Lane 2.4 Wasted Time 2 Wasted Time (Reprise) 1.8 Victim of Love 1.9 Pretty Maids All in a Row 1.7 Try and Love Again 1.5 The Last Resort 1.4 Score: 2.055555556
mid
Hotel California is a classic song but none of the others on the album really matched it for me.
Alright.
I should really dislike this and all that it stands for. But the songs are strong. It's hard to dismiss it easily. I never want to hear the title song ever again though.
The absolute epitome of style without substance. I got sick of hearing these guys back in the day and that hasn't changed.
tja... eerste nummer is goed, tweede redelijk en de rest is bagger
Would be a 1 without hotel california..
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 CA the song is great. Rest of album? Nope.
boring
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.
The dude hates the Eagles, man.
hotel art for 70s rock
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.
In typical Eagles fashion, there are 2 absolute bangers, and the rest of the album is mediocre or boring.
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.
I'm with the Dude on this one
ehhhhh
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.
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.
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
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.
Not my kind of music
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.
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