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3.5 outta 5
6/10
classic for a reason!
excellent album
Favourite songs: Hotel California, New Kid In Town & The Last Resort. I liked the lyrics and the storytelling, but with the exception of the above songs, their melodies were lost on me. Overall: 6,5/10
Rumors and Hotel California were released in the same year. Goddamn.
Great album only not perfect for me
Kleine carry van hotel california, maar buiten dat om een heerlijk album
7/10. The Eagles don't have much of a range of sound, but the sound they do have is good. Unless you get them stuck in the tape deck or something
I’m struck by how much this felt like a Steely Dan album. Even though the lyrics and music are comparatively lacking in complexity, there’s something to be said about the clean production and general disdain for California. 8/10
Great album start to finish. It may go out of favor over time but I genuinely feel it deserves to be considered for top 50 or 100 albums of all time. And it lost to Rumours at the Grammys for album of the year so, while we're at it, lets throw Fleetwood Mac into that category as well.
We all can check out anytime we want but we can never leave. We're always bombarded with the Eagles music. They're great at selling boring music for the masses.
6/9 needs more
I've definitely heard of The Eagles and some of their music. However, I’ve never paid close attention, so I didn’t realize until now how much Hotel California, the song, sounds very reggae-influenced. I wonder if that was by design. New Kid in Town and Life in the Fast Lane are decent. The latter being more appealing to me than the former. I’m not a big rock music fan, but this is the kind I’d listen to when/if I felt like listening. Or at least, I thought it was until Wasted Time came on. Nothing wrong with it, but I don’t know how I feel about rock ballads. I associate rock with high energy so Wasted Time didn’t resonate with me. But never fear. We came right back with Victim of Love and that guitar riff. A real head-knocker. But then, we’re hit with another ballad – Pretty Maids All in a Row. I didn’t need it, but I didn’t dislike it as much as Wasted Time. Try and Love Again is a nice midtempo track, and then we end with The Last Resort, another ballad, which has a distinctly country vibe. Once again, I prefer high energy, fast tempo rock, but in all, Hotel California is a good album. I can see why it’s one of the 1001 albums to hear before you die.
Qué lindo tema New Kid in Town!
Ran into more rights BS with this one, a surprise, with most of the album unavailable to stream. Some exclusive deal with another service? Fallout of the chronic lawsuit issues the band and its members are embroiled in? I cobbled a playlist together out of live tracks and near misses and called it sufficient. It's, you know, Eagles. I'm not too sophisticated to enjoy these classics among classic rock, but don't find much to say about it.
Such a great album, a classic. But then again it WAS 1976
The guitar, singing, and lyrics work so well together. Fun and easy listening.
this was a very good listen i had only listened to hotel california which was obviously good but the other songs were good too. nice sounding music, nice vocals. good composition. enjoyed.
First 3 tracks are belters, gets middle aged really fast after that
Cool
Side A is absolutely perfect. Side B didn’t reach the same heights and a couple of the songs didn’t really do it for me but still what a great album. Rating: 4.3
Very pleasant. Surprised how much of it I recognised. Lovely production. Very musical sounding... Felt like The Byrds meets Flying Buritto Bros. It's a little TOO smooth in places. But I liked it.
2 or 3 great tracks, but peaks too early and devolves into some pretty MOR rock
solid
Pure Dad Rock and I’m here for it. The vocals are great from all contributors and it’s impossible not to say the music isn’t great as well. The first half is full of energy that gets kind of lost with the more ballad-focused second half. Added to the playlist: Life in the Fast Lane
Спокойная музыка, не вызывает ни восторга, ни отторжения. Учитывая, что я в прошлых альбомах ставил 4 звезды всякому говну, здесь поставить 4 звезды будет приемлемо.
Take away the title track and no one would even whisper a single word of praise about this
Solid. Title song is definitely the best, but would listen to whole album again.
Starts off really strong, Joe Walsh is a great addition to the Eagles to give them some balls. It doesn't keep up, and by the end you can barely hear the tracks over your own boredom.
Enjoyable classic dad rock, pleasant listen. "Try and Love Again" is underrated, great bassline. Other standout is the iconic title track.
Fuckin hate the eagles man
Well, I tried to check out, but …
Two fantastic songs help bring this album up.
Never really heard any Eagles except Hotel California. Not bad.
Titelspåret är ju en klassiker. Gillade låt 2 också och det gör att skivan får ett medelbetyg.
Solid album. Knew all but one track. The Wasted Time (Reprise) was incredible. The Last Resort is an underrated classic track.
Great overall album with a surprise orchestral piece that was outstanding.
Anyone on here using The Dude quotes in please of an actual review, you know, that’s just like, your opinion man. I mean let’s be real. Are you gonna tell me that Don, Glenn and Joe were a bad group? That’s a tough argument friend. Now are these songs overplayed and over discussed by every Reebok-strapped dad in the country? Sure. But that doesn’t mean they’re bad. Classics get that way for a reason man. But fine. After listening to Hotel California for the 18599276544th time, I’m more sympathetic with The Dude.
5-star hotel (try the pink champagne), 3-star record (you can never leave, nor escape it).
First 3 songs are solid, but then it drops of massively. Pretty weak as a album overall.
I hate it
The eagles 🤷♂️
'Hotel California' and 'Life In The Fast Lane' have a certain nostalgic value and I suppose could be considered guilty (nearly) pleasures. The rest of this mawkish nonsense is music for people who find Steely Dan just a little bit too dangerous.
Awesome album! With life in the fast lane as a personal favorite
Nice Album!
Love the title song, but the rest is quite unremarkable.
Certified dad music. Solid but all a bit too much on the safe side
Classic American rock. Should be in everyone's collection.
Another album that's a victim of its own success. It's been overplayed and it is somewhat overrated. That said, it's still pretty good. The musicianship is there and the songwriting is on point. But it's also kind of depressing and at closer look it's a rather sad album.
It's dad rock, but it's pretty good dad rock. The title track is an iconic 5/5, but the final track, 'The Last Resort', is way too sentimental.
This is pretty dad for a rock.
Good rock music few nice classics In there like the title track and life in the fast lane. First time listening to this album and was surprised how good it was.
Really good stuff!
Lots of good songs if it was the greatest hits would have been 5 stars
I don't think I had ever listened to this whole album before, it's pretty good. I don't think I'd say the was Abad song on here; some were much better than others, but over all quite enjoyable. 4/5
The downside of the album is just how overplayed it is.
It was alright, I don’t have many strong feelings about this album. I don’t think I’ll be listening to it again. 2/5
# 34 : Love 'em or hate 'em this is one Classic album I could listen to again. A band at their peak. Last In The Fast lane
4.5
Välil tulee fiilis että soittaaks kotkat jotain zz top -covereita, mutta kaikenkaikkiaan aika kiva. Hittibiisiä ei oikein jaksa mutta muuten hyvä. Kyl Eagles toimittaa! 4/5
Juuh ilman nimikkobiisiä tää olis lähellä listan huonointa levyä. Nimikko on minusta oikeasti kova klassikko ja hyvät ajattomat teemat jne. Ja pitkään kelasin, että annan 2/5 vaan sen takia, mutta herran jestas viimeistään The Last Resort on niin tuskallista kamaa, että 1/5 on ansaittu.
Vähän kulunut levy kyl, en jaksanu innostua enää. 2/5
Dark desert highway Music we have heard too much A stone cold classic
Favourites: • Hotel California
Some great moments but a little bloodless after so much exposure over the years. Still a very well-constructed album. Thank goodness they brought Joe Walsh on board.
Bang average album.
I hate Eagles
I was pleasantly surprised by this album. On first listen, I wasn't jazzed about the first song, but the second song caught my attention and the rest of the album kept it.
I really don't like the eagles
Pure rubbish. I couldn't put myself through this bittersweet nonsense. I listened to a bit of each song and found each one nauseating.
Awesome
well, i enjoyed this album (dads everywhere rejoice). solid tracks, though they were all about two minutes longer than they needed to be. still, would listen again. more albums should do instrumental reprises of the last track on side A to start side B. favorites: hotel california, wasted time (reprise)
The title song actually is pretty good, other than that, this album doesn't need to exist
Scrapes a 3 purely for the bomb album cover
Nostalgic (memories from car journeys as a kid), and it's listenable, but just not fully my thing
Had only really heard the title track. I prefer the rock/blues songs to the more ballad type tunes but on balance a pretty solid dad rock LP.
not huge on the eagles and this has its issues but fuck when it's good it's GOOOOD
the dude abides
A mixed bag. A very strong start to the album with the title track, New Kid and Life in the Fast Lane. Wasted Time is fine too, but thereafter the quality of the tracks falls away. Gets an extra star because of Hotel California, which I could listen to every day
Handful of good songs on this album but they are front loaded to the first few songs. Really peters out after that so I can't give this a great rating. Still, not going to give them a knee jerk crappy rating that seems to be in vogue ever since The Big Lebowski came out. 3.5 stars
I hate the fuckin' Eagles!
It always surprises me listening to eagles songs that aren't Hotel California. It feels so distinctive to their sound, yet is so very unlike most of what they do - which is just very different. But despite some great songs overall, there are some much weaker songs later on the album.
A staple of classic rock. This album contains some of the Eagles' greatest hits (Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, New Kid in Town), but can also be another boring mid-70s soft rock record that was all over the place by this time. The record itself is solid, with a few dull tracks, but it still makes for a good listening experience. 8/10
A couple of songs here are good I guess. I don't like it. It's very boomer sounding.
great album with incredible instrumentals and vocals 9/10
I liked last resort and the instrumental reprise, and of course hotel California. Good album overall.
It’s not as good as I remember it. Apart from Hotel California the rest seems to be average country rock
bland
It's ok, not my cup of tea
I hate the eagles
Very good
Just... fine. Nothing to write home about, but nothing horrendous either.
Jesus, man… could you change the channel? Man, c’mon, I had a rough night and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
la canción que vendió millones de discos. el rock corporativo donde vino a morir la música de los byrds y los flying burritos. un par de canciones bonitas y un punteo de guitarra.
I had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man.
Yet more evidence that the only way to listen to the Eagles is with a greatest hits collection because one amazing song and two okay ones doesn't make for a good record when the rest are audio abominations.
Rock sureño con algún tema muy reconocible. Tranquilo y sosegado. Buenas voces. Buen disco de rock clásico
One of my all time favourites. This record has such high highs for me, it’s almost like a standard for other country rock albums to get compared to. A lot of incredible songs and beautiful vocals. The songs are really well crafted and feel very timeless. 9,5 out of 10
They were still young then but... also worth straight 5 star
4/5 Best: Hotel California Worst: Victim of Love
The Eagles were some of the 70s best composers and music producers, and while this album is polished to perfection, it still maintains some semblance of having a soul. I want to believe that the band believes what they're singing, but I have a feeling they're ultimately just good actors. This is the best of 70s consumer pop-rock. And that isn't to say that it's GOOD, per se, but you can see why it's on this list.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be
Good but not great. The familiar tracks were catchy but it never made me pause for thought.
I think this was the best selling album ever for a while - might still be. Must've been being bought by the same people over and over again, because it's okay and that's it
Pretty good. I am a little tired of Hotel California the song but can definitely appreciate it for what it is. 4/5
Always liked the top songs of this album - the last few songs weren’t my style - from Victim of Love, Pretty Maids All in a Row and Try and Love Again - but having jus listening again, I enjoyed the voice and message of The Last Resort
The thought of seeing an Eagles album, knowing that it would be here for sure was kinda scary... I decided to dive right into it, using my AirPods. Glad I did, cause I can actually hear the production. Listening to these songs again sound daunting, so put on some great headphones and try to hear it differently. Hearing these songs again on a random radio station is a quick press to turn off. Done. With headphones, it's much better, maybe moved it up a 1/2 star. Except for the title track, New kid in town, and Life in the Fastlane, this album is horrible.
I ended up enjoying this more than I expected. Hotel California is a classic song for a reason, but it's still overplayed. Probably the most boomer album I can think of.
I can’t help but love this album. Yes I’ve probably listened to 5 hours of Hotel California in my lifetime, but the title track still somehow feels fresh, and the other songs don’t feel like filler. I’m a sucker for music that feels palpably American though.
the title track might never get old to me, it’s so good every time. everything else was quite good as well! didn’t expect to enjoy it but i really did.
This is so god awful.
the song "Hotel California" is so overplayed for me it's tough not to skip it. I'll try to grit my teeth and get through it...
Lots of solid tracks for a variety of moods and feelings. Some earworms, some forgettable songs. Overall enjoyed, but wish it felt more cohesive rather than just a collection of songs.
Needs more listens gets better each time. Classic!
I find a guilty pleasure in some of the songs I've heard by The Eagles, Hotel California is not one of them. Having been playing drums in a classic rock cover band for over a decade now, I can't express the burnout I have over this album. There is not a single track on this particular record that brings me any joy.
First impressions, solid melodic and acoustic songs. Hotel California is a classic. Heartfelt at times. Album flows very well. Doesn’t feel like a drag to listen to. First listen 7/10.
Heard it before:)
очень напоминает moscow summer nights, same vibe!
I know Hotel California song, not sure about the rest of the album yet. Let's do this! Most of the album is a bit slower, more mellow than I usually prefer. I enjoyed the first 3 songs (Hotel California, New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane).
I can't listen to this album one more time...
Alleen al de intro van hotel California verdient 5 sterren
Iconic. If ever there was an album to divide us between 1 star and 5 stars this is it. One of my favourites of all time and one of the Greatest albums imo. I love the whole vibe- West coast laid back Rock. It conjures up hot 70's evenings driving down the freeway with the top down. Bright lights as the hungry sharks circle. Sitting here in the cold wet North of England I'll let you make the choice?
"Hotel California" is one of the first songs I can remember rolling my eyes at on classic rock radio. I'd thought the song was awesome the first dozen or so times I'd heard it (just about all of the songs on Q104.3 were new to me when I was 12 and I was soaking them up like a sponge) but as I got a little older and starting developing my personal tastes, the lyrics of "Hotel California" started to sound cheesy and silly. I'd either switch the station if it came on or leave it on and make fun of it. I've since come back around to the song. It's massively overplayed and is bound to get on anyone's nerves if they hear it every day but that's not really the song's fault. It's an epic rock song and supremely catchy. And even though the lyrics are a bit clichéd, I also think they hold a certain hokey wisdom. But I think learning to hate songs like this is an important part of developing taste as a teenager so I'm grateful for the years I spent groaning at it. This whole album is excellent. I didn't know the Eagles sang "Life in the Fast Lane" and "Victim of Love." Solid hard rock songs! And the album cuts are really good here too. There are some country-tinged soft rock gems here.
I have a sour taste in my mouth these days about the Eagles because they copywrite-strike just about everything on the internet that contains anything related to their music. I've had many times where I've been watching a video on youtube of someone talking about "the greatest guitar riffs of all time" or "the top 50 classic rock songs" and when they get to "Hotel California" the person has to say "hey this next one I can't play even a few seconds of the song but it rhymes with shmobel malifornia". I've even heard full video rants on youtube where a creator has had videos demonetized because it contained a few seconds of an Eagles song. Bleh. Anyway, "Hotel California" is one of the best songs to ever come out of this country and it alone deserves a spot on this list. It's kind of funny for me to hear the rest of the album because I really haven't heard many of these songs- or atleast I don't remember them. I do remember "Life in the Fast lane" though. They have a great way of writing choruses that have no rush to them. I find it to be really common for musicians to naturally and organically speed up portions of their songs (often choruses) and this is counteracted by recording to a click track, but this feels like it goes even further. The choruses really take their time and don't feel any rush at all. The chorus of "New Kid in Town" does it really well. This is a hard vote for me. Hotel California makes me think it's a 4 but there's really not a lot of other tracks that are close to it on this record. I want to give it a high 3 really bad but the title track is just too good.
I know the Eagles are hated and plastic, but I grew up listening to my dad's band play a lot of this stuff, so it is just burned into my soul
Fyriframhugmynd: 2 stjörnur, en titillagið er mjög gott lag, þökk sé bassanum. New Kid in town er allt í lagi. Fast lane boring og svo restin blanda af fagmannlega spiluðum sæmilegheitum. Ekki mitt áttundatugarrokk, en þetta er betra en ég átti von á.
Les Eagles sont un peu classiques pour moi, même si on ne peut rien enlever à la chanson Hotel California en soi.
I hate this album.
I'm usually not in the mood for this type of music, but I'll admit this has a lot of bangers on it. The title track is still overplayed af, but in the context of the rest of the album I really like it. Solid 4.
Loved
Offensively inoffensive. 1.5/5
While I don't like the Eagles, this is still their most accessible album.
bland. The Dude was right
It could just be the title track alone and still deserve this.
Excelente!
The album that defined a generation of crusty, biker-wannabe, Chevy drivers. Not that it's a bad album. I just didn't let it shape my entire lifestyle.
this slaps
I wish the whole album had the same vibe as HC. After the first song it gets quite boring
Fuck the eagles. Boring as shit
I wanted to dislike this more because the song Hotel California is so played out it’s actually painful to listen to it, but there are some pretty good songs on this album like New Kid in Town, Wasted Time, Victim of Love, and Try and Love Again that this does fit in well as a weaker companion to its late 70s competitor for best harmonized seventies soft rock album via California, Rumours. I still think the Eagles are pretty lame, but this album is alright.
De jaren zeventig waren toch echt de hoogtijdagen van dit soort softpop. Een warm geluid, Omo-dozen in het drumstel, een blik violen en je eerste echtscheiding van je af zingen. En de Eagles tonen zich er meester in. In het toch redelijk vaak gedraaide Hotel California hoorde ik desondanks weer nieuwe dingen. Meer albums van dit kwaliteitsniveau in de lijst graag.
Schrijf ik kort geleden dat ik geen fan ben van kampvuurmuziek; krijg ik Hotel California...Toch is dit nummer van een heel ander niveau. Het nummer is niet voor niets een evergreen. Het zit bijzonder goed in elkaar. Instrumentaal, maar ook vooral het samenspel tussen zang en instrumenten. Dat blijkt geen toevalstreffer te zijn. Het album is veelzijdig. En bijvoorbeeld 'Life in the Fast Lane' en mijn favoriet 'Victim of Love' vragen een heel andere manier van zingen. Ook daar lijkt de zanger zijn hand niet voor om te draaien. Het komt allemaal heel natuurlijk / ongeforceerd over. En tijdloos. Zoals 'Victim of Love' gezongen wordt, zou het niet misplaatst zijn op NPO 3FM.
Er zijn veel mensen die Hotel California een oorwurm vinden. Maar ik kan het eigenlijk niet vaak genoeg horen. Elke keer blijft het gewoon geweldig. Verder staan er nog een aantal steengoede nummers op dit album, waarbij regelmatig de harmonieen in de zang opvallen. Met name Don Henley heeft een geweldige stem. 1 probleem: dat vond hij zelf ook. Hij vindt zichzelf uberhaupt overal de beste in. En misschien is dat ook wel terecht na dit album. Tijd om weer eens 5 sterren uit te delen, het is al te lang geleden.
I hadn't paid much attention to the Eagles before Joe Walsh joined them on this album, but I quickly became a devotee of Don Henley and Glenn Frey and the Eagles in general.
Sure the title track has been played to death to the point of acoustical fatigue but it's still a good song. A few other tracks are really good but there's some really bad stuff as well. As much as I like Joe Walsh his addition made the Eagles more of group of solo artist than a band. Earlier records are much better.
Hotel California is a great song, and has played far too much. I actually like New Kid and Life if the Fast Lane. But Wasted Time and the Reprise completely bore me. Victims is another showcase for Walshes grooves and slides. The album fizzles from there. I’d give it a 3.5 if I could, but rounding down for half the record being more boring than the good half is good.
Hotel and Fastlane were probably good the first few hundred times I heard them. The rest of the album just felt washed out. Like a copy of a copy of a copy.
This is probably my favorite standalone Eagles album. It's the first one where they sort of shed their country sound and go pure mainstream rock. Maybe a bit too safe or pop for some, but overall, I'm happy when most of the songs on this album come on. And sure, Hotel California has been overplayed, but it doesn't take away from the fact that it's overplayed because it's excellent.
Incredibly boring
The title song is a banger, but the rest of the album is meh
Very American classic rock tunes for dull dudes who drive a lot
Look at that scene. Hazy, balmy, the day settling into the night. But for all of its allure and its promises, there's a dark side to paradise. That's a central theme of the Eagles on Hotel California. It was intended as a concept album, but the band navigates that water cleverly. Some tracks deal more directly with the album's dark themes ("Life in the Fast Lane," "New Kid in Town," "The Last Resort"), but others address similar themes of disillusionment and uncertainty on a more granular level, through the lens of sex and romantic relationships ("Victim of Love," "Wasted Time," "Try And Love Again"). The title track is of course *the* rock allegory of all time, maybe a little on the nose, but with some of the most vivid and memorable lyrical/musical imagery ever put to record. There isn't a rigid concept to follow or understand on this album, and every song stands perfectly well on its own outside of the framework of the album as a whole. That makes Hotel California a real pleasure to hear and not just some intellectual exercise. The album itself is gorgeously made, really a masterclass on how to make an album. Any flaws you might pick out of the Eagles' earlier works are absent here. Their trademark harmonies and pop sensibility are there, with a decided lean into the "rock" part of country rock. The combined guitar mastery of Joe Walsh and Don Felder can be searing or lovely and delicate as each song requires. Don Henley and Glenn Frey bring a potent combination of introspection and cynicism to their songwriting that gives these songs incredible substance. Add a dash of Randy Meisner's sweetness and sensitivity to the mix, and you have an album that hits you at just about every level. The band is operating at an artistic level here that outshines everything they had made up to that point and, frankly, none of them has ever come close to repeating, as the Eagles or as solo artists. A lot of people have personal issues with the Eagles for some reason, but their work speaks for itself. This album is a masterpiece, for the band, for a genre, for an entire era. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Hotel California, Wasted Time, New Kid in Town, Victim of Love, The Last Resort, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Try and Love Again, Life in the Fast Lane, "Wasted Time" (Reprise)
I really underestimated the eagles
pretty awesome
Overall I’d have to say this album is very solid, great consistency throughout with the instrumentation and song writing and a nice collection of longer songs which I think really suit the Eagles style. Stand out tracks are of course ‘Hotel California’ and ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ but I also particularly enjoyed the final track ‘The Last Resort’ too, all 3 songs had a fantastic fill of guitar all throughout. I felt that by being a Frank Ocean fan I should’ve really known that ‘Hotel California’ was sampled for ‘American Wedding’ off of Frank’s debut mixtape ‘Nostalgia, Ultra’ but nevertheless it gave a nice feeling hearing that instrumental again which is what makes me love the track so much and I’m glad a longer track such as that is appreciated as much as it is. Unfortunately I can’t help but think about how poorly the Eagles dealt with Frank sampling the song especially considering Frank’s song ‘American wedding’ was released for free and he gained nothing but some recognition from making the song. Despite this the only issue I have with this album is the ‘Wasted time’ interlude right after the track itself, it’s okay but considering this is 9 songs long I would’ve just preferred another track. Other than that I did quite enjoy this project, it would be something I would come back to however there is something missing about it that stops me from wanting to give it 5/5 but I’m not sure what. Would still recommend this to anyone regardless.
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De Eagles is een van m'n favoriete bands ooit en op dit album staan een aantal van hun beste nummers. Ik kan niet andere dan dit het hoogste geven.
Beste album van de Eagles over "the dark underbelly of the American Dream", met top nummers zoals "Hotel California" en "New Kid In Town". Objectief goed en iconisch, een plezier om naar te luisteren. leukste nummer: New Kid In Town De opnames moesten af en toe worden stilgelegd omdat Black Sabbath teveel lawaai maakte in de studio naast die van de Eagles.
I *really* didn't enjoy the last Eagles album the generator gave me, their debut. Hotel California is much more listenable, with hits that don't get more monster and nothing as deeply awful as "Chug All Night". The album art is worth a star all in itself. Unfortunately I'm still a little scarred from the first album, and find myself unable to like Hotel California as much as I might. 3 stars, acknowledging that I would have given it 4 or 5 when I was 13 years old.
I was waiting for this album to come up. I had a feeling I wouldn’t enjoy it. I wasn’t disappointed.
Classic easy listening. Nothing stands out, and also most of this music was ruined by years of working in retail.
This album stinks
27th March 2023 Listened in the morning while working from home on my own. Jen in aus, painting for the evening. All time classic storytelling with some of the best guitar solos going.
"Hotel California" is a masterpiece of classic rock with lyrics, guitar works, and tunes that I'll never get tired of. Still remains as one of my favorites of all time. I'm talking about the song, not the album, btw.
For one of the most listened to albums of all time it's quite disappointing tbh. It's fine listening but can't really remember anything too much. Couple of nice songs :)
Sometimes it is immediately obvious why the hits are the hits. This is one of those sometimes.
A guilty pleasure that I always enjoy way more than I should. I loved showing the kids the guitar solo at the end of Hotel California, iconic.
Didn't know the Eagles were such a bunch of sad saps. Only getting 3 stars because of the guitar solo in Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane.
goat shit
Such a good album, great classic rock
Made it a few minutes into the opener, basically yacht rock for your dad when he’s in a dinghy on holiday.
Self-indulgent tripe, carried by Joe Walsh. Would happily never hear anything by the fucking Eagles ever again.
Dry as a fucking bone.
YES THIS WILL BE A 5/5 FOR SURE
I know the Eagles are meant to be evil, but had somehow never got round to listening to their main record. Greatly disappointed by the lack of the diabolic. Instead, I found patchy, occasionally enjoyable pastiche. Some poor Neil Young vocal impressions early on offset by the strange transition in "...Fast Lane" from ZZ Top to, christ, I don't know what, disco synth? The lyrics didn't linger, apart a mention of "shadows coming to stay", with or without Cliff Richard not mentioned, which would have had material impact on their already respectable coke bill. Later, I looked up the lyrics. Dear crike they’re awful.
The famous songs are the good ones. Last song is truly awful. Polar opposite of Rumors - here the bad reputation is well-deserved
"I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man." - The Dude
I fail to find what anyone enjoys on this record. I have to be thankful that this shitty arena rock inspired early punks to tear it all down.
I have some appreciation for punk as a social movement, I think would rather listen to this than punk. Just a personal preference thing. Good album.
This is one of the albums I was excited to finally get to when starting this project. Up until recently, my understanding of this album is that people hated it. Even though it is one of the greatest selling albums of all time, the over all consensus these days is that it is middle of the road garbage. It wasn’t until fairly recently that I learned the actual problem people seemingly have with it is that it was so overplayed, particularly the title track, that most people never want to hear it again. I don’t share that experience, I’m too young for it, and I kind of love that song. I don’t really ever seek it out, but when I come across it, I’m probably going to enjoy it. The rest of the album, and the rest of The Eagles catalogue, is mostly unknown to me. I’ve heard New Kid in Town (pretty good song) a few times, as well as Life in the Fast Lane (not a fan), but everything after that was a new experience. I’ve listened to the album a couple times, and I’m a little confused as to why this made such waves back in the da. While it may not be “garbage”, I am sort of back to feeling this is very middle of the road. In fact, I don’t feel like much jumped out at me after those first three songs until the last couple tracks came on. The title track feels like such a high bar compared to the rest of the album. Each time I get to the end, I sort of just feel like giving a big shrug and moving on, because I’m failing to understand the appeal. What were The Eagles doing that made this such a bigger hit compared to some of their contemporaries? Maybe I just had to be there, but currently, I think this is average at best, even if I feel that ends with some interesting high notes.
A classic.
- Never listened to an Eagles album in full before - The two famous songs were way better than the rest which I thought were just decent - Last track seemed to drag on for ages - Fav songs: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Try and Love Again
Highlights: "Hotel California," "New Kid in Town," "Life in the Fast Lane" Even at their best, you think of something they sound like at that moment, and if you look it up, it's just behind them. Life in the Fast Lane sound a lot like ZZ Top? La Grange was a couple years ago. Getting Elton John vibes from the ballads? There's Yellow Brick Road! Flanged out vocal harmonies? There's Queen, four albums deep. Minstrel reggae in Hotel California? The Wailers had a Best Of release in '71, and Clapton Shot the Sheriff in '74. Just because it's derivative and calculated doesn't make the hits bad. There's inspired and memorable songwriting in the three openers. If you cut the album in half, you have a four-star EP.
Nooit veel aan gevonden, vandaag ook weer niet.
Classic, maar stiekem toch best soft voor een band met zo'n rock 'n roll historie
Allemachtig..... op het tandvlees uitgezeten. Wat een ontzettende gezapige bende is dit toch.
If you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. Dat ga ik nu doen.
Great album. Easy to listen to. Has one of the most iconic songs of all time.
Good Album. Enjoyed it.
not too shabby
I could not easily review this album via YouTube music like I’ve done with every other one so far. But I do intend on listening to it at some point.
Rock
The title track is one of those that deserves its ubiquity. I've heard it a million times but never really get tired of it, and listening again today I realised that the guitar solo has to be up there with my favourite ever. I'm not sure what to make of the rest. At times it's bland, and I still don't understand how this band got so huge, but I'm starting to realise that they did excel at some things (vocal harmonies and wistfulness, mainly). Also, the lyrical themes and some of the grander arrangements give this album an ambitious, stately feel that I quite like (the 'state' in question being California, I suppose...) 3.5
Hotel California: temazo goooood totalmente increible buena letra y solazo al final. La batería es buenisima. 10/10 New Kid in Town: tema tranqui muy setentoso, suena a algo que sonaría en un restaurante yanqui en el medio de la ruta. me gusta el rhodes, banco. 7/10 Life in the Fast Lane: lindo tema pero para mi no tiene nada para destacar, 5/10 Wasted Time: lento medio balada, buena progresion lindo piano bien cantado y buena letra, 8/10 Wasted Time (de vuelta?): violines, 8/10 Victim of Love: ta bien pero tampoco fuaa 5/10 Pretty Maids All in a Row: no me lo acuerdo asi que tan bueno no fue 4/10 Try and Love Again: tranqui no mucho 6/10 The Last Resort: cut my life into pieces.... u_U ta bueno 7/10
Great album, very easy listen.
Classic for a reason.
3, it's both great and bad at times. Some good pop-rock songs.
It was good, it’s been a while since I’ve listened to this album. I just think a lot of this album is overplayed
Can’t believe we doubled up on the Eagles. Again, really not a fan.
"I had a rough night, and I just hate the fucking Eagles man." - el Duderino Despite growing up on a heavy diet of classic rock, I had never actually listened to this album. I guess my dad wasn't much of a fan. I don't remember him ever playing the Eagles. Now I know why. This album sucks. I can't help but have a soft spot for the classic rock radio hits, but the rest of this album is pretty shit. I really enjoy some countrified rock music, vocal harmonies, and guitar solos. I even love me a lot of soft rock, but holy shit, the songwriting and choices here are horrible. It isn't outwardly abrasive, so there's that. The production is good. Try and Love Again is a decent enough soft rock song, but the whole run of Wasted Time>Reprise>Victim of Love before it is just embarrassingly bad. The Last Resort ends this album perfectly - on another terrible note. 1 point for production, 1 point for the hits, 1 point for Try and Love Again, and 1 point for the fact that I was able to sit through the whole thing. I listened to this on vinyl, and I posted it for sale on Discogs as soon as it was done. 4/10
Slog x 2. Brutal.
I hate the eagles this validates my whole world view with it's awfulness
CLASSIC
Good album though tailed off towards the end. Torn between a 3 and 4 but purely for their iconic hotel california, gets a 4
Blowin' and burnin', blinded by thirst They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worse She said, "Listen baby, you can hear the engine ring" "We've been up and down this highway, haven't seen a goddam thing" He said, "Call the doctor, I think I'm gonna crash" "The doctor say he's comin', but you gotta pay him cash" They went rushin' down that freeway, messed around and got lost They didn't care, they were just dyin' to get off, and it was Life in the fast lane OK, a couple of things - One, 1976 was a fucking amazing year for music. Two, this album is one of the handful on the list that I 100% agree is one that every human should hear. 5/5
That band that everyone sings one song and you discover that the others are also very good? That was my feeling listening to this album yesterday/today. I liked it a lot!
- oof love New Kid in Town - didn’t expect to know first 3 songs. Into it
“I hate the fuckin eagles man”
Overplayed, but quality.
It's solid. A lot of big hits on here and the deeper cuts aren't too shabby. I just don't see it as being a 5 star album, but I can understand why others might. Without looking I wonder how many other reviews are just parroting rhe Big Lebowski as if they are clever
Awesome!
I knew going into this project that albums like this would come up. Songs that were all over the radio, at shops, at parties, songs that I hated and couldn't avoid. CCR, Queen, Eagles, Led Zep. Classic Rock. Urrghh. Skilled guitar playing - points for that. Nice solos. But it's the ultimate cocaine fueled cliche overblown dad rock. This is why we have punk music.
More than a decade ago, a bunch of us went to a music festival with one of my friend's dads. We abandoned the Eagles headline set after about ten minutes and returned to our tents to drink cider - but seeing the joy in our friend's dad's eyes when he got back from the gig, we were moved to lie and pretend we'd loved it as much as he did. This music is absolutely not for me, but I'll never not respect a band that can inspire that much passion.
Too bland for me
I’m not a big fan of the song Hotel California so this didn’t have much for me. Nothing was awful and Wasted Time was pretty good but most of it just felt plastic.
I really like it, definitely have to listen to it more!
What can be said of this classic album that already hasn’t. It’s been played throughout my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. I wish Henley wasn’t such an ass.
Fat stack of hits
Just because these songs became overfamiliar, doesn't mean it is not brilliant. Desperado of course their best album, 5 star one, but this one (and the long Run)deserve 4 stars.
Good!
5/5. Classic. I love every song. Perfect album, and it brings back memories.....
Classic album, pretty timeless.
At first it's a challenge to listen past the title song, but it turns out to be very respectable.
Beautiful album which i associate many memories with. Soulful, powerful, and very euphoric and nostalgic in many ways. One of my personal top 100 albums of all time. I get very feel good and optimistic feelings to most songs in this album.
Hotel California the song is God-level, but the album peaks with it as it's opener. The rest was probably awesome in the 70s but feels a bit tired now.
Better than I thought it’d be for sure, title track is undeniably great, New Kid in Town captures a very raw wistfulness and Life in the Fast Lane has a great beat behind it. Wasted Time is condescending to women who don’t settle down young, it doesn’t warrant a reprise to open of the B-side, and Try and Love Again is a boring tribute to men in the same situation. The B-side overall is shades of boring, wistful and judgemental… until the anti-colonial Last Resort finishing up the record, with its acknowledgment of the American Exceptionalism branch of Christianity as a justification used for it smart and very enjoyable. I had a friend in college whose favourite band was the Eagles kept going on about their harmonies, he was right about them. I wish I’d checked it out at the time instead of being too cool for it. So yeah 4 great songs and the rest isn’t worth your time.
Sounds like Cars soundtrack, favorite was one of the last ones, the beginning sounded like Don’t Forget by Demi uhh definitely American af 4/10
Songs are either totally epic or totally bland. I guess a couple bangers carry the rest of the trash.
Not crazy about this record. There was some interesting lead guitar work, and obviously the title track Hotel California is a bit of a monster. But it kind of feels like they had a great single and released a whole record around it. The second half of the album is... not good.
Nostalgic, I know all the tracks from my father wearing out this album, and musically elite. Harmonies always top notch, and gotta love a band the has most of its songs sung by the drummer.
It rocks, it has soul, blues, tenderness, good guitar soling, vocals other than Don Henley’s. Every song is either immediately likeable or grows immeasurable on 2nd or 3rd listen. Gentle songs often have moments of melodic or bluesy guitar brilliance. Great singalong. A bona fide classic.
Obviously Hotel California is an "all-timer" but the rest of the album doesn't quite reach the same heights.
Hotel California is the fifth album by American rock band Eagles. Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time and is also regarded as one of the greatest. It has been certified 26 times Platinum in the US, and is the band's best-selling album after Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975). The title track won Record of the Year at the 20th Grammy Awards. This is a rock masterpiece that accurately & beautifully displays the modern American Dream with music. I always enjoyed the title track of this album, but the rest of the album was just as good. I'm glad I got around to listening to this album!
I’ve just gave 3 albums in a row (Doors , Michael Jackson, Beach Boys) 5/5’s and while this album is certainly great it’s not in that same level to be honest I like it though 4/5.
Obligatory Lebowski
Amazing!!!
Titular track was overplayed during my 'drinking days' so I skipped it. The rest didn't really do anything for me. I know people love this, but it doesn't excite me at all. 2 stars as a couple of tracks were OK as background music.
Nope, this album made me miserable today. Its just so bloody dull and does nothing for me.
Look. The Eagles get a bad rap. It seems a lot of "serious" music fans find them corny or annoying. But I am an unabashed Eagles fan. Their harmonies, their tasteful playing...all of it, great. There are more pop-rock masterpieces on this album than most artists have in their entire discographies. It goes down SO smooth. I genuinely think this is a 4.5 star album, but as we can't use half stars on this site...
igh, The Eagles begin to walk their way back to something more meaningful. they fall in and out of love (“Wasted Time”), reconnect with old friends and lovers (“Pretty Maids All in a Row”). they’re willing to try any and everything to give life meaning again (spoiler alert: love. love is the balm, the glue that holds the fickle heart of bruised nomads together). by the end of the album, on “The Last Resort”, it’s obvious that the idea of paradise, that idyllic wonderland, is in itself a toxin, and yet… the cycle of creating an all-consuming facade is set to begin again. humans are victim to their own proclivities — the greed and consumerism, drugs and promiscuity, it’s all rosey and alluring. set to soft rock and light, country-tinged power ballads, The Eagles place a mirror before those desires, moments before they lead to the demise of the ones who stoked them in the first place. gosh this is a breathtakingly stunning album. a cautionary tale and reckless advertisement all at once. truly astonishing.
Wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did mainly because I didn't like Hotel California when I was growing up. After a good listen, I think I do appreciate it more, especially the instrumentals, which are great. Definitely dad music. Fave track(s): Hotel California, New Kid in Town
Good, relaxed, classic rock.
This album asks the brave question "What if Steely Dan sucked ass?" Hotel California is my sleep paralysis demon.
Rock just shouldn't be this damn slick. Thankfully I never have to listen to this again.
I have grown to really enjoy the Eagles music. Hotel California- easy 5/5, legendary song New Kid in Town - 3/5 alright song Life in the Fast Lane- 5/5 Wasted Time - 3/5 Victim of Love - 4/5 Pretty Maids - 3/5 Try and Love - 4/5 The Last Resort - 3/5 Overall a great album!
Loved new kid in town
3.9
albumi alkaa sellasella bängerillä että ei edes haittaa kuinka ylisoitettu se on... sen jälkeen alkaa alamäki. perus rock ja kantri hulinaa, ei oiikeen nappaa... I fucking have no strong feelings about the eagles one way or the other, man. hotel california... isot AMERIIIKAN KALIFORNIAN HERRAT...heh...
boring and they pulled most of the songs from YT
I hadn't heard the song "Hotel California" in a while, and it's one that gets a lot of play at your local hardware store - but it kind of blew me away this time. Good lyrics, great sound. That punchy bassline is a hook for me. Unfortunately, it's the first track and the album peaks there, the rest is just kind of boring.
The whole is not necessarily greater than the sum of its parts.
The titular track is a classic, but the rest of the album is completely forgettable. A bit sad, really.
Excellent album. I listen to it often.
It's one of the greatest albums during the pinnacle of rock. Good mix of complexity, intricate lyricism, and classic songs.
Perhaps a little too front-loaded (aside from 'Victim of Love' in the back half), but I think that's the only bad thing I can say about this album. And if the worst thing you can say is the opening of the album is too good, then you don't have much to complain about. I didn't realize they were so divisive until I read some of these reviews, but I love the Eagles and I love this album. It goes from rocking to soothing so effortlessly, and it's just really good, enjoyable music.
So classic. Amazing.
- inoffensive pop-rock - kinda boring - 2.6/5
Obviously love "Hotel California" but other than that, it was aight.
Enjoyed the title track, but after that.... zzzzz
This is a tough one. A first listen if you never heard seems incredible. But it’s impossible to decontextualize some of the most over played songs ever.
Tired but good
This is the Eagles strongest album both musically and thematically. Here we see the Eagles tire of their notoriously drug fueled life and start to see the cracks in the illusory California dream. What was once a haven becomes a prison and elements of their old life start to break down around them as they find themselves replaced by newer artists, the drugs begin to become unsatisfying, and romantic relationships come to an end. The ending track widens the view to show that it was always a dream; California remains a colonized place and no matter how much it's dressed up, the dark truth remains. Joe Walsh's guitar work is a shot in the arm here and helps solidify the Eagles' hard rock bona fides. There is still a tinge of country rock, but the new heavier sound juxtaposed against the softer songs serves to highlight the tumultuousness of confronting the illusion of California.
it was nice :)
One of stapke classic rock albums, love it 8/10
I always listen to every album before I review them. Which is totally unnecessary with this one. I have no idea how many times I've listened to this. Hundreds, easily. I still love putting it on again because it is a piece of genius that should get a higher rating. That's the problem with great albums from a certain era, they get overplayed so people get sick of them. Not me. It's note perfect. All killer, no filler. Some of the greatest harmonies this side of The Beach Boys, twin guitar leads from Felder and Walsh, Henley's bluesy voice.
Very enjoyable 70s soft rock, couldn't of asked for much more from it, save for bland, predictable lyrics. A great record.
I know this album quite well from my youth, and the main reason I never listen to this album is due to the immensely overplayed ànd overrated title track. I could never again go past the first track. Now I've listened to it again and with one exception, Life In The Fast Lane, this entire album to me tries to balance the line between emotion and kitsch. But too many times falls over to the latter (Pretty Maids All In A Row, Wasted Time, The Last Resort) that this is an unlistenable mess. It's just really not for me. Glad I did the re-listen though.
love it.
S'ok. Can't say it's turned me into an Eagles fan
I hate the Eagles with an abiding passion. Their music was always banal and the worst part was that they were unavoidable - everywhere you went back in the day, there they were.
Inoffensive classic rock album. Easy to listen to, liked the B side but the top tracks have been played to death 4.5 if I heard it for the first time 3.0 today
Great band - super tight playing and harmonies. I love when everyone in a band can be the lead singer and do really smooth harmonies. The more laid back country rock tunes I think are what they do best. I think this the better version of what Stephen stills was going for on Manassa. Hotel California is a great song . Victim of Love is pretty terrible though.
Hotel California is a perfect song, knocked it out of the park with that one. I did not really enjoy the rest of the album. The ballads were just excruciating. All the singing/playing/production is top notch, perfectly done, but at times it’s a little too easy-listening for me.
I really enjoyed this. I think the lyrics in Hotel California are so great. It's definitely not the genre I would listen to on a daily basis but I think it's great.
Awesome and great album
I really liked this one! Great album by a great band!! It’s the Eagles, what else is there to say?
Glad I finally listened to this classic. It's sweetly mellow and melodramatic. Some of the lyricism feels a little dated but it has a soft, comforting feeling. The title track is still among the greatest I've ever listened to, and I also really loved New Kid in Town and Try and Love Again.
The Hotel California song has a great sound and motif, but the rest of the album does not inspire me much.
"I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man." A parte la citazione, che andava fatta per forza, questo è un album imprescindibile della storia del rock. Non posso non dare cinque stelle.
5/5
It’s one of the best selling albums ever for a reason. All of the songs were at the very least a good listen while songs like wasted time and obviously the title track are amazing. Life in the fast lane is lame and overrated though
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah it’s okay, not groundbreaking or revelations but nice calming rock nonetheless Favourite song: Track 1 - Hotel California
Pretty okay dad rock, nothing you havent heard before. I like that there are multiple different singers, keeps the record fresh.
Ok, three stars for the status the album has. But I hate the Eagles.
The title cut is the Pachelbel's Canon of classic rock. Some people love it, some people hate it, but it's got this freaking endless cyclical progression that never ends, ultimately causing the listener madness as it repeats infinitely in the background of the brain. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave, indeed. There is some really good songwriting and performance on this record, there's a good reason it is somewhat legendary, above and beyond the aforementioned madness thing.
It tends to be floated around that Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan are better as songwriters than musicians, and their songs are notably better when performed by other artists. In my opinion, this can't be further from the truth. Meanwhile, the Eagles exemplify this concept to a T. As a band they are dull and boring with very little offered from their voices or musicianship. That being said, they are able to craft very nice melodies and decent lyrics which is highlighted in this album. Although, I guarantee I would be able to find better versions of each of these songs. Apparently, I may be in the minority with this opinion, but other than some solid early tracks, this album doesn't do too much with insightful subject matter or even good songs.
Good plain rock
good mas nada de transcedente
a couple megahits, a couple deep cuts. The rest is pretty chill, like borderline folk or country. But the hits are a bullseye.
Top Album
Always enjoy listening to the Eagles. Super talented musicians and songwriters. This is one of their best albums.
I really can’t stand the eagles but the album was pretty ok: still not giving them a 3
While the album has maybe 2-3 worthwhile hits the direction of the music seems to be all over the place. With some good guitar and infrequent piano for me it is mostly a sleepy type of music.
How did the Eagles manage to rescue Frodo and Sam at Mt Doom and still have time to record "Hotel California"? Really, the question answers another commonly asked question: why didn't the Fellowship fly to Mordor with the Eagles? Simple. They were writing and recording one of the greatest songs of all time. Gandalf was their manager at the time, and after meeting with the Eagles after Orthanc, he gave them the idea for the song. Hotel California is actually about Saruman imprisoning Gandalf. ("You can check out anytime...but you can never leave") Rescuing Frodo and Sam was only a PR stunt orchestrated by Gandalf before the release of their album to gain publicity. In fact, some experts believe Hotel California would not have been as popular if the Eagles had not saved the ring bearer.
Old alright, Has some classics
Ok
The title track is so overplayed that I forget how amazing and late 70s iconic the rest of the album is.
Dope!!
The popularity of this album, and especially the title track has kept me From listening to the entire album for many years. Even as overplayed as it is, “ Hotel California” still very listenable. One of America’s iconic songs. Rest of the album is really strong as well, although a little mellow for my taste . “Life in the Fast Line” - classic rocker. “New Kid in Town” popular, but one of the weaker songs in my opinion. Good stuff, and I always liked the album cover. 4.5 and rounding up.