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God damn. This is a seriously good album. I’ll admit, I don’t know anything about the Eagles as a band. Much like “Free Bird” with Lynyrd Skynyrd, I’ve heard “Hotel California” probably just as many times, and it’s one of my favorite songs, even though it’s the only song by them that I actually know. That being said, I should have figured that the band was more than just that one hit, and they absolutely prove it here. This is the first of 2 Eagles albums I will be listening to for this project, and it’s probably going to be the best one as well, I am fairly confident in that prediction. This album has some great, slower ballads, but it’s also got songs with a much faster tempo that focus more on shredding guitar solos. Then, there’s “Hotel California”. It’s still got to be my favorite song on the album at the end of the day. I don’t know how it couldn’t be. The solo at the end, the imagery, it’s one of my favorite songs for a reason. The best part about art is that you’re free to interpret it in ways that the original creators themselves don’t. For instance, I have always imagined this song is about purgatory. Lines like “This could be heaven or this could be hell”, “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave”, and “Still I hear those voices calling from far away” have always made me think the concierge is talking to a new resident in “Hotel California”, a temporary stay between your current life, and the next life. For some reason, the song has always just meant a lot to me because of that perceived imagery, and I like it a lot. “ Life in the Fast Lane” is another song worth mentioning. I want to say I’ve heard of it before, but I’m not sure. The twangy but still pretty cool beat is very, very catchy, and something I found myself singing multiple times while enjoying the album. Overall, it’s really good. Still, much like most albums I enjoy, I don’t think every song packs quite the punch I’m looking for, but this album is still pretty close to perfection as a whole. For that reason, it’s getting a high 4 star review from me today. Excited to check out their self titled debut album as well to see if it even remotely comes close to how good this album is.
Pretty songs
I decided to take this one to the next level and listen to it on cassette and vinyl. The main reason is because the entire album isn’t available on YouTube Music but it also gave me a reason to listen in the way The Eagles intended it. I’m glad I did because I didn’t realize how much I was missing by sitting and listening to it all the way through. I’ve listened to many of the songs separately many, many times. But sitting alone with headphones and a cassette rolling while you actually listen to the lyrics? Can’t beat that. Listening as an adult is totally different for each song. 5 star.
Hotel California (the song) is iconic, the album is good too, I'll definitely relisten
The Eagles are not for me. I was given this album 30-odd years ago, still got it, never listened to it after the first few months, never will again. The title track was Ok originally but now it's one long cliche.
Pre Listen: Another album I'm familiar with, man September has been the month that just keeps on giving for this project. It's all downhill from here. I'm familiar with the song that shares the name of the album of course, but I don't recall which other Eagles songs are on here. It's been a while. Notable Tracks: Hotel California - Classic rockin banger right here. I've heard this song so many times, yet it still has yet to grow stale, unlike other songs of similar nature. Such a lovely place. Life in the Fast Lane - Another classic rock hit. I like this song, but not nearly as much as the one mentioned above. It's good. The Last Resort - I almost fell asleep listening to this song, which isn't good, because I was driving. Least favorite track, awful was to end an album. Post Listen: To be blunt, this album would've been a 2 if it weren't for the two classics I mentioned above on it. No wonder the two hits are all I recalled on here, everything else is so painfully bland and boring. The track length I think is what really sunk my opinion here, every single unmentioned song goes on for a great deal longer than it has any right to. The A side too is so much stronger than the B side, it's crazy. Another one of those albums where from a foundational perspective, the music is all done well enough, but it's lacking in so much substance. Gonna take a nap now thanks to this snoozefest. Hotel California carries this thing to a 3/5
Great guitar work. Very polished but some really nice melodies.
It's become a bit of a cliche, thanks to relentless play of the title track on classic rock stations for the past fifty years. However, the completely assured work on this album can't be denied. It's a record that makes three (!) guitars (Frey, Felder, Walsh) work without too much artifice; they co-exist in harmony, both literally and figuratively. Don Henley makes a more than serviceable drummer throughout, keeping time and adding accents throughout. Randy Meisner was a very good bass player, never letting simple get boring and capable of some very fun lines. The songwriting is varied and effective. None of these are going to pass into the folk canon, writers forgotten in a thousand years (that's reserved for Dolly Parton and Paul Simon) but the record is full of fun, engrossing and different songs. So let's chat about the singing. Every band member but Don Felder gets a turn as the lead singer and they all make good on their chance. Apart from that, they inject Beach Boys-quality harmonies into everything they do. Both the chill LA lounge scene and their country roots are evident throughout and those country roots are never more obvious than when the whole band harmonizes. On top of that, 'Hotel California' inlcudes an all-timer solo, plus the all-timer guitar riff from 'Life In The Fast Lane' and you've got maybe the peak 70's AOR album. It's got ballads and slow jams ('Pretty Maids All In A Row'), it's got fireworks and soothing backing harmonies. It's nine tracks, it's 45 minutes and while it borders on schmaltzy sometimes, I believe it to be a finely crafted work of a music industry at its indulgent high point made by five musicians, singers and songwriters who are also at the top of their respective and collective abilities. The Eagles wrote a lot of hits and that's very nice for them. But if you want to see the very best thing that they could put together, this is that. It's a classic and if it doesn't work for you, that's really a you problem, not a Hotel California problem. 5/5
I wouldn’t wish an Eagles ballad on my worst enemy. This album’s got three of them.
Excellent album!
Listened previously. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Good - Unlike The Dude, I don't hate the f**kin' Eagles man! I do however much prefer their earlier work. The first greatest hits album is a huge seller for very good reason, but this I feel is a bit overrated. The title track is obviously iconic and is a great song. The rest I just find falls a bit flat. Life In The Fast Lane is an exception, as I think that's a really good track. Victim Of Love is pretty rocking and New Kid In Town is also pretty good but overall this is just a good, solid album.
i've heard this a billion times ... hotel california is over played and over appreciated. life in the fast lane is almost as bad. the rest is filler. the eagle's stance on how the internet affects ancient music policies is atrocious. 1 star out of spite.
I'd love to give this album a fair score, but because Henley is a copyright jerk (on top of being a creep) this album is mostly unavailable on streaming services. And trying to find a complete version online was more work than I was willing to do. So for now I'll give it a 3 star rating and say this: the title track (one of the only songs available) is pretty good.
Rock.
3.5 stars
Hotel California is a dope banger, however, other songs feels just like a regular mediocare ones - nothing special ;(
Favorites - Hotel California - Victim of Love
Favorite Tracks: - Hotel California - Life in the Fast Lane - Victim of Love
Before Wonderwall, the title song of this album was what the bloke with the guitar could play a few bars of to encourage people to sing at the party and it was alright. I remember someone bought this album when we were kids and we couldn't belive how the rest of the album was crap. The first couple of songs are a promising start to this album but then it descends into forgettable mulch. 2*'s for the first 2 songs.
The first Eagles album I bought for myself
I don’t love the Eagles, especially “Hotel California,” but there’s some decent songwriting and arrangements on this record
Didn't blow my mind or anything, but a very pleasurable dad rock record with a lovely, rich sound.
posta hotel california mejores temas dela historia
hooooootel californiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa dps muy 3 puntos
I don't love the Eagles, but I prefer Joe Walsh Eagles vs not Joe Walsh Eagles. And I like James Gang Joe Walsh over Eagles Joe Walsh. I did see him in concert once, co-headliner with Bob Seger. The crowd was long-haired, rode hard, and cannabis-infused.
Not much to say.
Very good.
The Eagles are… well the Eagles and if you like country rock of the 70s, then you are probably a big fan. Seems with the Eagles, people either love them or hate them and have pretty strong feelings for why. I on the other hand, feel they were a talented band and put out many hits that are well known and can be heard almost daily somewhere around this earth, but I don't put them up there as one of the greatest ever. I think most of their albums have some hits but are not loaded with all hits. This album to me is an easy enough listen and definitely has some good songs while others are just average. Album get a solid 3 from me as I don't feel it is good enough overall for a 4.
I love the Creedence preceding the Eagles here for Lebowski's sake.... I chose to be as objective as possible, because I hate the fucking Eagles. What I realized is that I simply hate the maudlin easy-listening cowboy shit that they rolled out as hits in the mid-70s. Babysitter rock at its worst. This record is clean as hell. It sounds fantastic. It also has Joe Walsh's guitar, which is interestingly tamped down beyond a few obvious tunes. I can't stand most of this crap, and I don't understand why others did in the day. So much better music coming out in all genres in 1976 than this tripe. Sounds good, but fuckin' A these songs are bad.
First half is iconic though
It’s the Eagles. There are a couple of songs that are well known by me. Hotel California is a bit overplayed and Life in the Fast Lane. Both are good songs but I think the rest of the album is kind of there. I’m not saying it’s bad it’s just not for me. They can all play very well and they do it very well on the album but most of the easy going music is just that. The country rock that is just kind of there. It worked for them and they sold millions.
"Hotel California" is one of those songs I'd be fine never hearing again...
Ah, yes, Hotel California. An album so massively popular by a band so massively popular that it became a punchline. They're generally regarded as the Nickelback of the 1970s-with the omnipresent songs to match. However, many of the songs still hold up today, even the title track. While many other, softer tracks are weaker, the rockers generally hit pretty hard. This is a good album that doesn't quite make greatness.
3. Apart from Hotel California, nothing really stands out which is very unfortunate.
6.6/10 pretty good album there were a lot of references to heaven and hell so it made me wonder about the band not necessarily in a bad way or a good way but it made me want to do a deep dive. I had already heard some songs from this album but never took the time to listen to it all together but in the end it was worth it
meh, too boomer for me
It's a classic but I just don't like it that much. Some songs I would listen to on the radio, so three stars
Album is decent but god I hate the title track so much.
Don't understand how this album is one of the biggest sellers of all time, if it were a colour it would be beige
Classic great listen
Just give me the gun... 2/5
This album has some great songs like Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, and Victim of Love. However, as an album, it's not one of my favorites. The slower songs really bore me and it's not something I would listen to on repeat.
The title track is an absolute classic and the rest of the album is reliably decent. Quality 70s sound.
This might be the easiest five stars I've given so far. Hotel California is the first album I've gotten in this project that I already own a physical copy of, so there wasn't much mystery about where this was going. I've been listening to these songs for years, and the album is every bit as great as I remembered. Obviously, the title track is a classic, and "Life in the Fast Lane" has always been one of my favorite Eagles songs. But "The Last Resort" might be the song that puts this album over the top for me. It's long been one of my favorite Eagles songs, period. The storytelling, the build, and the message about greed, expansion, and what we destroy in the name of progress still hit just as hard today. That's probably what impressed me most listening to the album again from beginning to end. Familiarity didn't hurt it at all. There were no surprises or discoveries needed to convince me. I knew these songs, I knew I loved them, and hearing the whole album again only reinforced why. Sometimes an album earns five stars by completely surprising me. This one earned five stars by reminding me that I was right about it all along.
wow wow wow
3/10, i felt like this album was boring which imo is the single worst crime any album can commit. this album was already disadvantaged because i don’t like classic rock, i think it’s an overly self aggrandising genre. i’ve heard things that are less interesting than this but none of them were the best selling album OAT
Victim of Love stood out this time. The Eagles hate is forced because of The Dude, but some of their non-hits are bland. I enjoyed this album overall. 3.5/5
Det overraskede mig. Troede kun jeg ville kunne lide Hotel California, men mere af det andet synes jeg faktisk også er helt ok.
*57 Forholdsvis charmerende og simpelt.
Decent - første nummer er bedst.
I det store billede er det en omgang sløj samlebånds-rock. Lad os være ærlige: hele albummet er på listen pga. titelnummeret 2.4
Godt spillet. Men røvkedeligt. Point for titelnummeret.
It was fine but I won't submit my fanclub membership application just yet....
Surprised at how much I ultimately enjoyed this. More than just dad rock…. The closer especially was a quite powerful banger
By my count this record has at least four monster, enduring hits. I only really like one of them, “Life in the Fast Lane” for obvious degenerate reasons. The namesake track “Hotel California”, a true epic by any measure, suffers from ubiquity over fifty long years (although I was tickled - and dubious - to happen upon the “actual” Hotel California while visiting Todos Santos, Baja California, Mexico.) The Eagles are fairly middle-of-the-road, the rock veers soft on a lot of this album, fitting a mellow California vibe. They do what they do well. It’s a high 3 for me.
One hit wonder verden fint kan glemme.
*listened before the project* OMG everyone in this world has listened to this song somewhere.But I’d say, other songs are still good.
So glad that I don’t like this one so I don’t need to disagree with the dude.
I’ve had fondue less cheesy than this.
Favorite Song: Victim of Love Least Favorite: Wasted Time
I liked the “HC” solo and “Life in the fast lane” but the rest of the songs felt quite dull.
Don’t hate it as much as I expected to hate it. New Kid in Town and Life in the Fast Lane are great songs but the rest is snoozey.
It’s inoffensive boomer dad rock, though my mom listened to this more than my dad. It’s ok. 👍
The definition of a 3 album. 3 Boolean: true
I mean... these are played out because I've heard them so much. But stuff like "Wasted Time" is absolutely not my jam.
For me, very much a eh album. Hotel California is a fine song. Just not a huge Eagles fan. It's fine. Not likely to listen to it again though.
7/10
Title track is good
I liked it more than I thought I would. I can see why it sold a zillion copies. Tunes for days. It is very safe though.
Obviously a classic but would need to listen to it again. Liked what I heard.
Amazing. Loved some of the songs and the whole thing was very good and cohesive
Crazy licensing laws
How can you not enjoy the Eagles? Great harmonies and guitars that just make you happy.
I hate the fuckin eagles, man.
Ein toller Jahrhundert Song mit gutem Beiwerk.
Damn had niet verwacht dat de comments by AOTY zo accuraat zouden zijn maar inderdaad boring behalve de eerste 3 liedjes. Niet gedacht dat het zo'n lame album zou zijn.
Started and ended with absolute bangers. What was in the middle was just ok. I had never heard the closing track before but loved it. It’s very Billy Joel Leningrad sounding. Ik the eagles did it first but I’m more familiar with Billy’s. I was honestly fully ready to give this album a 3 but this last track has me rethinking. 3.5 really
Surprisingly disappointing. One brilliant track, a couple of good ones, and a lot of keech fillers.
The first 500 times I heard the song Hotel California I didn’t think it was to bad, over the next 50,000 times it has turned to loathing. Rest of the album isn’t too bad though, but not good enough to redeem it much.
9 songs. 2 are good but I'm over them. Lebowski was right. Generic soft rock shit.
Unfortunately this album kinda rules. There’s a few duds. Victim of Love is a little meh. But I’ll be god damned if Hotel California isn’t awesome.
pretty good!
Stunning soft rock from teh 70s one of the best albums of the era must have heard it 1000 times on Vinyl then
4/10
Leuk, maar niet per se bijzonder. Af en toe voelde het wel alsof m'n scooter was veranderd in een Harley Davidson
classic
Classic, none of the songs are as good as the title track but overall very strong
I really do fucking hate the Eagles and have fully walked out of stores and other social situations for playing Hotel California. That being said I really tried giving this a fair shake. It's just so bland and artless. There isn't an ounce of grit anywhere on this album and there's absolutely nothing exhilarating, unique, or daring in this music. If I could give any credit, I would say "Life in the Fast Lane" is a decent r&b song and "Try and Love Again" is a pretty good country song. But otherwise, this is absolute trash kitsch.
sei la gostei muito nao
Always a banger in cali
Hotel California = Goated Nostalgia Not really feeling the second track but I think it’s growing on me. Reminds me on those romcom or drama movies where it’s like that one scene… You know what I’m talking about. Third track got me feeling like Little Richard! 7/10 Not my cup of tea on 4th track but still good song. I’ll give the album an 9 out of 10.
The title song is amazing. A classic for a reason. Sorry mom, but the rest of this album is so-so.
No doubt a good album. Short, but good variety and a showcase of the band’s talent along with several familiar hits.
A great and reliable way to start my 1001 journey. Knowing a few of these tracks going in, I knew I was in for a fun ride. ‘Timeless’ is the word that comes to mind. It doesn’t overstay its welcome and provides lovely melody and harmony along the way. I know it’s overplayed, but come on, that title track is perfection.
3.5 First 3 songs excellent.
Bland, boring, barren. I didn't like hotel California when it came on the radio and it doesn't do anything for me here either. Edgeless, passionless songs that rumble on and on follow it. Life in the fast lane at least caught my ear but it was an outlier, sadly. 1* Incidentally it killed my desire to listen to any music for the rest of the day.
So the song “Hotel California” has been overplayed to a ridiculous degree but the fact remains that it’s a pretty damn good song. Coupled with “The Last Resort” and you have a solid opener and closer. Alright, enough of that. The rest of this album is hot garbage. “New Kid in Town” is light-rock drivel and such a fall off the cliff from the preceding title track. The other hits, “Life in the Fast Lane” and “Victim of Love” are clichéd corporate rock that can’t even be saved by Joe Walsh’s guitar work. But the real pit of musical despair is at the center of the album. Never has there been a more aptly named song than “Wasted Time”! What a schmaltzy self-fellating pile of sonic crap this is. THEN! Then these guys have the balls to follow it up with the orchestral “Wasted Time (Reprise)”. Get over yourselves, you bunch of knobs!
Ох, хоспади.. Ну что ещё можно сказать про Иглс и Отель чё ещё не сказано? Качественный батя-рок, который не стыдно включить в окружении бать и мать, если вам, как грица, не хочется "scaring the hoes". Wasted Time - весьма интересная на слух баллада. Альбом, безусловно, важная веха в истории американской музыки, и под определенное настроение он заходит. Определенно не мой go-to альбом. Я уже много раз говорил про подобные альбомы и группы, а-ля Boston, повторяться о излишней вылизанности не буду. Кстати, почитайте про фотографию на внутренней стороне альбома, весьма занятная крипипаста лол
Essential soft rock.
More baroque than i expected but even granted that dreadfully uninteresting, if competent
California's Pink Floyd, and i like it
(Light 8/10) This album is pretty good. Contains some of their best material, and has a phenomenal closing track. Overall though. It's just pretty good. Not 100 best of all time good. Not by a long shot.
I personally prefer Don Henley’s solo music more than his work with the Eagles. Therefore, this will get it a 3 for me as it isn’t bad, but it’s not my favorite either.
My review will be as tepid as this music. Middle of the road songs for middle of the road people.
A famous album But only the title song Sparks a little joy.
The guitars are so fucking good on this record that every time there's a string-y ballad it feels like they're taking their foot off the gas. I'm glad we get a Joe Walsh vocal, but "Prairie Girls" ain't it. Still, for the most part, this is a fucking great rock record to listen to at maximum volume. Looking forward to reading all the Lebowski references in the reviews!
hummm well a bit overrated but honestly its alright. My favorite song would definetly be try and love again
I'm jamming
One all time classic which I care little for, I did like Life in the Fast Lane. The rest is pretty shit.
Music history cannon. Great on great. Every song a classic.
Solid tunes. I want to not like this album, but it's just strait up good.
The title song seems to stand alone for me, separate from all the other songs by this band and its constituent members as solo artists. I'm not sure why that is — maybe the narrative is so different? There are other songs on this album that I've always really liked; this morning, I especially enjoyed the wordplay in "Life in the Fast Lane": "She held him up and he held her for ransom," "There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face," "They didn't see the stop sign, took a turn for the worse."
Great album with really good sound all round! 4.25
This album is like quintessential dad rock, but it's also really good actually...
7/10
Reminds me of dad. And driving to AZ
I like the first 3 tracks. The rest are boring though.
“The only good song was hotel California”
I am not living it up in Hotel California
Notable Textzeilen: And in the master's chambers They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast Das beginnt mit einem (alleine bei Spotify) 2,3 Milliarden mal gespielten Lied. Und was soll man sagen: Zurecht. Das ist ein Übersong. Die Leadgitarre, die die Liedzeilen witzig kommentiert, eine Geschichte die erzählt wird und dabei viele ikonische Textzeilen produziert, die auch in anderem Zusammenhang als Zitate funktionieren. Ein 6,5 min Lied das nur ca. eine halbe Minute zu lang ist. So beginnt es also. Und dann weiter? Es folgt sehr viel zu süßer Pop, ein Hard-Rock-Standart, eine Proto-Power-Pop-Ballade mit Streichern (die Brian Adams zu oft gehört hat), ein bluesartiger Stampfer, etwas schmalziges mit Backgroundchoruuuhs, ein weiteres Lied das noch da war und schließlich eine pianolastige Ballade die irgendwas über die Besiedelung/Eroberung der USA erzählt, bisschen kulturkritisch, bisschen feiernd, bisschen religionskritisch. Keines dieser Lieder hat nur annähernd lyrisch oder musikalisch die Inspiration vom Opener. Ebenso ist nichts davon ist richtig schlecht, sondern eben Standart.
Okay, das war gleichzeitig schlimmer und weniger schlimm als befürchtet. Weniger schlimm weil das Songwriting stellenweise ziemlich gut ist - Life in the Fast Lane, Victim of Love - und Walsh und Felder schon ziemlich fantastische Guitaristen sind. Schlimmer weil all das in so eine klebrige Softrock-scheiße produziert wird dass nichts gut, sondern nur freundlich klingt. Die Texte sind auch banal, okay. Aber diese in Lithium gepackte Produktion killt einen, sorry.
Startet stark und lässt stark nach. Hits sind halt Hits, filler sind filler.
Some good mellow classic rock.
Not bad.
Great album, only knew a song or two, but was an enjoyable listen all the way through. 4.25-4.5 range? Fun listen, great songs throughout.
Don't care if it's cheesy. It totally rocks
The very very best!!!
Probably more like a 4.5
It was fine.
One of my top ten I believe
A late 70s classic, full of very carefully crafted harmonies, manicured drum sounds, and layered guitar sounds. But despite all the work on the sounds, they still left in the clunking lyric about wine being a spirit - it is a fermented beverage - and that was the first thing that leapt out to annoy me, swiftly followed by the overwhelming feeling of smugness across the record. This was not an enjoyable listen. Earnest, pompous, and full of self-importance.
Eats farts
Good
Okay, so the album consists of one of the greatest songs of all time, and admittedly, I thought that would be the only highlight of the album. Then, I realized "Life In The Fast Lane" is on the album, but I still didn't expect much better. I don't think I need to disclose my favorite track on the album, but it doesn't matter, because I'm blown away by how much I love this album. The riffs, the lyrics, and melodies make this album into a masterpiece. The bottom line: If you're into 1970s Rock music, this is clearly the album for you.
++: Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Pretty Maids All in a Row +: New Kid in Town, Victim of Love +-: Try and Love Again, The Last Resort -: Wasted Time, Wasted Time (Reprise) 5,4/10
Classic Top 10
アルバムを通してすごく良くて、一つの作品としての完成度がすごく高いと思った。 前半の曲の流れ、順番が洗練されていてこの順番以外考えられない 二曲目と四曲目がいいね。 さすがこの年代を代表する名盤だと思った これは多分何回も聴くと思う
I don't hate Joe Walsh.
yes good. favorite: Try and Love Again
Only liked maybe 3 tracks. The rest sounded like shit country.
Some really good hits, but there’s a reason I have never heard the non-hits
Victim of Love is the best song on this album and I will STAND by that
Overrated
Meh, there are a couple of singles on here that are ok, but overall its just an easy-listening, no-impact record that can spin in the background of suburbia. If you want to have some fun, listen to Joe Walsh's solo stuff!
LÄTTMJÖLK HUR kan det här albumet blivit så framgångsrikt? Var dom snygga eller?
Aside from Hotel California, which is a classic, I'm like the Dude. "I hate the fucking Eagles, man." Second track is a great example why. Country-ish kind of jangle. Life in the Fast Lane is OK, but never really moved me. Wasted Time is whiny junk. The Last Resort seems like a lame redux of Hotel California with lyrics and music. 3/5 based on title track alone, but otherwise would be a 2.
this is one of those classic rock albums where the voice isn’t too rough! i enjoyed every song, some of which i really liked! and of course hotel california
Ihan mukiin menevää! Parhaimmillaan Eagles kuulosti samalta ko Foreigner (teinimeikän yks lemppareita taas), varsinkin sillon ko kitara nauku kivasti. Loppua kohden mentiin kuitenkin hitaampia biisejä kohti ja tuntu et tunnelma vähän lysähti. En ollu tienny et bändin kuuluisin biisi on myös aloituskipale. Olisi sopinut myös loppuun niin olisi minulle pelastanut paljon.
vittu mikä lätty! wasted time reprise oli etenkin lemppari. tykkäsin ylipäätään! hyvä koska olin jo huolissaan siitä olinko menettänyt levyistä nauttimisen taidon. en vissiin.
En oo koskaan ihan valtavasti tykänny Eaglesista, mut täältä kolahti useempi biisi tällä kuuntelukerralla! Mukavasti vaihtelua biisien välillä ja vaikka oon konsa-aikoina joutunu tekeen transkription Hotel Californin soolosta niin onhan se edelleen kova biisi.
En oo ikinä kuullu näiltä mitään muuta ku levyn nimikkobiisin, nii tähän oli kivaa tutustua! Vähän shufflesekoilu tuli mun ja levyn väliin, mutta ihan tosi miellyttävää musaa. Tosin avausraidan tasolle ei muut biisit päässy, mutta rima toki onki melko korkea :D
No onhan se nyt hieno albumi! Upeet soundit ja hienoja riffejä ja sovituksia 🔥 Ja tosi kovii biisejä!
En tiiä saako näin ees sanoa, mut en oo kauhee rockballadien ystävä. Tältä levyltä ei niitä puuttunut. Onhan Hotel California klassikko ja Life in the Fast Lane nappasi myös mukaansa, mut muuten ei oikein mun makuuni. Lällyä, turvallista papparokkia, kakkoseen jää.
Second and final Eagles. I was grasping for the reason as to why I was familiar with these guys in my review of their self-titled album, and now that reason is staring me right in the face. Hotel California is a good song, and I'm hoping that the rest of this album will be of a similar quality. I wasn't looking when I typed the name of this album into YouTube Music and entered "jpte; ca;ofprmoa\" by mistake, yet YouTube was somehow able to bring up the correct result. Ain't modern technology just wonderful? Anyways, eh. This kind of Americana rock isn't really my thing, though I can admit it's competent in the case of this album. The bass is particularly strong. It has a pleasant, dulcet sound which carries many of these songs to satisfying highlights and conclusions. The same goes for the bluesy organs, warm acoustic guitars and ballady pianos. I am surprised by how stark the contrast between the bleak title track and free spirited remainder of this album is, though I can hardly complain. The music of this album is arranged, performed and mastered very well. All in all, this was an adept outing, though it's just too mainstream for me. I know, I know. Eyerolling, hippie-dippie boolshite comment and all, but there's nothing in here that strikes an emotional chord or does anything particularly unique or interesting, which are all things that I look for when assessing an album. Still, I'm open to giving this a second chance somewhere down the line. It's accessible and good for every occasion. For the time being, however, I'll just give this album a mildly outstretched thumbs-uppy and move on to my next record. There's the song of the hour and the namesake of the album. It's good! Great lyrics, free-flowing vocals and the desperado atmosphere lingering in the background is pretty sweet, too. Truth be told, that's about all there is to this album for me. It sticks to its guns and pulls them off well, though I admittedly grew tired of hearing the song as it went on. Still, it's a good listen. I've heard "Life in the Fast Lane" before, too. Yet another song that my Dad used to play in his car. Still, it's a'ight. Good chorus, and I like the rockem, sockem, cockem atmosphere that is conveyed through the rough guitars. Like Hotel California, the song drags on for a little longer than it's welcome, though on the whole I thought it was a decent listen. Book time. "...Hotel California depicts the emotional burnout of the West Coast scene after peace and love hardened into cynical hedonism." The album sold more than 16 million copies. It "...explores the underbelly of success, the darker side of paradise." The entry closes out by saying that "...West Coast country-rock reached a refinement in Hotel California never equaled again." I don't know why I'm checking the book entry for this album, truth be told. Two list albums seems about right for Eagles and I know that this is one of Eagles' hallmark releases. Big thumbs-uppy from me. I cosign this inclusion.
Apart from the titular track it was a little bit 'background-y', but actually, I didn't dislike it. 3/5 - would stick on in the background again!
Pretty good, definitely better than the eponymous album
Very overrated album, probs would like the big hits if didn’t hear them every god damn day
I will refrain from quoting The Dude, LOL! Aside from the title track, I found this album (and find The Eagles generally) very mid.
meh...I've heard it a thousand times.
ah starting off with the song that scared me as a kid. very silly, but still brings an eeriness to my body when I hear it. I'm also exhausted today so that will for sure change my listening ability. with how ubiquitous classic rock is, I'm used to this genre being "background music" rather than something I've explicitly chosen and therefore am struggling to listen with intention. And throughout listening today I continued not being able to hear songs beyond it being background music. The only songs that stood out happened to be the singles.
Possibly the most ‘classic rock’ sounding album of all time. I don’t have the fondness for this to make it one of my all time favourites, but it’s such a breezy listen.
Laikam mazliet too country for me, bet Hotel California ir klasika
izņemot hotel california, ļoti garlaicīgs albūms
I like the album, reminds me of a chilled driving album
A lot of strengths on this album beyond the title track, though I do think its mysticism is kinda unmatched. Overall I think it’s the beautiful guitar tones, vocal harmonies and overall crisp production that really elevates the album. Fave Tracks: Hotel California, New Kid In Town, Life in the Fast Lane, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Try and Love Again 4.6/5
This is obviously a classic album. This would be a sure fire 5 if the piano ballads weren’t a bit mediocre.
Fuck this corny-ass somnolent shit. They're good musicians but they use their powers for evil, and I can't let that stand.
top the billboard hot 100 charts "hotel california" won track of the year the album itself lost to "rumours" by fleetwood mac certified 28x platinum by riaa one of the best selling albums of all time
Solid
I don't mind the title track, but the rest is just so boring.
Great album. Not much new to say
solid
I hate the song, I hate this album, and I hate this band The only good thing Eagles ever did was lose track of Joe Walsh and let him wander away to make better music. (Note specifically that the only semi-decent song on this entire album, Life In The Fast Lane, is the only one where Walsh has songwriting credits.) There are less technically competent albums on this list(1). There are musicians I hate more than Glenn Frey and Don Henley on both a personal and artistic level, if only just(2). There are Steely Dans on this list making worse old dude rock than Eagles. I still think I hated listening to this more than any of those. (1: the noise bands are at least kind of interesting, and A Grand Don't Come For Free may be the most amateurish waste of time I've ever heard but it was charming how bad it was so I can't be too angry) (2: even setting aside the morally reprehensibles, the Steve Albinis and Gene Simmonses and Morisseys and such, the list is making me even more frustrated with the overrated artists like Bowie or The Beatles. Frey and Henley (3) aren't quite on the Paul McCartney end of the Musical War Criminal scale but they're pretty close!) (3: check out the "Legal Troubles" section on Don Henley's wikipedia page, actually, so let's bump Henley up the list of music dudes to hate about a thousand spots higher. it's not just his godawful voice)
“Hotel California” by the Eagles is, without a doubt, a true legend. The title track is one of the best songs ever written, and one of the songs that inspired me to pick up the guitar myself. That’s why I know it’s also a ton of fun to play it on stage. What about the other tracks? I’m not sure - I still have “Hotel California” on repeat. No, seriously: they’re not bad, but of course they can’t hold a candle to it. Does anyone even care?
Wonderful first track and honestly that was it. The rest sounded the same
My last album from the generator. An absolute classic to close it out. I've owned this for decades, always thought the shadowy, indistinct figure on the balcony overlooking the lobby on the back cover was creepy as shit. Tons of hits, hooks and killer vocal harmonies. This will always be a 5 star album. As always, a huge thank you to Alex. Everyday this project has been a highlight for me and an absolute pleasure. I have revisited old friends and discovered more great, new to me albums than I can count. Music is pure magic.
Hangs off the title track quite a lot, but some other stand outs too… reasonable amount of nostalgia attached to this one but still probably overrated.
Very nice production, crisp and clean but with plenty of warmth. They are clearly very competent at playing their instruments, but in terms of actually writing interesting songs or parts, there just isn't enough personality to back up the simplicity and repetition.
First track the GOAT rest is so meh, except Life in the fast lane
The opening song does the heavy lifting of this album. Even there, I don't know if I like it, because it actually appeals to me, or if it's just hammered into my brain because it's on the top of all the year-end summary lists (I live in NL)? In any case, the rest of the album is boring, sleep-inducing country music. I discovered that I really hate country music. Sure, I guess life in USA in the 70's was great, much freedom, such yee-haw, but it's 2026 now. USA lost all of its shine in the eyes of the world. And the ultra-USA music did as well.
4 keepers (Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane, Victim of Love, The Last Resort) out of 9 (44%) 0 bangers (0%) 3 stars.
the song quality on the album varies greatly but as a whole the album was a nice listen.
One of the finest albums of the late 70's. The title song is a bit over played but that's not the Eagles fault the produced such a good song. Joe Walsh songs and guitars make this record
its alright
It was pretty chill and nostalgic. Yesterday i found this album vinyl at my dads. But i feel like this albums stays in the time a bit, so it's not for me right know. But driving in a middle of nowhere with this would be great.
As much of a cliché as it is to like this album, I like this album.
Don't know the politics, but it seems people are really offended by The Eagles for some reason. From my perspective, this just extremely safe dad-rock. Cursory Googling suggests it's just popular to hate on them because of The Big Lebowski. There's some decent musical performances, the vocals are solid. Didn't really take in the lyrics, so can't comment on them. Not sure there's anything groundbreaking to speak of, but there wasn't a song I disliked (though it's so safe, it seems like that's the point). Probably not an album I'm going to listen to again, but I'd happily listen to any track from it in isolation. High 3.
I'm sure for the people this resonated with this is incredible but idk, feel like the themes in all these songs have been done 1000 times by this point. I also struggle to believe these were revolutionary topics to sing about in 1976. It wasn't bad but it wasn't good. Low 3
I’d heard a bunch of these before, but not the whole album. Over all, solid songs. I can see why they were so big. The title track is pretty amazing, of course.
Incredible - absolute classic
(10) Literally one of my favorite albums of all time.
There are interesting moments here, but it usually sounds like better artists with the edges sanded off. The title track is great and hits a good middle ground between rock and pop, a balance the rest of the album fails to strike. "Life in the Fast Lane" is one of the louder tracks, and while it's good enough to not just be "watered down ZZ Top," it's close. Most of the rest of the album is just ballads, and not good ones: they're sleepy and sometimes maudlin. "Wasted Time" is one of the worst, and for some reason the band thought we needed a reprise of it right after the song. Even "Victim of Love" is just a ballad dressed up with big riffs. The closer is actually fairly interesting with its focus on the environment, but the music is too lackluster to make it great. Overall this feels like an easy listening version of rock that's missing the hooks or impressive melodies that would make the sound work.
No
If we're being completely honest, the only thing keeping this from being a 2 is the first and last songs. Lots of drivel in the middle.
As a kid, one of the staple tapes my parents had in the car was Eagles Live - and the first half of this album is basically the first half of that album, so there are good memories associated with it. Plus, Hotel California is obviously a worldy, and Life In The Fast Lane and Wasted Time are great, too. The rest though, well it’s all a bit Eagles-y, isn’t it? It’s not bad, but it is very dad, and it sort of brings the album down in the seconfld half. This is an easy, and high, 3, I’m just not sure it reaches a 4. Fuck it, I think I’m just applying some unreasonable Eagles hate to the score - it’s a 4, and good value for it.
Four stars for just the title track. One of those songs you can't imagine not existing.
2.5/5
Not really for me, nice enough. I've always enjoyed Hotel California as a song. Just don't need Hotel California as an album.
I did enjoy the songs beyond Hotel California, but obviously none of them hit quite as hard as that first track
4/5…. Enjoyed listening to other songs other than the famous Hotel California
Jeez, that went downhill fast
Wasting Time has always been a song I love. I’m rounding my up to 4 just because of it.
Ehh, it’s fine. Never understood what the big fuss over The Eagles was.
I always thought (the) Eagles were unfairly maligned from The Big Lebowski....but this album kind of sucks. How did it sell 28,000,000 copies? Give me the self-titled album over this any day.
3.4 - title song has sorta been ruined for me by work :( I don’t want to feel like I’m making the 50th flat white of the day - Rock country? (Looked this up and yes. I’m very good at this genre guessing thing….) - Life in the fast lane is more my speed (aha get it!?) - Wasted time is too ballad-y, but the reprise goes hard - “And you know how to play it so well”
The best dad soft rock! Or is it soft dad rock? Either way, solid album with solid hits on it. I’ve always had love for the Eagles.
The Eagles are good at both rock and roll and the slow ballad songs. That being said, it can be tough on the listener when you want to hear one style from them and you get a lot of the other. The music is solid in either case but Hotel California gives you a good balance of both. The title track and Life in the Fast Lane are the stand out songs for me, with a couple of other honorable mentions. Very good listen.
In 1979, the Surgeon General determined that listening to this album was the leading cause of erectile dysfunction in males aged 24-49. Repeated listening made you softer than the creamsicle held by Ru Paul while watching a wet t-shirt contest at a Señor Frog’s in the middle of summer. Formulaic, soulless, predictable dad rock.
It's fine. I dont hate the Eagles, I just dont particularly like them. Dull and boring, the lamest version of 70s rock.
The critic Robert Christgau said: "Another thing that interests me about the Eagles is that I hate them. "Hate" is the kind of up-tight word that automatically excludes one from polite post hippie circles, a good reason to use it, but it is also meant to convey an anguish that is very intense, yet difficult to pinpoint. Do I hate music that has been giving me pleasure all weekend, made by four human beings I've never met? Yeah, I think so. Listening to the Eagles has left me feeling alienated from things I used to love." He's on the money. As opposed to The Eagles who are in the money, which might be part of the problem. Rich hippies are no longer hippies
Red hot start that kind of fades a little toward the end. Side B does have some good ones though.
I'm walking away from this listen a lot happier than I thought I'd be going in. I've always liked New Kid in Town a whole lot but the other two big hits on Side 1 have been mercilessly beat into my head (and everyone else's) by every classic rock station in America. I'm not saying they're bad songs by any means, but to say they've lost their shine over the years would be a bit of an understatement. I really wasn't expecting much from the rest of the album but I actually enjoyed a few of the others quite a bit, especially Try to Love Again. I still prefer their earlier albums over Hotel Cali but it's a classic for a reason, I suppose.
Album 2: This kicks rocks man. Hotel California? More like Motel Waste-of-my-time-nia. Listening to this is like listening to a screeching chalkboard.
I can understand the popularity of this album and the band in its time, but there’s nothing really challenging or groundbreaking going on here for me. Pleasant enough to listen to but not absorbing. 3
ja gut den ersten kennt man life in the fast lane hat sehr geile gitarrenstimme der letzte song ist ein top ende zwischendurch bisschen "langweilig"
Definitely a staple as far as classic rock is considered. Other Eagles songs I regard highly are Take it Easy, Take it to the Limit, and One of these Nights. "Hotel California" delivers much of the same with a polished sound that the band had established up to that point. Highlight tracks : title track, Life in the Fast Lane, New Kid in Town
I get that they’re a great band and supremely talented musicians and get this is a classic … but man did it drag. Even life in the fast lane isn’t that great of a song to me. That said, Hotel California as a song is just fantastic even if it’s overplayed. I was going between a 2-3 but a 2 feels like it’d just be for the sake of being contrarian. It’s a fine album, didn’t think it was a classic by any means 3
I love how the first and second half of the album differ. I prefer the second half with it's more chill rock vibe but the first half has great all time hits on it. the lyrics are masterfull throughout. great classic album
wow
So funny I listened to part of that literally yesterday. I really liked the first song, because it tells a story in a very narrative way, but other than nothing stood out. Not like in a “nothing was super good” (some were pretty nice) way but literally. For me everything sounded a bit too mellow and too similar.
Really like wasted time. Great ending
Eh basic rock niks rerig interresant nie titel song is goed though
Arguably the most remarkable feat of sound engineering in popular music history. Don't let familiarity rob you of experiencing this album as anything less than the masterpiece it is.
Something something Big Lebowski having a rough night and hating the Eagles. I actually went into this expecting to really dislike it (nothing to do with the movie, everything to do with overplay) but the songs are actually quite well-written despite how...self-important(?) the more serious songs are. This album works best when it's light and easy-going, like on "Life in the Fast Lane," the other monster single from this LP after the title track. I actually felt I had to skip the title track opener to get an authentic feel for this album and not to dampen my expectations, and I think it actually helped my assessment of this album. Sonically, this is as commercial as rock gets in this era, but for a soft rock album, it does actually hit hard in some places. Most of these songs have an actual pulse, which so much of the mushy, cloudy-soft shlock of this era didn't have (there are a couple of ballads guilty of this even on this album...) A pretty enjoyable album if you want something conventional, but I feel it's included here for its massive commercial reach rather than for anything innovative. Plenty of bands did the country-tinged rock with a soft side thing in this era, but it's hard to justify any of those contemporary groups when you have a band that at one point had the literal best-selling album in the world. Actually, I've always found it funny that the best-selling US band is called Eagles, because of course they would be! If someone wrote a movie about a fictional USA, they'd accuse that plot point of being too on the nose. Key Tracks (besides the title:) Life in the Fast Lane, Victim of Love, The Last Resort
8- GOOD
just fine, half of the album is a bit too bland for it to be great, and the hits are only fairly good other than the title track which I really like
Hotel California is a great track. The rest of the album is kinda boring. I'm with the dude on this one.
Hotel california (le titre) est l'une de mes musiques préférées, si ce n'est ma préférée. Je n'ai jamais écouté les autres. Marrant que ce soit le premier qui tombe.
Not the music I listen to, but everything is done great on this album. I even liked some songs enough to save them. pleasantly surprised.
2.5 stars only because I still enjoy the title track after all these years and having never listened to the full album before, lots of highlights production-wise and from the guitars (especially Joe Walsh). The rest? Cheesy, often reeking of insincerity, compared to what I know about this kind of music. Cock-rock structures with wimpy vocals. In spite of the dark content, too safe. (I grew up in California, so they're not the only ones to write about the themes at play, yet it's presented as truly insightful by so many fans). There's a reason that the Eagles is a joke to many people in the world of rock, but I came in with an open mind. Just not for me, though it should be in principle as I enjoy a lot of rock albums like this one. So, why do I enjoy "Rumours" but not this? Who knows, maybe it's too masculine for me. I'll listen again in another 10 years.
I haven't been forced to listen to the Eagles since my mom died 15 years ago. This is a 2.5 rounded down to a 2 because the bad songs are really bad.
Now that was some old man bullshit right there, but it least it had a few good guitar solos.
The height of California Soft Rock. It was very popular and I remember every song from my childhood. It rightly won several Grammys.
God this is a struggle. I can appreciate it, it's not for me, I'm mostly exhausted of it and I cannot remove myself objectively.
I've always been indifferent about The Eagles, and listening to the entirety of Hotel California hasn't seemed to change that. I am a fan of the title track, but otherwise, this album is just "meh" for me.
I mean, it has hotel california, but the rest is meh.
Day 332 Great album, title track is a scourge on karaoke everywhere though Highlights New Kid in Town Life in the Fast Lane Victim of Love
Great
Mag ich hat coole songs aber auch ein paar langweilige lieder
Tbh, I really didn’t listen to this but the first track was a suprise lol. Didn’t know that was the sample to American Wedding by Frank ocean
Ugh, I hate the Eagles. As cheesy as this band is I have to admit they write really catchy songs. The slow songs are really bad but it's a better album than I thought it would be.
A little rough coming right out of the gate with Hotel California at the start of the album, since the rest of it sort of fell to the wayside after that hit. I wouldn't say I fucking hate the Eagles, or that I love them. I'm more... fucking impartial to them.
1 - 10/10 (melhor) 2 - 7.5/10 3 - 9.5/10 4 - 8.5/10 5 - 8.5/10 6 - 9/10 7 - 8/10 8 - 9/10 9 - 8/10 4/5
A classic album. I mean the title track alone, new kid in town, victim of love…
353/1001 Eagles - Hotel California Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ❓ One of those albums that my parents would put on repeat, so know this fairly well. It's middle of the road rock, which is fine. Not going to complain if it's put on, equally won't be itching to put it on out of choice either.
Picture slow dancing, fireflies, and a rocking chair and you've got the Eagles. Welcome to Hotel California!
What if Supertramp was boring and was talking itself seriously?
Obviously Hotel California is top 10 song of all time. But I totally forgot about Life in the Fast Lane and man what a banger. New Kid in Town and Wasted Time weren’t my favorite but it’s hard to forget the bangers. What a crazy cool guitar riff at the start of Victim of Love, it’s a shame the rest of the song didn’t live up to that. The last three were pretty mid tho.
End of the album is actually not my favorite, but the first like 3 songs are all bangers, and it’s the eagles.
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
A mixed bag this. The title track is overplayed but admittedly brilliant. The Last Resort is one of my favourite tracks of all time. Also some dross on here. A couple of tracks sounds like they’re straight off a musical soundtrack. Can only give a 3 for the whole thing.
So slick and pleasant to listen to. Nothing lives up to the opening track, but it's still very good!
I mean, is there anything to say? It’s the Eagles. I didn’t know every song on this album (and I’m not sure I’d listen to all of them), but for me, it can’t get any better.
- Wasted time : excellente. Juste un switch entre l’action du début d’album. - pretty maid all in love : la moins bonne, mais reste une excellent chanson. C’est juste difficile de battre du S+…
The most classic rock a rock album can be, right down the middle totally inoffensive with 2 big songs and that’s about it. It was easy to listen to and has one of the greatest songs of all time casually on it but besides that it’s really nothing to write home about. The best way I can explain this album is by using somebody that I used to know as an example. It was a massive hit single and many people bought the album and realised that Gotye was an indie rock guy and it was completely different to what they expected. I feel that is exactly what happened with this people heard hotel California and expected the album to be more like that and got a country/pop rock album.
With my top album of 1976--it's time for a Fire Joe Morgan/Newman breakdown. "Hotel California:" The show-starter, the classic, the reliable, the marquee, etc. This title track is a classic rock cliche for good reason: it uniquely rocks. "New Kid in Town:" This has grown into my fave Eagles song. It's so lush and has wonderful Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies at the end. STICK IT TO MY VEINS. "Life in the Fast Lane:" After some sentimentality, a quick pick me up. This song works well for driving, presumably fast. "Wasted Time:" The title is a misnomer: this track rules and has a lot of sentimentality. It builds emotionally and musically. This is one of my favorite Eagles tunes. "Wasted Time (Reprise):" A snippet of the previous song as an instrumental for a let me up. "Victim of Love:" A scorching, lamentful romance rocker. Being broken-hearted and angry never sounded so vindictive (also good). "Pretty Maids All in a Row:" A sorrowful ballad with a good refrain. "Try and Love Again:" Solid advice from an all right song. "The Last Resort:" A mostly slow ballad to leave the album with some solid melancholy.
Lebowski
heavy on the "Catalina Breeze" cheese but I think people (millennials?) are a little too harsh on this band/era of music (Lebowski's fault?). this is a great LP. although I wish Randy Meisner would take lead vocals more often
Hotel California will forever be one of my favorites!!
The Eagles are one of the most overrated groups ever. Represented the decadence of the 70s. Hotel California is an okay album Hotel California is a good song. So is New Kid in town. Lots of filler on the album . Big in the 70s. However, not much interest in them now except for aging baby boomers. Average album. Three stars
- the wasted time reprise absolutely changed me - the transition between wasted time and then the reprise song of it was stunning - i think my favorite ones could be new kid in town, wasted time and the last resort - did i mention wasted time reprise because yeah
7.5/10 I like the way that the rock aspect of the album works and it feels very original. Main complaint is the cohesivity of the album. Kind of switches from rock to country and is offsetting. Overall good album not great
Хтось цей альбом ненавидить, хтось обожнює. Ні одні ні інші, на мою думку, не праві. Це просто хороший, сентиментальний софт рок альбом. Чи запам'яталось мені щось конкретне з нього? Ні. Чи хотілось мені заснути під час прослуховування. Ні. Вайбовий альбом. Оцінка: низька-середня 6
First 3 songs are all enjoyable and I can see why it's a huge seller, but then it falls off a cliff with mushy wank.
I went in only knowing one song, and I'll leave only remembering that same song. But it's good classic American rock, with extra dollops of cheese. Old man rock (basically pop ballads with guitars). My head says three, but I'm a bit of an old mam myself.
Perfect album by the Eagles. Could play the album front to back, side to side, left to right if I could!
I did not want to enjoy this as much as I did. I made a concerted effort to try and block out any previous feelings I had about the album based on the ubiquity of Eagles hits on classic rock radio etc. This was one of my dad’s all time faves in high school in the 1970’s (of course) and so I tried to put myself in the headspace of a kid hearing these sounds for the first time and MAN, I have to admit this is just a stunning sounding record. Even the title track, which we’ve all heard a thousand times and feels like it has the potential to induce some rolling of the eyes, is so thoughtfully constructed and composed, it’s tough to find anything to criticize. Joe Walsh was operating at such a high level here. The ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ riff? Get outta here, man. Ripper. Idk dudes, I think I just fw the Eagles now. Whatever.
I am the iconoclast who wields the blade to pierce the mythos of boomer monocultural music tastes. Somewhere along the way, the eagles were canonized as one of Americas heartland rock icons, an eternal badge, apparently, and that status was probably solidified with this album, heralded as a classic. This album is absolutely mid, propped up by two singles- one each from Don Henley and Joe Walsh. It’s easy to understand why they went solo, the album suffers from a strong whiplash between their two styles- Henley’s soft core poetry and Walsh’s riff focused rock. Beyond that, there’s a history lesson here as to why this is considered such a classic album and held up by boomers as the best ever. In the 70s, and even beyond, your only means of listening to music were twofold: the radio, and vinyl albums you owned. The proliferation (and fragmentation) of music was uncommon and yet to happen- which created these huge monocultures around music. In 1976 or 1977, the eagles would have been utterly inescapable. On top 40 radio and rock channels 24/7, in store PA systems, and on your neighbor’s turntable. This was a universal experience that everyone of the day had. Even if you didn’t like the music, you had heard it. Over and over. It elicited specific and strong memories of a certain time- often for boomers, their youth- and as such planted itself strongly in the minds of America. Unlike today where there’s 70+ years of music available at your fingertips via Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, pandora, or even the radio, satellite or otherwise- you had no choice but to listen to the Eagles or whatever else was on. A lot of people started liking it. And many never stopped. But in 2026- we have choices. We don’t have to listen to the eagles any longer. And I implore you not to.
I totally forgot that Life in the Fast Lane was on this album haha
I was surprised to learn that the song, Hotel California, is the opening track on the album. I would have thought it was the closer.
Oh I could have died happy not hearing these songs again.
Classic
Probably the most Boomer/Dad Rock music you will ever hear.
Ninguna canción me movió, ni me intereso como se llamaban
BEFORE: I'm generally with Jeff Lebowski when it comes to the Eagles. I was over-exposed to their earlier Greatest Hits by various drunk bogan relatives at family holidays, wedding receptions etc. but I'm a little more open-minded with this album and even partial to the singles in the right context. AFTER: The production is incredible. Every instrument sounds crystal-clear in the mix while preserving a strong sense of dynamics. The music itself is more of a mixed bag. HIGHLIGHTS: The guitar work on Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane (I like Joe Walsh), Victim of Love apart from the the chorus, Try And Love Again even the ridiculous falsetto outro, the harmonies and production throughout. LOWLIGHTS: Wasted Time is turgid and forgettable in a way that no string section can fix. A Peter Cetera-level turd rolled in glitter. The Last Resort is a better ballad but is at least 2 minutes too long. Pretty Maids All In A Row is forgettable and the intro is cheesy. VERDICT: A light 4 stars. Too many ballads but otherwise better than I expected.
It's been one of my favorite albums of all times for years, each song is connected to a specific period of my life and the whole album is suitable for every occasion
GOT HELLA EXCITED SEEING SOMETHING I ACTUALLY RECOGNIZED BUT gawd i zoned out the whole time listening to it
100x mieux que dans mes souvenirs. Le son Hotel california est évidemment un classique. Le reste de l'album me plaît évidemment moins mais des sons comme Wasted Time et The Last Resort rendent l'album cool.
Franchement bien sympa
Неплохой рок, причём все песни, а не только всем известная заглавная. Но всё равно не моя кап оф ти.
6/1001 Um dos melhores álbuns de "dad rock" da história, apenas Hotel California - 100 New Kid in Town - 90 Life in the Fast Lane - 85 Wasted Time - 80 Wasted Time (Reprise) - 80 Victim of Love - 85 Pretty Maids All in a Row - 80 Try and Love Again - 85 The Last Resort - 85 Media: 85.5
Lungijees
first album i got shown, i've heard of hotel california many times before but haven't listened until now, i don't know what to say i don't really feel anything for the title track that i was really hyping up in my head, but i did enjoy the rest of the songs except for "life in the fast lane" and "victim of love" i know i shouldn't be comparing but id rather listen to led zeppelin ngl, my favorite song off of this album is probably 'new kid in town" i don't know if i'm gonna come to this album though if i don't really feel much for it to be honest, i feel kind of guilty for shitting on something i know people love but i mean, its my opinion and i am sure there are many people who hate the stuff i like to listen to
Wasted time is amazing, also the reprise, this is beautiful! Wow the strings, wasn't expecting this. Straight back into classic rock. Liked the Album, don't love, a very famous Album but not my style xx
A classic, but personally getting a little tired of this one.
Some good songs but overall not my favorite Eagles album or songs.
The Eagles really like ballads!
It's Hotel California, and a bunch of extremely average songs. Hotel California (the song) is an excellent moody and almost proggy song that is often regarded as one of the best rock songs ever, and as overplayed as it is I do kinda have to agree. The rest of the album though has the band explore a bunch of other genres including ballads and pseudo-raunchy blues rock that doesn't rise above fine.
I was ready to not enjoy this, partially in bewilderment that an Eagles compilation album was once the biggest selling album *of all time* in the US. However, it actually is a pretty good listen! The opening title track is of course iconic (transports me back to a family holiday in California where my dad pretty much only played songs from a playlist of California-themed music), and New Kid in Town and Life in the Fast Lane were nice surprises to hear next (I didn’t know they were Eagles tracks!). The rest is fine but comparatively unremarkable. Still very listenable and good value for 4 overall.
The Eagles might be one of the corniest, most ‘yacht-rock’ American bands ever, but I have to admit I do really enjoy them. The opening trio is just brilliant: the undeniable classic title track, the relaxed, country-infused ‘New Kid in Town’ and the riff-driven rocker ‘Life in the Fast Lane’. The middle of the album isn’t quite as good, but it ends really strongly with ‘Try and Love Again’ (my favourite of the more ballad-ish tracks) and the great environmental lament ‘The Last Resort’. It sometimes verges on the schmaltzy, but the melodies, guitar solos and vocal harmonies are fantastic.
Great blend of heartbreak and rock
First 3 tracks are at least interesting or unique. Mush after that.
It's whatever. Not my thing.
Not for me. Some half decent tunes on there, but just don't like the overall vibe.
First song is of course a banger , rest of the songs are typical feel good eagles songs def classic good rock very strong album.
wow this album is boring. i think some bands can skate on a huge hit for a while, but “Hotel California” is not that type of song for me. even “Life In The Fast Lane” is mid at best
Hotel California by the Eagles is a wonderful album that I really enjoyed. The songs are very soothing and easy to listen to, with beautiful melodies and strong vocals throughout. The album creates a relaxing atmosphere while still featuring memorable tracks like "Hotel California" and "New Kid in Town." Overall, it's a timeless classic that combines great musicianship with a calm, enjoyable sound, making it an album I can listen to again and again
Fine if you like the eagles.
The dude and I differ on one major point. I love the eagles man.
#982. People that don't like the Eagles are silly people that are not to be trusted. 4/5: great.