Reviews (page 3 of 15)
"Hotel California" is one of the greatest songs of all time, but other than that it really has not much more to offer rather than basic classic rock songs and two other good songs ("Life in the Fast Lane" and "Try and Love Again")
Legendary, every track sounds big and like it was made to be a classic from the start. It's definitely the type of album that even non rock listeners would enjoy.
Opens with a classic but becomes a bit monotonous and inoffensive after this
Hotel California is a great song. From there, it's banal, sappy, stupid af. 3 "mostly because Hotel California is a great song" stars.
I doesn’t sound horrible but I don’t enjoy listening to this kind of music.
Daddest of Rock/10
6/22/26. I obviously know the title track, but the whole record delivers! It might be the epitome of 70s soft rock and approachable sound. Really liked the strings on Wasted Time.
The master mold for boomer dad rock, and the embodiment of a subculture I have little interest in. Soulless and unimaginative, it's only saved by a couple of hit songs that have been so overplayed that they're now living rent-free in the collective psyche. How this band ever became so famous and influential is beyond me. Maybe I'm just not American enough to understand. Was tempted to give it a 1*, but it's not the worst on this list, and I'll admit that Hotel California is a classic for a reason. 3/10
The Eagles, like Fleetwood Mac and a few others, are among those bands whose success I’ve never really understood. This is probably their most famous album, and one of the biggest-selling records ever. It’s not unpleasant to listen to, but I just can’t grasp why it became such a phenomenon. Their boogie and folk-rock sound feels pretty tame compared to other bands doing similar things. Nothing here really grabs me or sticks with me… Everything is pretty and well played, but nothing really bites.
Juste avec Hotel California et Life in the fast lane, on a définitivement un album 5 étoiles. Mais le reste coule aussi très bien et j'ai beaucoup aimé la power ballad Wasted Time). Encore une fois, un délice pour faire de la route
Hotel California, bonne toune mais overplayed rendu là! J'ai bien aimé mais préféré leur début qu'on a eu 4 jours avant. Bien aimé Try and Love Again en fin d'album.
6.19.26 I find this album rather unremarkable. some enjoyable songs, but I just don't vibe with it as a whole. probably doesn't help that I'm not really a fan of the title track. Favorite Song: New Kid in Town Rating: 2.5/5
K, ended up liking a little more than I expected, even made me get up in my feels once or twice.
Love the big hits, the rest is a bit vanilla
Great album, classy.
2026.06.25.
Surely there's an irony in setting out to make a big statement about the hollowness of American life, its consumerism and excess, business and art only to have it become one of the biggest selling albums that everyone had to have, so it became almost a symptom rather than a diagnosis. It's expert, if, at times, overblown with its own importance, although any thought of the Eagles being desperado cowboys has long gone. This is about as AOR as it gets and at times veers dangerously close to yacht rock. Probably seemed a lot more daring in 1976, before everyone had heard it too many times.
It’s hard to objectively evaluate something you are very familiar with or have strong feelings about when it eventually shows up in this project. I knew this day would come and I tried really hard to give this a fresh listen, but it is just not good. So bland. And slow. And boring. And I was shocked to learn that there isn’t just one or two guys writing the songs because all the band members writing the songs have the same blandness to their efforts. I really approached it with an open mind, but right away, all I could hear was the Blue Jean Committee from SNL and Documentary Now! They did such a pitch perfect take down of this style of music that it just makes the original laughable as well. And even when it wasn’t the Blue Jean Committee, it was still the Bjelland Brothers asking me if I got the bottle of sparkling apple juice they sent to my house. I know people love the Eagles, but this is crap.
Enjoyable but not incredible. 3/5
I liked the album much more than expected
I think there are only two good songs on this album. The slow burns are deadly. Hotel California starts at a 5, perhaps, it’s so familiar it’s hard to say, but then the score goes down with New Kid in Town. Then Life in the Fast Lane. Undeniably fun. Then Wasted Time, with a Reprise which is a description of itself. Victim of Love is - ok. And it’s all down hill. Yeah- I think it crashes out at a 2. 2 Boolean: True?
- hard to swallow, feels like dad rock from another era. - saccharine - theres nothing to hate per se, it's just so slick and soulless for music that should be deserts and rough edges -HOW IS THIS SO EASY????? i really want this to end.
I've heard the hits off of this but never the full thing, incredibly beautiful album wow.
I love this entire album, no matter what the Dude says
I’ve never been a huge Eagles fan, their music has always felt a little antiseptic to me. That said I knew basically every song on this album, which says something, but it suffers from overexposure. I might feel differently if I didn’t associate the Eagles with the background noise of every restaurant, grocery store, and car ride growing up. But it’s undeniably a classic, even if it’s not really my thing. 4/5.
Came across the vinyl at the markets on the weekend, nearly bought it. Thank God I didn't, absolute snooze fest. Besides track one obviously and maybe new kid in town and wasted time (reprise) 2/5
Awesome, for some reason I hadn't actually listened to this album in its entirety before, and now I've discovered some great songs
I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ Eagles, man Hotel California is a fun enough song, but I really do hate the Eagels
Where would boring classic rock FN radio stations be without the Eagles?
dude en ponerle 5 estrellas pero es realmente muy bueno. wasted time hitazo
not my vibe idk why xx but good x. bit eltony at point. 3/5? they sound bit similar to me. bit dire straitsy but less riffy xx
Good summer album
Definitely a lot better than their self-titled album. Having to hear Hotel California over and over again for the past 5 years of my life because of marching band has given me a weird love/hate relationship with the title track. I've probably heard that song a triple-digit number of times at this point, same with Mirrors by Justin Timberlake and Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns and Roses. If you can't tell, the staff was split pretty down the middle between people in their early 40s and early 50s. Anyways, I'd say "I can't hate it" but that implies that the only reason I like this album is because I associate it with being in band. That's not even kind of true, I was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Being stockholm syndromed into liking the title track probably had a part in it (damn you Ms. Russell), but even the non-singles are pretty good to me. Those last few slow songs at the end even got to me a little.
So, so bland and dull. Music to sit at a terrible barbeque and die to.
Hotel California as a track is overplayed. But it is still good, and the rest of the album holds up. Not floored, but also not hating it.
Lots of 12 string guitar ballads, excellent and memorable lead lines, Don Henley and Glenn Frey bring warm, smooth and elegant vocals with tracks like “wasted time” fast becoming my favourite. The production on this album is exceptional also big fan of that.
It was relaxing. I liked when it had the violins part in it idk the actual name of the piece tho
Eh, just not an eagles fan. Feels like rock with the rough edges sounded off to appeal to the most people.
Hippy stuff
encuentro que la primera canción es la única memorable
Lo escuché en el auto con mi papá, los dos casi nos dormimos
Really not my bag
classic Rock at its finest. aber aus heutiger perspektive auch ziemlich generisch.
1stly I listened to the 2013 remaster. "Hotel California" is top-notch.
you can check out but you can never leave
some awesome songs but some others that were kinda eh for me.
Man of a certain age rock music
もういまさら言うまでもない神アルバム
fine
Whereas artists like Joni Mitchell and Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac made 1970s California feel so vibrant and exciting, The Eagles made it sound so damn boring.
> Hotel California I remember my initial introduction to The Eagles was a boy being almost stunned I didn’t know who they were and I originally listened to two songs by them for him and it was Hotel California and One of These Nights. (I did like both!) The title track of this album which I can’t lie, I liked primarily for it’s familiarity and later made the connection it was because of Frank Ocean’s American Wedding song had been appearing in my TikTok for you page at the time. > New Kid in Town I like how it can get a bit dreamy, I can see the dad rock aspect of it. > Life in the Fast Line Okay, slightly more edgy, more ac/dc? > Wasted Time I genuinely spaced out, but it was good background noise to my dream journaling. > (Reprise) Genuinely kind of beautiful, all albums should have an orchestra thrown in the middle. > Victim of Love I actually quite liked it! The lyrics are meh. > Pretty Maids All in a Row Yeah, dad rock. > Try and Love Again I actually like this, lyrics and all, and if I said its kinda Heart-y would u be mad. > The Last Resort Meh.
Most songs drag a bit, and the drums are really boring. It also feels like they half-heartedly are trying to be artsy. The title track is pretty good though.
One of the most heavily frontloaded albums of all time. It cannot be a 5
Good album. Wish there were More 6 minute songs made today. Try and Love Again is my favorite. Hotel California you will always be famous
It's funny, because I was just listening to this apropos of nothing. So obviously I think it's a pretty good one 4 or 5 out of 5.
good one
Nice but not for me
Very sleepy album but not in a bad way
Its fantastic. Probably their most well put together work from start to front.
Meh. Fine. Whatever
Wasted Time (Reprise) is pretty. Everything else is fine.
muy tranquilo
Sure I used to know all the words to "Hotel California" but wow, on a relisten the whole record is this entitled malaise, put-upon world-weariness, and often condescending. Musically, whatever. I mean, mid-70s soft rock (for which these bros are largely responsible) is innocuous enough. Sometimes I can will myself into the vibe, and then I am in a weed-smoke filled Honda in a Cali parking mall parking lot, doing errands, cassette blaring. Then it isn't quite as annoying
It’s slick and perhaps over produced. It’s almost a cliche of 70s pop rock. It’s not my favorite version of the Eagles. But it’s still pretty great: the songs pop and the lyrics capture and satirize the post-60s malaise.
2 stars. The title track is pretty great, and Life in the Fast Lane also alright but nothing drags it beyond a 2 star.
Learning to play the title track for a Country/Classic Rock cover band sub gig gave me a renewed appreciation for the song and Life In the Fast Lane doesn't suck. The rest of the album is boring, at best. 2 stars.
I will give them credit, they have great vocals and create beautiful harmonies. Their songwriting is good and there are 3 songs I really like but overall I am not a fan of this album. It's too country and slow, really has a depressing feel to it for my liking.
Some generational classics. Some soft ballads that didn't work for me. 7/10
I know it's often hated because that's cool to do but come on.
Caso parecido a lo que me pasó con el primero de Lynrd Skinrd pero al revés, el tema más conocido está al principio y el resto de el álbum va pasando, tiene dos baladas rockeras que destacan pero los otros temas no me sorprendieron ni llamaron mí atención, eso sí el álbum tiene una calidad de sonido muy buena y la banda toca bien.
Very nice
Pretty good
Rating:★★★★ Classic. Lots of great songs here, not to mention the intro title track that everyone's heard on the radio. a great group of songs.
I was primed and ready to hate on Don Henley but unfortunately this is a really solid rock album. Some fantastic songs on here, with Try and Love Again being a surprise standout for me. The softer songs definitely bring the album experience down a bit, but I was honestly pretty surprised by how much I enjoyed this album.
I know "Hotel California" and its title track are widely beloved, but apart from the title track, there's not a lot to dig into. None of the tracks on the album is as iconic or good as "Hotel California". "The Last Resort" comes close compared to the others, though. So "Hotel California" is a pair of bookends with filler in between. This album left me disappointed, especially one with an amazing title track. 3 stars for "Hotel California".
Classic album lots of hits
This was a lovely album. Very easy to listen to. It starts incredibly strong and maintains the vibe throughout. They really were (are) incredibly talented musicians
El disco que quisieron derribar en el 77, por el lado de la música disco y sobre todo del Punk. Cuando Talking Heads molaban, los Eagles no (Fleetwood Mac, tampoco) y Genesis, EM&P o Yes eran dinosaurios pesados. No pudieron porque tiene temas excelentes y la titular (que iba a llamarse Mexican Bolero y duraba más de 6 minutos algo impensable para las radios), un clásico imprescindible pero con ese duelo entre guitarras era imposible que no triunfara. New Kid in town, y Life in the fast lane son muy buenos temas. Portada y disco esencial para el fin del sueño americano. 40 millones de copias y a mí lo que más me gusta el batería (en los platillos veo mucha influencia de Moonage Daydream) . La cara B carece del gancho de la primera, pero Try and love again sí se sostiene. Como curiosidad decir que la portada es del Hotel Beberly Hills y no del Hotel California. También el más que parecido entre Hotel California y We used to know de Jethro Tull...
Good shit right here.
Okay, but Hotel California has turned me off of Eagles forever. 3.5
9.0/10 Close to a perfect album for me... filled with hits
Few great tracks, R&B is a tad strange
I don’t hate the title track as much as some people do but most of this is pretty awful. That last track is pretty based though.
Rocking out. Good lyrics would seek out.
A bit disappointed by this album because I loveeee Hotel California (The song). An amazing track surrounded by okay, but forgettable rock songs. TOP songs: Hotel California, Try and Love Again, Victim of Love
just not my favorite, not a big rock ballad person
un pepino
This album is so canonical that people rarely say the obvious thing. It is also the moment when the Eagles’ strengths become inseparable from their weaknesses. The precision can feel icy. The professionalism can feel bloodless. The emotional distance is part of the point, but it also keeps the album from hitting with the raw human force of the very greatest records.
Excelente disco. La verdad que sólo conocía la primera, que es un temón, pero el resto estuvieron muy bien también.
I know this album has to be on here, but holy shit there’s a lot of boomer dad rock on this list. Anyway it’s the eagles and it sounds exactly like you think it might
Several hits here including the title track and Life in the Fast Lane. This album is not available on YouTube music for some reason, so I had to listen via a playlist on YouTube. Wasted Time, Try and Love Again are also top notch. New Kid in Town is solid. Victim of Love and The Last Resort are ok songs. Overall a very good album.
I feel The Eagles went from overrated to overhated. Are they a revolutionary band? Nah. But they know how to make catchy music with engaging enough content -- the prime of which is Hotel California. Not exactly high art, but happy to play it on any road trips.
Started off strong, but the songs kept getting worse as it went on.
This is the first album on the list that I listened to on my record player. I had heard most of the songs before, but never the whole thing. It's a great experience overall, just listening to anything on a record player. But it's always the best experience when it's a great album, which Hotel California is.
ughhhhh hotel california (the song) is sooo good but the rest fell a little flat for me unfortunately :/
Heard Before? Duh. Seriously the biggest struggle I have with this list is separating the art itself from its cultural context, especially the dominant mainstream. Who on god's green earth wakes up in the morning and wants to hear this album yet again? Notes: - so pleasant that it hurts. it truly hurts. - song after song it features many musical elements i enjoy, bludgeoned into a bland paste and lacquered with a thousand layers of dull familiarity. ugh. Verdict: Of potential interest to twelve year olds and dudes who peaked at that age. Listen Again? I doubt the lord will be kind enough to spare me.
Its fine... and there are some good songs. But I get why the dude thought they were insufferable.
So many people supposedly love this album that you kind of expect it to be great. And Hotel California (the song) is great. New Kid In Town and Life In The Fast Lane are pretty good. After that, the album is a bunch of mostly soft rock that is half ok and half boring. I'm still giving it a 4 just because of the title track.
Overrated
This album has a incredible vibe, u feel like you are driving through the californian desert at dawn
The album sleeve is a piece of art and captures the beauty and faded glory intended. The album is a record that transcends a band and becomes a truelly great piece of Americana One of the greats and that's from someone who doesn't care for the Eagles!
Tältä levyltä oli tuttuja ne hitit. Ihan kelpo soittoa ja laulantaa.
I’ve heard this before. I do not like the Eagles and I have never liked them outside of a few that Joe Walsh wrote and even those aren’t great. I don’t understand how a musician as great as Joe Walsh joined this band but I just assume he was blackout drunk the whole time. I will do my best to listen to this with an open mind. I have reassessed it with an open mind and this album is still hot garbage. I do not entirely hate the title track, and Life In The Fast Lane has a decent riff. That is all the good I have to say about it. The rest is bland weak country rock with cocaine harmonies by the most arrogant pricks who ever picked up an instrument (except Joe Walsh who is cool).
It's crazy how the two tracks on this album that I knew, I feel like I have heard over a thousand times, but knew virtually none of the rest of the album. I think the angles are misrepresented as a rock band , if rock is what you're looking for I think you'll be disappointed. That said, this blend of country inspired , soft ballads and solid songwriting scratches an itch I didn't know I had. I can see why this album was so huge.
Obligatory, "I hate the fucking Eagles, man!". But seriously, I actually don't really like the Eagles. I've never been forced to put my dislike for them into words like this and I don't think I could have until I read the Ringer's article "The Case Against the Eagles" this morning. In far fewer words, the Eagles have always felt like that privileged kid that expects the world and more and will throw a fit when they don't get their way. Anyways, separating the art from the artist and it's not all bad. Joe Walsh's guitar playing, when he's allowed to let loose, is amazing on this album. The hits are obviously great songs, Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane deserve the praise they get, but other than a few select songs, this album is incredibly boring.
I really like how smooth the music feels. I am definitely more of an Eagles fan than most. It was interesting to listen to "Hotel California" in the album context, because it was clear that the other songs added to its meaning.
I’ve gotta listen to this again at some point
Good
The only time I’ve listened to this album before was in honors English. Turns out this albums really good when a perverted middle aged man isn’t making you analyze it
I'm digging this for sure. Feels very classic rock, not super experimental but just a very solid and great sounding album
"Hotel California" the song by the Eagles is a banger, "Hotel California" the album by the Eagles I am less a fan of
album #60 personally i would not stay at the hotel california. good tune though. ꩜ album rating: ★★★☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 1,029 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 31 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 12 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 48
the only album so far I've actively resented having to listen to. trash
Great album! A classic! With a few of the eagles timeless classics! Hotel California is literally one of the best songs ever constructed!
Hotel California has aged like a fine wine. Some of the other songs are decent too, but honestly not what I expected. New Kid In Town is probably my second favorite.
the title track whips so much ass, i'm so tired of it and yet will never get tired of it, just evergreen. the lyrics, the solo, the themes and such. makes most of the rest of the album feel mid by comparison. i also liked Victim of Love a lot. i think one or two bangers would bring the score up but as it is the one song does just hard carry, if you take out Hotel California you're taking out the heart and soul and bones of the entire record and just leaving some pretty good rock n roll. strong 3
Rating: 3/10 Now this is that shit I despise. My 1's so far have comprised of music I was unfamiliar with and found almost entirely unappealing on first listen, but the ubiquitous easy going rock of the Eagles almost starts to make the blood boil when listening in full album form. Bland, edge-less pop rock baby boomer commercial music
I actually didn't love it that much. Hotel California is great yes, but other than that it feels chill and smooth at best, but for the most part it feels like a cross between a crawling pace (in a "get on with it bro" kind of way) and just regular 'ole dad rock (more than I expected). Really nothing super redeeming about it to me after plenty of loops, I think it's just not my thing 5.2/10
3.5 cause of hotel California?
we had American Pie recently and this is a very similar proposition - canonical banger of staggering scope and ambition, followed by some very mid tunes.
I have thus far and will continue to make fun of how often this list includes British albums that don't belong anywhere near a list of essential albums, but lest you think I am simply biased towards American albums or against British albums, here is some proof I am not. The Eagles are the best selling American band of all time and, if we had not already done enough things to indict us before the rest of the world, this would be a devastating coup de grace to the idea of American taste. Is this a bad album? No, it's largely inoffensive soft rock. But it is so soft and so inoffensive. "Pretty Maids All In a Row" is so slow and boring that the existence of an electric guitar on the next track, which is also very slow, is downright thrilling. Apparently when Joe Walsh was joining the Eagles they were worried that he was "too wild" for the band. They did not need to worry. Other people have taken the Eagles to task for being a bunch of Macho D-bags, for being the favorite band of some of worst, most annoying people on earth. I won't bother with all that. Sticking with the music, there's good stuff here. You don't need me to tell that "Hotel California" is a good song, you've probably heard "Life in the fast lane" on Walmart loud speakers. "Try and Love Again" also manages to be fun. But when the songs aren't hitting everything drags to a halt in a way that really hasn't held up.
Only the title song speaks to me now. The other songs seem average.
Welp... It's the Eagles. The soft stuff is way too soft it's melting on the brown carpet. The timeless hits are as good as always though. No real surprises here.
Easy going country tinged rock. Kinda boring. And The Last Resort is cheesy and try-hard. I don't know about this record. Mediocre.
Ok be of their best albums. Great band then adding Joe Walsh!!! Yes….
I liked this album quite a bit. Another one difficult to find on youtube music, but fortunately someone put together a collection. But I liked this quite a bit. I can see why their greatest hits album sells so well. The hits are outstanding, but the other can be so-so or a miss, but never bad.
Classic bit of Americana. Best enjoyed on a porch sipping whiskey as the sun goes down over a desert landscape
hermoso álbum 10 de 10 me encanto
i think this might be one of my favourite title tracks for an album ever, i’ve been familiar with hotel california and the eagles forever but this is the first time i’ve actually payed a bit of attention fully to her and this song is incredible. that is an impeccable opener. okay taking into account that I have been familiar with the eagles, but I have only ever known a couple songs at best through the radio or just in the wild, i didn’t expect more of a country sound tbh, i thought it would be a bit more rocky but its actually pretty fantastic. three songs in and i’m hooked, that riff in life in the fast lane is sensational. i think the first three tracks is my favourite 3 track run of all time
I like
Hotel California is so iconic that I wasn't expecting much else out of the album. I was expecting one-hit-wonser vibes, but the project is pretty well produced from start to finish. It's very general rock, easy to get along with, which for me means a little on the stale side. I'd still be happy to have this in my collection for on occasional spin, but I don't think I'll be streaming it too frequently. 3.4/5
Bad
Barf
NICE
Has a few easily recognizable songs at the beginning of the tracklist. Overplayed jams; still descent. But the back half of the record isn’t real rad. Maybe because I haven’t heard the songs as much. 2.6/5.0
honestly, I liked it. It deserves a 4!
not as good as take it easy
Klassiker. Geile Gitarren und catchy melodien
Previously known. It's a vibe.
"Hotel California" is a legendary song that I don't want to listen to. "Life in the Fast Lane" remains excellent.
This is not my cup of tea. The best songs I have heard one million times, and after that are songs I don't need to listen to ever again.
Generally not really my cup of tea but I see the appeal for the white dudes try and love again was a nice surprise though
life in the fast lane, so. good
Love this album but I should definitely listen to it more, so many gems. 1. Hotel California 2. Wasted Time 3. The Last Resort
Awesome
banger after banger
Favorite track(s): Hotel California
Outside the big hits there’s not much here for me, a bit too safe and middle of road but not unlistenable
6/10 It's pretty alright, the guitar solo on the title track is pretty nice and I enjoyed Life in the Fast Lane, but the rest just goes at a steady pace (which is not a bad thing).
I grew with this one at home. Brings back a lot of memories. Besides great songs & great singing Joe Walsh really kicks ass one this one.
The banality of Eagles.
Love it
Love me some Eagles
Yes the title song has been heard so many times that it can be skipped and still be present in your head. Unfortunately the same can not be said of the remaining songs as it's as standardized rock as it can be. It's peak standardized rock maybe even defining it but it's still too bland. Favorite Songs: Hotel California
The Eagles was a perfect choice for a chill Monday morning.
I've always gotten a very melancholy feel from the song Hotel California, and the album sort of delivers the same vibe. I liked it, but I'm not sure I could listen to it all the time.
A few absolute bangers, a few bits of filler makes it a four
It’s okay. Nice enough. But quite slow and samey.
Bland and inoffensive.
Inescapable
Slightly underwhelming
Rico disco, cuando arrancó wasted time pensé que iba a ser una balada embolante pero está buena y después te tira victim of love que es un temardo. Los últimos dos o tres temas pasaron sin que me diera cuenta pero están buenos. Sape
Obviously some classics on here and songs I legitimately but 1 star off because I hate the fuckin eagles, man
Hotel california ist einer der besten Songs jemals! Der Rest ist very mid
For the era it’s great. After time it becomes grating and mediocre. It’s decent, but has been extremely overrated through the years - much like the band itself.
Hotel California, the song, is an absolute banger, and this album could probably coast on that alone. It basically does. New Kid In Town is solid, and the rest of this is fine, but I don't really think there were any other songs here that I noticed or cared about in any real way. It got me through 43 minutes of my day without upsetting me, and that's more than I can say about some albums, but that's also about where my thoughts on this one ends.
I always hated the title track because it was SO overplayed in the 90's on 'classic rock' stations. It might still be. But that kept me away from this album as a whole ever since. New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane, and Victim of Love are all fine. Just fine. But I was pretty bored with the rest of the album. Feels a little blasphemous to say that, but that's where I'm at.
Glossy classic rock and soft rock built from polished guitar work, pristine harmonies, restrained rhythms, and smooth vocals feels like being trapped in an expensive hotel lobby with the same song looping for hours—technically accomplished but emotionally numbing. The meticulous production and laid-back pacing create a sleek atmosphere that often drifts into complacency rather than tension.
Sorry to say I am just n-yacht an eagles fan. I admit it is a fairly impressive California soft/country rock album with obviously one of the most well-known - and chronically overplayed songs of the classic radio generation. Bonus the album is totally front-ended so you can stop it half way thru side one having heard all you need to hear … hmm for about a lifetime!
I mean, come on, it’s the Eagles. Easy 5+ stars.
I can understand the people who love The Eagles as well as those who hate them. They were the masters of their particular brand of Laurel Canyon country-rock in the 70s. However, they all earned their reputation for being coked out, thin skinned, vindictive assholes. Regardless of their personality defects, this album is a high point of its era. Nearly every song on this album receives regular radio play. Hotel California and Life in the Fast Lane are considered the high points of this album, but I'd put them low on my list after Pretty Maids, Victim of Love, New Kid in Town, Last Resort. There is a melancholy behind all of the sun-soaked-LA sheen they are trying to sell.
Inte en fan av The Eagles. Alltid tyckt att de är lite gubbiga och tråkiga. Men inte ens jag kan värja mig mot Hotel California, New Kid in town och Life in the fast lane. Men... Trots flera bra låtar är ändå helhetsintrycket att det är tråkigt.
Title track is a masterpiece, but most of the album is pretty blah.
Excelente. Nostálgico.
*angry rant only tangentially related to the music incoming* I made a terrible mistake by reading some of the more popular negative reviews of this album (and, by proxy, the Eagles) at the ripe ol time of 4:30am this morning. I think Ive stumbled upon one of the more noticeable instances of people hating for the sake of hating. Something similar to the phenomena back in the day of hating Nickleback because it’s popular/funny. A lot of hate also directed at the band members for what is, most of the time, standard rockstar misbehavior - lawsuits over naming rights, despising critics, lyrics about how women are often in the wrong about a relationship etc etc. If any violent or physically harmful acts were committed that I dont know about, I'll happily retract my statement on that. Where the hell is this vitriol for folks way more deserving of it?? Like Steven Tyler, anything he’s been involved in shouldn’t be on this list imo, he did some actually BAD stuff. Or Neil Young, if you wanna come to your senses and make it actually about the music. Neil’s voice is hackish and shrill, and clearly paved the way for the Eagles. He’s also flippant and just as annoying than the Eagles, if not way more. Additionally, I feel like the conflation of Eagles music with hardline American conservatives and ladder-pulling boomers is so lazy. Like yeah, of course there’s a correlation there. The sky is also blue. This is what was popular back in the day. Very popular. And it turns out, for some good reasons! Conflating the eagles cultural impact with conservative America is just as bad as conservatives criticizing music they think has “gone woke”. Above all of this, the Eagles music clears most American rockstars of their time! Ok, with the rant mostly out of the way, how was this album? Pretty darn solid. Not the bastion of perfect music, but not at all grading on the ears either. The Eagles can be observed taking the fusion of country and rock to it's logical conclusion. Perfect harmonies, quick hooks, standard guitar solos. The opening title track has got to be America's version of Stairway To Heaven (maybe Free Bird can claim that title though). Instantly recognizable melody with a linear but mysterious story. "New Kid In Town" is not the best of their slow, acoustic jams in their rock era. Yet they still pull off a chorus that ends in such a sticky way. "Life In The Fast Lane" is really on the nose, but is one of a few songs on here that are critical of the American maximalism of it's time. I keep going back to these songs and then try to understand what people want from this band when they're so critical of them being pretty boys from L.A. with hypocritical habits. They're literally making pointed critiques of the awful lifestyles they steep themselves in. "The Last Resort", line by line, is about destroying the natural land in America for capitol gain. What more do you all want from them. I also really appreciated the reprise of "Wasted Time", it was a thoughtful touch right when a little change of pace was needed. I've been so heated about these negative reviews, it derailed my ability to get through this review cleanly. The Eagles greatest hits goes nine rounds with most other classic rock bands greatest hits. 4/5
no quejas, no sugerencias, la orquesta me encantó
las más baladosas me gustaron
Surprised I liked it so much
It's a good album but obviously never tops Hotel California
I prefer “One of These Nights” to this album but it does contain a couple of bangers. I added “Life in the Fast Lane” to my playlist as it is less heard than the title tune.
The go-to testing album. It's solid, but not the best.
Decent album, has a couple stand out tracks
GRAN DISCOO, dios tienen un tema que solo pensaba que sexy es el rock loco! Life in the fast line sos mi corazon entero. Me guarde varios temas. Los temas trancas no me matan, pero los otros 10/10
Voor mij was dit of het album hiervoor de kennismaking met country-rock. En dat was niet verkeerd. Het liefst haal ik de krenten uit de pap bij de Eagles. Niet alles is mooi en je moet er ook niet te veel van hebben, maar een nummer hotel California is niet voor niets zo goed ontvangen. Intrigerende tekst, mooie vocals, stukken gitaar. Ook een nummer als lyin’ eyes hoor ik graag.
Neeeee, bah. Prima productie, geen slechte muziekanten maar niks interessants. Erger. ij er een beetje aan dat je er voor kiest om zulke gezapige ballads te maken. Luister nog liever iets wat ik heel kut vind omdat het dan nog iets van emotie oproept.
Ik snap dit album niet helemaal. Het is best wisselvallig. Af en toe hoor je echt vette gitaardingetjes en toffe grooves, zoals in Life in the Fast Lane. Daar zit energie in, dat klinkt gewoon goed en strak gespeeld. Maar dat wordt voor mijn gevoel steeds afgewisseld met vrij zeikerige, uitgerekte ballads waar ik niet zoveel mee kan. Dat haalt de vaart er telkens uit, waardoor het geheel voor mij wat inconsistent voelt. Tegelijk moet ik toegeven dat Hotel California zelf gewoon echt een goed nummer is. Ik weet dat dat soort songs kapot gedraaid worden in lijsten en radio’s, maar los daarvan zit het gewoon goed in elkaar. Fijne groove, sterke gitaarlijnen en een akkoordenschema dat blijft hangen zonder irritant te worden.
Quite good
#353/1001. Don Henley said: This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it (…) It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old (...) We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around." WELL, YOU FUCKING SCREWED IT UP AND CHANGED MUSIC TO AOR! ;)
“I’ve had a rough night and I hate the fuckin’ eagles man” Jeff Lebowski
One of the songs has the same backing as American wedding and I like that song
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The instrumentals sound really incredible so far.
A ton of classics, and a lot to like on here.
It's country, rock-country if that's even a genre? The 'New Kid in Town' started playing and I went 'That's a country song!' - same goes for majority of the tracklist. The storytelling structure is very reminiscent of that of a country song and the rock songs like 'Life in The Fast Lane' - well, they're not rocking much, are they? Very safe, dull, boring... Even at the time I guess it wasn't innovative at all. It sounds dated to me. The concept is clear and strong throughout the album's duration but is it saying anything interesting about California and American Dream? Again, even for the time being, it's not investigative enough of its topic. There are some glimpses, a few lines hinting at something behind the courtain, and almost grasping it, before retreating quickly into safe surface-level observation. Listening to the lyrics, not much changed after 50 years, huh? Songs about CA, LA, American Dream are always onto the same shit and after listening to bajillion of them, I look for a deeper cut. The storytelling on this album is also, in general, not very compelling. Onto the highlights - 'Hotel California' is a great, haunting song. Overplayed? Sure, but I still love it every time it comes on. Eagles really caught a lightning in a bottle with this one - there's something so compelling here about the writing, vocals, production, guitars... I'd love to put it on when I'm in California someday. Must be amazing to listen to it while driving through the West Coast at sunset (call it cliche, I want it!!). I like the metaphor here and I like the enitre 'mythology' of this song. Other song I also like (much less then the title track but still) is 'Victim of Love'. I checked writing credits and what these 2 songs have in common that others don't is Don Felder - I'm not suggesting Felder is a great songwriter and others suck, I actually haven't yet heard the rest of Eagles discography (and any other songs written by Felder), just an observation. The production is nice overall. The closing track has a beautiful piano melody but it stretches for much longer than I think it needed to - again, I see writing issue with not being concise enough and not painting a compelling picture of what you want to convey. I really like the closing line, thesis statment of this concept album I'd say, 'You call someplace paradise, kiss it goodbye'.
Well that was mind numbingly dull.
Not necessary
Hotel California is just so good and I'm saying that after listening to this song literally all summer because I'm in California. The rest of this album is decent. 4/5
Hotel California is a banger, duh. I rlly enjoy the eagles more mellow songs, I've been listening to New Kid in Town since listening to this, other stuff is good too but stands out less to me.
I can see why this would be controversial. Not hard to listen to but remarkably generic
I don't understand how anyone can't like this album. Dismissing it as bOoMeR music is such a bad take, and I'm a guy who was firmly born this century. Like yeah, the title track is overplayed on classic rock radio stations across the world. Still a goddamn great song. "New Kid in Town" I'd argue is even better. "Life in the Fast Lane" is peak classic driving rock. "Wasted Time" is a really nice ballad. "Pretty Maids All in a Row" is maybe the apex of Joe Walsh's career asides from ""Life's Been Good". "Try and Love Again" is probably the most underrated Eagles song of all-time; it's impossible to dislike Randy Meisner. And the closing track, while probably the weakest, ties the whole album theme of 70's American disillusionment together rather nicely.
i always enjoy the eagles and i really really love their harmonies. i’d only heard two of these songs before and i really liked it
Good sad songs
The dude was right
Absolutely perfect,any amount of praise of this album is just not enough. Wonderful experience
The title track is a classic, still fine to listen to, I particularly like the guitar work. Other songs, well they're inoffensive but (no offense to anyone who reveres this album) I could do without them. For me, this album is Okay, 6/10.
I came with ears looking for aspects of The Eagles that I grudgingly admit to liking, but left finding this album quite dull. Certainly the title track deserves its status as a standard matching, say, The Doors "L.A. Woman" and "Riders on the Storm" for its vignettes about the seductive and destructive appeal of Los Angeles. While the reggae aspect of the song has the potential to drag it down, the band wisely limits it in favor of flamenco touches and the blazing guitar duel to close the track. Guitar work also allows another tale of L.A. excess, "Life in the Fast Lane" to grab hold of the listener. While not as compelling as ‘Hotel California”, it livens up the album. Lastly, most of the time I credit Don Henley as a singer. His voice seems limited in range, however its flatness serves the songs on many occasions. As the narrator, or at least a third party observer, Henley can stand back with his take on the disastrous foibles of the song’s characters. Aside from those songs and qualities, a recording that was bland. Glenn Frey’s lone lead vocal on “New Kid in Town” is at best Jimmy Buffet does a sad song. The whole second side of the record is lousy. “Victim of Love” has hard rock guitar chords that fail to add anything interesting. The band did make a wise decision by limiting Joe Walsh and Randy Meisner to one song each, because their vocals and tunes are particularly uninspiring. The Eagles had a chance to pull off a strong record with a typical 1970s epic final song. “The Last Resort” tells a straightforward story of Southern California, maybe much of the U.S.’, falling under suburban consumerism’s spell, and in the process robbing the land from the Indians. Henley and the musical arrangement, which includes orchestration, fail to bring any sort of poignancy or insight to the topic. Compare this song to the near simultaneous “Cortez the Killer” from Neil Young, which pared down the music to a wrenching guitar figure and then mixed in lyrics that gave the colonial exploitation tale a much wider perspective of pain. Perhaps Henley et. al. saw “The Last Resort” in the same vein as their friend Randy Newman’s “Sail Away” with its strings and anthem-like qualities. Newman brought a twisted view to tragedy as he stepped into the role of a slave trader trying to sell Africans on the wonders of America. Nothing remotely that original appears in this song, and I would argue on most of this album.
Like the titular track, this album feels like a hotel you can't check out of. Cliche after cliche after cliche. I'd begin to enjoy a song, like "New Kid" but then it would go on for 5 more minutes repeating the same thing. "Hotel California" as a song isn't even enjoying with the way it's sung and Frank Ocean's "american wedding" has superior lyrics that it just makes me want to listen to his song. Maybe that's why he was sued.
3.5, I liked 4 of the songs and overall vibe was cool.
love it
truly a masterpiece
muy bueno la verdad, si bien hotel california fue la unica que conocia, las otras tenian su magia igual
Was not expecting the title track to be one of the weakest. Does not lose itself in its grandiosity. 4 flat.
A masterpiece that sets a high standard for the rest.
loved it!!!!
Es un disco que tiene ese equilibrio perfecto entre lo melancólico y lo envolvente. Su atmósfera tiene esa cadencia relajada. como un hotel de emociones.
Yeaa this is my type of music right here, time less rock and soul! Makes your spirit feel happy listening to this album. Try and Love again is an all timer for me, I had to spin that back multiple times. The definition of a five star album on here for me, I could say more about it but I think you get the gist 😂
Send these guys back to where they came from (America)
eh acceptable. hotel california is a classic for a reason. you can see why dads love the eagles. but perhaps i am not that dad just yet. give me 20 years and maybe it'll be my time.
Great album
Great album! Classic
I thought this would be overshadowed by the title track but to my surprise this was actually quite a great album all the way through. Some of the slower more piano led tracks didn't do as much for me as the other songs but I thought each track here had enjoyable qualities and there was nothing here that I hated. Very simple 70s rock music, but I enjoyed it. Favs: Hotel California, New Kid In Town, Try And Love Again, Life In The Fast Lane Least Fav: Wasted Time 8.1/10
Commanded by Hotel California, this album mix ballads and classic rock songs, making it very easy to hear, soft melodies and a couple of guitar solos. Top songs: Hotel California, Wasted Time, Victims of Love
Second and final Eagles album in this collection and my thoughts on it are similar to the first one I got, its just fine. The title track is an all timer and this was the first time I realized that "Life in the Fast Lane" was an Eagles song. Outside of that though, I thought the rest of the tracks were just fine. 3/5
Several evergreen songs, and overall just easy-listening.
Classic, just not something I'd seek out.
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This is totally different from what I've heard so far in my life. 10/10
1977 I was a senior in high school dating the leading lady in the play. We went to the prom together. Hotel California came on the radio when we were in Doug Huntsman car. Come to find out she wanted to go with him. I wasn’t mad about her being with him but I was mad because it blew my chance with Sherry Williams. Found out she said she wanted to go with me. I still get angry when this song comes on. The album was great and is a good listen even if it reminds you of Terry Hetismeir and her cigarette smoking self. LOL
For the culture, it’s a 4. Personally probs closer to a 3 for me but eh
The Eagles are an interesting case study in nominative determinism. Bernie Leadon plays guitar like a guy named Bernie Leadon, and Joe Walsh plays guitar like a guy named Joe Walsh.
Amazing
Álbum excelente! Vai além da faixa título, é um disco muito agradável de ouvir. Tudo muito bem tocado e com vocais ótimos. Kawanoaudio Horaiko.
WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA
The Dude was right.
Hotel California is my least favorite song of all time. Something about it grates my core, I can’t stand it. & look, I GET the Eagles. I remember not hating the other album we got….alas…
These Eagles are on the exSTINK list
Brilliant start but was kinda disappointing by the end
I'm listening to this on a summer day, and it feels just right.
A classic 🔥
Me ha gustado bastante
Another album hamstrung by the fact that the title track is so stupendously good, the rest pales in comparison. The rest was ok.
Es imposible que no se te venga a la mente la canción que representa básicamente al álbum.
Love it. Own it.
All time classic album
7/10
Hotel California brings this up to a 5 easily. The rest of the album is really good too no wonder it's one of the best selling albums ever.
Hotel California — Feels like one of those songs you hear on the radio as a kid New Kid In Town — Big “Without You Again” vibes (Sam Shaber) Life in the Fast Lane — it’s alrightt Wasted Time — it was okay.. not super my vibe Wasted Time (Reprise) — actually quite beautiful if not short Victim of Love — not bad it’s pretty decent Pretty Maids All In A Row — Okay i like this one >:3 Try and Love Again — This One’s also not bad :3 The Last Resort — He said WHAT
I hate the fuckin’ eagles man
I can't lie, I'm a sucker for the eagles and the album makes me nostalgic for the deserts of SoCal.
I can truly put this on repeat all day long. Hotel California starts off and transports you to another world. Truly a great song of all time. Then the rest of the album comes through and doesn't hit that same peak, but hits you in different ways. Really strong in execution and a great listen either actively or passively.
I liked it.
Hey this is actually pretty good!
Fuck no
Sleeping in Crossroads in the middle of the road
I’d like to hate it. But I don’t
Hoten California e like god som alltid. vetje ka æ syns om resten av albumet tbh
Didn’t make it all the way though. Enjoyed the hits but the album tracks didnt hold my interest
282/1089 Hotel California is such a great song, and a cool opener for the album, i’m ready for what’s to come* i was liking Wasted Time anyway but then comes along the reprise?? stunning Pretty Maids really reminds me of Weyes Blood’s album In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow which i love so it’s nice to hear some of the influences on her work Try and Love Again has some really beautiful guitar and harmonies wow this song is kinda hitting me unexpectedly, this is such a bit of me i can see why The Last Resort is the final track and i like the song enough but i think it kinda could’ve been the penultimate one and end on Try and Love Again *or maybe i wasn’t ready lmao imi’m kinda shocked but also not??? like i expected it to be “good” but kinda thought maybe it’d just not be for me. but i really like this one and i feel i can’t give it anything besides 5 stars faves: Try and Love Again, Hotel California, Wasted Time + Reprise 87/100
good listen idk
Overrated
Album histórico con uno de los mejores temas y solos de la historia, es reconfortante escuchar este tipo de discos, ya que subsisten al día de hoy y prevalecen como los mejores de la música.
Nah this whole album had it going on
Some decent songs here, but this just wasn't my favorite. It didn't feel like it explored anything very unique or original, which could've been fine, but it just feels like it goes on a bit too long. Even Hotel California, which is probably my favorite track here, lacks the development I'd like a bit more of towards the end. Still a good song though. Favorites: Hotel California
Never was on board the Eagles hate train even though Henley and Frey have done themselves no favors, but I've never thought of them as an album band. And my dad, a huge Eagles fan, even thought Hotel California (the song) was overplayed. I agree! But it's still easy to see why it was such a huge hit. Anyway, the Eagles are fine even though they have no edge and the boomer radio rock culture they embody has curdled into something that, maybe, the Eagles get unfairly/overly blamed for.
Favorite Track: Hotel California
OMG WHAT IS MY LUCK I LOVE HOTEL CALIFORNIA. the eagles are one of my top favourite bands of all time and hotel California is one of my detault records so I listen to it all the time. My favs are New Kid In Town, Life In The Fast Lane (ultimate driving song), Try and Love Again and of course Hotel California
I'll start this by saying that in general I can't stand The Eagles. But I've always liked the title track of this album, with its creepy theme and Spanish guitar. Still, while I like that song, I slogged through the rest of this album. OK, "Life in the Fast Lane" is fun, but I could easily have lived without hearing "New Kid in Town" or any of the rest of it again. I know I'll give the first Eagles album 2 stars, so I guess this one gets a 3 since I like a song or two on it.
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Maybe I went into this album misremembering this album and I had too high expectations, but I was really let down by this album as a whole. Don’t get me wrong, I love Hotel California, the song, and I also really love life in the fast lane. But that’s sort of the problem for me, is I wanted this to be a rock album, and it’s BARELY a rock album. It’s mostly soft easy rock and it’s so boring and dry and just the stereotype for yacht rock. Just overall an underwhelming experience that just let me disappointed. Great singles though, for whatever that is worth.
Ive already listened to that years ago
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Surprised by how much I enjoyed. Not as crusty as expected
Amazing rock album that has hits and is really kind of timeless something that everyone who enjoys rock and especially more older rock should listen to at some point
good, but not amazing
One of the all-time greatest albums of all time. Great band. Not a bad song on the album.
One of the best albums of all time
I prefer their greatest hits
Great album
Not a type of rock i care too much about, but was quite surprised that it was not really as bad as I expected and actually quite pleasant to listen to. Wasted Time sounds like an Elton John song. I am not going to listen to it again, but it is better than a 3, so 3.5 Stars
This was more happy clappy than I thought it was going to be. I thought it was okay just not ground breaking. I know hotel California but have never been that impressed with it. Just a bit too dad rock for me
Quite surprised how sad this one was. Had the grand stadium rock I was expecting but also plenty of sadder stuff which was interesting. Wasn't really a fan overall.
Almost a 4 but it gets a little too proggy for me at times.
Favorite Song: Hotel California
2 amazing songs. The rest are slow country bumpkin songs
In high school in the 1990s, there were always kids who made "California" their whole personality, and they all loved this album (and Sublime). I made it through the first five songs, remembered I had free will over this project, and then listened to the first minute of each of the remaining songs. None of this changed my opinion of the album, but now I can legitimately say I tried. Fuck the Eagles.
Walsh’s guitar bumps this up a star.
hit after hit :)
it's ok. Chill but a bit boring.
Solid album, hadn't listened to much of the eagles before.
Legendary, didnt care for some of the slower songs but GG fantastic
"Hotel California" is a masterpiece but unfortunately the rest of the songs can't keep up.
I recognize the hits and it’s clear the Eagles are talented but this was pretty damn boring.
This was my second time listening and I think I’m a little less sold on it than the first time I listen still amazing by any standard and I think the eagles second best album.
Eagles are super cool and i was like "yeah awesome we've got THIS album today like this is why i started this list to listen to THESE albums" but like Eagles are just not my thing, cool stuff but yeah. reminds me of when i did an eagles comp in high school concert band LMAOOO.
For some reason, my mother gave me a Hotel California t-shirt for Christmas a few years back, before I really listened to the album, but listening to this list makes me really appreciate the album and her gift. This is such a quintessential 70s album that still holds up well, with nice harmonies and classic tracks. It has brilliance in its hits and enough in the album tracks for a really enjoyable listen. Such a great driving album, and I'm happy to wear the shirt.
Vind ik gewoon super chill. Kan ook 5 miss
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This is the easiest 5 of the list so far and probably a top 10 album ever. The themes of excess and lost love are executed perfectly. Fantastic guitar play and some of the best soft rock songs you’ll find. I have a theory that music nerds and critics like to hate on the Eagles just because it makes them seem more sophisticated. Sorry they didn’t make crappy experimental music like Captain Beefheart! I’m a little sympathetic to the idea they were overexposed (this and Their Greatest Hits are two of the best selling albums ever), but it’s been 50 years by now. At some point the “overexposure” wears off. Yeah the band is immensely popular, but there’s a reason for that. Their solos and melodies are crafted with precision and they can go hit for hit with pretty much anyone. This is the band’s best album by far. Thrilled to have gotten this, one of my favorites. Top songs: - Hotel California (of course) - New Kid in Town - Life in the Fast Lane - Wasted Time (the orchestral reprise is amazing) - Try and Love Again - The Last Resort
Cómo hispanoparlante, considero a The Eagles como un One Hit Wonder. Por lo menos en estos lados es principalmente conocido por el primer tema de este álbum. El resto suena muy bien, pero no lo volvería a escuchar
quintessential Dad rock