Eagles

I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man.

Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

To quote "The Dude", "I hate the fucking Eagles man"

Come on man, I hate the fuckin Eagles!

I hate the fuckin eagles man

I thought saying the Eagles suck was a joke because of the Big Lebowski. I stand corrected. 90% of these songs sound like they were written and performed by Dirk Diggler. 1.5 because I still half like take it easy.

The dude wasn’t always right, but he sure was right about how terrible the Eagles are.

I cannot abide The Eagles for some reason and I'm not sure if I can fully articulate it but here goes. It's weird cause I generally like the solo material of the individual members, but when they work together they all seem to hold each other in check in such a way that the music just sounds like a compromise. Rather than push each other to new heights they all seem to collectively agree to play it safe instead. Their massive success has often baffled me. But I guess it makes sense that in the country where Subway is the largest fast food chain and Bud Light is the most popular beer, that people would actually prefer the absolutely mediocre sounds of The Eagles.

Before I even start playing this, I need to state that the only Eagles songs I have liked are Hotel California, and their Tom Waits cover (though I still prefer the original). I will try to be open minded though! Immediately it contains the line 'Come on baby/Don't say maybe.' which is up there with rhyming moon and June, or orange and orange. It's then followed by an atmospheric stomper called Witchy Woman, completely undermining any atmosphere the music brings up - reminds me of that Kanye song where he just says 'Scoopity Poop' but at least he was trying to be annoying. By Chug All Night I'm starting to wonder if this is deliberately a joke? Either way it's terrible. Most of Us Are Sad is a marked improvement. It sounds like Neil Young phoning it in. Still, straight back to disappointment with Nightingale afterwards. Wanted to give up, but like before, a slightly better song, Train Leaves This Morning keeps me from giving up. Is it good though? Or just good in contrast to the effluent I have already crawled through? Peaceful Easy Feeling is nice enough. An album of more like this would be a 2 or 3 star album. As it stands though it's not enough though. I came in indifferent to The Eagles. This experience has made me dislike them in 40 minutes. Definitely not one of the 1001 Greatest Albums of All Time, in the same way Mrs Brown's Boys is not one of the 1001 Greatest Comedies of All Time, despite its popularity. Indeed, it's popularity doesn't suggest quality, rather that it makes sense that there are enough people to keep Trump, Al Qaeda and Simon Cowell in powerful positions.

Take It Easy, Witchy Woman is hard to beat in terms of a 1-2 punch. I mean the Eagles have a way of creating a laid back groove with ease. Yea these harmonies are where its at. Early Bird is real weird but i like the banjo.

I kind of nothing this album. I don't love it. I don't hate it. It just is. The hits a good, but the b-sides are kind of boring. This album pales in comparison to Hotel California.

i'm with the dude. i fucking hate the eagles.

In the words of The Dude: I hate the fuckin' Eagles man!

Sounds like this album would be wearing cargo shorts and a tucked in golf polo while at home Depot and complaining about zoomers Real big fan of guitar solos /s What's the deal with everyone singing about 'brown skin' sounds a little rough tbh

This album is warm and a little rustic with some pure pop moments that you really can't beat. The vocal harmonies are sublime, as you expect them to be coming from the Eagles. No, this isn't the Eagles' best album, by a long shot. It's an excellent first album, though, and shows plenty of sparks of the sound the band would continue to develop over the decade. It's also nice to hear Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon's contributions prominently featured. It's like the Eagles you remember, but kind of a different band as well, with more of a country sound. There are three top tier classic songs on this album that pretty much everyone knows who has heard of the Eagles "(Take it Easy," "Witchy Woman," and "Peaceful Easy Feeling"). They're all still crisp and fresh as the day they were made and they pretty much lift the whole album to the next level. There are a couple of other interesting little gems on here like "Train Leaves Here This Morning" and "Take the Devil," but most of the other songs just pale in comparison to those three big singles. This is obviously a band still getting its bearings and trying to figure out what they want to be. It's a solid listen though. Fave Songs: Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Witchy Woman, Train Leaves Here This Morning, Take the Devil

After listening to this record, I vomited my lunch into the face of a premature baby. It's Friday and I often swing by the maternity ward on my lunch hour. I had just polished off a handsome meal consisting of seaweed, carrots and horseradish, swilled down with a jug of piping hot strawberry lemonade. I'd seen eleven babies already and my heart was feeling so full. The twelfth baby was next up, I approached slowly, not to startle it. It looked so small, more so than the previous eleven babies. There was something different about this baby, it had tubes hanging out of it. I took one look at its face and gulped. Then the vomited poured put of my face like an overflowing sewage pipe. It completely covered that baby. God knows if it survived, I barely did.

Amazing sound and an amazing album. I absolutely adore the easy listening and the production that makes it just that. Each track is layered perfectly, with each component clearly heard. The melodies are catchy and great harmonies from the from the group. A perfect run time as well, the perfect length.

Absolutely perfect classic rock album. The vibes are impeccable. Perfect for sipping your morning coffee, driving to work, or just trying to take it easy. 😎

Great way to stick the landing for the week. These are songs from when I was alive. Every damn song was great. 6 out of 5 stars

The Eagles are so easy to listen to, and I hate it. Their harmonies are like honey, even when there is a country twang to the rock. Every song I didn’t know was worth the listen.

I’ve never been a big fan of the Eagles, but this surprised me and it’s starting to occur to me by participating in this 1001 albums exercise that I’m quite partial to country and country influenced music. This is a solid and polished debut album with some great rockers and nice nods to Crosby, Stills and Nash as well as bands like the Little River Band who liberally borrowed the Eagles’ sound for their own work.

Solid classic rock

A band that I never really connected with, probably driven by my intense dislike of Hotel California. That said, this was better than expected but just not my jam

This is a great band, but this is not a great album. Honestly, this was a time when albums launched "hit records." That song was "Take It Easy" on this album. There are 2 other notable songs -- "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Witchy Woman." Why is the best Eagles Album their "Best" or "Greatest Hits?" Well, because their albums are just ok.

A really great album, particularly for a debut. A nice easy country rock listen. Some nice guitar work on the last song that shows what eventually is to come for the Eagles

Folky, banjo is quite prominent Also bluesy, but strongly rock "Most of Us are Sad" is a surprisingly beautiful ballad "Nightingale" has an interesting passage with diminished passing chords "Train Leaves Here This Morning" has also interesting harmonies "Earlybird" has a very memorable and weird intro

Love the Eagles, such a great debut album. The hits are great, but even the deep cuts are super enjoyable.

The debut album "Eagles" by the Eagles, released in 1972, is a seminal work that significantly shaped the country rock genre. This review will explore the album's lyrics, music, production, themes, and influence, providing a comprehensive analysis of its strengths and weaknesses. ## Lyrics The lyrical content of "Eagles" is a blend of storytelling and introspection, characteristic of the early 1970s' singer-songwriter movement. The band members—Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner—contributed to the songwriting, resulting in a diverse range of perspectives and styles. ### Highlights: 1. **"Take It Easy"**: Co-written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, this song captures the laid-back, freewheeling spirit of the early 70s. The lyrics speak to the joys and challenges of life's journey with lines like "Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy." 2. **"Witchy Woman"**: Henley's evocative lyrics paint a vivid picture of a mysterious and alluring woman. The song’s dark, mystical imagery contrasts sharply with the more carefree themes of the album. 3. **"Desperado"**: Though not on this album, it’s essential to note the thematic groundwork laid here for future storytelling efforts by the band. Songs like "Desperado" would later deepen the band's narrative approach. ### Criticism: - **Repetitive Themes**: While the lyrics are well-crafted, some songs revolve around similar themes of love, freedom, and personal struggle, which can feel repetitive. - **Simplicity**: At times, the lyrics can be simplistic, lacking the depth and complexity that would characterize later Eagles' works. ## Music Musically, "Eagles" is a rich tapestry of country, rock, and folk influences. The band's harmonies, a hallmark of their sound, are particularly noteworthy. ### Highlights: 1. **"Take It Easy"**: The song features jangly guitars and smooth harmonies, embodying the essence of country rock. 2. **"Peaceful Easy Feeling"**: With its mellow acoustic arrangement and warm vocal harmonies, this track exemplifies the band's ability to create soothing, melodic music. 3. **"Witchy Woman"**: The eerie minor key and the prominent use of minor chords set this song apart, showcasing the band's musical versatility. 4. **"Earlybird"**: This track includes unique elements like the banjo, highlighting Bernie Leadon's bluegrass influence. ### Criticism: - **Safe Arrangements**: While the music is well-executed, some tracks stick to familiar structures and patterns, lacking the experimental edge found in contemporaneous works by bands like The Byrds or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. - **Lack of Cohesion**: At times, the album feels like a collection of individual songs rather than a cohesive unit. This can be attributed to the varying styles and influences of the different band members. ## Production The production of "Eagles," handled by Glyn Johns, is clean and polished, highlighting the band's vocal harmonies and instrumental prowess. ### Highlights: 1. **Clarity**: Each instrument is distinctly audible, and the vocal harmonies are given prominence, enhancing the overall listening experience. 2. **Balance**: The production strikes a good balance between the different elements, ensuring that neither the vocals nor the instruments overshadow each other. 3. **Atmosphere**: The production captures the relaxed, Californian vibe that the Eagles were known for, particularly on tracks like "Peaceful Easy Feeling." ### Criticism: - **Conservative Approach**: The production, while technically proficient, is somewhat conservative. There is little experimentation with sound or studio effects, which could have added an additional layer of depth to the album. - **Uniformity**: The consistent production style across the album can lead to a sense of uniformity, making it difficult for individual tracks to stand out. ## Themes Thematically, "Eagles" explores concepts of freedom, love, and introspection, common in the early 70s' rock landscape. ### Highlights: 1. **Freedom and Wanderlust**: "Take It Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" encapsulate the theme of seeking freedom and the open road, resonating with the era's countercultural movement. 2. **Mystery and Intrigue**: "Witchy Woman" introduces a darker, more mystical theme, showcasing the band's ability to delve into varied emotional and thematic territory. 3. **Introspection**: Songs like "Most of Us Are Sad" and "Train Leaves Here This Morning" reflect on personal loss and introspection, adding emotional depth to the album. ### Criticism: - **Lack of Depth**: Some themes are only superficially explored, lacking the profound depth and complexity that the band would later achieve in albums like "Hotel California." - **Predictability**: The themes, while resonant, are somewhat predictable and align closely with the prevalent themes of the time, offering little in terms of unique perspective. ## Influence "Eagles" had a significant impact on the music industry, helping to popularize the country rock genre and paving the way for the band's future success. ### Highlights: 1. **Genre Fusion**: The album's blend of rock, country, and folk set a precedent for future bands and artists exploring similar fusions. 2. **Harmonies**: The Eagles' vocal harmonies influenced many subsequent artists and bands, becoming a staple in the genre. 3. **Commercial Success**: The success of singles like "Take It Easy" and "Witchy Woman" helped to establish the Eagles as a major force in the music industry. ### Criticism: - **Overshadowing**: The immense success and influence of later albums, particularly "Hotel California," can sometimes overshadow the contributions and significance of this debut effort. - **Genre Constraints**: While influential, the album's strong association with the country rock genre might have limited its appeal to fans of other rock subgenres at the time. ## Pros and Cons ### Pros: 1. **Strong Songwriting**: The album features well-crafted songs with memorable melodies and lyrics. 2. **Vocal Harmonies**: The Eagles' harmonies are a standout feature, adding depth and richness to the music. 3. **Polished Production**: Glyn Johns' production is clean and enhances the band's sound. 4. **Musical Versatility**: The album showcases a range of musical influences, from rock and country to folk and bluegrass. ### Cons: 1. **Repetitive Themes**: The lyrical themes can feel repetitive and lack the depth of later works. 2. **Safe Musical Arrangements**: Some tracks stick to familiar structures and lack experimental edge. 3. **Conservative Production**: The production, while polished, is somewhat conservative and uniform. 4. **Lack of Cohesion**: The album can feel like a collection of individual songs rather than a cohesive whole. ## Conclusion The Eagles' debut album is a landmark in the country rock genre, featuring strong songwriting, rich harmonies, and polished production. While it may lack some of the depth and experimental edge of later works, it remains a significant and influential record. The themes of freedom, love, and introspection resonate well, though they sometimes come across as repetitive and predictable. Despite these criticisms, the album's strengths in musical versatility and vocal harmonies outweigh its shortcomings, making "Eagles" a noteworthy and enduring piece of rock history.

Approaching Eagles’ “Eagles” for the first time as an informed Gen X’er presents an unscalable wall of antecedent verdict: I’ve seen the Big Lebowski; they’re the joke with the unavoidable long song. When “Take it Easy” choruses, I snap “complacent fools!” When “Witchy Woman” starts, I read the title, giggle and perform my undignified, middle-aged-man witchy woman dance. The third song is scorned just for its call to “chug all night”. Such pukey polish. Such a menu of cliches in the track listing. How smoothly this poison pours into the ears. This is all involuntary. They did not hide what they were - “easy” features in two song titles. I listened to this out loud in my in-laws apartment, which was a clarifying context. My father-in-law, a man who likes little post-1945 music papart from John Cage, had a good time being ironic with me: “très intelligent” and so on. “Earlybird” was a hit, particularly when my wife entered and liked it. Her dad and I preferred the experimental intro.: “ ils sont intellectuels. My two-year old demanded sight ofthe phone screen. We all had a good time. This is better than anything Radiohead has ever done.

Il s'agit là d'un album plus que correct de la part des pionniers de l'hôtellerie rock. Sans surprise, l'accueil des clients est parfaitement maîtrisé, les locaux très bien entretenus, le linge est lavé, rangé, etc... Seul petit hic, les prises électriques sont assez mal réparties dans les chambres. Globalement satisfaisant : 3/5.

Classic dad rock. Straight down the middle, foot tapping, well crafted, classic dad rock. Album starts off really strong but kinda wains in the middle. Great harmonies. 3/5 - It was was alright, probably won’t listen again

Hotel California is the first good thing that springs to mind when someone mentions the Eagles. Unfortunately, that's not on this album so, moving on... By the time I get to Earlybird, and the banjo kicks in, I'm thinking of Convoy. Y'know, the Movie. Yep, we're in peak flag-waving, soft-rock, 'Murica territory. Which is fine, but there's a limited appeal and audience for that, which I am not in. Pass.

I've had a hard day and i f'n hate the eagls, man!

Kind of meh- this sound feels quite generic to me. Also, The Dude said he hates The Eagles and he has pretty good taste

These guys need to watch out. A wayward Darwin Nunez shot could kill them at any point.

Man, come on. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

Really boring. Really shows how Eagles is a dadrock band that only nostalgic dads like. It wasn't bad, just incredibly cookiecutter which gives it a low score on this list.

Country rock. The Eagles get a bad rap because of one line in a movie, but this is honestly a stellar debut. Fun song with good harmonies and different feels. Perfect length. I enjoyed it.

Very much enjoyed it!

Top tier!!! Smooth, easygoing, comfortable, twangy, nostalgic, and absolutely classic.

The harmonies! "Chug All Night"... underappreciated bop. "Train Leaves Here This Morning"... crushing. Some of the Eagles' most popular hits live on this album. That album cover though!

Eagles Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona / Such a fine sight to see / It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford / Slowin' down to take a look at me. Easily one of the most evocative lyrics in all American rock music, such simple but brilliant imagery - I’m right there on that dusty American street corner. I’m a big fan of The Eagles, although I’ve always tended to prefer the cowboy cosplay of Desperado over this of their early albums. And there's probably a reason their Greatest Hits records have sold in such gargantuan numbers compared to most of their albums, as outside of Hotel California they never quite nailed it I don’t think. I think this one suffers a little from front loading the album with the two best songs, and it feels like it never quite recaptures the momentum after the superlative Take it Easy and the chugging atmospheric brilliance of Witchy Woman. The difference between those two and Chug All Night is stark, it’s prosaic country rock lacks any of the things that make them great, and it all just feels banal and insipid. Most of Us Are Sad is ok, but seems like a forerunner of songs like this they would do later that are actually really good. Some lovely harmonies and backing vocals though. Nightingale is good though, perhaps a bit throwaway but a very pleasant bit of laid back West Coast country rock. You can hear Gene Clark in Train Leaves Here This Morning, I don’t think there’s anyone that can write non mainstream delicately bruised and melancholy country ballads they way he can. Really lovely track. Take the Devil is similar to Most of Us Are Sad, in that it has the building blocks of some of their great songs, but it hasn’t been pieced together the way some of their later songs would be. Earlybird is again similar, I like a lot of the elements, the banjo, the backing vocals and harmonies, but it doesn’t seem to come together as a whole. Peaceful Easy Feeling though is of course another of their Greatest Hits and an excellent song, the laid back rhythm, the slide, the acoustic, the harmonies all serving the feel and idea of the song. Tryin’ is the kind of straight ahead rocker that they don’t always do that well, but its decent, if a little unconvincing. It’s definitely uneven, a bit like LA Woman, buts it’s never a tough listen, and although its probably a 3, the presence of Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, Train Leaves Here This Morning and Peaceful Easy Feeling just tip it over to 4. 🦅🦅🦅🦅 Playlist submission: Take It Easy

Listening to the Eagles is like eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich made with Skippy, Welch's, and white bread. They're so easy to like but you don't necessarily feel that good (or mature) about it.

Much more country than I was expecting. I like Take It Easy, love Witchy Woman, and Take the Devil and Earlybird are good from the backhalf, but many of the songs are also bland.

Do bands still cop out like this when naming their first album anymore? I can’t be bothered to think and I don’t really care. But it feels like people don’t do it anymore. Super middle of the road just like the eagles always were. 2.9

This is eagles

Un excellent album de hotellerie rock, les Eagles en mettent absolument partout: ici les serviettes sont parfaitement pliées, là-bas la litterie laisse entrevoir une douce odeur de lessive. Un album à mettre entre toutes les mains.

The Eagles debut album might already be as overrated as the entirety of their catalogue. Of course most will know Hotel California but seeing them this deep in Country Rock felt somewhat unusual. Still, most of the album is very much below average with just a couple of standout tracks that aren't shallow to the core. I don't think that the Eagles should be as praised as they are especially with albums and songs that don't have the name Hotel California. The album starts with the Country Pop Rock mix of 'Take It Easy' which adds from Folk as well as Bluegrass which actually helps it sounding somewhat alright. The chorus is well made and the songwriting is a pretty decent mix of the influences and except for the fact that it's not the most exciting thing, I don't have anything to say against the track. It's a great song and I don't mean that lightly. 'Witchy Woman' goes a bit into Yacht Rock and adds a little bit of Blues as well. It's a pretty nice Soft Rock track that doesn't harm anyone. It also doesn't excite many. The chorus is pretty good and the verses are passable as well but the bridge tries too hard. It's still a okay-good song but nothing too special. Even for '72 a lot of it feels dated and like it should belong in '68. In comparison, 'Chug All Night' is much more Hard Rock but Country Pop influences are still too strong for it too work. Instead, it results in something that doesn't work at all. The guitar stands oppositinal to the vocals and the rest of the songwriting. It's just stupid and doesn't bring on any value. This is a really, really bad song. Excecution failed on so many levels here. The attempt on making a sentimental Soft Rock song with 'Most of Us Are Sad' goes completely down the drain. The songwriting feels like any average Soft Rock song with a lot of corny passages as well as a very annoying delivery. It's another really bad song. This had nothing of value to begin with and everyone would live the same way without it. 'Nightingale' is the last song on Side A of the album and closes it with a Rock & Roll inspired Country Rock song which is a little bit better. It's not great or anything but I don't mind it as much as previous tracks. It's somewhere between average and slightly below it. On Side B, 'Train Leaves Here This Morning' with a lot of Country and just a tad bit of Rock. That isn't necessarily bad as the result that was made of the song is much, much better and actually has some value to it. The vocals are well made, the songwriting is lovely and it all just comes out to a sombre and sentimental Country track that is actually somewhat good even if it's streched a little bit too long. 'Take the Devil' comes back with a little bit of Hard Rock influences even if it's much, much less prominent. But like before, it doesn't fit at all. The songwriting is absolutely horrible and the vocals differ between listenable and annoying. I don't even wanna get started on the lyrics. This is absolutely terrible. If that wasn't enough, 'Earlybird' comes on with a mix of Bluegrass and Bird sounds that are mixed so loud that the high pitch is ripping apart my ear drums. After that the song actually starts and it's not totally unlistenable but the songwriting choices are just weird. The Bluegrass Banjo isn't needed the whole time... It does not make any sense. It's just annoying to the part that it ruins an okay song. Even if 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' is a pretty peacful track, it actually isn't too boring. It has decent songwriting and a simple but effective chorus. The song is decent and actually really good at many points. If the backing vocals weren't there and the song not as long, this would've been one of the best here. Still, good track. The closer, 'Tryin'' is a Blues inspired Country Rock track that sonically closes the album pretty neatly even if the songwriting is still not really all that great. The vocals are also pretty bad as is the added guitar (mixed on the left ear) that feels very useless. It's not terrible but it's still bad. favourites: Take It Easy, Peaceful Easy Feeling least favourites: Take the Devil, Chug All Night, Most of Us Are Sad Rating: strong 4 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Boring and prosaic tunes whose highest aspiration is to become background music in department stores.

Fun fact: there is indeed a "corner" in Winslow, AZ upon which you can stand, adjacent to a mural of a girl (my Lord) in a flatbed Ford sneaking a look in your direction. You can pay to have your named inscribed into one of the bricks from which this corner is constructed. I purchased a fridge magnet. Which is to say - this is shamelessly commercial, and quite clunky. Boomers, eh?

I wonder if anyone here has seen the big Lebowski? /s But for real though I can't stand the eagles, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be

Listening to this album I went from curious to indifferent to dislike. Stopping short of hate.

Too much rock, not enough cock :( 3/10

Sounds like they are doing covers of better bands songs. No heart, negative soul.

The Eagles are one of those bands that by all rights I really should love -- truly talented musicians, songwriters, performers, and incredible vocal harmonies, rock/country-rock stuff, oftentime fun and upbeat tempos and also ballad-style stuff -- yet...I just don't. Not sure what's missing from them for me. Sure, I like grit and edge in rock quite a bit, but there are plenty of bands without a whole lot of grit and edge that I adore. I think it might have something to do with why I also admire but don't always love CSN. It's almost like the vocal harmonies are too perfect, I don't know. That's kind of a ridiculous thing for me to say because the Eagles and CSN recorded way, way before autotune and other tech things could perfect anyone's singing. But that's the paradox: I can absolutely admire their talents and abilities, but just don't really care much for the music. C'est la vie.

Sorry America, I just found this one a bit boring

Imagine listening to an Eagles album and it doesn’t even have Hotel California

Previously I only knew "Hotel California", and thought the Eagles were okay. Now I know I just like Hotel California. Uninteresting country rock.

As a rule, I don't drink during the work week. I feel like this album probably sounds like a 10/10 if you're half way thru a solid six pack of generic watery american beer.

Holy shit, one track in and it's already so american. Mainly I just think it's boring. It seems competently made, it's just got nothing unique to it, even when it seems that between tracks they try different styles

Take It Easy is a tune, but Jackson Browne's version's miles better. I'm with The Dude when it comes to The Eagles.

Man, I fucking hate the Eagles. Even their hits have worn on me. "Take the Devil" caught my attention. But, the lyrics on this song, as well as the others, are bad. I was really surprised at how much the lyrics let me down.

Soft rock is just not my thing. Especially when it’s written by men. For some reason

I became familiar with "Take it Easy" and "Peaceful Easy Feeling" when I was just little, and certainly not allowed to pick the radio station. These songs were just ubiquitous so I thought that's what music sounds like. Taking a critical ear to the this album, now, I hear how very deeply twangy it is. That doesn't instantly disqualify it, I do love me some CCR. But past Take It Easy, which I can't really judge, and Witchy Woman with now strikes me as deeply weird, Chug All Night is terrible, just terrible, and it goes pretty much downhill from there. This is drivel. Oh mercy, I just got to Earlybird; I was thinking 2 stars because of the hits but man this is dreadful. What a shame. These guys are all so talented, but the whole is so much less than the sum of the parts. Oof. Makes me wonder what other 70's culture that I swallowed whole without question I should be reexamining?

On cible vraient les camionneurs du sud ouest des États-Unis ici. Pour ceux qui ne font pas ce métier et qui n’habitent pas ce coin de pays, c’est un album de country très beige. Une chance qu’il y a Witchy Woman qui ressort et qui va un peu ailleurs.

primera impresión me re cago durmiendo estos chabones si hacian un tema sin usar la palabra woman: ⚰️ me faltan 4 temas sigo sosteniendo que es un somnifero bueno listo lo mas aburrido que escuché en mi vida literalmente it was so bad i wanna give you a 0

Nah man, I'm not doing this shite a second time. I gave them a chance last time you gave me this album. Fool me once...

The Dude abides

Classic tune, Take It Easy. Song 5/5. Witchy Woman, 5/5. Peaceful Easy Feeling 5/5. I didn’t know they only formed in 1971 and this was their first. Had the Desperado album, of course. So sad that Glenn Frey is gone, he was hilarious in Miami Vice. Album 4/5 for bangers. The Laurel Canyon documentary was so good about the formation of all these seminal rockers. For me, my music awakening so makes this album 5/5.

A Milestone of Rock

The Eagles have a special place in my heart. I was lucky to see them this year with my fiance. This album is solid and didn't mind listening to it again on my headphone. Would normally put up the vinyl record. Take it easy, Witchy Woman and Peaceful Easy Feeling are the standouts of the album and those songs never gets old. Well produced album so 5 stars.

First time I ever listened to this album--impressive debut. Not all the songs will stick with me but to have three huge hits from one debut is exceptional. Their style and sound isn't one of my favorites but they're really good at what they do.

aaaaaaahhh hogy nem csak az agyonkoptatott hotel californiát csinálták ők? hatalmas és nagyon kellemes csalódás, imádom ezt a country hangzást ❤️

Anti-shoutout to Robert Christgau for giving this album a poor review because he doubted how legit the country roots of the Eagles were. Kris Kristofferson (Rest in peace) is one of the most acclaimed country artists of all time and that guy was a Rhodes scholar, hardly a hard knock country battler. He certainly didn't let the 'authenticity' of music influence his judgement of artists like 2pac who went to fucking Juilliard. Evil scummy music critics aside, this album absolutely slaps. I listened to Hotel California and was a bit bummed that it was very frontloaded. Mainly it was buyer's remorse because I bought the thing on vinyl because I liked the title track and New Kid In Town so much. This is not true for this album. Every song on this album is listenable and there are some real deep cuts that I'm surprised I haven't heard them before. Specifically a huge shoutout to Most of Us Are Sad and Train Leaves Here This Morning. The harmonies here are great, the instrumentation is great, this is peak easy listening music. This isn't some bullshit that sophists can get together and glaze, and it really shows in this albums critical reception both historically and on this website. The negative reviews on here generally are crybabies who are mad the music here isn't Bob Dylan butchering bible verses and putting a leaf blower into a harmonica or it's not some factory produced Britpop from the 90s (the music that plays in the eighth circle of hell). The band have a reputation for being a bunch of scumbags (Don Henley is a paedo), but fuck man if this was my debut album I think I would have earned the right to be a piece of shit too. Fun fact, the bassist Randy Meisner's grandparents are all Volga Germans. Joe Exotic is also descended from Volga Germans. Also the later drummer's sister-in-law has been a missing person since 1996.

Perfect

Awesome album. I didn't appreciate the banjo until I heard it in take it easy.

Great!

Classic. LOVE!

I hate the fucking Eagles man

Great

iconic

LOVE! Really enjoyed this one, I will play it all the way through again. Really solid tunes, everything sounds brilliant. 4.5/5

this was fire if you don’t think so you’re stupid and lame

One of the best albums ever!

Cool! I love it!

I f*ckin hate the Eagles man! Maybe not quite hate. Been meaning to revisit some Eagles since I read a book about LA culture in 74 where I learned they were Linda Rondstadt's backing band. Production is top notch. Clean guitar sound, all the musicians are on form, and although it weaves its own path between country, rock, blues and folk and may be the birth of Americana it is still an outstanding record with some great songs. A slightly begrudging 5 stars.

This is just great. Great harmonies, solid guitar playing and great songs executed to perfection.

pretty good + hype

Chilled so hard to this, these uptight chilling haters could never

really easy to listen to

hote l californa

great album, only complaint is that it's too short

All of you that follow the troll of hate the fucking eagles; your loss. Great Music. Not their best album, but still 4.75 stars (I feel sorry for you musically starved people)

nice

A great album. Some great songs.

It’s giving worn denim and feathered bangs. I especially loved “Take the devil”

The Eagles being The Eagles. Can't ask for much more

Loved it.

Love

claaassic