Hotel California (studio album) by Eagles
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Hotel California is ranked as the best album by Eagles.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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30/100  | 34 hours ago |  DommeDamian | | 67/100 |
90/100 | 10/16/2020 18:00 | fabm0 | | 61/100 |
85/100 | 10/10/2020 19:57 | DavideBerna | | 80/100 |
85/100 | 10/09/2020 00:43 | Moondance | | 71/100 |
85/100 | 10/06/2020 04:44 | wordnat | | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 74.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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It's a really good album, but I think it has become a little overrated. The title track, "New Kid in Town" and "Life on the Fast Line" are fantastic songs, but the rest of the album isn't as special. Eagles for me were always a singles band - listen to their greatest hits post-1977 and you are all good to go. That's not bad - they made some damn great music.
llibnanoon 07/06/2020 16:36
The song Hotel California is a Masterpiece. Rating (82.22)
A little cheesy, but mostly just boring. I rarely get bored by rock music, but this is dull a lot of the time. Not most of the time, but too much of the time, with few really melodic hooks.
Timestarter 05/30/2020 09:45
Fav. Tracks: Hotel California, Wasted Time.
I keep hearing from posters on many albums (not just this one) that seem to think that because an album is popular (especially on classic rock radio stations) that it is "overplayed" and therefore we should subtract points from the album. If this is truly the case, then "Who's Next", "Led Zeppelin IV" and "Boston" should be ranked at the bottom of every listing.
Rubbish, I say!
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90/100
One of the most overrated bands, but this is a goood album
The title track "Hotel California" (one of the best songs ever written) also has some of the finest solos and fills ever recorded on electric guitar, the recording quality of the album is superb, and even listening to the first cd mastering done (I do not have a version in vinyl or sacd), the instruments and voices are very defined, besides the title track there are sublime ballads like "New Kids in Town" and "Try and Love Again" (with sweet guitar tones Gretsh), sticky riffs of "Life in the Fast Lane" and "Victim of Love" leave no forget that also is a rock album, the vocals of "Wasted Time" and the beautiful string arrangement on "Wasted Time (Reprise)" are the basis for the perfect melody, "The Last Resort" full of variation and dynamics closes the album.
Their best!
Fischman 01/09/2019 17:44
Overplayed and overrated, but still home to some great songs. Going against the grain, my faves are the deep cuts Victim of Love and Wasted Years along with New Kid in Town.
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