Hotel California (studio album) by Eagles
Top 5 albums of 1976 (
Price
eBay
Condition: Used
Eagles bestography
Hotel California is ranked as the best album by Eagles.
Upcoming concerts
Listen to Hotel California on YouTube
Hotel California track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
14
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Hotel California rankings
Latest 20 charts that this album appears in:
covecove
Mauce
paladisiac
Tamthebam
nitomano
dihansseYou can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page!
Hotel California collection
Showing latest 20 members who have this album in their collection | Show all 676 members
Hotel California ratings
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 1,183 ratings for this album.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
80/100  | 4 days ago |  pilipili | | 79/100 |
85/100 | 01/13/2023 09:24 |  Tengachaya | | 89/100 |
75/100 | 01/13/2023 07:17 |  LedZep | | 79/100 |
10/100 | 01/05/2023 10:38 | aldousornette | | 68/100 |
80/100 | 01/04/2023 10:24 | mash | | 88/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Hotel California favourites
Showing latest 20 members who have added this album as a favourite | Show all 189 members
Hotel California comments
Showing latest 10 comments | Show all 76 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Maximum Rated First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)
Great record
Album Rating: 77.78
(700/9)
1.Hotel California. 94
2.New Kid In Town. 72
3.Life In The Fast Lane 60
4.Wasted Time. 77
5.Wasted Time (Reprise). 76
6.Victim Of Love. 73
7.Pretty Maids All In A Row. 67
8.Try And Love Again. 76
9.The Last Resort. 85
It’s difficult to make a nine song album feel bloated, but the Eagles accomplished it here. The way-too-long “Hotel California” (favorite song of quasi-artistic 10th grade girls for decades) and an actual reprise (wtf?).
I guess the album has a theme (drugs are bad, don’t trash the planet) but it sure ain’t as deep as the band thinks it is. If you like trite soft rock, this is the record for you!
This album has this one great track which is Hotel California and the rest of it suffers being compared to this one, because they can't come close to it. But there are some other good tracks on here, however I think it's overrated some albums that are lower ranked in 1976 are better.
Classic album. The Last Resort is my favourite track.
Tras su primera etapa, más cercana al country rock, los Eagles se inclinan por una música decididamente rockera (sin despreciar la melodía). No todas las canciones son espléndidas, pero la que da título al álbum vale por todo el disco.
Jboy56 12/18/2021 08:59
I bought this album exactly 45 years ago, and my first impression, not impressed, because there were so many ballads, and the second side was left almost unplayed.
Hence I can easily say that this is one of the most overrated albums of all time. It has 2 good songs and 2 mediocre. The rest are just throwaways.
GOOD:
- Hotel California
- New Kid in Town
Moderate
- Life in the fast lane
- Wasted time (barely)
teague 10/28/2021 15:53
The title track is amazing, the guitar work is stunning. The rest doesn't hit the same high, but it's still got a handful of great songs.
one of the classic genius albums from start to finish magnificent west coast country rock but much much more
Title track is a classic no doubt about that, New Kid is good too, Victim of love and Fast Lane are ok.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Hotel California
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.