Hotel California
by Eagles

Overall rank: 269th | 1970s rank: 65th | 1976 rank: 4th
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2026	joathome	Top 28 Music Albums of 1976	22/28	1
2026	Skerns	Top 97 Music Albums of 1976	39/97	3
2026	EyeKanFly	Top 35 Music Albums of 1976	20/35	2
2026	rubens	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	61/100	37
2026	johnd6213	Top 20 Greatest Music Albums	11/20	50
2026	stevengnz	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	8/100	19
2026	Glitterboiii	Top 50 Music Albums of 1976	22/50	3
2026	Taka	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s	14/100	17
2026	Liedzeit	Top 97 Music Albums of 1976	79/97	1
2026	fabm0	All Time	14/100	-
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		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		6,008

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76/100 (from 1,273 votes)

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100/100

From Ryanb23 01/03/2014 15:27 | #99655 | TOP COMMENT

If you're considering getting this album, do it! You will not regret it. The lyrics in Wasted time I'm sure we can all somehow relate to

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65/100

From riverfront76 05/16/2022 15:03 | #285410 | TOP COMMENT

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! (Edited)

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100/100

From CollectorNoName 04/08/2019 13:11 | #234636 | TOP COMMENT

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.
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radiofreespike 08/31/2009 13:40 | #5941 | TOP COMMENT

Perceptive comments, for the most part. A classic of its day, but on careful review, not a consistent album; some clunker tracks drag it down. "Fast Lane" is ok, but played ad nauseum on classic rock stations. Title track is classic (even if it is also played ad nauseum by corporate classic rock stations.) It is just the pick I'd expect from the oh-so edgy rfnipples. The sleeper track, the one that I come back to after all these years, is the brilliantly wistful "Try and Love Again," in which Randy Meisner creates brilliant hooks using interval sixths and a deceptively simple bassline.

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80/100

From rockingbyrd456 09/23/2020 12:29 | #258575 | TOP COMMENT

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. (Edited)

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