Hotel California (track)
by Eagles
Year: 1976
From the album Hotel California (track #1)
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Hotel California appears on the following album(s) by Eagles:
- Hotel California (track #1) (this album) (1976)
- Hell Freezes Over (track #6) (1994)
- Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 (track #1) (compilation) (1982)
- The Very Best Of (track #17) (compilation) (2003)
- Eagles Live (track #1) (1980)
- The Best Of Eagles (track #9) (compilation) (1985)
- Selected Works: 1972–1999 (track #31) (compilation) (2000)
- Their Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 (track #11) (compilation) (2017)
- The Very Best Of The Eagles (track #12) (compilation) (1994)
- Live From The Forum MMXVIII (track #30) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/16/2026 16:52 | Christian889 | 179 | 93/100 | |
| 01/29/2026 21:04 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 | |
| 01/12/2026 12:22 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 | |
| 01/08/2026 19:35 | uphill | 38 | 91/100 | |
| 12/27/2025 04:33 | Exist-en-ciel | 97,424 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.1/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.6.
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LTSings 02/08/2022 02:51 | #280936
This is a creepy song.
Squonk007 10/01/2021 16:09 | #274537
A solid track and a classic.
Goliath 12/03/2020 10:20 | #261858
With a opening beat based on reggae and heavily influenced by Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, the Eagles created one of the classic rock songs. Opinion seems divided, this song could be heaven or it could be hell. For me it's one of the greatest songs with one of the greatest guitar outros. I have always loved the slightly disturbing lyrics. The thirteenth most iconic song ever (according to research, see my chart of most iconic songs).
llibnanoon 06/02/2020 16:59 | #252742
Masterpiece!
PinkMind 03/22/2018 12:09 | #211482
This track is a solid 10/10. Probably my favourite song of all time. From the first sencond 'till the end everything just sounds so right. You instantly imagine yourself on a dark desert highway.
There are people who dislike this song? wat. I thought it was pretty well accepted that the guitar solo at the end is one of the best ever.
anandrajan 10/11/2015 15:53 | #151318
The extended guitar solo at the end turns the song from merely being a good rock song to something else entirely - a masterpiece. And as someone who went to school in California, it's true that you never really leave even if you do :-).
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Kalos 08/26/2014 12:51 | #120406
One of the few long guitar solos that I don't hate
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