Life In The Fast Lane (track)
by Eagles
Year: 1976
From the album Hotel California (track #3)
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Life In The Fast Lane appears on the following album(s) by Eagles:
- Hotel California (track #3) (this album) (1976)
- Hell Freezes Over (track #14) (1994)
- Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2 (track #6) (compilation) (1982)
- The Very Best Of (track #18) (compilation) (2003)
- Eagles Live (track #14) (1980)
- The Best Of Eagles (track #11) (compilation) (1985)
- Selected Works: 1972–1999 (track #37) (compilation) (2000)
- Their Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2 (track #16) (compilation) (2017)
- The Very Best Of The Eagles (track #14) (compilation) (1994)
- Live From The Forum MMXVIII (track #29) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 15:09 | wizardalien | 9,736 | 61/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 16:52 | Christian889 | 205 | 94/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:37 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 01/12/2026 12:22 | philschmil | 427 | 88/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2026 20:19 |  Norshammar | 1,424 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.4/100, a mean average of 82.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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Squonk007 06/21/2023 10:38 | #297703
I get the guitar, just not a great fan of the song in general.
The best in the album, the guitar is amazing.
That's some good guitar.
Jasonconfused 02/04/2013 02:53 | #63888
Really awesome song. The guitar playing is phenomenal.
Romanelli 01/24/2012 23:20 | #35827
The presence of Joe Walsh is really strong on this song. One of Don Henley's more interesting lyrics.
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