Hotel California by The Eagles (Rock)

Pros: excellent writing and singing

Cons: haven't found any in the last 25 years

The Bottom Line: For over 25 years I have loved this tape, and only the best survive that long. I recommend it to those who want the best music of all time.

Review: As a child I remember my parents owning an 8 track tape of Hotel California by one of the greatest group of singers out there, The Eagles. Usually, I didn't care much for their taste in music but when I heard this tape, I just fell in love...

Pros: Eagles best piece of work

Cons: Can't think of ANY!

Review: The Eagles' amazing transitional album Hotel California literally took me by surprise. I am 20 years old and of course I had heard the song Hotel California before, but after owning the Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975, I bought the Hotel California...

Pros: Not a wasted song in the bunch; tight vocals and harmonies; expert musicianship; songs are as fresh as they were 20 years ago.

Cons: NOBODY is this good anymore!

Review: This was the album that certified, 100%, beyond a doubt, that The Eagles were THE band of the 70's. Having overcome inner turmoil, the launched into "Phase Two" after the release of a Greatest Hits album that many felt spelled the end.
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Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing

The Bottom Line: Buy it or go bungee jumping without the rope.

Review: "Hotel California" is probably the only song which you would hear even in places as obscure as a roadside tea shop in Southern India.

The album speaks volumes of the songwriting ability of Don Henlet, Don Felder, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey....

Pros: Addition of Joe Walsh, transition towards a different musical style

Cons: Last track is rather long and monotonous

Review: Hotel California can best be categorized as an example of a band in transition. This is the first album recorded by the group after Joe Walsh became a full-time member, and it was probably the beginning of the end for the group's long-time bass player,...

Pros: Very well done, great production and performances, some classic songs

Cons: Some mediocre songs

Review: Some people consider "Hotel California" a pivotal album, an essential rock recording. Others consider it ponderous, heavy-handed and over-rated.

Truth be told, "Hotel California" is a flawed masterpiece, an immaculate...

Pros: The "rockers" (aka the "hits") are worn-out yet still poignant classics

Cons: Walsh and Meisner sing like coyotes ready to call it a day

The Bottom Line: NOT the awesome album everybody says it is. It's mostly slow and boring, with really long ballads. A legacy built upon two, three, maybe four really good songs.

Review: When it comes to The Eagles, just about anybody can name a half-dozen of their greatest hits. Before Springsteen and Mellencamp paraded into our consciousness, The Eagles were almost the voice of Americana itself, albeit with a heavily white-bread accent ...

Pros: The title track and "Life In The Fast Lane".

Cons: The rest of the album.

The Bottom Line: Despite conventional wisdom, a rather mediocre album.

Review: Conventional wisdom on the 70s says they were a decade of decadence. From most historical accounts, that conventional wisdom is correct. Conventional wisdom on the Eagles, one of the leading bands of that decade of excess, says that they made mostly ...

Pros: Pretty CD cover

Cons: Didn’t learn much about traveling through California

The Bottom Line: Didn’t even mention a place to get good potato salad in all of California

Review: This all began when I was feeling stressed out at work. I’ve had too many 10-hour days (while only getting paid for 8). So, I decided that it was time to get away for a few blissful days. I knew I couldn’t be away from work for too long and so I’d...