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The Eagles: Hotel California
Members:CODE Joe Walsh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Don Felder - vocals, guitar, slide guitar Glenn Frey - vocals, guitar, keyboards Randy Meisner - vocals, bass, guitarone Don Henley - vocals, drums, percussion Notable tracks: All, except # 5 - Wasted Time (Reprise) Strangely enough, Eagles (notice: not the Eagles) published 4 albums and a Greatest Hits before releasing their #1 album - Hotel California in 1976. After the Hotel California Album, they released The Long Run in 1979, and after that, they have almost only published Greatest Hits albums. Hotel California starts with - of course - Hotel California. This 6½ minute wonder has firmly established itself as one of the most loved songs in the 20th Century. Especially the last 2 minutes are a must for guitar enthusiasts. Moving to number 2 on the album - New Kid In Town, which is a simple song in its most beautiful way. Glenn Freys voice and Randy Meisners guitarone are great parts of this track. Life in The Fast Lane doesn't please me that much - it's an ok folk/rock song, but lacks interesting elements. Number 4 - Wasted Time - lovely ballad, good vocal performance by Don Henley, but were it any slower, it would stop. Number 5 - Wated Time (Reprise) - is actually a sequel to number 4. Purely intrumental. Victim of Love is the 6th track - and a perfect folk/rock ballad. I particularly love the interaction between the slide guitar and the lead guitar. Joe Walsh makes his first apperance on the album with song number seven - Pretty Maids All In A Row. Unfortunately, I don't know who's playing the guitar solo after ca. 1:52, but it sure sounds good. Before Le Grand Finale, we have Randy Meisners only song - Try And Love Again, which perhaps is best remembered by the stunning intro. Apart from a bit too long fade-out, this song is also a second listening worthy. "She came from Provicende - the one in Rhode Island". Thus begins the final song on this masterpiece of an album. And what a great finale! From the piano intro to the pedal steel guitar, with a catching song and great lyrics, this song is along with Hotel California my two favorites.
Should I name a "Sgt. Pepper-album" of the 1970's, Hotel California would be it. Not in the experimental category, but for the continuity.
Greetings from Denmark!
Index
Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
The Beatles - Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band
The Beatles - _Magical_Mystery_Tour
Bootleg_Series_Vol._4:_Bob_Dylan_Live_1966:_The_"Royal_Albert_Hall_Concert"
Broken Social Scene - _Broken_Social_Scene
The Band - Music From The Big Pink
Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming
Dream Theater - Images & Words
The Eagles - Hotel California
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido
The Jeff Beck Group - Beck Ola
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
John_Mayall's_Bluesbreakers - _Bluesbreakers_With_Eric_Clapton
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson - _In_the_Court_of_the_Crimson_King
The Kinks -_The_Village_Green_Preservation_Society
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin - _Led_Zeppelin_III
John Lennon - John_Lennon_/_Plastic_Ono_Band
The Mars Volta - De-Loused_In_The_Comatorium
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
The Rolling Stones - Their_Satanic_Majesties_Request
Steve Vai - Aliens Love Secrets
Yngwie Malmsteen - Marching Out
                   
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