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[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE EAGLES "hotel California" cd.

career stats:
studio albums..........7
singles..................29

this album............#1 US...#1 CAN...#1 AU...#1 NZ...#2 UK
singles:
"new kid in town".......#1 US...#1 CAN...#16 AU...#6 NZ..#20 UK
"hotel California"........#1 US...#1 CAN...#60 AU...#5 NZ....#8 UK
"life in the fast lane"..#11 US.#12 CAN...#96 AU

ive been listening to this one on constant rotation in the can in the last week and a bit since I bought it..
so here's the verdict from someone new to the music of The Eagles....

lots of lovely harmonies and melodies...
nice tunes for the most part...
cool lyrics...
only thing that really lets it down for me really is the reprise of "wasted time" straight after the real track...
I dunno, maybe the reprised version was the opening track on side two of the original vinyl release,
either way, I simply don't think that track adds anything to the album as a whole...
im not sure, but some of you may be surprised by which track is my favourite track off this one,
I loved it first time I heard it a week or so ago and still, after constant airings, nothing comes close for me!
some very good songs on this album and some absolute classic tracks also. no wonder it won a couple of Grammys for
'record of the year' (hotel California) and 'vocal arrangement' (new kid in town) only to be pipped at the post by the Mac's "rumours"
for album of the year...
a fantastic album and I guess that makes me the 32,000,001'st person to buy it, better late than never IMO LOL!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: wasted time (reprise)
best track: the last resort

[video=youtube;s08yJJmdLXw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s08yJJmdLXw[/video]

tracks:

1...hotel California ***
2...new kid in town **
3...life in the fast lie ***
4...wasted time ***
5...wasted time (reprise) *
6...victim of love **
7...pretty maids all in a row **
8...try and love again ***
9...the last resort ***

3s=5
2s=3
1s=1

rating: 2.4