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Eagles - Hotel California .jpg) .jpg) .gif) By John Milward
It's no accident that The
Eagles Greatest Hits might one day pass Michael Jackson's Thriller
as the best-selling album of all time-- the Eagles made great singles. By
contrast, their albums could be spotty and strained by self-conscious
artistry. Hotel California was arguably the band's best single
album--it was certainly the Eagles' biggest original disc-- and it also
underscored the band's need to make a big statement. The title tune
reflected the album's theme of paradise lost in California, painting this
picture with a musical arrangement that punctuated strumming guitars with
dramatic drums, and perhaps the band's most famous lyric: "You can
check out any time you like, but you can never leave." "New Kid
in Town" was an equally fine albeit much more traditional Eagles
ballad. "Life in the Fast Lane" aspired to hard rock but largely
gunned its engine without taking off. The rest is okay, but nothing more
than secondary Eagles songs that happened to be nestled into the album
that came to define the Super70s supergroup.
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| 1. Hotel California | 6. Victim Of Love | | 2. New Kid In Town | 7. Pretty Maids All In A Row | | 3. Life In The Fast Lane | 8. Try And Love Again | | 4. Wasted Time | 9. The Last Resort | | 5. Wasted Time (Reprise) | |
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"Aahh it takes me back. I remember holidaying for a week in the west of Scotland, sleeping in the back of a Ford Escort van, with Hotel Calafornia continually being played on my little portable tape player. I still like this album just as much today as then." --Chucky |
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