Album Description: From the original master tapes on 24 karat Gold disc. Booklet includes complete original artwork. Standard jewel case.
Amazon.com essential recording: 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 `70s supergroup. --John Milward
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Rating: - Don't be a critic if you cant Hear
I Am Mainly Writing a review on this not just because of the fact that this album in any format has the best sound quality , performance , production and writing of any album in the analog era! . but it sets the standard of other recordings of all time .
I cant believe anyone would say that this is a waste of time to listen to this album .
Also the use of surround sound is also fantastic here .
Henley's drums are Back Beat to the true dynamics of what cd's and other high resolution formats should sound like .
Rating: - Masterpiece
I'm not going to compare Hotel California to any other album. This is simply their greatest album. Nearly flawless but, like the subject, not quite perfect.
I love the concept of California being heaven and hell. I bought this album in December 1976, and then left for California right after Christmas. That trip was planned, by the way, not a result of listening to the album. I believed in the concept of California as heaven on earth. Everything about SoCal was so great in 1977. It was the place to be. But of couse it really wasn't. I saw it in awe, with eyes wide open, and missed or overlooked some things. And that's the concept of this album, almost a warning that things aren't all they're cracked up to be.
I can easily see the direct connection to the "California Concept" in most of these songs. Wasted Time, Victim of Love and Try and Love Again, maybe not so direct. There ... Read More
Rating: - Rare breed
Bought DVD audio because of a new Acura. Excellent sound but the concept of DVD-Audio has never caught on.
Rating: - one of the best dvd-audio's And album
not only is this album great musically but this dvd-a sounds amazing with terific surround. better sound than my LP.
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