Artist: EAGLES
Album: HOTEL CALIFORNIA REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1976
Media type: CD

Hotel California is an album released by the American rock band Eagles in late 1976 (see 1976 in music). It is the first Eagles album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the first album with Joe Walsh. It is also the last album featuring original bass player and singer Randy Meisner.

Hotel California was the Eagles' fifth album of original material and became a critical success and a major commercial hit; since its release in late 1976, it has sold over 16 million copies in the U.S. alone. The album was at #1 for eight weeks in early 1977 (non-consecutively), and included two tracks which became #1 hits as singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "New Kid in Town", on February 26, 1977, and "Hotel California" on May 7, 1977.

In 2001 the TV network VH1 named Hotel California #38 on 100 Greatest Albums of all time. Hotel California was ranked 13th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 37 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The cover image is of the Beverly Hills Hotel. It was photographed by David Alexander[1].

TRACKLIST:

01 "Hotel California" (Felder, Henley, Frey) – 6:30
Lead vocal & percussion by Don Henley, Guitar solos by Joe Walsh & Don Felder.
02 "New Kid in Town" (J.D. Souther, Henley, Frey) – 5:03
Lead vocal & acoustic guitar by Glenn Frey, guitarrуn & acoustic guitar by Randy Meisner, electric guitars by Don Felder, organ & electric piano by Joe Walsh.
03 "Life in the Fast Lane" (Walsh, Henley, Frey) – 4:46
Lead vocal by Don Henley, saxophone by Joe Walsh, clavinet by Glenn Frey.
04 "Wasted Time" (Henley, Frey) – 4:55
Lead vocal by Don Henley, piano by Glenn Frey, electric guitars by Don Felder, Organ by Joe Walsh.
05 "Wasted Time (Reprise)" (instrumental) (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman) – 1:22
Strings arranged & conducted by Jim Ed Norman.
06 "Victim of Love" (Felder, Souther, Henley, Frey) – 4:11
Lead vocal by Don Henley, lead guitar by Don Felder, slide guitar by Joe Walsh.
07 "Pretty Maids All in a Row" (Walsh, Joe Vitale) – 3:58
Lead vocal, piano & lead guitar by Joe Walsh, synthesizer by Joe Walsh & Glenn Frey.
08 "Try and Love Again" (Meisner) – 5:10
Lead vocal by Randy Meisner, Lead guitar by Glenn Frey, Gretsch guitar by Joe Walsh.
09 "The Last Resort" (Henley, Frey) – 7:28
Lead vocal by Don Henley, piano by Glenn Frey, synthesizer by Joe Walsh & Don Henley, Pedal Steel guitar by Don Felder.

LINE-UP:

Don Felder – acoustic guitar, slide guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar , steel guitar, vocals
Glenn Frey – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, piano, keyboards, clavinet, vocals
Don Henley – drums, percussion, synthesizer, vocals
Randy Meisner – electric bass, acoustic guitar, guitarron, vocals
Joe Walsh – electric guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, keyboard, piano, organ, synthesizer, vocals