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Hotel California | align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Hotel California | | lign="center" colspan="3"|Hotel California | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Album by The Eagles | | lign="left" valign="top"|Released | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|8 December 1976 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|March-October 1976 at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL and
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|Rock | | lign="left" valign="top"|Length | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|43 min 30 sec | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|Asylum Records | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"|Bill Szymczyk | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews | | lign="left" valign="top"|AMG | align="center" valign="top"|5/5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|RollingStone | align="center" valign="top"|4/5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="left" valign="top"|ARTISTdirect | align="center" valign="top"|5/5 | valign="top"|link | | lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|The Eagles Chronology | align="top"|Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
(1976) | valign="top"|Hotel California
(1976) | valign="top"|The Long Run
(1979) | Hotel California was an album released by The Eagles in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Using Hotel California as a metaphor for the nation, The Eagles wrote about innocence ("New Kid in Town", a #1 hit in Billboard on February 26, 1977) and temptations ("Life In The Fast Lane" and the title track, a #1 hit in Billboard on May 7, 1977) of that pursuit. During the final leg of the ensuing tour, however, Randy Meisner decided he'd had enough hotel rooms in his seven years as an Eagle and left the band for the relative quiet of Nebraska to recuperate and instigate a solo career. This album was nominated for the Grammy Awards of 1978. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Hotel California the 38th greatest album of all time. Track listing - "Hotel California" (Felder, Henley, Frey) - 6:30
- "New Kid in Town" (J.D. Souther, Henley, Frey) - 5:04
- "Life in the Fast Lane" (Walsh, Henley, Frey) - 4:46
- "Wasted Time" (Henley, Frey) - 4:55
- "Wasted Time (Reprise)" (instrumental) (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman) - 1:22
- "Victim of Love" (Felder, Souther, Henley, Frey) - 4:11
- "Pretty Maids All in a Row" (Walsh, Joe Vitale) - 4:05
- "Try and Love Again" (Meisner) - 5:10
- Lead vocal by Randy Meisner
- "The Last Resort" (Henley, Frey) - 7:25
Personnel - Don Felder - guitar, pedal steel, electric guitar, steel guitar, vocals, slide guitar
- Glenn Frey - synthesizer, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, clavinet
- Don Henley - synthesizer, percussion, drums, vocals
- Randy Meisner - bass, guitar, vocals, guitarron
- Joe Walsh - organ, synthesizer, guitar, piano, keyboard, electric piano, vocals, slide guitar
Additional personnel - Jim Ed Norman - conductor
- Sid Sharp - concert master
Production - Producer: Bill Szymczyk
- Engineers: Allan Blazek, Bruce Hensal, Ed Marshall, Bill Szymczyk
- Mixing: Bill Szymczyk
- String arrangements: Jim Ed Norman
- Art direction: Don Henley, John Kosh
- Design: John Kosh
- Photography: David Alexander
- Artwork: Kosh
- Poster design: Norman Seeff
- CD preparation: Kevin Gray
Singles - "Take It to the Limit"/"After the Thrill Is Gone" - Asylum 45293; released November 15, 1976
- "New Kid in Town"/"Victim Of Love" - Asylum 45373; released December 7, 1976
- "Hotel California"/"Pretty Maids All In A Row" - Asylum 45286; released February 22, 1977
- "Life in the Fast Lane"/"The Last Resort" - Asylum 45403; released May 3, 1977
Charts Album - Billboard (North America) | lign="left"|Chart | align="left"|Position | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Country Albums | align="left"|10 | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Pop Albums | align="left"|1 | Singles - Billboard (North America) | lign="left"|Single | align="left"|Chart | align="left"|Position | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"Hotel California" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|1 | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"Life In The Fast Lane" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|11 | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"New Kid in Town" | align="left"|Adult Contemporary | align="left"|2 | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"New Kid In Town" | align="left"|Country Singles | align="left"|43 | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"New Kid In Town" | align="left"|Pop Singles | align="left"|1 | Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Award nominations | lign="left"|Nominee | align="left"|Category | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|"Hotel California" | align="left"|Song of the Year | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Hotel California | align="left"|Album of the Year | | lign="left"|1977 | align="left"|Bill Szymczyk | align="left"|Producer of the Year | External links
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