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Michelle D. from HAMPDEN, ME
Reviewed on 3/9/2021...

This is by third favorite album of all time. I don't really like the Eagles very much, but this album is great.
1. Title Track-This is a great song. The guitar is great and the lyrics are cool. BUT, if I never hear it again, I think I'll be fine. 4/5
2. New Kid In Town- Pretty darn good. I heard this on the radio one day before I was into music, and I really liked it then, and I still do. 4/5
3. Life In The Fast Lane- When I first heard this, I thought that it was Life In The last Lane. Absolutely not in the last lane of this album. 4/5
4. Wasted Time- This is great! Not my favorite, but still good. 4/5
However, the record is on a decline. Title track awesome, New Kid great, Fast Lane good, Wasted Time okay...
5. Wasted Time Reprise- This immediately follows the original. If it was at the end, it would've been better, but since it's pretty much a minute, I throw this into the original. 1/5
6. Victim Of Love- Now the album is starting to get better. Great song. 4/5
7. Pretty Maids All In A Row- Awesome song. Just perfect. 6/5
8. Try And Love Again- Not as good. Sandwiched between the two best on here. Not the optimal position. 4/5
9. The Last Resort-Sometimes this song brings a tear to my eye. Not often, though. Best song on here. Magnificent closer to a magnificent album. 6/5
Final score: 38/45. I've been to the Hard Rock Hotel in Florida, so I've basically seen the album cover in person. That's an extra five points. This would be absolutely perfect if it didn't have the Wasted Time Reprise right after the original. I dunno, maybe I'm missing something.
UPDATE: It appears that I was. The wasted Time Reprise was after the original, but it was the first song on the second side of the vinyl release. I've also just listened to it again. Everything's much better than I previously thought. Total points: 45/45. Absolutely perfect.

Jes G. (jesgear) from EAST MOLINE, IL
Reviewed on 5/20/2012...

Hotel California
New Kid in Town
Life in the Fast Lane
Victim of Love

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Truly amazing

L. Conrado Barajas Pedraza | Monterrey, NL, Mexico | 04/22/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of the best dvd audio discs available, the voice is crystal clear and the guitar is very clean, also the drums, it has enough mid-bass in the 5 channels and not only on the sub-w channel. The price is super high but... they're not going to do more. By the way, if you have an Acura, the guy (Elliot Scheiner) who mixed this album is the same guy who designed the sound system (ELS stands for his name) in your car, so it sounds flawless."

Everything you need is on Greatest Hits, Vol 2

Phil (San Diego, CA) | San Diego, CA | 09/30/2010

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The Eagles were never a country band but they had just enough of that flavor to make them distinctive. Lineup changes stripped the band of their unique sound and from this point on they became just another FM rock band. That's not to say that this album didn't turn out some good singles. "New Kid In Town" gets less airplay than some of the Eagles' tracks, making it the one tune from this collection that I still welcome.



The title track is one of their most popular classics but Don Felder, who wrote the exquisite introduction which defines this song, was shown the door after this album. The Eagles have since turned that intro into a wine and cheese number as their audience has aged. Also departing sometime between '76 and '78 were original members Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner. They were subsequently replaced by purveyor of soft rock Timothy B. Schmidt just in time for his "I Can't Tell You Why" to rub elbows on adult contemporary radio formats with "The Pina Colada Song".



Everything you need from this album - and this second phase of their career (1977-80) - is on Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. The rest of this album's tracks range from filler to pleasant to overlong; I couldn't imagine enduring them on an mp3 player even out of curiosity. "Hotel California" just doesn't hold a candle to their albums "Desperado" or "On the Border". Nice cover though."