The band must have known that everyone was watching, and so they began their new album with the strongest one-two punch they had: Hotel California and New Kid in Town. By the time of 1976’s Hotel California, the Eagles had become genuine superstars off the back of their last studio album, One of these Nights, and, especially, their world-dominating best-of, Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. I still remember that feeling and I’ve never totally lost it, so you can, I hope, trust me to be even-handed here. That’s because I remember hearing Hotel California, the song, on the radio for the first time in the car with my parents and my dad telling me there was a good guitar solo coming up, and bam! There it was: possibly the most exciting minute or so of music I’d ever heard, aged seven or eight. I get why so many are so strongly anti-Eagles - and sure, they’re the perfect symbol of the gradual reduction in intensity of meaning and feeling in LA music in the second half of the 1970s - but I can’t share the hatred. Nevertheless, I’ve schooled myself in the history of LA rock ‘n’ roll as best I can from books, documentaries and hundreds (or probably thousands) of hours of listening, so I know what these guys are, who they were before they became the Eagles, what dues they paid and a fair bit about how they behaved once they attained success. The Eagles were a familiar presence on my radio, but not an inescapable one. I didn’t grow up hearing them on the radio every single day, so I don’t share the revulsion born of over-familiarity that a lot of US music fans have for the band.
I’m British, so while I feel like I’ve got a pretty good idea what place the Eagles hold in American music culture, it’s not my culture. Let’s start with one of the big daddies of classic rock. I’ll be doing one of these posts every couple of weeks or so. I decided I’d listen to some of these records, to hear those songs in their original context, and see what I made of them. Most of these records are such a pervasive part of our culture, and their songs are on the radio so often, I’ve never felt the need to sit down and listen to the albums those songs originally came from. I was a little surprised to look down a list of the biggest-selling albums ever and realise that there was a good number I’d never really heard. Retrieved July 11, 2010.Here’s a new regular feature.
Label: Elektra, Warner Strategic Marketing.The album featured five consecutive Top 40 singles on the adult contemporary charts, and was certified 7× Platinum in the US.Īlbums Studio albums Title The album debuted at number one on several charts around the world including Norway and the United Kingdom.
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In 2007, the Eagles issued a full length studio album of new material for the first time in nearly 30 years with Long Road Out of Eden. The band's compilation album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) sold more than 26 million copies domestically from its release until the end of 1999. The Eagles also hold the distinction of releasing the highest-selling album of the 20th century in the United States.
The album's title track was their fourth Number One single on the pop charts, as well as their highest certified single, being certified Platinum. Their highest-selling studio album is 1976's Hotel California, which was certified 26× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. They are one of the best-selling popular music artists in history. The Eagles have a total of 18 Top 40 hits on the pop charts, as well as several hits on the adult contemporary chart. Of those singles, five topped the Billboard Hot 100. Since their debut in 1972, they have released seven studio albums, three live albums, 11 compilation albums, as well as four video albums and 30 singles. Performing on the Long Road Out of Eden Tour
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