Tracks
Side A
- 11976Dutch Top 40: peak position 8 in week 21 of 1977, 14 weeks in the chartHotel California6:31F♯ major
- 21976Dutch Top 40: peak position 9 in week 9 of 1977, 8 weeks in the chartNew Kid in Town5:05E major
- 31976Life in the Fast Lane4:46E major
- 41976Wasted Time4:56
Side B
- 11976Wasted Time (Reprise)1:23C major
- 21976Victim of Love4:10G major
- 31976Pretty Maids All in a Row3:59A♯ minor
- 41976Try and Love Again5:11F♯ major
- 51976The Last Resort7:25B major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Hotel California
Hotel California sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 118 bpm.
Quietest track: Wasted Time (Reprise) · most energetic: Try and Love Again
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The five members of Eagles around the time of Hotel California, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Don Henley
Glenn Frey
Randy Meisner
Don Felder
Joe Walsh19751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
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Frequently asked questions
When was Hotel California by Eagles released?
Hotel California came out in 1976.
How many tracks are on Hotel California?
Hotel California has nine tracks, 44 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Hotel California made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Hotel California and New Kid in Town. The highest was Hotel California, at number 8 in week 21 of 1977.
Which category is Hotel California in?
Hotel California is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Eagles.
Which other albums by Eagles are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1 & 2 (2017).
Who was in Eagles when Hotel California came out?
In 1976, Eagles consisted of Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Felder and Joe Walsh. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Hotel California mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Hotel California?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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