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Mastered from the original analog master tapes. Features all original packaging.It s no accident that The Eagles Greatest a1 discount hotels Hits might one day pass Michael Jackson s Thriller as the best-selling album of all time the Eagles made great singles. By contrast, their albums could be spotty and strained by self-conscious artistry. Hotel California was arguably the band s best single album it was certainly the Eagles biggest original disc and it also underscored the band s need to make a big statement.
The title tune reflected the album s theme of paradise lost in California, a1 discount hotels painting this picture with a musical arrangement that punctuated strumming guitars with dramatic drums, and perhaps the band s most famous lyric: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. New Kid in Town was an equally fine albeit much more traditional Eagles ballad. Life in the Fast Lane aspired to hard rock but largely gunned its engine without taking off. The rest is okay, but nothing more than secondary Eagles songs that happened to be nestled into the album that came to define the `70s supergroup. John Milward
DVD-A of Hotel California worth getting If you were around in the late 70 s and were within earshot of rock and pop radio, you heard the Eagles Hotel California and if you ve listened to classic rock radio since then and till today, you are familiar with this album many times over, possibly even sick of it (as you might be with Fleetwood Mac s Rumours , Pink Floyd s The Dark Side of the Moon and most of Led Zeppelin), as you might be sick of Eagles music in general. However, just this Christmas day, I was with family, and the household happened to have a superb DVD/Dolby surround setup and the man of the house received the DVD-A of Hotel California as a gift. He put it on, and I was there to experience this already time-honored album in glorious multi-channel a1 discount hotels surround sound. If you thought you ve heard enough of the Eagles best album, you ought to give this a chance the classic title track alone makes it worth the purchase. You will hear cymbal swells, guitar parts separated and panned, vocals and all that is the musical brilliance of this album as you never have before. Wasted Time sounds a1 discount hotels so good it will make you weep (this was always one of my favorite Eagles album tracks, as is The Last Resort , also benefitting from the DVD-A treatment) highly recommended for Eagles, classic rock, and music fans in general needing to hear how good either the DVD-A or SACD format can be.
Check In To The Hotel Hotel California was the first Eagles album to feature Joe Walsh. By combining with Don Felder, they created a potent tandem and pushed the band to a harder sound. Like many other residents a1 discount hotels in the state, the band are not native Californians. Despite that fact, they have become a1 discount hotels synonymous with Southern California. On this album, they examine a1 discount hotels all the high and lows of the land of hopes and dreams. The word classic is thrown around a little too often, but the album s title track is one of only a handful of songs that are worthy of the title. From the opening guitar riff, to the cynical and vivid lyrics to the closing guitar coda, the song is a tour de force. Don Henley sings with a snarl in his voice and Mr. Walsh and Mr. Felder trade guitar licks in a can you top this fashion. The song is a masterpiece, became their third number single, won the 1977 Grammy for Record of the Year and one never tires of hearing it. New Kid In Town was the album s other number single and Glenn Frey sings with a smooth charm. The song perfectly captures that breezy Southern California sound the Eagles made famous. Life In The Fast Lane is the infamous rocker that details a1 discount hotels the hedonistic lifestyle a1 discount hotels of the late 70 s that the band wholeheartedly embraced. Wasted Time is pretty ballad and the orchestral reprise of the song leads into a stinging rocker Victim Of Love . Joe Walsh s Eagle lead vocal debut is the suprisingly sweet Pretty Maids All In A Row . Randy Messiness swan song with the band is the soaring Try Love Again . The album s closer, The Last Resort , almost matches the title cut in power and brilliance. It tells of the pilgrimage from the east coast out to California and that it has to offer. Hotel California was the band s peak and one of the best albums of the 70 s.
5.1 Japan SACD vs DVD-AUDIO = TIE My copy of the Japanese SACD arrived today. Owning two Oppo BDP-93s, I hooked both up to the same receiver and compared both editions. Confirming another review, the SACD is indeed presented a bit louder than the DVD-Audio. However after over an hour of listening, I can hear no discernable difference between the audio portions of these discs. Yes, both come from the exact same 5.1 master. In fact, even the disc labels on both are practically a1 discount hotels identical, one indicating SACD emblems and the other DVD-Audio. So no new sonic revelations over the 2001 DVD-Audio release. One advantage for the SACD is that it will play in all CD players as it is a hybrid. One advantage to the DVD-Audio is the on-screen presentation of the lyrics and many photos. The best news is that, even at Amazon s current price, the SACD is a steal compared to the prices being asked for the out of print DVD-Audio. My biggest hope is that these discs from Japan will bring about renewed interest in 5.1 sound music, so that we may be fortunate enough to see other timeless classic recordings a1 discount hotels released (not just rehashes of previous DVD-Audio releases) in multi-channel a1 discount hotels SACD .please, please, please!