Hotel California
is the fifth
studio album
by American
rock band
The Eagles
released on
December 8, 1976,
by Asylum Records.
Recorded by the band
and produced by
Bill Szymczyk
at the Criteria
and Record Plant studios
between
March and October 1976,
it was the band's
first album with
guitarist
Joe Walsh,
who had replaced
founding member
Bernie Leadon,
and the last to
feature
founding bassist
Randy Meisner.
The album cover
features a photograph
of the
Beverly Hills Hotel,
taken by
David Alexander.
Hotel California
was an immediate critical
and commercial success,
topping the
US Billboard 200 chart.
At the 20th
Grammy Awards,
the title track won
Record of the Year,
and
"New Kid in Town"
won Best Arrangement
for Voices.
The album was also
nominated for
Album of the Year
but lost to
Fleetwood Mac's
Rumours
(1977).
Three singles
were released
from the album,
with the title track
and
"New Kid in Town"
topping the
Billboard Hot 100
and
"Life in the Fast Lane"
reaching No. 11.
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