Parts of the lyrics of "Hotel California" as well as the song "Wasted Time" were based on Henley's break up with his then girlfriend Loree Rodkin. Henley sought inspiration for the lyrics by driving out into the desert, as well as from films and theatre. Frey wanted the song to be "more cinematic", and to write it "just like it was a movie". Henley noted that hotel had become a "literal and symbolic focal point of their lives at that time", and it became the theme of the song. Don Henley wrote most of the lyrics, with contributions from Glenn Frey. The chord progression and basic melody of the title track, "Hotel California", was written by Don Felder. The title for "Life in the Fast Lane" was inspired by a conversation between Frey and his drug dealer during a high speed car ride. Leadon was replaced by Joe Walsh who provided the opening guitar riff of "Life in the Fast Lane" that was then developed into the song.
For Hotel California, the band made a conscious decision to move away from country rock, and wrote some songs that are more rock & roll, such as "Victim of Love" and " Life in the Fast Lane". It's more urban this time (…) It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old, so we figured since we are the Eagles and the Eagle is our national symbol, that we were obliged to make some kind of a little bicentennial statement using California as a microcosm of the whole United States, or the whole world, if you will, and to try to wake people up and say 'We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around.'" Compositionīernie Leadon, who was the principal country influence in the band, left the band after the release of the previous album One of These Nights. This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it, but it's not set in the old West, the cowboy thing, you know. There's a built-in mythology that comes with that word, an American cultural mythology that has been created by both the film and the music industry." In an interview with the Dutch magazine ZigZag shortly before the album's release, Don Henley said: On the title "Hotel California", Henley said that "the word, 'California,' carries with it all kinds of connotations, powerful imagery, mystique, etc., that fires the imaginations of people in all corners of the globe. They're the same themes that run through all of our work: loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté, the perils of fame, of excess exploration of the dark underbelly of the American dream, idealism realized and idealism thwarted, illusion versus reality, the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of "peace, love and understanding." Henley said of the themes of the songs in the album: The first song written for the album was " Hotel California", which became the theme for the album. A 40th anniversary special edition of Hotel California was released in November 2017. In 20, it was ranked number 37 on Rolling Stone 's list of " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. It has been certified 26× Platinum in the US, and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album after Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975). Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Three singles were released from the album, with two topping the Billboard Hot 100, "New Kid in Town" and "Hotel California", whilst " Life in the Fast Lane" reached No. The album was nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. At the 20th Grammy Awards, the Eagles won a Grammy Award for " Hotel California", which won Record of the Year, and for " New Kid in Town". Hotel California topped the US Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. The front cover is a photograph of the Beverly Hills Hotel by David Alexander. It was their first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon, and is the last album to feature bassist Randy Meisner. The album was recorded by Bill Szymczyk at the Criteria and Record Plant studios between March and October 1976, and then released on Asylum in December. Hotel California is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Eagles.
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