Decades later, even Southern Californians can’t agree on The Eagles. Their ubiquitous modern-Bakersfield country sound was barely country, not really rock ‘n’ roll in the rebellious, anarchic sense, and shot through with keyed-up metaphors and allegories about being a rich, drug-addicted American in the post-hippie, pre-yuppie USA. Incredibly, their first greatest-hits collection came out the year before the release of Hotel California, and now both reside among the 20 best-selling albums ever. Before 2017 comes to a close, and with it the 40th anniversary of Hotel California earning five Grammy nominations (including a Record of the Year trophy for its title track) and instantly becoming one of the best-selling and most divisive albums in rock history, let’s consider the perpetual question of whether The Eagles are actually any good, merely tolerable or quite terrible.Įveryone seems to have an opinion, maybe because The Eagles are undeniably one of the most successful bands of all time-if not the most successful.
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