When the album was first released I was only 2 or 3 years old. The first time I heard of the Eagles was in 1986 or 1988, in that time it was. The Hotel California single had just been reissued in the Netherlands and again  it was a big hit. From that point of time I loved this song, I still do.  Only a couple of years ago I bought this album, at first only for Hotel,  but immediately I was surprised by the other songs (only Life in the  Fastlane I don't like), what a voices, arrangements, everything fall in its  place. From head to toe, this album IS the best album of the seventies. And  probably one of the best albums of all time. For I'm a Springsteen fan, I  only let Springsteen top the Eagles. But these voices, much better than  Springsteens' A couple of years ago I had the possibility to see them live  in the Netherlands, Hell Freezes Over, had just been released and it is one  of the concerts which have made the deepest impact on me. Even after 20  years or so. The songs from then are now the song of my present. Love it.