This is quite possible the best Eagles album ever, and it truly has some awesome sounds on it. From the haunting and unforgettable sounds of "Hotel California" which is a great track with some great lyrics  and great allusions that truly bring about some vivid images and powerful  emotions, to the hard-driving sounds of "Life In The Fast Lane"  which is a powerful song about addictions, to the melodic and often  overlooked "New Kid in Town" which is just a great ballad all  around. This album is truly magnificent and probably deserves most of the  praise it receives. My only complaint is the same that I have of so many  Eagles albums, they wrote great singles but didn't really put together  great albums. That being said this album is probably as good as it gets.