I love this album for all the obvious reasons.  Classic songs, classic songs, classic performances. It's quite a genre they carved out for themselves, and on this release, it all came to fruition.  But I have one downer comment, for which I should apologize in advance.  Don Henley contributes not just one but two clinker songs.  We're talking below mediocre song writing on his two ballads.  'Wasted Time', 'Last Resort', and the precious 'Wasted Time Rerpise' are like barges of slow moving junk.  How did .. they ever get on the album?  And why does Don Henley sing on so many of these songs, he's not any better than the others?  He built in the foundation for his solo career, by working in crowd familiarity with his voice, but my suspicion is that he is in some respects leaching off the other talents.  Everything about this album seems like he'd seized control, which is a shame.  But, if it was his idea to drive this desperado hotel california theme, maybe it wasn't all in vain.  Take out those three songs, and this is easily one of the best rock albums ever.  Leave them in, and it STILL is, that's how good it is.