The Eagles Hotel California was one of the first compact discs I ever bought. Being a young college student with little money, I reserved my CD purchases to only the most worthy of albums. This criteria was both quality of sound and artistry. Hotel California had it all: top rate musicianship, excellant songwriting, and great sonic production. That's why it gets 5 stars. The remastered sound quality on this 2004 release brings it right up to modern levels. What I don't have anything good to say about is the packaging! You cannot tell the remastered version from the 20 year old original that I owned! Everything is identical. You get NO new liner notes, No new pictures, and NO bonus tracks! Warner Brothers didn't even have to reprint new cd booklets, cause their the same! How CHEAP can you get. It's just another case of the music industry ripping off the consumer. If you want to see how remasters are supposed to be done, check out Rhino Records releases (such as Foreigner) and Legacy Recordings (Heart, Janis Joplin, etc.)