Eagles – Hotel California (LP Vinyl)

Recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami and the Record Plant in Los Angeles, the album arrived at a pivotal moment when the country-rock innocence of the early Eagles had given way to something darker and more cinematic. Don Henley and Glenn Frey sharpened their songwriting into a pointed critique of California excess, and Joe Walsh's addition brought a harder electric edge that pushed the band toward the arena rock peak they'd been building toward for years.