1976 Eagles released their fifth album Hotel California. It was their first album with Joe Walsh and the last with Randy Meisner. It won a Grammy Award for "Hotel California", which won Record of the Year, and for "New Kid in Town" which won Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. The album was nominated for Album of the Year but lost to Fleetwood Mac's Rumors. (talk about peak legendary albums.)
"New Kid in Town" was the first single (#1 #2 AC #43 Country) followed by the title track (#1 #10 AC) and "Life in the Fast Lane" (#11.)
Interesting fact - Original vinyl pressings of Hotel California (Elektra/Asylum catalog no. 7E-1084) had text engraved in the run-out groove of each side, continuing an in-joke trend the band had started with their third album On the Border. The text reads: Side one: "Is It 6 O'Clock Yet?"; Side two: "V.O.L. Is Five-Piece Live", indicating that the song "Victim of Love" was recorded in a live session in studio, with no overdubbing.
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