Digipack. The Eagles’ Hotel California was a critical and commercial phenomenon when it was released in December 1976. The album topped the Billboard charts for eight weeks in the U.S., won two Grammy® Awards, sold more than 32 million copies around the world, and featured two Billboard #1 hit singles. It was a massive album that dominated the charts around the world in 1977. 40 years later, it still ranks as one of the best-selling albums of all time. HOTEL CALIFORNIA: 40th ANNIVERSARY EXPANDED EDITION opens with a recently remastered version of the original album, featuring two Billboard #1 singles - “New Kid In Town” and the title track - plus the smash hit “Life In The Fast Lane.” The album was nominated for five Grammy Awards, and won for “Record of the Year” and “Best Arrangement For Voices.” The collection also marks the debut of ten live tracks that were recorded during the band’s three-night stand at the Los Angeles Forum in October 1976. The concert recordings - which were recorded about a month before the album came out - features one of the first ever live performances of “Hotel California” and “New Kid In Town” along with other Eagles classics including “Already Gone,” “Take It To The Limit,” and “Witchy Woman.”
