Released on December 8, 1976, the Eagles fifth studio album, Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time with sales passing 30 million copies worldwide. Hotel California is a showcase of the band’sevolving musical style as the band made a conscious decision to move away from country rock in this album, and with Joe Walsh joining the band they added more of a rock & roll influence, which can be heard in the classic songssuch as “Victim of Love” and “Life in the Fast Lane”