Don Henley has told CBS Sunday Morning that 2026 will most likely be the last year that the Eagles will perform and probably exist.

In a new interview, the sole original member of the group said, “I think this will probably be it,” referring to the long-running band, which has been on the road for much of the past decade.

“I feel like we’re getting toward the end, and that will be fine, too.”

 

Eagles currently have a few shows scheduled for this year. When asked if 2026 will be the end of the Eagles, Henley replied, “I think so, yeah. And I am OK with that.”

After being asked why, he said, “Because I would like to spend more time with my family, and I would like to spend more time growing vegetables.”

You can watch the interview on the CBS Sunday Morning Facebook page.

Henley also noted that he would like to travel more, explaining, “We see the airports and the hotel room and the venue, and we don’t get out much. I’d like to go back to the places I’ve been and see more of those places before it all disappears.”

Why Does Don Henley Think the Eagles Will End in 2026?

He also said there were “lots of things to do. I don’t ever want to have a one-dimensional life.

“This is great, this is wonderful, but there are other things,” adding that he has four children and a grandchild he’d like to spend more time with. “There’s just lots of other things to do.”

This isn’t the first time Henley and the Eagles have talked about retirement. They famously split up in 1980 before reuniting in 1994 for a new album and tour.

The band has been mostly active since then, releasing a new studio album in 2007 and touring on a few occasions under the banner of a farewell tour.

Henley’s cofounder, Glenn Frey, died in 2016. He was replaced on tour by Vince Gill.

Where Are Eagles Playing in 2026?

Eagles currently have nine dates left on their concert schedule, all but one of them at Las Vegas’ Sphere, where they have been in residency since 2024.

Vince Gill and Joe Walsh perform with the Eagles at a recent concert. (Rick Diamond, Getty Images)

All shows are on Friday and Saturday, with the first set on Feb. 20 and 21 and the last Sphere dates on March 27 and 28. You can see those dates below.

The group also has a concert scheduled for May 2 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. For now, it is the Eagles’ last scheduled concert performance.

You can find more information on the band’s website.

Eagles Sphere Concert Dates 2026

Friday, February 20
Saturday, February 21
Friday, February 27
Saturday, February 28
Friday, March 20
Saturday, March 21
Friday, March 27
Saturday, March 28

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From Eagles and Led Zeppelin to Stevie Wonder and Boston: The Top 40 Albums of 1976

As the decade turned a midpoint corner, some of the biggest artists of the ’70s reached their stride.

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40. Rod Stewart, A Night on the Town

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40. Rod Stewart, ‘A Night on the Town’

While the previous year’s Atlantic Crossing acclimated Rod Stewart to U.S. recording studios and a new label, he settles into his seventh album like an old friend. The opening track, “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright),” was his first No. 1 since “Maggie May” but A Night on the Town rarely wavers, featuring one of his best covers (Cat Stevens’ “The First Cut Is the Deepest”) and originals (“The Killing of Georgie [Part I and II]”).

39. Blondie, Blondie

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39. Blondie, ‘Blondie’

Blondie’s self-titled debut incorporated ’60s and ’70s styles and genres, merging generations of pop music history. With a mix of 1960s girl groups and blossoming new wave, Blondie was difficult to pin down to one sound. Debbie Harry made a captivating frontperson, a striking figure leading a group of New York musicians who were adept at more than just imitating pop music’s rich past. “X Offender” and “In the Flesh” lead this first blast.

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38. Bad Company, Run With the Pack

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38. Bad Company, ‘Run With the Pack’

The third album by Bad Company follows the bluesy hard rock established on their first two records. A cover of Leiber, Stoller and Pomus’ “Young Blood” was the highest-charting single in the U.S., but original tracks like “Silver, Blue & Gold” and the title track became FM staples. There’s a bit of fatigue that seeps into Run With the Pack, as the band struggled to maintain its annual album schedule, but enough muscle keeps it moving.

37. Wings, Wings at the Speed of Sound

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37. Wings, ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’

Wing’s fourth consecutive No. 1, and fifth overall LP, continues Paul McCartney’s finely tuned ear to contemporary pop. “Silly Love Songs” and “Let ‘Em In” were big hits, but Wings at the Speed of Sound goes deeper at times. “Beware My Love” is one of Wings’ twistiest rockers, while “Warm and Beautiful” is a poem to wife Linda. Don’t miss McCartney’s nod to his critics on the factory-hiss opening of “Silly Love Songs.”

36. Funkadelic, Hardcore Jollies

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36. Funkadelic, ‘Hardcore Jollies’

Recorded at the same time as Tales of Kidd Funkadelic, their final album for Westbound Records before jumping to Warner Bros., and released just a month later, Hardcore Jollies marks a transitional stage for the heavier side of George Clinton’s P-Funk empire. Three members from the original Parliaments group make their last appearance, while guitarist Eddie Hazel guests uncredited. Masterpiece One Nation Under a Groove was next.

35. The Rolling Stones, Black and Blue

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35. The Rolling Stones, ‘Black and Blue’

Rarely mentioned in the same revered breath as the Rolling Stones’ other ’70s albums — from Sticky Fingers to Some Girls — Black and Blue contains some of their most underrated cuts of the decade. “Hot Stuff” prefigured the disco moves of Some Girls, while “Fool to Cry” may be the sultriest R&B they ever recorded. The seven-minute “Memory Motel,” co-sung by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, is an undervalued gem.

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34. ZZ Top, Tejas

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34. ZZ Top, ‘Tejas’

ZZ Top’s fifth album hinted at things to come for the Texas boogie rock trio. While they were still a few years away from the synthesizer overhaul that made them MTV stars in the next decade, Tejas positioned ZZ Top as a band unafraid to test their road reputations in the studio with a bag of new tricks. Rooted in tradition, songs like “It’s Only Love” and “Arrested for Driving While Blind” have one eye firmly locked on the future.

33. Patti Smith Group, Radio Ethiopia

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33. Patti Smith Group, ‘Radio Ethiopia’

Patti Smith’s second album, and first to include a co-credit for her group, pivoted from the garage-poet aesthetic of Horses toward more commercial territory. Producer Jack Douglas, known for his work with Aerosmith and Cheap Trick, was brought in to tighten and focus the band’s direction on Radio Ethiopia. Smith shared much of the songwriting duties with bassist Ivan Kral, giving the album a more distinctive full-band direction.

32. ABBA, Arrival

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32. ABBA, ‘Arrival’

ABBA’s glistening Eurodisco reached its peak on 1976’s Arrival, an effervescent overload of mid-decade pop and impelling disco. “Money, Money, Money” and “Knowing Me, Knowing You” showcase their versatility in crafting ’70s pop, but it’s the massive global hit “Dancing Queen” that elevated them to superstar status. ABBA’s only U.S. No. 1 has transcended its time and genre, becoming a defining song of the era.

31. Miles Davis, Pangaea

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31. Miles Davis, ‘Pangaea’

Originally released in Japan only (a U.S. release arrived in 1990), Pangaea was recorded at the same February 1975 Miles Davis concerts in Osaka that yielded Agharta from an earlier performance. Two tracks comprise the 89-minute LP, a tour de force from Davis’ electric period featuring bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Al Foster and percussionist Mtume in spotlight performances on a cross-genre classic.

30. Kansas, Leftoverture

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30. Kansas, ‘Leftoverture’

The album that took Kansas from Midwest progressive rockers to chart-topping radio favorites hinges on one particular song. The band knew what they had in “Carry On Wayward Son,” leading Leftoverture with the track and building it over five and a half precise minutes. The edited single just missed the Top 10, but it gave their fourth album the boost the group needed. It remains their best-selling LP and a mid-’70s FM radio staple.

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29. Al Stewart, Year of the Cat

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29. Al Stewart, ‘Year of the Cat’

Seven albums into a career that dated to the mid-’60s, Al Stewart finally had a global hit on his hands. Year of the Cat was lifted by its epic-length title track, a Top 10 single with a winding narrative that’s both picturesque and elusive. It’s the highlight of the album and its closing track, but Stewart shapes the LP into a pristine-sounding collection of soft-rock songs (produced by Alan Parsons) that defy and define their era.

28. Marvin Gaye, I Want You

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28. Marvin Gaye, ‘I Want You’

Arriving between a pair of live albums, Marvin Gaye’s 13th studio outing marked his first since 1973’s Let’s Get It On. Building on its predecessor’s themes of sexual liberation and fulfillment, I Want You shifted musical direction to embrace the disco, funk and quiet storm music of the mid-1970s. Synthesizers, played by Gaye, are a big part of the album, too, advancing the artist’s personal vision in a suite of songs about overt lust.

27. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Night Moves

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27. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, ‘Night Moves’

Nine albums and 15 years into a career that was finally moving along, thanks to a live album released six months earlier, Bob Seger’s Night Moves builds on nostalgia and a contemporary sense of being part of a growing heartland rock movement. Autobiographical with moments of sheer ecstasy (“Rock and Roll Never Forgets” mythologizes the music going back to its ’50s roots), the LP is the cornerstone of Seger’s catalog.

26. Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon

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26. Warren Zevon, ‘Warren Zevon’

Championed by label-mate Jackson Browne (who produced and guested), Warren Zevon’s eponymous 1976 album followed a non-starting 1970 debut and years working with the Turtles, the Everly Brothers and others. It’s a transformative work of a singer-songwriter operating at the top of his game. Warren Zevon today plays like a Zevon best-of: “Hasten Down the Wind,” “Poor Poor Pitiful Me,” “Mohammed’s Radio” and “Carmelita.”

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25. Ramones, Ramones

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25. Ramones, ‘Ramones’

In 1976, nobody sounded like the Ramones. Dressed in leather jackets and ripped jeans, the New York City quartet didn’t invent punk music, but they had a large part in fueling the revolution on the horizon with their two-minute songs, which cleverly reflected their look. Their self-titled debut is deceptive: unadorned songs about sniffing glue and dysfunctional families play at breakneck speed with nods to garage rock and bubblegum pop.

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24. Judas Priest, Sad Wings of Destiny

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24. Judas Priest, ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’

Judas Priest’s second album is the beginning of the Birmingham metal band’s identity as metal giants. While traces of their hard rock ancestors, such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, can still be found on Sad Wings of Destiny, there’s a growing confidence in the songs of guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton and singer Rob Halford. The nearly eight-minute “Victim of Changes” stayed in set lists for decades.

23. AC/DC, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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23. AC/DC, ‘Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap’

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap has two lives: The first was in 1976, as AC/DC’s third album to be released in their native Australia. Following the death of singer Bon Scott in 1980 and the subsequent success of Back in Black with new singer Brian Johnson, the band’s U.S. label released a revised track listing for Dirty Deeds in 1981. Both versions were hits, as the album reached No. 5 in Australia and No. 3 in the States.

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22. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak

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22. Thin Lizzy, ‘Jailbreak’

Inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run, as well as Phil Lynott’s Irish roots (particularly the Celtic soul of Van Morrison), Thin Lizzy’s sixth LP has a focus and determination rarely present in any of their other work. Jailbreak benefits from the twin guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. But it’s Lynott’s attention to lyrical detail and radio-ready melodies that drive “Jailbreak” and “The Boys Are Back in Town.”

21. Kiss, Rock and Roll Over

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21. Kiss, ‘Rock and Roll Over’

Released eight months after the career-boosting Destroyer, the second Kiss album of 1976 pivots from its predecessor’s glossier commercial gains toward the rougher sounds of its first three records. Mostly recorded at an in-the-round theater in New York, Rock and Roll Over includes a pair of Top 15 singles (“Calling Dr. Love” and “Hard Luck Woman,” originally intended for Rod Stewart) and stopped right outside the Top 10.

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20. Genesis, A Trick of the Tail

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20. Genesis, ‘A Trick of the Tail’

The first Genesis first album without Peter Gabriel remains firmly entrenched in the band’s earliest progressive stage. With drummer Phil Collins taking over lead vocals, the songs on A Trick of the Tail seem to have more melodic flair (check out the bouncy title track and the billowy “Ripples”). There remains an attention to performance and a conceptual center tied to an earlier era, embodied in the six-minute “Squonk.”

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19. Kiss, Destroyer

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19. Kiss, ‘Destroyer’

Flush from the success of 1975’s Alive!, Kiss approached the next year with new appreciation for the studio. Softening the rougher edges of their first three records, the band aimed for a commercial rock sound on Destroyer. “Detroit Rock City” and “Shout It Out Loud” became instant Kiss classics, but it was “Beth,” a strings-assisted ballad cowritten and sung by drummer Peter Criss, that gave them their first Top 10 hit.

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18. Bob Dylan, Desire

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18. Bob Dylan, ‘Desire’

Desire was made with many of the same musicians Bob Dylan would bring on his Rolling Thunder Revue, and the result is a record that’s looser and less structured, at least on its surface, than most of his ’70s albums. He collaborated with theater director Jacques Levy on many of the songs, including the eight-minute “Hurricane” about imprisoned boxer Rubin Carter and the 11-minute “Joey,” about murdered mob figure Joey Gallo.

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17. Rush, 2112

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17. Rush, ‘2112’

Frustrated by the low sales of their previous albums and on the verge of being dropped by their label, Rush put everything they had into their fourth record: winding progressive pop, steamrolling metal and FM radio-chiseled hard rock. 2112 quickly became their biggest-selling and highest-charting LP, and lifted the Canadian trio to the upper echelon of 1970s bands. The side-long, 20-minute title track encapsulates their progress.

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16. Queen, A Day at the Races

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16. Queen, ‘A Day at the Races’

A sequel to A Night at the Opera (both albums were named after Marx Brothers films), Queen’s fifth LP presents a similar mix of kitchen-sink ideas and musical styles. “Somebody to Love” is a stadium-made showstopper; “Tie Your Mother Down” is Brian May’s roaring opener. That title is most apt: A Night at the Opera features many of the band’s most operatic songs, from glam and metal to hard rock and symphonic pop.

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15. Billy Joel, Turnstiles

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15. Billy Joel, ‘Turnstiles’

A year before The Stranger made Billy Joel a Grammy-winning star, his fourth album featured similar concepts, from musical themes to more confident lyrics. Turnstiles is filled with future classics: “Say Goodbye to Hollywood,” which was written as a Ronettes tribute and later covered by Ronnie Spector; the widescreen “Miami 2017 (See the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”; and “New York State of Mind,” a love letter to his hometown.

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14. Electric Light Orchestra, A New World Record

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14. Electric Light Orchestra, ‘A New World Record’

A transitional work in many ways for Electric Light Orchestra, starting with a new band logo and including an album’s worth of shorter, pop-oriented songs, A New World Record revitalized their career. A Top 10 hit worldwide and a multiplatinum seller, ELO’s sixth album is a virtual greatest hits LP: “Telephone Line,” “Livin’ Thing” and “Do Ya,” first recorded by Jeff Lynne in the Move four years earlier, are all here.

13. Joni Mitchell, Hejira

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13. Joni Mitchell, ‘Hejira’

Joni Mitchell was already deep into the jazz-influenced avant-garde songs that marked much of her ’70s work when she released her eighth album in 1976. Hejira, though, was shaped by Mitchell’s life on the road preceding the recording of the album, making it sort of a travelogue through the open roads and wide prairies of her travels. Jaco Pastorius provides fretless bass, while Mitchell adds a keen eye to typically rich character detail.

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12. David Bowie, Station to Station

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12. David Bowie, ‘Station to Station’

Another of David Bowie’s transmutive personas, the strutting and otherworldly Thin White Duke, captures the nature and sound of Station to Station. Both an extension of the plastic soul adapted from 1975’s Young Americans and an indication of the direction of his upcoming Berlin Trilogy, Station to Station is one of Bowie’s most forward-thinking albums and an influential work on generations of future shape-shifters.

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11. Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees

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11. Boz Scaggs, ‘Silk Degrees’

Finding his groove on his seventh album, Boz Scaggs transformed from cult blues descendant to warm blue-eyed soul singer. Silk Degrees benefits from slick production and the even slicker backing of session musicians (many of whom went on to form Toto). At the top, though, are Scaggs’ great songs — many cowritten with keyboardist David Paich — and lovely interpretations, “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle” among them.

10. AC/DC, High Voltage

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10. AC/DC, ‘High Voltage’

Though they had already released two albums in their native Australia, including a High Voltage with a different track listing, AC/DC’s first global LP, in many ways, positions itself as the band’s debut. High Voltage, the 1976 version, features the best songs from those two earlier Australia-only records, both released in 1975. The pieces are already in place, highlighted by “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll).”

9. Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive!

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9. Peter Frampton, ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’

Live albums were mostly viewed as time-buying tools by the music industry before Frampton Comes Alive! came along and changed that perspective. Peter Frampton was a consistent but middling singer and guitarist before his 1976 concert LP made him an overnight superstar. Songs from his four albums found new life onstage, as Frampton and his talk box reinvented both artist and live records.

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8. Steely Dan, The Royal Scam

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8. Steely Dan, ‘The Royal Scam’

Steely Dan didn’t change much on their fifth album, The Royal Scam, working once again with producer Gary Katz and a cast of studio pros, including guitarist Larry Carlton and backing singer Michael McDonald. The music is pristine, ranging from West Coast jazz fusion to East Coast boho cool. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker never disguise the fact that they’re the smartest guys in the room (see: “Bad Sneakers,” top-tier Dan).

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7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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7. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, ‘Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ self-titled debut fell into the clutch of ’70s albums that straddled various shifting genres. Part 1970s hard rock, part ’60s throwback and part thorny proto-new wave, Petty and his group combined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s mid-America guitar-sculpted rock ‘n’ roll with jagged and nervy underground appeal. “American Girl” has endured, uncovering new relevance each year.

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6. Jackson Browne, The Pretender

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6. Jackson Browne, ‘The Pretender’

Jackson Browne was mourning the death of his wife, who killed herself in early 1976, when he completed work on his fourth LP, The Pretender. The experience runs throughout, but The Pretender is marked by Los Angeles ennui; “The Fuse” and the title tune, both running close to six minutes, bookend the weariness. In “Here Come Those Tears Again,” Browne confronts sadness and evokes the weight of his emotional burden.

5. Boston, Boston

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5. Boston, ‘Boston’

Boston’s self-titled first album was released fully formed in the summer of 1976 by a record company that wasn’t quite sure what it had. It wasn’t long before everyone was talking about the record, still one of the biggest-selling debuts in music history. Tom Scholz assembled Boston from his apartment demos, layering harmonized guitars over hyper-stylized riffs and melodies, especially in the terrific “More Than a Feeling.”

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4. Aerosmith, Rocks

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4. Aerosmith, ‘Rocks’

Between Aerosmith’s third and fourth albums, the band tallied an unexpected first Top 10 hit in “Dream On,” a rerelease of a song from their 1973 debut. So, the gears were primed for the Boston band’s follow-up to Toys in the Attic. With Rocks, they tightened the riffs (“Last Child”) and focused on making an album with less filler. From the start of the galloping “Back in the Saddle,” they achieved their goal and their first Top 10 LP.

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3. Led Zeppelin, Presence

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3. Led Zeppelin, ‘Presence’

When Led Zeppelin went prog. Album number seven features some of the band’s longest (“Achilles Last Stand”: 10 and a half minutes) and most rigorous (the vacillating “Nobody’s Fault but Mine”) songs. Robert Plant was recovering from a car accident at the time of recording, so there’s a loose and spontaneous course to Presence, a sense that it was made on borrowed time. They had one more LP; this is their last grand monument.

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2. Eagles, Hotel California

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2. Eagles, ‘Hotel California’

Desolate, pessimistic and trudging through the mid-’70s with the sense that the world is slowly crumbling around them, Eagles’ Hotel California is the pinnacle of a career that was leading to this moment. Much has been made of the title song’s epic bleakness and fadeout guitar solos, but the entire LP falls together as a piece of end-of-the-century fatalism. Looming darkness and an impassive outlook at stardom are the main themes.

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1. Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life

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1. Stevie Wonder, ‘Songs in the Key of Life’

Stevie Wonder was riding the wave of one of pop music’s greatest runs in the ’70s when he made his masterpiece in 1976. Songs in the Key of Life was intended as a grand statement from one of the century’s greatest artists; what it achieved goes way beyond its multiple Grammy wins and chart success. A double-LP showpiece, complete with a bonus EP of four additional, far-from-filler tracks, Songs in the Key of Life stands as a statement of purpose from an artist who had already spent more than half his life in the industry and a definitive portrait of pop music at the close of a still remarkable creative run. “I Wish,” “Isn’t She Lovely” and “Sir Duke” are the big hits, but they’re only the tip of a truly majestic work. “Love’s in Need of Love Today,” “Knocks Me Off My Feet,” “Pastime Paradise,” “As,” “Another Star” … the list goes on.