The Eagles are not a band.
`` Already Gone '' is a song recorded by the American rock band Eagles for their 1974 album On the Border . Eagles (band) . Hotel California is ranked 37th in Rolling Stones list of `` The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time '' and the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine 's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time . Hotel California . The song is considered the most famous recording of the band , and its long guitar coda has been voted the best guitar solo of all time .