Desperado (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Desperado
Type = studio
Artist = Eagles


Released = April 17, 1973
Recorded = Island Studios, London, early 1973
Genre = Rock, country, bluegrass
Length = 35:52
Label = Asylum
Producer = Glyn Johns
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A5pcyxddbjoly link]
*Review-Christgau|C|album=3587
*"Rolling Stone" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theeagles/albums/album/116297/review/5942868/desperado link]
Last album = "Eagles"
(1972)
This album = "Desperado"
(1973)
Next album = "On the Border"
(1974)

"Desperado" is the second album by the American rock band Eagles. It was recorded at Island Studios in London, United Kingdom and released in 1973. It's a concept album, based on the "Dalton" gang and the Old West.

Although the title track is one of the Eagles' signature songs, it was never released as a single. The album did yield two singles, though: "Tequila Sunrise" and "Outlaw Man".

This album was slated for Quadraphonic release and even given a Quadraphonic catalog number, but never released in the format.

Track listing

# "Doolin-Dalton" (Frey, J.D. Souther, Henley, Jackson Browne) – 3:26
#* Lead vocals by Don Henley and Glenn Frey
# "Twenty-One" (Leadon) – 2:11
#* Lead vocal by Bernie Leadon
# "Out of Control" (Henley, Frey, Tom Nixon) – 3:04
#* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
# "Tequila Sunrise" (Henley, Frey) – 2:52
#* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
# "Desperado" (Henley, Frey) – 4:13
#* Lead vocal by Don Henley
# "Certain Kind of Fool" (Meisner, Henley, Frey) – 3:02
#* Lead vocal by Randy Meisner
# "Doolin-Dalton (instrumental)" (Frey, Souther, Henley, Browne) – 0:48
#* Instrumental
# "Outlaw Man" (David Blue) – 3:34
#* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
# "Saturday Night" (Meisner, Henley, Frey, Leadon) – 3:20
#* Lead vocals by Don Henley and Randy Meisner
# "Bitter Creek" (Leadon) – 5:00
#* Lead vocal by Bernie Leadon
# "Doolin-Dalton / Desperado (reprise)" (Frey, Souther, Henley, Browne) – 4:50
#* Lead vocal by Don Henley

Personnel

Eagles

*Don Henley – drums, percussion, vocals
*Randy Meisner – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
*Glenn Frey – guitars, keyboards, piano, harmonica, vocals
*Bernie Leadon – guitars, mandolin, banjo, vocals

Production

*Glyn Johns – production, engineering
*Howard Kilgour – assistant engineering
*Barry Diament – mastering
*Ted Jensen – remastering
*Jim Ed Norman – string arrangements
*Gary Burden – art direction, design
*Henry Diltz – lettering, photography

ingles

*"Tequila Sunrise"/"Twenty-One" - released April 17, 1973
*"Outlaw Man"/"Certain Kind of Fool" - released August 6, 1973

Charts

Album

ingles