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
Side one
1. "Doolin-Dalton" (Frey, J.D. Souther, Henley, Jackson Browne) – 3:26
* Lead vocals by Don Henley and Glenn Frey
2. "Twenty-One" (Leadon) – 2:11
* Lead vocal by Bernie Leadon
3. "Out of Control" (Henley, Frey, Tom Nexon) – 3:04
* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
4. "Tequila Sunrise" (Henley, Frey) – 2:52
* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
5. "Desperado" (Henley, Frey) – 3:36
* Lead vocal by Don Henley
[edit] Side two
1. "Certain Kind of Fool" (Meisner, Henley, Frey) – 3:02
* Lead vocal by Randy Meisner
2. "Doolin-Dalton (Instrumental)" (Frey, Souther, Henley, Browne) – 0:48
* Instrumental
3. "Outlaw Man" (David Blue) – 3:34
* Lead vocal by Glenn Frey
4. "Saturday Night" (Meisner, Henley, Frey, Leadon) – 3:20
* Lead vocals by Don Henley and Randy Meisner
5. "Bitter Creek" (Leadon) – 5:00
* Lead vocal by Bernie Leadon
6. "Doolin-Dalton / Desperado (Reprise)" (Frey, Souther, Henley, Browne) – 4:50
* Lead vocal by Don Henley
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 8.18 MiB
Duration : 3mn 34s
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Album : Desperado
Track name : Doolin-Dalton
Track name/Position : 1
Performer : The Eagles
Accompaniment : Eagles
Composer : Don Henley/Glenn Frey/J.D. Souther/Jackson Browne
Publisher : Elektra / Wea
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1990
Writing library : LAME3.92
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Audio
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 3mn 34s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 320 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Stream size : 8.16 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.92