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Doolin-Dalton | Eagles | 3:27 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Twenty-One | Eagles | 2:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Out of Control | Eagles | 3:05 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Tequila Sunrise | Eagles | 2:53 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Desperado | Eagles | 3:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Certain Kind of Fool | Eagles | 3:05 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Doolin-Dalton (Instrumental Version) | Eagles | 0:47 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Outlaw Man | Eagles | 3:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Saturday Night | Eagles | 3:22 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Bitter Creek | Eagles | 4:59 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Doolin-Dalton / Desperado (Reprise) | Eagles | 4:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
Since no group did more to create the mythos of the Los Angeles cowboy troubadour, it was fitting that the Eagles designed their sophomore effort as a concept record based on the Dalton gang and the Old West. You needn’t look any farther than the cover of Desperado to know that the group was more interested in the costumed romance of outlaw culture than the actual history, but rock ’n’ roll was in search of new images and the Eagles wore the Western theme well. Desert atmosphere abounds on “Tequila Sunrise” and “Bitter Creek,” a moody ballad about love and peyote. The group loves the idea of the lone cowboy, an image that drives “Certain Kind of Fool” and “Outlaw Man,” but reaches its culmination with “Desperado,” a piano-and-string-laden ballad that would go on to become a standard and influence country songwriters like Garth Brooks. Sure, the cowboy theme was far-fetched and superficial, but it’s easy to see why the Eagles felt like a gang in 1973. The group’s four founding songwriters share equal space on Desperado, and a genuine all-for-one spirit is written into the beautiful, bittersweet harmonies of “Saturday Night.”
Customer Reviews
I never get tired of "Desperado"!
Forget the reviewer's cracks about "disparate tracks" and songs "coming from a completely different album" - this record is probably my favorite Eagles release, if for no other reason than its thematic focus. It sounds far less polished - yet, somehow, that much more appealing - than their "Hotel California" period work, which was just a bit too commercial for my taste. Probably their most underrated album, the reviewers didn't quite know what to make of "Desperado" when it was originally released, but I always thought everything fit together perfectly, and I wouldn't change a thing about it. I never get tired of listening to this record. Give it a try - chances are, you'll find that it grows on you.
The Glories And Failures of Life
This album is, bar none, the very definition of living in all its incarnations. From the youthful exuberance and wide-eyed giddiness of "Twenty-One" to the crashing heartbreak of lost love and growing old alone in "Saturday Night". The fatalistic "Doolin-Dalton" conveys a life gone wrong when we know that what we're doing isn't what's best- but we've become comfortable in the routine of self-destruction. And "Certain Kind of Fool" acts as a launching point for just such an existence. By the time we reach the end in the soul-shattering "Doolin-Dalton / Desperado (Reprise)" we understand that while this album is wrapped in a country metaphor, it is in fact about what it is to be human.
The Eagles Best!!!
Love this album. This is like a soundtrack to a movie that was never made. If they did make a movie? then Terrence Mallick should direct it. Great sounding throughout and the stand out track is the closing "Doolin-Dalton/Desperado" Medley. Before "Hotel California" and the cocaine psychosis of "The Long Run" there was an ambitious band who made an album that was panoramic in scope. This is a lost gem!
Biography
Formed: 1971 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Eagles
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Hotel California | Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 6:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Take It Easy | Eagles | 3:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Desperado | Desperado | 3:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Life In the Fast Lane | Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 4:46 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Hotel California | Hotel California | 6:30 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Peaceful Easy Feeling | Eagles | 4:16 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Seven Bridges Road | Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 3:04 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Please Come Home for Christmas | Please Come Home for Christmas / Funky New Year - Single | 2:58 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Lyin' Eyes | One of These Nights | 6:23 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Life's Been Good (Live) | Eagles Live | 8:56 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Southern Rock, Pop, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock
- Released: Apr 17, 1973
- ℗ 1987 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
