Desperado
LP by The Eagles
Released	April 17, 1973
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock, Country, Bluegrass
Length	35:40
Label	Asylum
Producer(s)	Bill Szymczyk, Glyn_Johns
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link
The Eagles chronology
The Eagles (1972)	Desperado (1973)	On the Border (1974)

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Track listing

1. "Doolin-Dalton" (Jackson Browne, Frey, Henley, J.D. Souther) - 3:26
2. "Twenty-One" (Leadon) - 2:11
3. "Out of Control" (Frey, Henley, Tom Nixon) - 3:04
4. "Tequila Sunrise" (Frey, Henley) - 2:52
5. "Desperado" (Frey, Henley) - 3:33
6. "Certain Kind of Fool" (Frey, Henley, Meisner) - 3:02
7. "Doolin-Dalton" [instrumental] (Browne, Frey, Henley, Souther) - 0:48
8. "Outlaw Man" (David Blue) - 3:34
9. "Saturday Night" (Frey, Henley, Leadon, Meisner) - 3:20
10. "Bitter Creek" (Leadon) - 5:00
11. "Doolin-Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)" (Browne, Frey, Henley, Souther) - 4:50

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Personnel

• Don Henley - vocals, drums
• Randy Meisner - vocals, bass, guitar
• Glenn Frey - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Don Felder - guitar
• Bernie Leadon - vocals, banjo, guitar, mandolin

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Production

• Producer: Bill Szymczyk, Glyn Johns
• Engineer: Bill Szymczyk, Glyn Johns
• Assistant engineer: Howard Kilgour
• Mastering: Barry Diament
• Horn arrangements: Jim Ed Norman
• Art direction: Gary Burden
• Design: Gary Burden
• Lettering: Henry Diltz
• Photography: Henry Diltz

Singles

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

Charts

Album

Singles

See also

• Ken Hirai - He sang a cover version of "Desperado" in his big hit single B-side of "Hitomi wo Tojite".
• Linda Ronstadt - covered the song "Desperado" in her 1973 album Don't Cry Now
• Clint Black - covered the song "Desperado" for an Eagles tribute album involving various modern country artists.
• The professional wrestler Terry Funk used "Desperado" (both the Eagles' original as well as Clint Black's cover version) as his enterance music in Extreme Championship Wrestling.
• The character Elaine Benes dated a man who was obsessed with the song "Desperado" on the 1990s NBC sitcom Seinfeld.
• The character Grace Adler quoted from the song "Desperado" ("You've been out riding fences for so long now / Oh, you're a hard one / But I know that you've got your reasons") while breaking up with a boyfriend on a 2001 episode of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.