Album · The Eagles
Desperado by The Eagles
Desperado is an album by The Eagles, released in 1973. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 67 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Desperado”, on 54 lists with a best position of #35.
Desperado, the Eagles' second album, rode out on Asylum on April 17, 1973: a set of songs built around the Old West, cut at Island Studios in London with Glyn Johns producing. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner even dressed up as an outlaw gang for the cover, the only time the band ever put themselves on the front of an Eagles album.
It's country rock with dust on its boots and a lot of ache in its harmonies. The title song never came out as a single, yet it became one of their signature tunes; "Tequila Sunrise" and "Outlaw Man" were the singles, and neither got far. The album itself stalled at number 41, but it kept on selling, went gold in 1974 and double platinum in 2001, and eventually took its place in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Desperado on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Desperado | 54 | #35 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Tequila Sunrise | 13 | #119 | – | 1997–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.