The Eagles - Desperado
Asylum  (1973)
Classic Rock, Soft Rock

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LP    11 tracks  (35:40) 
   01   Doolin Dalton             03:27
   02   Twenty-One             02:12
   03   Out of Control             03:04
   04   Tequila Sunrise             02:53
   05   Desperado             03:36
   06   Certain Kind of Fool             03:57
   07   Doolin Dalton [instrumental]             03:24
   08   Outlaw Man             03:22
   09   Saturday Night             05:00
   10   Bitter Creek             01:42
   11   Doolin Dalton/Desperado (Reprise)             03:03
Persoonlijke Gegevens
Koppelingen Amazon UK
Details
UPC (streepjescode) 075596062725
Verpakking Jewel Case
SPARS DDD
Geluid Stereo
Medewerkers
Tekstschrijver Bernie Leadon; Don Henley; Glenn Frey; Randy Meisner
Opmerkingen
Digitally Remastered By Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC, March 1999. Originally Released April 1973 A concept album equating rock & roll musicians with Old West outlaws, the Eagles' second album contains the hit "Tequila Sunrise," the song "Desperado," which has become a standard, and the recurring "Doolin-Dalton," tco-written with J.D. Souther and Jackson Browne. -- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide If Don Henley was the sole member of the Eagles underrepresented on their debut album, Eagles, with only two lead vocals and one co-songwriting credit, he made up for it on their follow-up, the "concept" album Desperado. The concept had to do with Old West outlaws, but it had no specific narrative. On Eagles, the group had already begun to marry itself to a Southwest sound and lyrical references, from the Indian-style introduction of "Witchy Woman" to the Winslow, AZ, address in "Take It Easy." All of this became more overt on Desperado, and it may be that Henley, who hailed from Northeast Texas, had the greatest affinity for the subject matter. In any case, he had co-writing credits on eight of the 11 selections and sang such key tracks as "Doolin-Dalton" and the title song. What would become recognizable as Henley’s lyrical touch was apparent on those songs, which bore a serious, world-weary tone. Henley had begun co-writing with Glenn Frey, and they contributed the album’s strongest material, which included the first single, "Tequila Sunrise," and "Desperado" (strangely never released as a single). But where Eagles seemed deliberately to balance the band’s many musical styles and the talents of the band’s members, Desperado, despite its overarching theme, often seemed a collection of disparate tracks — "Out of Control" was a raucous rocker, while "Desperado" was a painfully slow ballad backed by strings — with other band members’ contributions tacked on rather than integrated. Randy Meisner was down to two co-writing credits and one lead vocal ("Certain Kind of Fool"), while Bernie Leadon’s two songs, "Twenty-One" and "Bitter Creek," seemed to come from a different record entirely. The result was an album that was simultaneously more ambitious and serious-minded than its predecessor and also slighter and less consistent.