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Desperado
is the second
studio album
by the American rock band
The Eagles,
released on
April 17, 1973,
by Asylum Records.
The album was produced
by Glyn Johns
and was recorded at
Island Studios
in London, England.
The songs on
Desperado
are based on the themes
of the Old West.
The band members
are featured on
the album's cover
dressed like an
outlaw gang;
Desperado
remains the only
Eagles album
where the band members
appear on the front cover.
Although the title track
is one of the Eagles'
signature songs,
it was never released
as a single.
The song
"Desperado"
was ranked number 494
on Rolling Stone's
2004 list of
"The 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time".
The album did yield
two singles,
"Tequila Sunrise"
and
"Outlaw Man",
which reached
number 64
and number 59
respectively.
The album reached
number 41
on the Billboard
album chart
and was certified gold
by the RIAA
on
September 23, 1974,
and double platinum
on
March 20, 2001.
In 2000,
Desperado
was inducted into
the Grammy
Hall of Fame.
Desperado
was the last
Asylum Records album
to be distributed
in North America
by Atlantic Records
prior to Asylum's
mid-1973 merger
with
Elektra Records
by Asylum's,
Elektra's and Atlantic's
parent company,
Warner Communications.
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