Memories

Off roading near Monument Valley but pretending to be on horseback!
[Winslowboy, 101, Hull, UK and Arizona]

The first Eagles album I ever bought and 30 years on it's simply timeless. It has the feel of Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter", but is still so much more. It's comments on life and love are simply universal.
[Chas, 42, Glasgow]

Yes, the early 70s in L.A. We were all taking off on our journeys ... no idea where we were all going to wind up down the road, but it was an exciting time, and everyone had this very "up" attitude about their creativity. All young people felt a bit like outlaws in those days, considering the prevailing political climate, and we were all bucking the institution with rock and roll. I think the audience could identify with the theme, where the first album just seemed like a bunch of songs. I sensed the Eagles were moving in a certain direction with Desperado, and began to pay more attention to them.
[mewsical, East San Fernando Valley]

I first heard some of the tracks off of DESPERADO a few days before it's release. fm radio stations in New York were airing "tequila sunrise," "certain kind of fool," and "outlaw man" in advance and I had heard each one just once. I was bowled over by the music, the lyrics, the vocal layers and arrangements while thinking, at the same time, that this wouldn't be the commercial equivalent of EAGLES. there was no "take it easy" or "witchy woman," but in the end it didn't matter.
[Scott, 48, New Jersey]
 

I was only in junior high when "Desperado" was released, and with my limited financial resources, I wasn't into record collecting just yet. For ages I was only familiar with the two big hits they still play today. In 1978 I met the man who would eventually become my husband. He played in a band at the time and we quickly discovered we shared a passion for Eagles' music. But it was probably 10 years later, when we bought a CD player, that I really listened to and reflected on the songs for the first time. My hubby bought me the entire Eagles collection for Christmas that year, and I played them over and over. I couldn't believe what I'd missed all those years before. I finally took the time to focus on the theme that threads this album together and moves you from song to song up to the beautiful reprise at the end. And I still haven't tired of it yet.
[Konnie, 44, Kentucky]

Does not remind specially my life, this album is too
strong to help my mind staying with the reality, for my
point of view it's the accomplishment of a cowboy dream
with life style, landscapes, cactus, eagles; I found a music
that carry the western films like Ennio Morricone did
sometimes.
[Patrick, 45, France]

My first Eagles album was One of These Nights. I hesitated a while to finally buying it. And I liked it a lot. Then talking with a school-mate who said that their albums before One of these nights were also pretty good. So he gave me Desperado to record on a music-cassette........and I became fan for all time.
It's beautiful in easy songs and nice tough on the harder ones. The message in my opinion is that people of whom the rest of the world thought that they were great guys (cowboys/desperados, men and women from the 'old west' of the USA) were in a way a kind of lonely people (certain kind of fools) and are we now days not still or even maybe worse certain kind of fools, not only in the rest of the world but especially in what we call the western-world. People lifting their faces, muscles.... who are rich in a way of having a lot of money. (let's kill all the lawyers) and very poor in their minds....Listen to the last resort which also can be song 20 years after it has been written, and for how long it will be needed to play it.
And on the other hand people of which children have to work for making Nike, Adidas and all those marks so the rich can by them and absolutely not for a fair price.......
They have no money but maybe they are more free in their minds.....Listen to Bob Marley on 'Redemption Song'.

Hopefully the world becomes a better place to live in (Imagine by John Lennon) I hope someday you'll join us and the world will be as ONE!!!!
[Willem, 41, The Netherlands]

I remember 'Tequila Sunrise' and 'Desperado' being played a lot on local radio years ago. And eventually as I got more into buying Eagles albums, I bought the 'Desperado' album. Dare I inflate the Ego's of Glenn Frey and Don Henley further by saying that this album seems to be so brilliantly sounding!!, it makes me imagine this music being made up in the 1800's, like 'Desperado' and 'Doolin Dalton'  and 'Bitter Creek'. It has a beauty to it all in itself. Yea, the critics slammed it, but I love it, and always will.
[Val, 26, Shropshire, England]

Young as I was, I remember feeling this music, by the Eagles, touching me...little did I know what I would be in for in the years to come.
[Bunny, 47, Pennsylvania]

A sophomore in high school in Richmond Calif. My older brother turned me on to the first two Eagles albums. I've been "hooked" ever since. He saw them at the Berekely Community Theatre in 1973 just a few days after he graduated from high school. There will never be another time like the early '70's..with such incredible music!!
[Larry, 44, Northern California]

The first time I heard this, it was Christmas and I was taking home my cousin so I popped in the CD and didn't stop listening to it for 2 weeks.
[Cody, 15, North Dakota]

My daughter and I saw the Eagles. I wondered when they would play Desperado. It was the last song. Everyone was on their feet. I started crying for some reason. So we were standing there holding each other and swaying to the music. It was a beautiful moment we will always cherish. Desperado is our song.
[TakeittotheLimitGirl, 41, Kansas City]

This song [Desperado] really hits home with me. I've always felt like I've had some fine things on my table, but I only want the ones that I can't get. This song is just so great.  Very few of the Eagles songs can top this one.
[Michael, 19, Ohio]

Hmmm Desperado is the first Eagles song that I really loved to listen to, before I discovered the vaults full of their other recordings. I remember one time,  I was really depressed, and the songs DESPERADO, DOOLIN-DALTON, and TEQUILA SUNRISE helped me through that period of my life. The album is just such a gem, and it's precious to me because I can really relate to some of the lyrics.
[Ashley, 14, Dallas]

I just bought this album (cd) a few years ago...so I never knew how great this was.
[LonestarBeth, 39, Texas]

i remeber when desperado came out the critics hated it
especially on the east coast.this album has gotten better
over the years.don't remember the title track being released as a single.
[DJ, 43, Massachusettes]

I was in the Air Force in South Carolina and my friend, Dutch and me would sit up in the dorm and listen to the Desperado cd and drink. The next thing you know,  I would pull out my harmonica and play along with Doolin Daltin. The Good 'ol days!
[John, 31, Boardman, OH]

I became an eagles fan when my girlfriend had a collection of the greatest hits in 1976.  I first bought the LP desperado in 1981 and listened to it one evening late into the night.

I was awed by the power of rock acoustic. I had never heard
 acoustic guitar sound so covertly powerful.

Then two years ago I bought a 1976 eagles concert off of e-bay and the song selection for the concert was:

doolin/dalton
desperado/reprise
turn to stone

Those three songs put together as a medley proved that the desperado material
 held up side by side with Walsh's turn to stone. It was the best concert intro. by the eagles I've ever heard. Desperado is what rock and roll would sound like in 1870.
[Steve, 45, Washington State]

I had a long time in hospital once and my best friend put it on tape for me, so I could hear it every night on my Walkman. I regularly fell asleep short after the last lines of Doolin-Dalton/Desperado Reprise, because this was really calming.
[Sarah, 18, Germany]

IT WAS 1975 ... ONE FRIEND OF MY BROTHER ( 8 YEARS OLDER THAN ME) GAVE THIS ALBUM TO HIM.. I CASUALLY PUT IT ON THE PLATE AND I REMAINED FIXED TO LOOK AT THE MYTHICAL COVER PHOTOGRAPH DURING THE FIRST LISTENING OF THESE BEAUTIFUL SONGS... I WAS IMMEDIATELY CAPTURED AND IT WAS SO THAT I KNEW THE BIG TALENT OF "THE EAGLES" !!
[Alex, 39, Milano, Italy]

One of the most unexpected things in my life.
Checking in to a "Home hostel" outside Charlevoix, Michigan summer of 89, An 86 year old lady lived alone in the house and all night long She listened to this album. She skipped "Out of control"...
[Lars, 39, Gothenburg, Sweden]

As much as Hotel California, this album sings people's lives. I'm glad to say it didn't sing mine, because I've been lucky enough to avoid waking up to a tequila-fuelled sunrise or preferring the sound of my own name to the truth of my situation - but the haunting melodies on things like Bitter Creek, Tequila, Doolin Dalton and the title track place you squarely and unavoidably in a musical 'novel' as it were. Its a saddening and uplifting experience at the same time - after all the high or low its all the same, there's still a rainbow above us.
[James, 25, Isle of Man]

My first experience of this album was when I was about 10yrs old & my older cousin playing the LP and I was asking him who the cowboys were on the cover, I actually thought they really were cowboys....I was only 10 remember. I loved my cousin/looked up to him & I remember him having the long hair and the flares and his Hendrix poster and eagles & other albums like deep purple Bob Seger & silver bullet band etc and would spend many times probably annoying the heck out of him as he was trying to study :)... he never threw me out but my brother got thrown out (hah!)

For some reason the strong bass rhythms in parts of the songs in Desperado really drew me into the songs, the ability to allow the listener to experience freedom love hate anger death etc all rolled into one vinyl ! As a teenager I liked it because the songs could be used for different experiences in your own life/have double meanings... you didn't have to imagine the west. Usually I did.

Blew me away!
[GFY, 39, England]

Many years ago, the first time I heard the album, Doolin' Dalton started. As soon as I heard the harmonica, I remember thinking, this is going to be a great album!
[Patrick, 42, North Carolina]

The first time I ever heard this song was when I watched the Hell Freezes Over concert on TV. At the time, I was not familiar with this album, but I felt I just had to hear it.
[Dan, 17, Vacaville, California]

Desperado was the third Eagles album I bought. I thought the cover was cool and I really loved the whole album. I was REALLY in to the whole horse, cowboy thing. And since we just had gotten horse's this album came to me in just the right time! I still didn't even know which name belonged with which person! All I knew is I loved it and, I had to go find another album by this great group called "Eagles". I was amazed that this bands first album was rock like, and this album was country like and I liked them both. They both sounded great! The Eagles sounded great either way.
[Desert Rose, 19, Virginia]

I took this record back to the shops 3 times cos it kept jumping. On the forth attempt, I realised it was jumping in the same place every time so I changed the stylus and that worked a treat!!!
[Joe B, 21!!!, Crewe, England]

Songs

Doolin' Dalton

Great melody, great lyric, great chord progression, that lonely mouth harp intro and that wonderful, aching vocal by Henley.
[Chas, 42, Glasgow]

i chose this song because i had to pick just one, but in reality, i could have just as easily pointed to "outlaw man," "certain kind of fool," "tequila sunrise." "desperado," or "bitter creek." the whole musician as outlaw concept was a risky story to tell, particularly as this particular album was NOT about hit singles. classic songs, yes, but hits, not at all. yet every one of these tunes holds up better to my ears than just about everything else that came out nearly thirty years ago.
[Scott, 48, New Jersey]

Twenty-One

 Well, I'm in my twenty's now, and somehow I can just relate to it. I love the country sound, and I love the infectious optimism in it. It's a real feel good
country song and I love it.
[Val, 26, Shropshire, England]

Tequila Sunrise

the song creates an image of a desirable life in the southwest. The wide open desert and the social life at night.

but the real success of the song is the warning contained within, the perils of alcoholism and the relationships it can sever.

to simultaneously create a pleasant sound and image with an eternal warning is truly a piece of art and demonstrates why this band connects with so many people.
[Steve, 45, Washington State]

It's a great "love song" that's not candy coated like most love songs are. Just straight forward. And I just love the beat. It's so great to just fall asleep too. Not that's it a bore of a song!!
[Desert Rose, 19, Virginia]

I love Tequila Sunrise because Don and Glenn wrote it way back and when they sing "Oh and it's a hollow feeling when it comes down to dealing friends..." they always look at each other. It's cool to wait for that part, when they turn to each other.
[Lucy, 19, Connecticut]

Desperado

This song is so awesome, it has a really deep meaning. I love all of the metaphors used in this song, such as the queen of diamonds and the queen of hearts...it's a classic.
[Michael, 18, Canton, Ohio]

Desperado is a very personal song for me. It describes me, in a way. I've been through a lot of trials and tribulations in my life, and it's always been there to help me. The lyrics, the melody, the emotion in Don Henley's voice sooths and calms me. There is no other song like it, and it will never be duplicated.
[Ashley, 14, Dallas]

This song really makes sense. It has power, meaning, and makes you take a good, long at who you are. It's like a little piece of comfort that you can use whenever you need it.
[Cindy, 16, Franklin County, Virginia]

Because it illustrates every vocal talent Don has in just one song. It also I believe regained popularity to everyone who saw it sung live. You know exactly when it is going to start and exactly how it will sound. But it still makes every hair stand up!And with the stretched ending on the IJ tour, well.
[Andy, 38, Alicante, Spain]

'CAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF ALL THE TIMES, FOR MUSIC AND LYRICS TOO !! IT WAS THE SOUND TRACK OF MY FIRST PART OF LIFE AND I HEARD IT MORE TIMES THAN ANY OTHER SONG. IN THAT TITLE I SEE A GREAT PART OF MY SOUL AND I SANG IT A VERY LOT OF TIMES.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO DON & GLENN, WHO WROTE IT !
 THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
[Alex, 39, Milano, Italy]

This song has several pertinent points: I can remember hearing it as a child in various places, and I always was mystified by its melody and just how the way it sounded made me feel. It was the first song I ever played on the drums when I was 9, and it reminds me of a couple friends who sort of fit some of the lines in it, so it makes me think of them too. Not exactly earth shattering stuff, but that's what Desperado means to me.
[Chris, 17, Hubbard, Ohio]

it's meaning
[Tanin, 38, Thailand]

Some of the Eagles' best songs are the ones which Henley sings with a piano. It's also the Eagles' greatest ballad.
[Dan, 17, Vacaville, California]

Certain Kind of Fool
 

There are to much songs to choose from on this album to me. But normally I'm not a Randy fan so if he sings on a song that I really like, I think he deserves credit for it.
... there... I said it!
[Barend, 26, Holland]

I like the imagery of why a man picks up a gun or becomes a guitar player. The psychological aspect of the outlaw theory.
I also love the vocals on this one. Randy sounds great. The banjo is awesome. I think this is a very overlooked Eagle song.
It was a tough call here.
[Takeittothelimitgirl, 41, Kansas City]

"There's A Certain Kind of Fool Who Likes to hear the sound of his own name"

Maybe when The Eagles were fighting about the size of hotel rooms, who gets listed first on the sleeve etc etc They should have bore that in mind.

I think this song goes along is the background to that NEW AGE COWBOY the album seems to be about. When they introduced it at a concert they did for the BBC in the '70's Glenn says Randy wrote it when they were looking for songs to complete the record and it sets the scene to where this cowboy comes from.

It's about running away like a lot of the Eagles songs.

The lyrics are so well crafted  double entendre's was that a guitar or a gun he saw in the window.

Its the first time you hear Randy like you would in the future the vocal proves he's capable of those amazing falsetto's (Take It to the Limit) that Glenn wouldn't even attempt when they sang it recently.
[Python, 20, Wales]

Because it is a great Randy song, and the vocals and lead guitar in the song are excellent
[Keith, 12, Australia]

As time has gone on, I'm appreciating Randy Meisner's vocals more and more. I think it was also the first song I played when learning guitar - The intro is D, Dsus4 and A, Asus4 and as guitarists will know, that's just a case of playing the chord and putting your little finger on and off the string. Quite easy really.
[Joe B, 21!!!, Crewe, England]

Outlaw Man

Glenn Frey does a great job on this and it rocks pretty good at the end. I really like the lyrics too. I also really like Bitter Creek too. It has some great acoustic and it sounds great!
[John, 31, Boardman, Ohio]

It´s more rock ´n roll than anything else on that album.
[Jock, 40, Gothenburg, Sweden]

I'd love to have a really big poster of the cover!!! it's soooooo cooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Emmanuel, 23, Argentina]

Saturday Night

Hard to say, it´s just pure wonderful
[Lars, 39, Gothenburg, Sweden]

I love the feeling that Don brings to this song. It's easy to visualize every piece of the story as the words unfold. The song also showcases the rich harmonies that made the guys The Eagles. And the part where Randy sings 'She said, tell me, oh, tell me...' still sends a shiver down my spine. This was a tough choice. "Desperado" has so many great songs that I wanted to choose more than one.
[Konnie, 42, Kentucky]

Bitter Creek

the rattlesnake!
[winslowboy, 102, UK and ZA]

the album, reminds
the place where the desperado man found his source
of peace, nothing to do with all the others "political"
desperado songs. But I like all the other songs too!
[Patrick, 45 France]

This song has really good acoustics. What can I say, I love em. the singing is great too. I just love the song. Don't Wade too deep in Bitter Creek. Doolin-Dalton is a close second.
[Cody, 15, North Dakota]

I'm a musician who plays some of the instruments that Bernie Leadon plays. Mandolin,guitar,and banjo. This is truly his song. It paints an incredible visual of the lonely, and difficult life of an outlaw, with the possibility of "great reward" intertwined. A great metaphor for the rock'n'roll lifestyle. Great chords, and a haunting melody. Nice harmonies by the boys.
[Larry, 45, Northern California]

This is just a totally awesome song. I cannot believe that they never considered it for release as a single. I could listen to this song everyday and not get tired of it.
[LonestarBeth, 39, Texas]

The guitar at the end of Bitter Creek is amazing. It's quiet unusual for me to pick this song, because in general I am not too fond of Leadon or Meisner songs. But this one is definitely cool.
Although it's so hard to choose one, because this record is all around perfect.
[Sarah, 18, Neuss, Germany]

At this time it is Bitter Creek. I may listen to the album 2 months from now and it would be a different song. This is a Bernie song. I like the words (Ahhh, youth). I mostly like the acoustic guitar sound and the acoustic solos. Of course the vocal harmonies are absolutely amazing (as all Eagle harmonies are).
[Patrick, 42, North Carolina]

Doolin' Dalton / Desperado Reprise

The crescendo - the piéce de resistance.
This isn't just the integration of two songs, its a knowing elegy to the Doolins and the Daltons out there being desperados in the modern world as much as the real duo. Its harmonies are among the sweetest, its lyrics the sparsest and most concise of the entire Eagles canon.
[James, 25, Isle of Man]

hard to pick one song but have to go with doolin'dalton
desperado reprise.the whole showdown sequence the way it
is described.four men ride out and only three ride back.
[DJ, 43, Massachusettes]

Like musical painters, they draw you straight into your own imagination of the "wild west"........"easy money, faithless women, red eyed whiskey for the pain" ....says it all really from start to finish. "Throw down your law books now their no damn good".....(I always sing that bit passionately :)
[GFY, 39, England]

While living in Tucson, Az. during my teenage years, I came to love the "Wild West" history of the region.I was also fortunate to be introduced to Linda Rondstadt's music,and family( knew her cousin Mike)., and as everyone knows what evolved from her early band members!Sooooo...When ever I hear Doolin'Daltons/Desparado Reprise it takes me back to my "teenage years", and the part of the country i love so much! and of course, THE GREATEST BAND OF ALL TIME!!
[Mike, 50, Ohio]

What Don't You Like?

Twenty one. A little forced and out of place. Leadons songwriting simply fails to match the standard of Henley & Frey or Randy Meisner's beautiful Saturday Night.
[Chas, 42, Glasgow]

Desperado, is a great song but I dread it when I hear the beginning notes,immediately, I feel ..like ohhh no, not yet... because it always means it's the end of the concert.
[Bunny, 47, Pennsylvania]

Some songs seem to be recorded too quickly
[Patrick, 45, France]

I like Bitter Creek. It's a great song. I could do without the oh peyote. For some reason it annoys me.
[TakeittotheLimitGirl, 41, Kansas City]

I think this is probably my favorite Eagles album. The only song that seems out of place to me is "Out of Control". Although Glenn does a fine job with the song, to me it doesn't really fit the feel of the rest of the album. It's a great drinking/partying/let's-get-wild sort of song. It just doesn't say "Desperado" to me.
[Konnie, 44, Kentucky]

not a thing! if i could complain about anything, it would be that it should've been longer!
[Scott, 48, New Jesey]

Nothing at all, except that the words to "Out of Control" are very sophisticated, and it would have been better for the vocal to have been recorded in a more understandable way.

The band's standards of song-writing really come out on this album. The only thing I wish different is that it had perhaps two/three more songs on it, for if it did, the album could stand on its own as one of the best of all time.

and one more minor point: "Desperado" (the single) was recorded a little two slow at the beginning of the song. but by the end, the energy is really there. just the beginning of it.
[Steve, 45, Washington State]

The ending to "Out of control" Is a little bit odd since this is a "Cowboyish" album.
[Desert Rose, 19, Virginia]

The only song on the album that I don't like is Bitter Creek, and sometimes I can't stand Twenty One.
[Michael, 18, Canton, Ohio]

I just wasn't crazy about the whole "Western-flavored" theme, but there are some very quality songs (as usual) on there.
[Chris, 17, Hubbard, Ohio]

21... I cant help thinking that the best thing ever happened to the Eagles was Bernie and his banjo getting out.
[Barend, 26, Holland]

The banjo style of some songs like twenty-one and the slowness off some songs on the album.
[Keith, 12, Australia]

the dead bodies are a bit scary!
[Winslowboy, 101, UK/AZ]

Dead outlaws on the cover! Seemed a bit prophetic to me!
[Mewsical, East San Fernando Valley]

I really don't like the song 'Out of Control' that much. But it is a nice lead in to 'Tequila Sunrise'...heavy night of partying followed by the morning sunrise....I've been there far too many times myself.
[LonestarBeth, 39, Texas]

Maybe the fact, that they did not put up the photograph of the gun shooting Eagles in the inner sleeve.
[Sarah, 18, Germany]

I've never liked Out of Control as an individual song, though I see where it fits into the scheme of the 'story' - the night before the morning after that is Tequila. For me its just brash and not as intelligent as the other songs (a little like Chug All Night though at least this had a purpose!)
[James, 25, Isle of Man]

 Lasting Impressions

Timeless. Simply a great, arguably the greatest, Eagles album. Great songs, beautifully sung and beautifully played. Not as slickly produced as Hotel California, but more effective and emotional because of it.

If as Glenn says one day he and Henley decided to try and write songs - and their first attempt was Desperado!!!
My god!!!

The birth of one of the great songwriting partnerships, this album was the benchmark for all that followed.
[Chas, 42, Glasgow]

This album is a timeless treasure. Every time I
listened to it, the music was so vibrant, that it
always made me imagine as if the Eagles were
themselves cowboys from the 1800's, like the Dalton
Gang. And as a side note, loved making music. Then I had to go and step on the CD one day and broke it in half, I was so upset. But I'll get another copy of it one of these days. It is just too good to not ever
listen to again.
[Val, 26, Shropshire, England]

the thematic approach to this record is seamless. Listen to "Take the Devil" from the first album and one can see that its inclusion on Desperado would have been perfect.
It would have fit the sound and the theme of Desperado.
[Steve, 45, Washington State]

My Mom has always liked the song Desperado ( I think it's one of her favorites.). Now so do I. It's just proof that, the Eagles are-were-and, will be a great band. They have and will stand the test of time. Not many bands can do that. And Desperado is just an great example or how diverse this band is.
[Desert Rose, 19, Virginia]

This album I think is very underrated. When someone mentions the Eagles they immediately think of Hotel California. Only the true Eagles fans appreciate each album for what it's worth. This album holds such good songs, excluding the two hit singles, like Saturday Night, Certain Kind of Fool, Doolin-Dalton, and Out of Control.
[Michael, 18, Canton, Ohio]

Although DESPERADO wasn't a big seller, it still has some of The Eagles best work ever on it. I know that 'Desperado' is a very personal song for Henley, and that's really something. When an artist will give a part of himself to his career, and be so personal with the songs he writes, it shows that he's human too.
[Ashley, 14, Dallas]

This album is vey much a concept album, a story book put to music. There's something on here for everyone. You can take and listen to just one song and it stands on its own, yet the songs still fit together like a puzzle.
[Cindy, 16, Franklin County, Virginia]

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT "REMASTERED" OR COMPLETLY "LIVE"
LIKE PINK FLOYD DID WITH "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON" MITICAL ALBUM IN 1995 ( MUSIC HALL -- LONDON)
[Alex, 39, Milano, Italy]

It just a shame that Jackson Browne didn't contribute more to it.
[Dan, 17, Vacaville, California]

A little darker than the first album. The whole story telling idea was very nice.
I think if they keep up the good work this band might get somewhere...
[Barend, 26, Holland]

Yes, altogether, Desperado is a great eagles album, it is very well worth listening to.
[Keith, 12, Australia]

You probably think I'm going on and on about this but it's 30 years old next year - We need a special anniversary re-release. Maybe you think that's easy to say but what can be done to make it special? Well, here are a few things I can think of.

1. Digipak format - Stiff cardboard but glossy cover.
2. 2 CDs - First one digitally remastered Deperado, second one live video performances of all the Desperado tracks from 1973 to 2002. Can also include the Under The Covers videos.
3. Between the 2 CDs, booklet attached to the spine containing lyrics, and thoughts of Don Henley and Glenn Frey (Just like in the recent tour program). And wouldn't it be brilliant to get Randy and Bernie to contribute.
4. The digipak would be contained in a box which opens on a spine just big enouugh for the digipak to fit in but slightly deeper for the extra goodies. They can be, among other things:-

a) Desperado 2003 guitar pick - have you seen how much Eagles guitar picks go for on ebay?
b) Reproduced Desperado press kit, same shape and size as cd case
c) Deperado car window sticker
d) Chance to win backstage passes to Eagles gig of your choice

I'm sure Eagles management can come up with a lot more ideas.
[Joe B., 21!!, Crewe, England]

i think that the eagles were a real good guitar band before they were a three-piece-band. its very often not mentioned.
[Jocke, 40, Gothenburg, Sweden]

Great musical story and 'montage' of tracks which suits the story line and loops you back again like a lasso. You can almost believe that they believe they are the reincarnation of the real cowboys!
[Winslowboy, 101, UK and AZ]

It (I think) the second best album that they made, with The Long Run in first.
[Cody, 15, North Dakota]

I think that the album was mis-understood at the time that it was released. I thought that this concept album was really unique and I think that alot of artist followed by releasing their own albums (like Pink Floyd's The Wall, and The Who's Tommy).
[LonestarBeth, 29, Texas]

this is my favorite after hc. Henley's has his stamp
all over it. the title track has become legendary over the years. one of the overlooked concept albums in rock
music. they draw a great picture of the old west.
[DJ, 43, Massachusetts]

Desperado is a wonderful piece of musical artwork. In my opinion it is the most "classical" and maybe most creative album the Eagles ever did.
The title song always makes me sad because their habit over the years to close their shows with it forces this song to be the indication of the end of something really unique and beautiful.
[Sarah, 18, Germany]

This may be my favorite Eagles Album, although I don't claim to be a big Bernie fan. The Doolin' Dalton (instrumental) is awesome. Glenn is fabulous on Outlaw Man and sounds like he had a lot of fun on Out of Control! The songwriting on this album is simply amazing for a bunch of guys in their mid-twenties, and they were just getting started!
[Patrick, 42, North Carolina]

My favourite album of all time!
[James, 25, Isle of Man]

If you haven't got this album.............GO GET ONE !!!
[GFY, 39, England]

I love how this album weaves together. The outlaws and the bad guys. It's a great theme. Each song paints a more complete picture of the old west. The songs blend so well with the outlaw theme. Each is it's own small masterpiece on a canvas of musical imagery.
[TakeittotheLimitGirl, 41, Kansas City]

It's appears to me a piece of cowboys songs collection
gathered to trade with a concept but who missed the
purpose. That's why I like it because the songs are free
and this album is a curiosity!
[Patrick, 45, France]
 

I wish the guys would do more songs like Doolin' Dalton, where they trade off lead vocals at different points in the song. The singing was truly an ensemble effort then. The insights and experiences the guys conveyed through this album far exceeded their years at the time it was recorded. I would love to see them do the whole thing live from beginning to end. Even a video recording would be great. If only Bernie and Randy could join the band
[Konnie, 44, Kentucky]

even now, i'd have to say that DESPERADO remains my most cherished eagles album. it's tied up in so many memories of my early 20s and was something i played at least once a week through many years of my life. HOTEL CALIFORNIA might be a better all-around work, but DESPERADO is the one i will remember having the most effect on my life.
[Scott, 48, New Jersey]