{"product_id":"desperado","title":"Desperado","description":"\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1973, Desperado is where Eagles turned their country-rock sound into a full-blown Western fable. Loosely built around outlaws, loneliness, and the cost of freedom, it feels more unified and cinematic than their self-titled debut. Glenn Frey and Don Henley were growing quickly as a writing team, while Bernie Leadon’s banjo, guitar, and mandolin give the record its dusty, late-night atmosphere. Compared with the polished California glow of One of These Nights or Hotel California, Desperado is earthier and more intimate, with one boot still planted in the folk and country scenes that shaped the band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title song has become one of Eagles’ defining ballads, but the album’s deeper pleasures include the close harmonies and hard-lived storytelling of “Tequila Sunrise,” “Doolin-Dalton,” and “Saturday Night.” There are lively barroom moments, too, yet the record’s real pull is its melancholy, as if every outlaw already knows the trail ends badly. It is an album that rewards being played from beginning to end, especially for listeners who enjoy the rootsier side of Eagles heard on their debut and On the Border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":67603811696954,"sku":"39951","price":36.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":67603812319546,"sku":"39952","price":8.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/eagles-desperado_b52aa0aa-7055-414b-8922-70584ced5574.jpg?v=1790713058","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/desperado","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}