Desperado
by Eagles
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Desperado is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Eagles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Eagles is Hotel California which is ranked number 268 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,993.
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Desperado track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Desperado rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 88 Music Albums of 1973 | 38/88 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 96 Music Albums of 1973 | 87/96 | 1 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 41 Music Albums of 1973 | 29/41 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Best of The 70s Pt.2 (101-200) | 42/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 35 Music Albums of the 1970s | 35/35 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s Pt 3 | 8/23 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 209 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 713 | |||
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Desperado ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/30/2026 07:20 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2026 17:10 | davidhuret | 2,062 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:28 | Philly28 | 968 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Desperado comments
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My favorite Eagles album. I think the concept works well here, contrary to some others. It's not exactly How the West Was Won, but not bad for a rock band's old west concept album. Outlaw Man is a great song, and Tequila Sunrise, Desperado, Out of Control and Saturday Night are no slouches, either.
What could I say? I love these guys! With them, always wonderful vocalizations and very well recorded guitars. My form of analysis is: if there are 4 or more quality songs (as I know that an album is almost always unlikely to be perfect), and if there is a good production (good arrangements, good recording and good mixing), the score is maximum! And this album has it all, in addition to 5 songs of great potential (Doolin-Dalton, Tequila Sunrise, Desperado, Certain Kind of Fool and Bitter Creek).
The Eagles second album is a concept album about the Doolin-Dalton gang. Who cares? Anyway, some fine songs here, especially the title track and, tequila sunrise. The Eagles never made a stunning grade A album, they were always a better singles band, still, this is one of their better efforts.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/02/2012 15:04 | #47645 | TOP COMMENT
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I want to like this more than Hotel California. The Eagles are true to their roots, and don't seem like douchebags this early in their career. It's a great country-rock album, but not on par with the hit-parade that is Hotel California.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/07/2011 02:55 | #22793 | TOP COMMENT
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A vast improvement over the debut, and the title track is a fine song indeed. Eagles only rarely managed to drag themselves out of boring however, and this album too dives deep into that sappy stuff you wish was never put on record.
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