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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Doctor My Eyes
2. Jamaica Say You Will
3. Rock Me on the Water
4. Take It Easy
5. These Days
6. Redneck Friend
7. For Everyman
8. For a Dancer
9. Fountain of Sorrow
10. Late For the Sky
11. Before the Deluge
12. Your Bright Baby Blues
13. Pretender, The
14. Here Come Those Tears Again
15. Load Out, The
16. Stay
DISC 2:
1. Running on Empty
2. You Love the Thunder
3. Boulevard
4. Somebody's Baby
5. Tender Is the Night
6. Lawyers in Love
7. In the Shape of a Heart
8. Lawless Avenues
9. Lives in the Balance
10. I Am a Patriot
11. Sky Blue and Black
12. I'm Alive
13. Barricades of Heaven, The
14. Looking East
15. Naked Ride Home, The
16. Night Inside Me, The
Album Notes
Personnel: Jackson Browne (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano); David Lindley (acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, fiddle); Kevin McCormick (acoustic guitar, bass); Clarence White (acoustic guitar); Jesse Ed Davis (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Craig Doerge (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, Mini-Moog synthesizer); David Paich, Elton John (piano); Benmont Tench (Hammond B-3 organ); Jai Winding (organ, synthesizer); Doug Haywood (organ, background vocals); Michael Utley (organ); Leland Sklar, Chuck Rainey (bass); Russell Kunkel (drums, congas); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Vonda Shepard, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Glenn Frey, Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt (background vocals).
Producers include: Jackson Browne, Al Schmitt, Jon Landau, Greg Ladanyi, Scott Thurston.
Compilation producer: Jackson Browne.
Recorded between 1972 & 2002. Includes liner notes by Dave Marsh.
Before this double-disc dose of Jackson Browne's best came along, the influential troubadour's most extensive career summary was the 15-song THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR. This truly definitive anthology contains just about everything on that disc and plenty more. Browne helped define the 1970s singer/songwriter idiom, and that process is carefully documented here, as on the precociously world-weary "These Days" and the soulful, Van Morrison-like "Doctor My Eyes." The collection follows Browne through the years, as he toughens up his sound with more of a rock edge ("Running on Empty," "Boulevard") and adds a sociopolitical edge to his lyrics ("Lives in the Balance," "I am a Patriot"). Through it all, Jackson's humanity and humility, not to mention his lyrical song-craft, shine with an enviable consistency.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [F]or a one-stop career retrospective, this is hard to beat.
4 stars out of 5 - Reflective, honest, articulate.
He started as Nico's boy toy, then joined the dashboard confessional set of '70s L.A. rock, playing the emo-folkie foil to the Eagles' faux cowboys and Linda Rondstadt's denim diva.
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