Jackson Browne - The Very Best of Jackson Browne
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Free Music Review: The very best of one of music's very best
Hit: 5 Stars
Jackson Browne is a singer/songwriter who is idolized by other singer/songwriters. His lyrics are picturesque, his voice is mellow and honest, his musicianship (piano and guitar) is more than admirable. His music helped define country/rock (he wrote many of the Eagles' hits), then helped define a generation stuck in termoil, and then became the legacy of a truly gifted artist.
Songs such as "Jamaica Say You Will," "Late For the Sky," "Running On Empty," and so many in this collection act as portraits. Others, such as "For A Dancer," will bring tears to your eyes. And while some songs suggest regret for the past, such as "These Days" (and it's last two unforgettable lines: "Don't confront me with my sorrows/I had not forgotten them"), still others, like the rollickin' "I'm Alive," speak of rebirth and hope. Browne even managed to make some decent protest songs, such as his own "Looking East" and "Lawyers And Love," and remaking the Steve Van Zant tune "I Am A Patriot".
All the songs are sung in Browne's down-home, honest, uncompromizing voice, with skilled musicianship backing it thru and thru. This compilation is the study of an artist who, though he may not have the world-wide recognition he deserves, still helped to establish rock 'n roll as thrue artistry, and not just a pretty-boy convention. Without Jackson Browne, it's safe to say that rock 'n roll might never have made the progress it did.
Free Music Review: Better Late Than Never
Hit: 5 Stars
In that I hail from a different part of town, I came to Jackson Browne quite late. While in school I was listening to Funkadelic, Kool & The Gang etc... but was sharing one of the few turntables with other students. When my turn was over someone would inevitably put on Jackson Browne. I became quite familiar with "Saturate Before Using" and "Late for the Sky". I became familiar with it but it didn't move me, didn't speak to me, I still related to music with my hips and feet first, my ears and heart second. Fast forward a decade or so and I'm out of the Army and headed back to college. I'm sitting in traffic when I hear the strains of "The Pretender" coming through the radio. The words struck me like a hammer... how could he be singing about me when he doesn't even know me? I'd finally lived and grown enough to listen to music with my ears and heart as well as my hips and feet.
Since that day I've slowly gathered together Mr. Browne's music. This compilation is exactly what someone needs introduce themselves to this great artists work. I've seen him perform several times, the last time was just last month with the inimitable David Lindley. His music was not/is not the soundtrack to my life, that honor belongs to Curtis Mayfield, but Mr. Browne resonates with me, his words stir me in places only time has revealed. Thank you for this compilation.
Da Worfster
Free Music Review: I love this CD!
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD is an excellent retrospective of Jackson Browne's career. Jackson Browne has always been one of my favorite singers and songwriters. There is so much sincerity and passion in his voice. This CD features most of his hits. I would liked to have seen his lively duet with Clarence Cleamons Your Friend of Mine on here and also the song Call It A Loan, but I was pleased with what I heard. I love Jackson Browne's song The Pretender. The lyrics about struggling to make a living while trying to find someone to love you are as moving today as they were 30 years ago when the song came out. Doctor My Eyes and Running on Empty are just classic songs that I will never get tired of listening to. I love the romantic quality of the song Tender is the Night and Somebodys Baby. I was glad to hear Lawyers In Love on here. It is a great song about the restless political climate in the US in the early 80's.
Jackson Browne has never been afraid to address social issues in his music like in the song In the Shape of A Heart which is about domestic abuse. In America is a very thoughtful song that reminds us for that the price for our freedom comes at someone's else expense. The Very Best Of Jackson Browne is an absolute pleasure to listen to.
Free Music Review: Top songwriter, but CD is missing 5 radio-friendly hits
Hit: 5 Stars
The greatness of Jackson's music speaks for itself, so I do not feel that I need to pump up the songs for anyone here looking for opinions on this particular collection. Five stars does the talking for me. This is a fine collection of brilliant songs which I am sure anyone would enjoy.
After picking up the flawed "Next Voice You Hear" compilation, I made my own Best Of with 17 tracks. Like most listeners whose exposure to JB comes from the radio, this new 2-CD collection is missing several radio-friendly cuts (according to the track listing posted on Amazon): (1) That Girl Could Sing, (2) Lawyers in Love, (3) For a Rocker, (4) For America, and (5) Anything Can Happpen. Having borrowed a couple of his CDs from the library, two unplayed gems, "The Road" (from Running on Empty) and "Candy" (I forget which mid-late album this was on) make seven songs not found here, the first five of which should have made it on this 2-disc collection. The die-hards probably know all the early stuff already, so I would agree that it is overrepresented to the exclusion of the above radio hits. Being that these compilations are aimed at the casual fan, you'll need to burn your own CD if you want it done right.
Free Music Review: Long overdue
Hit: 5 Stars
Although Jackson Browne reached the epitome of his commercial popularity in the late 70's and early 80's, this long awaited Best Of set proves that his songwriting talent didn't diminish in later years. Browne's early career songs such as Rock Me On the Water, and Doctor My Eyes, along with the original, now-standard, signature tune for the Eagles, Take It Easy, show listeners that he was wasn't even close to running on empty with songwriting talent at even that stage of his career. Late for the Sky remains a true classic album and is well represented here with such a timeless tune as Before the Deluge.Songs such as Hold On Hold Out, On the Boulevard, and Call It A Loan prove that Hold On has weathered the years and is a much underrated Browne masterpiece.
This well-picked set picks the cream of Browne's crop yet acres of other tunes still await an aural harvest by those wishing to hear more of a great singer-songwriter.
Any argument regarding Browne's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be silenced after a thorough listening to this excellent compilation.
Hopefully, Volume II will be forthcoming.