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Having acknowledged a certain creative desperation on The Pretender, Jackson Browne lowered his sights (and raised his commercial appeal) considerably with Running on Empty, which was more a concept album about the road than an actual live album, even though its songs were sometimes recorded on-stage (and sometimes on the bus or in the hotel). Unlike most live albums, though, it consisted of previously unrecorded songs. Browne had less creative participation on this album than on any he ever made, solely composing only two songs, co-writing four others, and covering another four. And he had less to say -- the title song and leadoff track neatly conjoined his artistic and escapist themes. Figuratively and creatively, he was out of gas, but like "the pretender," he still had to make a living. The songs covered all aspects of touring, from Danny O'Keefe's "The Road," which detailed romantic encounters, and "Rosie" (co-written by Browne and his manager Donald Miller), in which a soundman pays tribute to auto-eroticism, to, well, "Cocaine," to the travails of being a roadie ("The Load-Out"). Audience noises, humorous asides, loose playing -- they were all part of a rough-around-the-edges musical evocation of the rock & roll touring life. It was not what fans had come to expect from Browne, of course, but the disaffected were more than outnumbered by the newly converted. (It didn't hurt that "Running on Empty" and "The Load-Out"/"Stay" both became Top 40 hits.) As a result, Browne's least ambitious, but perhaps most accessible, album ironically became his biggest seller. But it is not characteristic of his other work: for many, it will be the only Browne album they will want to own, just as others always will regard it disdainfully as "Jackson Browne lite."
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny O'Keefe, Writer - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Harmony Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Joel Bernstein, Harmony Vocals - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Donald Miller, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Glenn Frey, Writer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Violin, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Rev. Gary Davis, Writer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar, Writer, Harmony Vocals - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Lowell George, Writer - Valerie Carter, Writer - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Howard Burke, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Russell Schmitt, AssistantEngineer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Tom Walsh, AssistantEngineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - Bryan Garofalo, Writer - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Jackson Browne, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Danny Kortchmar, Guitar - Doug Haywood, Additional Vocals - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Maurice Williams, Writer - Rosemary Butler, Additional Vocals - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar - David Lindley, Fiddle, Lap Steel Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Dennis Kirk, Assistant Mix Engineer - Craig Doerge, Keyboards - David Hewitt, AssistantEngineer - George Ybarra, Assistant Mix Engineer - Greg Landanyi, AssistantEngineer - Mark Salwasser, AssistantEngineer - Norman Mershan, AssistantEngineer
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
Album review
Having acknowledged a certain creative desperation on The Pretender, Jackson Browne lowered his sights (and raised his commercial appeal) considerably with Running on Empty, which was more a concept album about the road than an actual live album, even though its songs were sometimes recorded on-stage (and sometimes on the bus or in the hotel). Unlike most live albums, though, it consisted of previously unrecorded songs. Browne had less creative participation on this album than on any he ever made, solely composing only two songs, co-writing four others, and covering another four. And he had less to say -- the title song and leadoff track neatly conjoined his artistic and escapist themes. Figuratively and creatively, he was out of gas, but like "the pretender," he still had to make a living. The songs covered all aspects of touring, from Danny O'Keefe's "The Road," which detailed romantic encounters, and "Rosie" (co-written by Browne and his manager Donald Miller), in which a soundman pays tribute to auto-eroticism, to, well, "Cocaine," to the travails of being a roadie ("The Load-Out"). Audience noises, humorous asides, loose playing -- they were all part of a rough-around-the-edges musical evocation of the rock & roll touring life. It was not what fans had come to expect from Browne, of course, but the disaffected were more than outnumbered by the newly converted. (It didn't hurt that "Running on Empty" and "The Load-Out"/"Stay" both became Top 40 hits.) As a result, Browne's least ambitious, but perhaps most accessible, album ironically became his biggest seller. But it is not characteristic of his other work: for many, it will be the only Browne album they will want to own, just as others always will regard it disdainfully as "Jackson Browne lite."
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:58
- Main artists: Jackson Browne
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1978 Asylum Records ℗ 2004 Elektra Entertainment for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States.
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