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Artist:Jackson Browne
Title:Running On Empty
Label:  Asylum
Country:Germany
Catalogue:AS 53 070
Date:1978
Format:LP
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Community: 18 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
A1Jackson BrowneRunning On EmptyJackson Browne8.0  Rate
A2Jackson BrowneThe RoadDanny O'Keefe8.0  Rate
A3Jackson BrowneRosieJackson Browne, Donald Miller9.0  Rate
A4Jackson BrowneYou Love The ThunderJackson Browne7.0  Rate
A5Jackson BrowneCocaineRev. Gary Davis, Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey8.0  Rate
B1Jackson BrowneShaky TownDaniel Kortchmar7.0  Rate
B2Jackson BrowneLove Needs A HeartLowell George, Valerie Carter, Jackson Browne8.0  Rate
B3Jackson BrowneNothing But TimeJackson Browne, Howard Burke7.0  Rate
B4Jackson BrowneThe Load-OutJackson Browne, Bryan Garofalo10.0  Rate
B5Jackson BrowneStayMaurice Williams10.0  Rate


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Record comes with an 8 page booklet.

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sgt.pepper
29th Dec 2017
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Magic Marmalade
13th Jan 2016
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I got this at a boot fair because it still had the shrink on it, vinyl was mint and the booklet still present.

But it had sat on the shelf for a while, as I can't say I was particularly inspired by the prospect of playing it, but having run empty of vinyl to record myself, I finally gave it a go.

Very pleasantly surprised!

Obviously the Title track is the selling point for it, and it is a cracking tune... but actually does the substance of this album a disservice, and may mislead as to what the album is like.

It is also a very interesting idea... concerning, as it does, life on the road, it was also recorded there too.

But it's not a live album!

What Jackson Browne has done is take some live performances, and added some studio work to it... some tracks being recorded backstage as a kind of "live in the studio" feel.

The Road is very interesting in this regard, as it begins as a backstage recording, then after a natural pause in the song, seamlessly transitions to a live performance of the next verses, making become a little more expansive in the feel of the song.

So the whole thing is a Live/"Studio" (Backstage) hybrid... a very interesting project I think.

And it works.

Except, as I say, the Title track, which most would considered the "big finish" to an album, comes thundering in from the off, leading you to think that's what the rest of the album's going to be like... but in fact, it's more of a subdued, introspective folk-rock (small "r" rock -if you know what I mean) work.

In fact, the fiddle gives these songs a kind of "American Civil War" kind of folk flavour, and the pedal steel works well.

So I think this would have been better if (Gasp) he'd left the title track off, and clipped that God-awful cheesy rendition of Stay off the end of the album.

If he'd have done these two edits, and maybe added a couple more songs in a similar vein to the rest of the album, it might have been regarded as an all time classic American folk-rock album.

(The sleeve only serves to enhance this deception, making you think there's some wide-screen rock extravaganza here... what with that metallic golden font used for his name too.... a textured sleeve (maybe using the same photo), but ditching that font, and that horrible brown border might have suited it better).

But everything from The Road, to The Load-Out, is great stuff.

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