Running on Empty

As you'd expect from Jackson, this is a beautiful melodic album and something that I will revisit again.

Essential Track - The Road

DAY 34

I've decided to listen to a random album from random-song.com to help find potentially underrated artists and to also broaden my music taste, and for today's randomly generated pick we have Jackson Browne's fifth album, which I've rated a 73/100.

Pretty interesting record from the 70s. At the time, there were plenty of new studio albums that also had live performances attached to another LP. Although, I can't think of too many other records at the time where the live performances were melded into the studio works. Some light googling shows that this is a bit of a concept record about life on the road touring. I mean you get that feeling right off the bat with the opening title track and the following "The Road". I will ... read more

aoty nominees/winners 105/363

I'm not always a huge fan of hearing the audience in things - and I still am not sure if that's bc I could only listen to the remaster on spotify or if it was always that way. Anyway, I liked it. I like more of an emotional feel to music, and Browne delivered. It wasn't anything crazy, and I wouldn't say it's changed my perspective on anything. I think he just made a really solid soft-rock album that's more emotionally inclined. ... read more