The Very Best of Jackson Browne

~ Release by Jackson Browne (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

| |
1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Doctor My Eyes
recording engineer, engineer, producer and mixer:
Richard Sanford Orshoff
acoustic guitar, piano and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass and bass guitar:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
congas and drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar:
Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
harmonica [mouth harp]:
Jim Fadden
organ:
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
pedal steel guitar:
Sneaky Pete
viola:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
background vocals:
David Crosby and Graham Nash
other vocals [harmony vocals]:
David Crosby
part of:
Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 5)
recording of:
Doctor My Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
53:21
2Jamaica Say You Will
engineer and producer:
Richard Sanford Orshoff
acoustic guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Clarence White (US bluegrass and country-rock guitarist)
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
harmonica [mouth harp]:
Jim Fadden
organ:
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
pedal steel guitar:
Sneaky Pete
piano and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
viola:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
other vocals [harmony vocals]:
David Crosby
cover recording of:
Jamaica Say You Will
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
43:25
3Rock Me on the Water
engineer and producer:
Richard Sanford Orshoff
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
harmonica [mouth harp]:
Jim Fadden
organ:
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos)
pedal steel guitar:
Sneaky Pete
piano:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Craig Doerge
viola:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
other vocals [harmony vocals]:
David Crosby
cover recording of:
Rock Me on the Water
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Companion Music and Open Window Music
54:14
4Take It Easy
cover recording of:
Take It Easy
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
3:42
5These Days
assistant recording engineer:
Ric Tarrantini
recording engineer:
John Haeny
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
mixer:
Ed Cherney
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar and background vocals:
Doug Haywood
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
piano:
David Paich
slide guitar:
David Lindley
cover recording of:
These Days
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Faithful Virtue Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Nina Music, Open Window Music and Three Prong Music
2.654:40
6Redneck Friend
recording of:
Redneck Friend
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
4:01
7For Everyman
recording of:
For Everyman
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
5:58
8For a Dancer
recording of:
For a Dancer
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Benchmark Music
4:49
9Fountain of Sorrow
recording engineer:
Fritz Richmond
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Al Schmitt
mixer:
Al Schmidt
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar and background vocals:
Doug Haywood
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Larry Zack
electric guitar, fiddle and slide guitar [slide]:
David Lindley
organ:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
piano:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1974)
mixed at:
Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Fountain of Sorrow
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Benchmark Music
56:51
10Late for the Sky
recording engineer:
Fritz Richmond
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Al Schmitt
mixer:
Al Schmidt
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar and background vocals:
Doug Haywood
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Larry Zack
electric guitar, fiddle and slide guitar [slide]:
David Lindley
organ:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
piano:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1974)
mixed at:
Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Late for the Sky
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Benchmark Music
4.55:37
11Before the Deluge
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Al Schmitt
mixer:
Al Schmidt
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar and background vocals:
Doug Haywood
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Larry Zack
electric guitar, fiddle and slide guitar [slide]:
David Lindley
organ:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
piano:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1974)
mixed at:
Hollywood Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Before the Deluge
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Benchmark Music
56:22
12Your Bright Baby Blues
recording of:
Your Bright Baby Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
6:03
13The Pretender
additional recording engineer:
Mark Howlett
assistant recording engineer:
Paul Black (Engineer)
recording engineer:
John Haeny
producer:
Jon Landau
assistant mixer:
Dennis Kirk
mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Fred Tackett (in 1976)
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub (in 1976)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro (in 1976)
piano:
Craig Doerge (in 1976)
background vocals:
David Crosby (in 1976) and Graham Nash (in 1976)
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) (in 1976)
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger) (in 1976)
strings arranger:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications Inc.) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976)
mixed at:
The Sound Factory (1969–1980) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Pretender (in 1976)
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
55:52
14Here Come Those Tears Again
additional recording engineer:
Mark Howlett
assistant recording engineer:
Paul Black (Engineer)
recording engineer:
John Haeny
producer:
Jon Landau
assistant mixer:
Dennis Kirk
mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Fred Tackett (in 1976)
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub (in 1976)
drums (drum set):
Jim Gordon (US drummer with Derek and the Dominos) (in 1976)
organ:
Michael Utley (musician, songwriter, and record producer) (in 1976)
piano:
Bill Payne (in 1976)
solo guitar:
John Hall (US guitarist/vocalist for Orleans, later US congressman) (in 1976)
background vocals:
Rosemary Butler (in 1976) and Bonnie Raitt (in 1976)
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) (in 1976)
performer:
Jon Landau (in 1976)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications Inc.) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1976)
mixed at:
The Sound Factory (1969–1980) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Here Come Those Tears Again (in 1976)
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Nancy Farnsworth
publisher:
Open Window Music, Swallow Turn Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
43:37
15The Load‐Out
assistant engineer:
Russell Schmitt and Tom Walsh (engineer)
engineer:
Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, United States (on 1977-08-27)
live recording of:
The Load-Out (on 1977-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Bryan Garofalo
publisher:
Gianni Music (in 1977) and Swallow Turn Music (in 1977)
3.85:35
16Stay
assistant engineer:
Russell Schmitt and Tom Walsh (engineer)
engineer:
Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and David Lindley
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, United States (on 1977-08-27)
live cover recording of:
Stay (on 1977-08-27)
lyricist and composer:
Maurice Williams (US singer/songwriter, played with The Zodiacs)
publisher:
Cherio Music Publishers, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and Cherio Corp. (in 1960)
43:24
2▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Running on Empty
recording engineer and mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
assistant engineer:
Dennis Kirk
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar:
Leland Sklar (bassist, session musician)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch)
piano:
Craig Doerge
slide guitar:
David Lindley
background vocals:
Rosemary Butler and Doug Haywood
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Running on Empty
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music (in 1977)
3.54:59
2You Love the Thunder
assistant engineer:
Russell Schmitt and Tom Walsh (engineer)
engineer:
Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1977)
recorded at:
PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel Township, New Jersey, United States (on 1977-09-06)
live recording of:
You Love the Thunder (on 1977-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music (in 1977)
3.53:56
3Boulevard
recording engineer and mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Greg Ladanyi
bass guitar [bass]:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
electric guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and David Lindley
lap steel guitar:
David Lindley
maracas:
Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch)
organ, Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes], string synthesizer and Wurlitzer electric piano [Wurlitzer]:
Craig Doerge
piano [acoustic piano] and lead vocals [vocals]:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
background vocals [vocals]:
Rosemary Butler and Doug Haywood
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Asylum Records (Warner Music subsidiary) (in 1980, in 1986)
recording of:
Boulevard
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music
3:21
4Somebody’s Baby
recording engineer and mixer:
Dennis Kirk
assistant engineer:
James Geddes
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
guitar:
Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch) and Rick Vito
keyboard:
Craig Doerge
organ:
Doug Haywood
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Somebody’s Baby
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch)
publisher:
Kortchmar Music (in 1982)
4:24
5Tender Is the Night
recording engineer and engineer:
James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Greg Ladanyi
mixer:
Greg Ladanyi
bass guitar and bass guitar [bass]:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Rick Vito
guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Rick Vito
keyboard, piano and synthesizer:
Craig Doerge
organ:
Doug Haywood
background vocals and background vocals [vocals]:
Doug Haywood and Rick Vito
lead vocals and lead vocals [vocals]:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Tender Is the Night
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter), Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch) and Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
publisher:
Kortchmar Music, Night Kitchen Music and Olas Music
44:54
6Lawyers in Love
engineer:
James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Greg Ladanyi
bass guitar [bass]:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Rick Vito
guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Bob Glaub
organ:
Doug Haywood
piano and synthesizer:
Craig Doerge
background vocals [vocals]:
Doug Haywood and Rick Vito
lead vocals [vocals]:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Lawyers in Love
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Night Kitchen Music (in 1983)
44:21
7In the Shape of a Heart
assistant recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Tchad Blake, Bill Jackson (American engineer) and Coke Johnson
recording engineer:
James Geddes
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
assistant mixer:
Murray Dvorkin and Sharon Rice (Los Angeles sound engineer)
mixer:
James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Stan Lynch
guitar:
Rick Vito
synthesizer:
Craig Doerge and Bill Payne
background vocals:
Doug Haywood
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1986) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1986)
recording of:
In the Shape of a Heart
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
5:47
8Lawless Avenues
assistant engineer:
Tchad Blake, Bill Jackson (American engineer) and Coke Johnson
engineer:
James Geddes
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
assistant mixer:
Murray Dvorkin and Sharon Rice (Los Angeles sound engineer)
mixer:
James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
bass guitar and background vocals:
Jorge Calderón
congas:
Walfredo de los Reyes, Jr. (Latin percussionist (Santana, Chicago))
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
guitar:
Danny Kortchmar (Danny Kootch), David Lindley and Waddy Wachtel
organ and synthesizer:
Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1986) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1986)
recording of:
Lawless Avenues
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Jorge Calderón
5:40
9Lives in the Balance
assistant recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Tchad Blake, Bill Jackson (American engineer) and Coke Johnson
recording engineer and engineer:
James Geddes
programming and producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
assistant mixer:
Murray Dvorkin and Sharon Rice (Los Angeles sound engineer)
mixer:
James Geddes and Greg Ladanyi
acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar and sampler, background vocals and lead vocals and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub
charango and tiple:
Hugo Pedroza
classical guitar [nylon string guitar] and guitar:
Jorge Strunz (Costarican Guitarist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Kunkel (session drummer)
pan flute and siku:
Enrique Cruz
synthesizer:
Bill Payne and Jai Winding (pianist, composer, vocal)
background vocals:
Debra Dobkin and Mindy Sterling (vocalist/songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra/Asylum Records (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1986) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1986)
recording of:
Lives in the Balance
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
54:15
10I Am a Patriot
recording engineer:
James Geddes
mixer:
David Tickle
bass guitar:
Bob Glaub
drums (drum set):
Michael Jochum
guitar:
Kevin Dukes
organ:
Doug Haywood
background vocals:
Doug Haywood, Scott Thurston and Lori Williams
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
cover recording of:
I Am a Patriot
lyricist and composer:
Steven van Zandt
4:06
11Sky Blue and Black
assistant recording engineer:
Steve Onuska, Bob Salcedo and Kathy Yore
recording engineer:
Paul Dieter (American sound engineer and producer.)
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Scott Thurston
mixer:
Ed Cherney
bass guitar:
Kevin McCormick
drums (drum set):
Mauricio Lewak
guitar:
Mark Goldenberg and Scott Thurston
keyboard:
Scott Thurston
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
piano and lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
background vocals:
Valerie Carter and Arnold McCuller
recorded at and mixed at:
Groove Masters in Santa Monica, California, United States
recording of:
Sky Blue and Black
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
56:06
12I’m Alive
recording of:
I’m Alive
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
5:11
13The Barricades of Heaven
assistant recording engineer:
Sebastian Haimerl and Bob Salcedo
recording engineer:
Paul Dieter (American sound engineer and producer.)
producer:
Kevin McCormick and Scott Thurston
mixer:
Ed Cherney
12 string guitar:
Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist)
acoustic guitar:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Kevin McCormick
bass guitar:
Kevin McCormick
drums (drum set):
Mauricio Lewak
guitar:
Mark Goldenberg and Scott Thurston
Hammond organ:
Jeffrey Young
percussion:
Luis Conte (percussionist)
background vocals:
Scott Thurston
lead vocals:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
recording of:
The Barricades of Heaven
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter), Luis Conte (percussionist), Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Scott Thurston and Jeffrey Young
5:41
14Looking East
recording of:
Looking East
writer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter), Luis Conte (percussionist), Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick (Light Patterns), Scott Thurston and Jeff Young (US keyboardist and vocalist)
4:57
15The Naked Ride Home
assistant recording engineer:
Bil Lane
recording engineer:
Paul Dieter (American sound engineer and producer.)
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Kevin McCormick
assistant mixer:
Kevin Harp
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
12 string guitar [electric twelve string] and acoustic guitar:
Greg Leisz
electric guitar:
Val McCallum (guitarist & singer-songwriter)
recorded at:
Groove Masters in Santa Monica, California, United States
recording of:
The Naked Ride Home
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Swallow Turn Music
5:58
16The Night Inside Me
assistant recording engineer:
Bil Lane
recording engineer:
Paul Dieter (American sound engineer and producer.)
producer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter) and Kevin McCormick
assistant mixer:
Kevin Harp
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain
recorded at:
Groove Masters in Santa Monica, California, United States
recording of:
The Night Inside Me
lyricist:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter), Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick and Jeff Young (US keyboardist and vocalist)
publisher:
Bateria Music, Bossypants Music, Eye Cue Music, Glad Brad Music, Songs of Windswept Pacific and Swallow Turn Music
4:40