Alan Shapiro's Album Reviews
I have not listened to "late for the sky" in quite some time.There is not a hit on this album and I don't care. Why? Because with each song what unfolds is a masterpiece of lyrical poetry, incredible melody and an extraordinary musical structure.
Jackson Browne's vocals are perfection and the musicians that surround him bring out the depth in every nuance of every note and word.
The album has only two songs that would be considered rockers of the era and that would be, "the road in the sky," and "walking slow."
Those songs are surrounded by six that are at the top of the mountain in the singer songwriter era, "Late for the sky," "fountain of sorrow," "father on," "the late show," "for a dancer," and "before the deluge."
Jackson Browne had a handful of incredible albums and this one surpasses them all.
If you don't have this in your album collection you don't have an album collection.
Jackson Browne's vocals are perfection and the musicians that surround him bring out the depth in every nuance of every note and word.
The album has only two songs that would be considered rockers of the era and that would be, "the road in the sky," and "walking slow."
Those songs are surrounded by six that are at the top of the mountain in the singer songwriter era, "Late for the sky," "fountain of sorrow," "father on," "the late show," "for a dancer," and "before the deluge."
Jackson Browne had a handful of incredible albums and this one surpasses them all.
If you don't have this in your album collection you don't have an album collection.
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