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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075596059824
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Sales Rank: 1446
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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His third album, and arguably his finest, Late for the Sky continues Browne's sincere self-analysis into positively grim territory. The title track concerns the lingering effects of a dead relationship and was featured in Martin Scorcese's film Taxi Driver. While "For a Dancer" confronts death head-on, "Farther On" explains the difficulties faced by us dorks who live life through books, films, or music; and "Before the Deluge" forecasts environmental gloom and doom. Guitarist David Lindley adds terrific counterpoint to Browne's musing, supporting the tracks with tasteful slide and fiddle work. --Rob O'Connor
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I don't remember the 70s. Not for the reasons people usually cite--no, I was busy being conceived and born.
But I can relate to a lot of it, particularly the whole early-70s-Southern-California-singer/songwriter scene peopled by musicians like Neil Young, Warren Zevon, and Jackson Browne. The narcissism, the alcoholism, the world-weary cynicism--these are my people, and their stories are my stories. And "Late for the Sky" is one of the very best albums any of them recorded.
During his speech inducting Jackson Browne into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen said that Browne wrote the songs that the Eagles wished they'd written. It's a telling judgment--the Eagles aren't terrible, but they aren't great either; you understand their songs the first time you hear them, and that understanding never deepens. Whereas these songs are everything great music should be--complicated and deep, but still accessible; great on the first listen, but even better on the tenth.
There's a beautiful liquid simplicity to Browne's guitar playing; the songs sound fat and juicy and delicious, but easily digestible. Still, it is the lyrics that keep me coming back. The Eagles sang for others, and at them, and it shows in the superficiality and judgment of songs like "Witchy Woman" and "Desperado". But Browne sings for himself, and with such honesty and thoroughness that it feels like he's singing for all of us--or at least for me. (When he describes "the ... Read More
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Most people who listen to music inevitably make comparisons. How does a given release hold up alongside an artist's other work? How well does it measure up to the work of contemporaries? How well does it age? As is true of most Art, time is the decider, and perhaps the greatest tribute any work can receive comes when it is no longer measured against others, but becomes that which others are measured against. Such has become the case with Jackson Browne's 1974 masterwork, "Late for the Sky." Almost from the moment of its release, it has been an acknowledged classic of its era and of its genre (the singer-songwriter period). Within these songs live some of the most beautiful expressions of Love and the most heartbreaking and eloquent contemplations of Love-lost that have ever been written. Throughout his career, Jackson's explorations of relationships have resonated so well with listeners because, as he has understood from the beginning, music is a gift, and once given it has as much--or more--to do with the listeners' lives as it does the artist's. He wouldn't have it any other way.
Listened to from beginning to end, LFTS leads listeners on a journey. Love is the overriding theme of this release, and the one to which Jackson returns again and again. The title song opens the record just as a relationship is dying ("Such an empty surprise to feel so alone.") But also explored are a young person's attempts to find a place in the world to belong ("Now the distance ... Read More
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This is one of Jackson Browne's best albums. My favorite songs are "Before The Deluge" and "For A Dancer", although "Late For The Sky" is really great also. This album is a must for any Jackson Browne fan.
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I've purchased this album several times. I had it in cassette, and an LP and now in CD. Jackson Browne is an incredible lyricist and musician. He really puts songs together in a very accessible and talented way.
Highly recommended.
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A fond trip down memory lane. He was at his best on this one.
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