This is my favourite JB album. Admittedly it’s a bit more AOR than Westcoast, but that was the era it was produced in. I’m sure that many of his fans did not like the album when it came out (or even now), but for the tunes stand up well and the lyrics make the album timeless. The message and questions raised in ‘Lives In The Balance’, still stand up today.
Anyway, as always the musicianship and songs are great. If you haven’t heard it already, give it a try.
Producer: Jackson Browne
Musicians:
Drums: Ian Wallace, Russ Kunkel, Stan Lynch & Jim Keltner
Bass: Jennifer Condo, Bob Glaub, Jorge Calderon & Phil Chen
Guitar: Gary Myrick, Kevin Dukes, Steve Lukather, Jackson Browne, Rick Vito, Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Jorge Strunz, Kevin McCormick, Bernie Larsen & David Lindley
Piano: Jaï Winding, Jackson Browne & Bill Payne
Synthesizers: Jaï Winding, Bill Payne & Craig Doerge
Organ: Ian McClagen
Alto Sax: Phil Kenzie
Harmony Vocal: Doug Haywood, Kevin McCormick, Bonnie Raitt, Jorge Calderon, Deborah Dobkin, Mindy Sterling & Jackson Browne
Tracklist:
- For America
- Soldier of Plenty
- In the Shape of a Heart
- Candy
- Lawless Avenues
- Lives in the Balance
- Till I Go Down
- Black and White
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