Running on Empty: Jackson Browne: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Running On Empty

2. The Road

3. Rosie

4. You Love The Thunder

5. Cocaine

6. Shaky Town

7. Love Needs A Heart

8. Nothing But Time

9. The Load-Out

10. Stay

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Recorded onstage, backstage, in three different hotel rooms, and on a Continental Silver Eagle tour bus during a cross-country 1977 tour, Running on Empty is a paean to life on the road. Jackson Browne's sense of camaraderie extended to the road crew, if "The Load Out," a love song to his roadies, is to be believed. Browne is much more blithe here than in his earlier outings. But Empty also represents a fleeting lighthearted moment for the singer-cum-poet whose concerns became more political than personal after its appearance. Beneath its flippant surface, this disc is a look at the lengths Browne and his friends went to avoid facing the demands of the touring life. What with the frequent drug references, misogynistic references to on-the-fly pairings with women, and the sobering line in the title track--"I look around for the friends I used to pull me through / Looking into their eyes, I see them running, too"--one realizes that Browne was much more comfortable on the road than off. --Jaan Uhelszki

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3.0 out of 5 stars Inconsistent, Oct 25 2002

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Richard Spafford (Beulah, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this cd for the two songs that roll together, including the classic "Stay." The rest of it is okay. Better than average singing, less than average lyrics. But those two are worth the price.

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5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC, Sep 3 2002

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jerry langley (oklahoma) - See all my reviews

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TO SAY THIS CD IS FANTASTIC DOES NOT EVEN DO IT JUSTICE.THIS HAS SO MANY GOOD SONGS ON IT LIKE SHAKY TOWN AND RUNNING ON EMPTY.JACKSON BROWNE IS A GREAT TALENT.HIS SONGS ARE VERY DEEP AND TO SEE HIM PREFORM THESE SONGS LIVE MAKE THEM THAT MUCH BETTER.IF YOU DON`T HAVE THIS CD,GO OUT AND BUY IT YOU WILL PLAY IT TO DEATH.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Albums of the '70s!, July 22 2002

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Steven R. Seim "Steve Seim" (Beaver Dam, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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Move over, Eagles - "Running on Empty" is '70s California country-rock at its best. The title track and "Load Out/Stay" are FM radio classics, but everything in between is equally strong, from the folk-blues of "Cocaine" to the summer anthem "You Love the Thunder." This is Jackson Browne at his best, the "road album" at its best, and '70s rock at its best. A truly essential recording.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Roadie CD EVER!
When this album came out in 1977 I was a roadie on tour with another artist. We heard this record when we came home on a short break a few weeks after it was released and I... Read more

Published on Jun 4 2004 by Karl F. Kuenning

4.0 out of 5 stars The Reviewer Peteporchos is an idiot.
Nuff said in the title...

Published on May 7 2004