Track Listing 1. Jamaica Say You Will 2. Child in These Hills 3. Song For Adam 4. Doctor My Eyes 5. From Silver Lake 6. Something Fine 7. Under the Falling Sky 8. Looking Into You 9. Rock Me on the Water 10. My Opening Farewell
| Details | | Playing Time: | 41 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Albert Lee, David Crosby | | Producer: | Richard Sanford Orshoff | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes Personnel: Jackson Browne (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Clarence White (acoustic guitar); Jesse Davis , Albert Lee (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Jimmy Fadden (autoharp); David Campbell (viola); Craig Doerge, David Jackson (piano); Jim Gordon (organ); David Crosby, Leah Kunkel (background vocals). The first Jackson Browne album presents a thoughtful, literate artist informed by the street-poet-with-guitar sound of Bob Dylan. Browne takes that approach and refines it with a more formal use of language and a more carefully crafted folk-rock sound characterized by spare, tasteful arrangements. The L.A. studio-rock sound that crept into much of Browne's '70s catalog is at a minimum here. Instead, the album is full of low-key, acoustic-oriented ballads such as the somber "Song For Adam." Lilting, mid-tempo cuts like "I Am A Child In These Hills" and the classic "Doctor My Eyes" manage to blend Browne's introspective lyrical approach with streamlined, infectious arrangements for a new twist on the formula. Browne's perspective was sensitive, yet seasoned and somewhat darker than that of his '60s predecessors, while his sound moved away from folk roots toward radio-friendly accessibility. Along with James Taylor's SWEET BABY JAMES, this album helped launch a thousand singing, songwriting imitators, yet JACKSON BROWNE stands above them all in the singularity of its expression.
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