Running On Empty/The Road/Rosie/You Love The Thunder/Cocaine/Shaky Town/Love Needs A Heart/Nothing But Time/The Load-Out/Stay
Singer songwriter Jackson Browne’s Running On Empty is a very unusual live album as all the tracks are previously unreleased, and are about life on the road. The title track reached No. 11 in the US singles chart. (US:3 UK:28)
“Writing an album on the road about life on the road. It sounds so obvious but I can't think of anything like that ever having been done before. So, the theme behind the album is set. It turns out that the execution is the key. This is a very good album.”
“Jackson Browne's Running On Empty is unlike any live album you are ever likely to have heard, containing all previously unheard material and recorded at various places on the road from the tour bus itself to hotel rooms, in rehearsal and lastly live on stage. It is a fascinating commentary about life on the road delivered with Browne's usual honesty.”
“While other artists' live albums are dull and overindulgent affairs, Jackson Browne turns in a lean and focused effort. With ten new songs, he crafts a very effective concept album.”
“Another Jackson Browne album that meanders towards inevitability. The difference with this one is that it is recorded in front of a live audience. Unfortunately, the usual excitement and atmosphere of a live show is lacking as it is much too safe and pedestrian. After the first three tracks which were all good I found my interest waning, and I wasn't left wanting more at the end.”
“It takes a truly unique genius to create something as intensely and fascinatingly boring as this masterpiece of utter banality, and to do it live is almost godlike.”
“The title track still holds up well. But the rest of the album does nothing for me. It's pleasant enough in a 70s soft rock sort of way. But I cannot fathom how it was so popular. It's just so mellow.”
“You've got to give him credit for trying something new with a live album. None of these songs had been released on a Jackson Browne album up until this point, and it's a concept album about life on the road. Not half bad, but I can think of better singer-songwriters.”
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