Jackson Browne - The Pretender
November 1976, Asylum
1. "The Fuse" – 5:50
2. "Your Bright Baby Blues" – 6:05
3. "Linda Paloma" – 4:06
4. "Here Come Those Tears Again" – 3:37
5. "The Only Child" – 3:43
6. "Daddy's Tune" – 3:35
7. "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate" – 2:37
8. "The Pretender" – 5:53
RESULTS
Rate: 6/10
Best Song: The Pretender
Worst Song: Daddy's Tune
Comments
So, the history to this album, was this:
During writing this Album, Browne's wife committed suicide, merely two years after giving birth to their first son.
So, with that tragedy in mind, in due respect, I was expecting some hard hitting violins, with a dark cello, and almost mysterious ambient to it, all layered on top of the sadness that must have overwhelmed Jackson Browne.
But the songs were surprisingly cheery. The lyrics were dark and gritty, sure, but the depth of the music and how Browne performed was just boring, bland, and not as mesmerizing as I had hoped. The songs dragged through the same riffs, the piano's tapped against an empty shell of a beat, and Bonnie Raitt strikes again in the background vocals.
Yeah, this Album wasn't really my favourite. I wasn't too interested in listening to it, either, and eventually pushed myself forward, with better music in mind ahead.
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