{"id":997,"date":"2018-12-23T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T21:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=997"},"modified":"2021-07-15T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T22:34:12","slug":"rs-375-jackson-browne-late-for-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=997","title":{"rendered":"RS #375 – Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
#375<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Jackson Browne, Late For The Sk<\/em>y<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Release Date:<\/strong> 1995
Previously Owned:<\/strong> No
First Time Listen: <\/strong> Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a soothing album cover. By Source, Fair use<\/a>, Link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Impressions:<\/strong> Well, Mr. Browne…we meet again. I was pleasantly surprised by For Everyman<\/a><\/em>. but didn’t quite dig The Pretender<\/a><\/em>. So, let’s put on the tie-breaker … Title track sounds a little closer to “For Everyman,” so far, down-the-middle ’70s soft-ifornia rock. Slow start. “Fountain of Sorrow” picks up the pace a bit. Browne’s voice isn’t bad, but sometimes sinks into the background for me and comes off as inoffensive. I wish he was more direct, sometimes he sounds like Bob Dylan with the edges sanded off his voice. The playing is solid, almost painfully<\/em> tasteful at times. Sigh, I wish this album was as simple as I either hated this or loved it. I kinda like “The Late Show,” with the enveloping backup vocals. Now for a boogie rocker in the vein of “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” nice change of pace. Not bad, a little cornball, but wakes up the album. Well, that didn’t last, as”For A Dancer” slows it down. “Walking Slow” has some sort of farting, reed instrument thing going on, but it’s a little funky and uptempo and has handclaps, even. Not bad. Nice violin. <\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starred Songs:<\/strong> “Fountain of Sorrow,” “Walking Slow”
Sneaky Tracks:<\/strong> “Possibly Maybe”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Should this be on the list:<\/strong> It’s quality, and the second side picks up, but I wouldn’t have put it on the list. He kind of bores me at first listen, maybe it’s a grower?
Will You Listen To This Album Again:<\/strong> Maybe
Replace with:<\/strong> Hoo… hrmm. I guess a better album in this folky sort of mode would be Beth Orton’s Central Reservation<\/em>. Not sure it’s an “all-time great” but I’d much rather listen to this than Late For The Sky.<\/em>

Summary: <\/strong> Slow going ’70s singer-songwriter west-coast thing isn’t awful, but never caught my fancy. Browne, you’re 1-2 on this list!
Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#375 Jackson Browne, Late For The Sky Release Date: 1995Previously Owned: NoFirst Time Listen:  Yes Impressions: Well, Mr. Browne…we meet again. I was pleasantly surprised by For Everyman. but didn’t quite dig The Pretender. So, let’s put on the tie-breaker … Title track sounds a little closer to “For Everyman,” so far, down-the-middle ’70s soft-ifornia rock. Slow start. … Continue reading RS #375 – Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,17,10,9],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rolling-stone-top-500-albums","tag-95","tag-2-stars","tag-first-time-listen","tag-unowned"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}