| Jackson Browne |
| Late for the Sky |
Jackson Browne — Late for the Sky
¬• The singer/songwriter whose introspective, literate lyrics and laid–back folk–rock set the template for much of Californian music during the '70s.
Born: 09 October 1948 in Heidelberg, Germany
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Album release: September 1974 / 2014
Record Label: Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records/Rhino
Duration: 41:28
Tracks:
1 Late for the Sky 5:43
2 Fountain of Sorrow 6:52
3 Farther On 5:21
4 The Late Show 5:15
5 The Road and the Sky 3:08
6 For a Dancer 4:46
7 Walking Slow 3:55
8 Before the Deluge 6:28
℗ 1974 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.
Awards:
Billboard Albums
¥ 1974 Late For The Sky The Billboard 200 #14
Credits:
¥ Jackson Browne Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Programming, Slide Guitar, Vocals
¥ Joyce Everson Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Beth Fitchet Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Dan Fogelberg Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Doug Haywood Bass, Harmony, Vocal Harmony
¥ Jon Douglas Haywood Bass, Vocals
¥ Don Henley Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Greg Ladanyi Mastering
¥ David Lindley Fiddle, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Slide Guitar, Violin
¥ Perry Lindley Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Kent Nebergall Engineer
¥ Tom Perry Engineer
¥ Terry Reid Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Fritz Richmond Engineer, Jug
¥ Al Schmitt Producer
¥ J.D. Souther Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony
¥ Clarence White Keyboards
¥ Jai Winding Keyboards, Organ, Piano
¥ Larry Zack Drums, Percussion
¬• This new 40th anniversary edition was re–mastered from the original analog tapes.
¬• When discussing singer–songwriters who started their careers in full creative bloom and stayed the course for several albums, you can’t chat about the ‘70s without citing Jackson Browne, but while his self–titled debut in 1972 was outstanding and 1973’s For Everyman can in no way be viewed as a sophomore slump, it’s often been said — and it’s not hard to understand why — that it’s Browne’s third album, 1974’s Late for the Sky, where he first truly soars.
¬• With cover art inspired by René Magritte’s painting "L'Empire des Lumieres,” Late for the Sky may not have earned Browne any traction on the Billboard Hot 100 — neither “Walking Slow” nor “Fountain of Sorrow,” the two songs released as singles, even so much as charted — but when Bruce Springsteen calls an album your masterpiece, Martin Scorsese borrows its title track for use in Taxi Driver, and Rolling Stone includes it on one of their lists of the 500 greatest albums of all time… well, all we’re saying is that Browne probably hasn’t been bothered by Late for the Sky’s lack of hit singles in many moons, if he ever was to begin with.
¬• In conjunction with its 40th anniversary, we’ve put together a new digital reissue of Late for the Sky for you, and we’re hoping you find that it sounds better than ever. ¬• At the very least, we know it’s aged well musically, but from a sonic standpoint, it’s crisp, clean, and ready for your ears to savor all over again.
Label: http://www.rhino.com/
Website: http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SongsOfJBrowne
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJacksonBrowne
Live: Review by Shawn Conner/photos by Cameron Brown: http://www.thesnipenews.com/music/concert-reviews/jackson-browne-vancouver/
Review by William Ruhlmann; Score: *****
¬• On his third album, Jackson Browne returned to the themes of his debut record (love, loss, identity, apocalypse) and, amazingly, delved even deeper into them. "For a Dancer," a meditation on death like the first album's "Song for Adam," is a more eloquent eulogy; "Farther On" extends the "moving on" point of "Looking Into You"; "Before the Deluge" is a glimpse beyond the apocalypse evoked on "My Opening Farewell" and the second album's "For Everyman." If Browne had seemed to question everything in his first records, here he even questioned himself. "For me some words come easy, but I know that they don't mean that much," he sang on the opening track, "Late for the Sky," and added in "Farther On," "I'm not sure what I'm trying to say." Yet his seeming uncertainty and self–doubt reflected the size and complexity of the problems he was addressing in these songs, and few had ever explored such territory, much less mapped it so well. "The Late Show," the album's thematic center, doubted but ultimately affirmed the nature of relationships, while by the end, "After the Deluge," if "only a few survived," the human race continued nonetheless. It was a lot to put into a pop music album, but Browne stretched the limits of what could be found in what he called "the beauty in songs," just as Bob Dylan had a decade before. :: http://www.allmusic.com/
BIOGRAPHY
¥ Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2007.
¬• Jackson's career began in the mid–60s in Los Angeles and Orange County folk clubs. Except for a brief period in NYC in the late 1960s, he has always lived in Southern California. His debut album came out on David Geffen's Asylum Records in 1972. Since then, he has released fourteen studio albums and four collections of live performances. His new studio album, Standing In The Breach, is a collection of ten songs, at turns deeply personal and political, exploring love, hope, and defiance in the face of the advancing uncertainties of modern life.
¬• Beyond his music, Browne is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights, and arts education. He's a co–founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) and Nukefree.org.
¬• In 2002, he was the fourth recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, given to artists whose works exemplify the environmental and social values that were essential to the great California–born author. He has received Duke University’s LEAF award for Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts, and both the Chapin–World Hunger Year and NARM Harry Chapin Humanitarian Awards. In 2004, Jackson was given an honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social justice."
PRESS:
¥ Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne's third Asylum album, is his most mature, conceptually unified work to date. Its overriding theme: the exploration of romantic possibility in the shadow of apocalypse. No contemporary male singer/songwriter has dealt so honestly and deeply with the vulnerability of romantic idealism and the pain of adjustment from youthful narcissism to adult survival as Browne has in this album. Late for the Sky is the autobiography of his young manhood.
Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone, 1974
¥ Possibly the best thing this long time successful writer and, over the past few years, successful singer has come up with. The lyrics are meaningful and come as close to poetry as anyone else making music today. This album really transcends any categorization, which is one of the highest compliments that can be paid an artist.
Billboard, October 7, 1974
LATE FOR THE SKY
The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasn’t right
And still we continued on through the night
Tracing our steps from the beginning
Until they vanished into the air
Trying to understand how our lives had led us there
Looking hard into your eyes
There was nobody I’d ever known
Such an empty surprise
To feel so alone
Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don’t mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch
You never knew what I loved in you
I don’t know what you loved in me
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be
Awake again I can’t pretend
And I know I’m alone
And close to the end
Of the feeling we’ve known
How long have I been sleeping?
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been dreaming I could make it right
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need
Awake again, I can’t pretend
I know I’m alone
And close to the end
Of the feeling we’ve known
How long have I been sleeping?
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been running for that morning flight
Through the whispered promises and the changing light
Of the bed where we both lie
Late for the sky
Words and music by Jackson Browne
© 1974 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP
All Rights Reserved
____________________________________________________________
| Jackson Browne |
| Late for the Sky |
¬• The singer/songwriter whose introspective, literate lyrics and laid–back folk–rock set the template for much of Californian music during the '70s.
Born: 09 October 1948 in Heidelberg, Germany
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Album release: September 1974 / 2014
Record Label: Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records/Rhino
Duration: 41:28
Tracks:
1 Late for the Sky 5:43
2 Fountain of Sorrow 6:52
3 Farther On 5:21
4 The Late Show 5:15
5 The Road and the Sky 3:08
6 For a Dancer 4:46
7 Walking Slow 3:55
8 Before the Deluge 6:28
℗ 1974 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.
Awards:
Billboard Albums
¥ 1974 Late For The Sky The Billboard 200 #14
Credits:
¥ Jackson Browne Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Programming, Slide Guitar, Vocals
¥ Joyce Everson Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Beth Fitchet Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Dan Fogelberg Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Doug Haywood Bass, Harmony, Vocal Harmony
¥ Jon Douglas Haywood Bass, Vocals
¥ Don Henley Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Greg Ladanyi Mastering
¥ David Lindley Fiddle, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Steel), Slide Guitar, Violin
¥ Perry Lindley Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Kent Nebergall Engineer
¥ Tom Perry Engineer
¥ Terry Reid Vocal Harmony, Vocals
¥ Fritz Richmond Engineer, Jug
¥ Al Schmitt Producer
¥ J.D. Souther Guest Artist, Vocal Harmony
¥ Clarence White Keyboards
¥ Jai Winding Keyboards, Organ, Piano
¥ Larry Zack Drums, Percussion
¬• This new 40th anniversary edition was re–mastered from the original analog tapes.
¬• When discussing singer–songwriters who started their careers in full creative bloom and stayed the course for several albums, you can’t chat about the ‘70s without citing Jackson Browne, but while his self–titled debut in 1972 was outstanding and 1973’s For Everyman can in no way be viewed as a sophomore slump, it’s often been said — and it’s not hard to understand why — that it’s Browne’s third album, 1974’s Late for the Sky, where he first truly soars.
¬• With cover art inspired by René Magritte’s painting "L'Empire des Lumieres,” Late for the Sky may not have earned Browne any traction on the Billboard Hot 100 — neither “Walking Slow” nor “Fountain of Sorrow,” the two songs released as singles, even so much as charted — but when Bruce Springsteen calls an album your masterpiece, Martin Scorsese borrows its title track for use in Taxi Driver, and Rolling Stone includes it on one of their lists of the 500 greatest albums of all time… well, all we’re saying is that Browne probably hasn’t been bothered by Late for the Sky’s lack of hit singles in many moons, if he ever was to begin with.
¬• In conjunction with its 40th anniversary, we’ve put together a new digital reissue of Late for the Sky for you, and we’re hoping you find that it sounds better than ever. ¬• At the very least, we know it’s aged well musically, but from a sonic standpoint, it’s crisp, clean, and ready for your ears to savor all over again.
Label: http://www.rhino.com/
Website: http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SongsOfJBrowne
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJacksonBrowne
Live: Review by Shawn Conner/photos by Cameron Brown: http://www.thesnipenews.com/music/concert-reviews/jackson-browne-vancouver/
Review by William Ruhlmann; Score: *****
¬• On his third album, Jackson Browne returned to the themes of his debut record (love, loss, identity, apocalypse) and, amazingly, delved even deeper into them. "For a Dancer," a meditation on death like the first album's "Song for Adam," is a more eloquent eulogy; "Farther On" extends the "moving on" point of "Looking Into You"; "Before the Deluge" is a glimpse beyond the apocalypse evoked on "My Opening Farewell" and the second album's "For Everyman." If Browne had seemed to question everything in his first records, here he even questioned himself. "For me some words come easy, but I know that they don't mean that much," he sang on the opening track, "Late for the Sky," and added in "Farther On," "I'm not sure what I'm trying to say." Yet his seeming uncertainty and self–doubt reflected the size and complexity of the problems he was addressing in these songs, and few had ever explored such territory, much less mapped it so well. "The Late Show," the album's thematic center, doubted but ultimately affirmed the nature of relationships, while by the end, "After the Deluge," if "only a few survived," the human race continued nonetheless. It was a lot to put into a pop music album, but Browne stretched the limits of what could be found in what he called "the beauty in songs," just as Bob Dylan had a decade before. :: http://www.allmusic.com/
BIOGRAPHY
¥ Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2007.
¬• Jackson's career began in the mid–60s in Los Angeles and Orange County folk clubs. Except for a brief period in NYC in the late 1960s, he has always lived in Southern California. His debut album came out on David Geffen's Asylum Records in 1972. Since then, he has released fourteen studio albums and four collections of live performances. His new studio album, Standing In The Breach, is a collection of ten songs, at turns deeply personal and political, exploring love, hope, and defiance in the face of the advancing uncertainties of modern life.
¬• Beyond his music, Browne is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights, and arts education. He's a co–founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) and Nukefree.org.
¬• In 2002, he was the fourth recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, given to artists whose works exemplify the environmental and social values that were essential to the great California–born author. He has received Duke University’s LEAF award for Lifetime Environmental Achievement in the Fine Arts, and both the Chapin–World Hunger Year and NARM Harry Chapin Humanitarian Awards. In 2004, Jackson was given an honorary Doctorate of Music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, for "a remarkable musical career that has successfully combined an intensely personal artistry with a broader vision of social justice."
PRESS:
¥ Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne's third Asylum album, is his most mature, conceptually unified work to date. Its overriding theme: the exploration of romantic possibility in the shadow of apocalypse. No contemporary male singer/songwriter has dealt so honestly and deeply with the vulnerability of romantic idealism and the pain of adjustment from youthful narcissism to adult survival as Browne has in this album. Late for the Sky is the autobiography of his young manhood.
Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone, 1974
¥ Possibly the best thing this long time successful writer and, over the past few years, successful singer has come up with. The lyrics are meaningful and come as close to poetry as anyone else making music today. This album really transcends any categorization, which is one of the highest compliments that can be paid an artist.
Billboard, October 7, 1974
LATE FOR THE SKY
The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasn’t right
And still we continued on through the night
Tracing our steps from the beginning
Until they vanished into the air
Trying to understand how our lives had led us there
Looking hard into your eyes
There was nobody I’d ever known
Such an empty surprise
To feel so alone
Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don’t mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when lovers touch
You never knew what I loved in you
I don’t know what you loved in me
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I might be
Awake again I can’t pretend
And I know I’m alone
And close to the end
Of the feeling we’ve known
How long have I been sleeping?
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been dreaming I could make it right
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need
Awake again, I can’t pretend
I know I’m alone
And close to the end
Of the feeling we’ve known
How long have I been sleeping?
How long have I been drifting alone through the night
How long have I been running for that morning flight
Through the whispered promises and the changing light
Of the bed where we both lie
Late for the sky
Words and music by Jackson Browne
© 1974 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP
All Rights Reserved
____________________________________________________________