The Very Best of Jackson Browne

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Doctor My Eyes
  3:20
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Jamaica Say You Will
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Rock Me on the Water
  4:13
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Take It Easy
  3:41
• 5
  These Days
  4:39
  3.1 ★
• 6
  Redneck Friend
  4:01
• 7
  For Everyman
  5:58
• 8
  For a Dancer
  4:48
• 9
  Fountain of Sorrow
  6:51
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Late for the Sky
  5:36
  4.5 ★
• 11
  Before the Deluge
  6:21
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Your Bright Baby Blues
  6:03
• 13
  The Pretender
  5:52
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Here Come Those Tears Again
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 15
  The Load‐Out
  5:35
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Stay
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Running on Empty
  4:59
  3.5 ★
• 2
  You Love the Thunder
  3:55
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Boulevard
  3:21
• 4
  Somebody’s Baby
  4:24
• 5
  Tender Is the Night
  4:53
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Lawyers in Love
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 7
  In the Shape of a Heart
  5:47
• 8
  Lawless Avenues
  5:39
• 9
  Lives in the Balance
  4:15
  5.0 ★
• 10
  I Am a Patriot
  4:05
• 11
  Sky Blue and Black
  6:05
  5.0 ★
• 12
  I’m Alive
  5:10
• 13
  The Barricades of Heaven
  5:40
• 14
  Looking East
  4:56
• 15
  The Naked Ride Home
  5:58
• 16
  The Night Inside Me
  4:39

More by Jackson Browne

Downhill From Everywhere

Downhill From Everywhere 2021

Standing in the Breach

Standing in the Breach 2014

Time the Conqueror

Time the Conqueror 2008

Solo Acoustic, Volume 1

Solo Acoustic, Volume 1 2005

The Naked Ride Home

The Naked Ride Home 2002

Looking East

Looking East 1996

Release credits

• Al Schmitt
  mix [9-11], producer [9-11]
• Arnold McCuller
  background vocals [11]
• Bil Lane
  assistant [15-16]
• Bill Jackson
  assistant [7, 7-9, 9]
• Bill Payne
  piano [14], synthesizer [7, 9]
• Bob Clearmountain
  mix [15-16]
• Bob Glaub
  bass guitar [2.3-5, 2.5-7, 2.9-10, 1.13-14], guitar [6]
• Bob Salcedo
  assistant [11, 13]
• Bonnie Raitt
  background vocals [14]
• Clarence White
  acoustic guitar [2]
• Coke Johnson
  assistant [7, 7-9, 9]
• Craig Doerge
  Rhodes piano [3], Wurlitzer electric piano [3], keyboard [4-5], organ [3], piano [1.3, 1.13, 2.1, 2.5-6], string synthesizer [3], synthesizer [5-7]
• Danny Kortchmar
  guitar [1, 4, 8], maracas [3]
• David Campbell
  conductor [13], strings [13], viola [1-3]
• David Crosby
  background vocals [1, 13], other vocals [1-3]
• David Lindley
  electric guitar [1.9-11, 2.3], fiddle [9-11], guitar [8], lap steel guitar [3], slide guitar [2.1, 1.5, 1.9-11], vocal [16]
• David Paich
  piano [5]
• David Tickle
  mix [10]
• Debra Dobkin
  background vocals [9]
• Dennis Kirk
  assistant [1.13-14, 2.1], mix [4], recording [4]
• Doug Haywood
  background vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.5-7, 2.10, 1.5, 1.9-11], bass guitar [5, 9-11], organ [4-6, 10]
• Ed Cherney
  mix [1.5, 2.11, 2.13]
• Enrique Cruz
  pan flute [9], siku [9]
• Fred Tackett
  acoustic guitar [13-14], electric guitar [13-14]
• Fritz Richmond
  recording [9-10]
• Graham Nash
  background vocals [1, 13]
• Greg Ladanyi
  engineer [2.2, 2.5-6, 1.15-16], mix [1.13-14, 2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7-9], producer [3, 5-6], recording [1, 3, 5]
• Greg Leisz
  12 string guitar [15], acoustic guitar [15]
• Hugo Pedroza
  charango [9], tiple [9]
• Jackson Browne
  acoustic guitar [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.9-11, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13], background vocals [9], electric guitar [3], guitar [1, 5-6], lead vocals [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.9-11, 1.13-14, 2.1, 2.3-5, 2.5-9, 2.9-11, 2.13], piano [2.3, 2.11, 1.1-3, 1.9-11], producer [2.1-9, 2.11, 2.15-16, 1.5, 1.9-11, 1.15-16], programming [9], sampler [9], vocal [2.2, 1.15-16]
• Jai Winding
  organ [2.8, 1.9-11], piano [9-11], synthesizer [8-9]
• James Geddes
  assistant [4], engineer [5-6, 8-9], mix [7-9], recording [5, 7, 9-10]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Jeffrey Young
  Hammond organ [13]
• Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
  electric guitar [1]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [14], organ [1-3]
• Jim Keltner
  drums (drum set) [1.5, 2.8]
• Jimmie Fadden
  harmonica [1-3]
• John Haeny
  recording [5, 13-14]
• John Hall
  guitar [14], solo [14]
• Jon Landau
  performer [14], producer [13-14]
• Jorge Calderón
  background vocals [8], bass guitar [8]
• Jorge Strunz
  classical guitar [9], guitar [9]
• Kathy Yore
  assistant [11]
• Kevin Dukes
  guitar [10]
• Kevin Harp
  assistant [15-16]
• Kevin McCormick
  acoustic guitar [13], bass guitar [11, 13], producer [13, 15-16]
• Larry Zack
  drums (drum set) [9-11], percussion [9-11]
• Leland Sklar
  bass [1-3], bass guitar [2.1, 1.1]
• Lori Williams
  background vocals [10]
• Luis Conte
  percussion [11, 13]
• Mark Goldenberg
  guitar [11, 13]
• Mark Howlett
  additional [13-14]
• Mauricio Lewak
  drums (drum set) [11, 13]
• Michael Jochum
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Michael Utley
  organ [14]
• Mike Campbell
  12 string guitar [13]
• Mindy Sterling
  background vocals [9]
• Murray Dvorkin
  assistant [7-9]
• Paul Black
  assistant [13-14]
• Paul Dieter
  recording [11, 13, 15-16]
• Ric Tarrantini
  assistant [5]
• Richard Sanford Orshoff
  engineer [1-3], mix [1], producer [1-3], recording [1]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Rick Vito
  background vocals [5, 5-6], electric guitar [5-6], guitar [4-5, 7]
• Rosemary Butler
  background vocals [1.14, 2.1, 2.3]
• Russ Kunkel
  congas [1], drums (drum set) [1.1-3, 2.1, 2.4-5, 2.5-6, 2.9]
• Russell Schmitt
  assistant [1.15-16, 2.2]
• Scott Thurston
  background vocals [10, 13], guitar [11, 13], keyboard [11], producer [11, 13]
• Sebastian Haimerl
  assistant [13]
• Sharon Rice
  assistant [7-9]
• Sneaky Pete Kleinow
  pedal steel guitar [1-3]
• Stan Lynch
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Steve Onuska
  assistant [11]
• Tchad Blake
  assistant [7, 7-9, 9]
• Tom Walsh
  assistant [2.2, 1.15-16]
• Val McCallum
  electric guitar [15]
• Valerie Carter
  background vocals [11]
• Waddy Wachtel
  guitar [8]
• Walfredo de los Reyes, Jr.
  congas [8]
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Issues

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  The Very Best of Jackson Browne

  2x CD
  16 March 2004
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  The Very Best of Jackson Browne

  2x CD (gatefold in thirds)
  16 March 2004
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  The Very Best of Jackson Browne

  2x CD
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  The Very Best of Jackson Browne

  2x Digital Media
  1 April 2014