The Very Best of Jackson Browne

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The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Greatest hits by Jackson Browne
Released March 16, 2004
Recorded Disc 1 - 1972 - 1977 Disc 2 - 1977 - 2002
Genre Rock
Length Disc 1 – 77:30 Disc 2 – 78:16
Label Rhino/Elektra
Producer various
Professional reviews
Jackson Browne chronology
The Naked Ride Home
(2002)		 The Very Best of Jackson Browne
(2004)		 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
(2005)

The Very Best of Jackson Browne is a double-disc compilation album by Jackson Browne, released on March 16, 2004 by Rhino Entertainment and Elektra Records in celebration of Browne's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a day earlier.

1997's earlier Browne collection, The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne, while competent, had been missing many essential songs by the singer-songwriter, such as "Rock Me on the Water" and "Stay". Thus, The Very Best of Jackson Browne is seen by many as the more complete of the two.

Disc 1 encompasses the material from Jackson Browne's early career (1972 - 1977) and Disc 2 contains the material from his later years (1977 - 2002).

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Doctor My Eyes" – 3:20 (from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))
  2. "Jamaica Say You Will" – 3:24 (from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))
  3. "Rock Me on the Water" – 4:13 (from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))
  4. "Take It Easy" – 3:41 (from the album For Everyman)
  5. "These Days" – 4:39 (from the album For Everyman)
  6. "Redneck Friend" – 4:01 (from the album For Everyman)
  7. "For Everyman" – 5:58 (from the album For Everyman)
  8. "For a Dancer" – 4:45 (from the album Late for the Sky)
  9. "Fountain of Sorrow" – 6:51 (from the album Late for the Sky)
  10. "Late for the Sky" – 5:36 (from the album Late for the Sky)
  11. "Before the Deluge" – 6:21 (from the album Late for the Sky)
  12. "Your Bright Baby Blues" – 6:03 (from the album The Pretender)
  13. "The Pretender" – 5:52 (from the album The Pretender)
  14. "Here Come Those Tears Again" – 3:37 (from the album The Pretender)
  15. "The Load-Out" – 5:35 (from the album Running on Empty)
  16. "Stay" – 3:24 (from the album Running on Empty)

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Running on Empty" – 4:59 (from the album Running on Empty)
  2. "You Love the Thunder" – 3:55 (from the album Running on Empty)
  3. "Boulevard" – 3:21 (from the album Hold Out)
  4. "Somebody's Baby" – 4:24 (from the soundtrack to Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
  5. "Tender is the Night" – 4:53 (from the album Lawyers in Love)
  6. "Lawyers in Love" – 4:20 (from the album Lawyers in Love)
  7. "In the Shape of a Heart" – 5:47 (from the album Lives in the Balance)
  8. "Lawless Avenues" – 5:39 (from the album Lives in the Balance)
  9. "Lives in the Balance" – 4:15 (from the album Lives in the Balance)
  10. "I Am a Patriot" – 4:05 (from the album World in Motion)
  11. "Sky Blue and Black" – 6:05 (from the album I'm Alive)
  12. "I'm Alive" – 5:10 (from the album I'm Alive)
  13. "The Barricades of Heaven" – 5:40 (from the album Looking East)
  14. "Looking East" – 4:56 (from the album Looking East)
  15. "The Naked Ride Home" – 5:58 (from the album The Naked Ride Home)
  16. "The Night Inside Me" – 4:39 (from the album The Naked Ride Home)

[edit] Production

Compilation produced by Jackson Browne.

Original recordings produced by:

  • Jackson Browne
  • Glenn Frey
  • Richard Sanford Orshoff
  • Al Schmitt
  • Jon Landau
  • Greg Landanyi
  • Scott Thurston
  • Kevin McCormick

[edit] Chart positions

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2004 The Billboard 200 46