The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne

The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne is a greatest hits album by the singer-songwriter Jackson Browne released in 1997.

History

The compilation album includes songs from his early years as well as the later ones, plus two new songs: "The Rebel Jesus" and "The Next Voice You Hear". It was superseded by 2004's more comprehensive compilation The Very Best of Jackson Browne.

The album was certified as a Gold record in 2002 and Platinum in 2004 by the RIAA.^[1]

Reception

Referring to the 1997 Japanese release, Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted the difficulty of picking tracks for the release and summarized: "there are still a number of equally good, if not better, cuts that are left off. As a result, The Next Voice You Hear is merely adequate for casual Browne fans, but it's nowhere near definitive."^[2]

Track listing

All songs by Jackson Browne unless otherwise noted.

1. "Doctor My Eyes"
2. "These Days"
3. "Fountain of Sorrow"
4. "Late for the Sky"
5. "The Pretender"
6. "Running on Empty"
7. "Call it a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley)
8. "Somebody's Baby" (Browne, Danny Kortchmar)
9. "Tender Is the Night" (Browne, Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel)
10. "In the Shape of a Heart"
11. "Lives in the Balance"
12. "Sky Blue and Black"
13. "The Barricades of Heaven" (Browne, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio-Fritz Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Scott Thurston, Jeff Young)
14. "The Rebel Jesus"
15. "The Next Voice You Hear"

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