Crosby & Nash - Graham Nash & David Crosby

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:17
Size: 80.8 MB
Styles: Soft rock
Year: 1972/2000
Art: Front

[3:55] 1. Southbound Train
[4:32] 2. Whole Cloth
[0:57] 3. Blacknotes
[2:25] 4. Strangers Room
[3:21] 5. Where Will I Be
[2:54] 6. Page 43
[2:18] 7. Frozen Smiles
[4:00] 8. Games
[3:25] 9. Girl To Be On My Mind
[4:25] 10. The Wall Song
[2:59] 11. Immigration Man

This self-titled release is one of if not arguably the most impressive side project to arise from CSN. Taken beyond face value, Graham Nash/David Crosby is a direct reflection, if not an extension, of the musical and personal relationship between its co-creators. Likewise, the results remain true, enhancing rather than detracting from the very individualistic styles of Crosby and Nash. The best elements of each are readily available here, punctuated at every turn by their complicated vocal arrangements and air-lock harmonies. In the wake of the enormous successes garnered by the albums Crosby Stills & Nash, Déjà Vu, and Four Way Street, the principal members were essentially given carte blanche studio access to pursue solo projects as well. This release is the first in what would turn out to be a series of collaborative efforts between Crosby and Nash. Musically it continues in much the same vein as their respective debut solo releases, If I Could Only Remember My Name and Songs for Beginners.

Nash's contributions include "Girl to Be on My Mind," "Stranger's Room," and "Southbound Train"a twangy piece of Americana featuring a high and lonesome steel guitar solo from Jerry Garcia that likewise hearkens to the Grateful Dead's American Beauty, Elton John's Tumbleweed Connection, or the Band's Music From Big Pink. These tracks co-exist in stark contrast to Crosby's more cerebral and incisive contributions, such as "Whole Cloth," "Games," and "The Wall Song." The latter features some outstanding instrumental support from the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia (guitar), Phil Lesh (bass), and Billy Kreutzman (drums). The core band revolves around another set of all-stars: Russell Kunkel (drums), Leland Skylar (bass), Craig Doerge (keyboards), and Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar (guitar). This same band would more or less continue to back up Crosby and Nash's duo efforts throughout the remainder of the '70s. Graham Nash/David Crosby offers much of the same unique songwriting and personal style which informed their better contributions not only to the CSN-related efforts, but as far back as their offerings with the Hollies and the Byrds. Interested enthusiasts are also urged to locate Another Stoney Evening a live acoustic release from October 10, 1971 which includes seminal live versions of "Southbound Train," "Where Will I Be," "Immigration Man," and "Stranger's Room." By Lindsay Planer

Graham Nash & David Crosby

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Lamont Dozier - Reimagination

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:08
Size: 119.4 MB
Styles: Soul
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[6:04] 1. Supremes Medley: Where Did Our Love Go, Stop In The Name Of Love, Come See About Me, Baby Love
[3:45] 2. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
[4:33] 3. Reach Out, I'll Be There
[3:44] 4. Baby I Need Your Loving
[3:18] 5. Bernadette
[4:04] 6. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You), My World Is Empty Without You
[5:06] 7. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave, Nowhere To Run
[3:45] 8. In My Lonely Room
[3:23] 9. Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)
[4:12] 10. You Keep Me Hanging On
[3:14] 11. Reflections
[2:52] 12. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
[4:02] 13. Reach Out I'll Be There

Legendary Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier reclaims his most iconic hits with a host of all-star guests! Features performances by Grammy-award winning singer Gregory Porter, rock icon Todd Rundgren, CSN's Graham Nash, British pop idol Sir Cliff Richard, Jo Harman, Marc Cohn, Le Ann Womack and more! Experience these megahits as you never have before with acoustic guitar, piano and sparse arrangements that transform these masterpieces into timeless treasures!

Reimagination mc
Reimagination zippy

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Rita Coolidge - Safe In The Arms Of Time

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:09
Size: 117.1 MB
Styles: Pop-rock vocals
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[4:19] 1. Satisfied
[4:12] 2. Doing Fine Without You
[3:45] 3. Walking On Water
[4:26] 4. Spirit World
[4:26] 5. The Things We Carry
[5:23] 6. Naked All Night
[4:27] 7. Van Gogh
[3:37] 8. Rainbow
[4:23] 9. Over You
[4:02] 10. We Are Blood
[4:33] 11. You Can Fall In Love
[3:30] 12. Please Grow Old With Me

In many ways, Safe in the Arms of Time is both a reflection and a continuation of Coolidge’s remarkable history, one that took flight during the heyday of the ‘70s L.A. music scene when she sang backup on Stephen Stills’ “Love the One You’re With” and Eric Clapton’s “After Midnight.” (And astute music fans are well aware of how she contributed the classic – and uncredited – piano coda to Derek & the Dominoes’ “Layla.”) “The idea was making an album that had the same appeal of my early records – to make a roots record about my own roots,” Coolidge says.

And so it was only fitting that Coolidge and producer Ross Hogarth, along with an all-star lineup of top musicians – guitarist Dave Grissom, bassist Bob Glaub, keyboardist John “J.T.” Thomas, and drummer Brian MacLeod – assembled at L.A.’s Sunset Sound, the famed recording studio where she recorded her first solo albums on A&M Records 30 years ago. “Going back to Sunset Sound was taking a journey into the past – there was a memory down every hallway,” Coolidge says. Along with nostalgia, there was a hopeful eye toward the future, beautifully rendered on “You Can Fall in Love,” which Coolidge wrote with former Tom Petty drummer Stan Lynch and Joe Hutto. The track explores reconnecting with an old flame, and it embodies one of the album’s paramount themes: It’s never too late. “People need to have an awakening that you can fall in love at any age and it will feel right, like you’re 15,” Coolidge says. “I really wanted to have that message come across on the record.”

Coolidge wrote two of the album’s standout cuts – the sparky blues number “Naked All Night” and the smooth-soul gem “Walking on Water” – with Grammy-winning blues star Keb’ Mo’ and singer-songwriter Jill Colucci in Nashville. Trading vocals with Keb’ Mo’ on “Walking on Water” was a thrill for Coolidge, who enthuses, “I literally have every Keb’ Mo’ CD. I’ve been a fan for decades.”

Safe in the Arms of Time also gave Coolidge the chance to reunite with one of her real-life past flames, one who has remained a cherished friend, Graham Nash. Nash and drumming legend Russ Kunkel had offered Coolidge their smoky blues rocker “Doing Fine Without You” two years before she began recording. “I said to them, ‘I don’t know when I’m doing a record. Can I put this on hold?” When she and Hogarth started the project, it would be one of the first songs they picked. The “Delta Lady” (as she was named by her fellow Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour member Leon Russell) has captivated fans during her astonishing 50-year career, selling millions of copies of signature hits such as “We’re All Alone,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “All Time High”, and “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher.” Her eight-year relationship with former husband Kris Kristofferson yielded three top-selling albums (including the No. 1 hit Full Moon) and multiple Grammy Awards.

Safe in the Arms of Time marks the first new music Coolidge has recorded since the tragic death in 2015 of her beloved sister, Priscilla, a recording artist and member of Walela, the Native American trio she and Coolidge founded with Priscilla’s daughter, Laura Satterfield. The recording of the album also coincided with Coolidge’s relocation from Southern California to a new life in Tallahassee, where in the 1960s, as an art major at Florida State University, she discovered her true calling as a musician – and never looked back.

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The Hollies - Essential

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:00
Size: 137.4 MB
Styles: British Invasion, AM Pop-Rock
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:11] 1. Stay
[2:08] 2. (Ain't That) Just Like Me
[2:17] 3. Here I Go Again
[2:13] 4. We're Through
[2:28] 5. Just One Look
[2:15] 6. Look Through Any Window
[2:23] 7. I'm Alive
[2:48] 8. Stop Stop Stop
[2:51] 9. Bus Stop
[2:42] 10. Jennifer Eccles
[2:52] 11. Carrie Anne
[3:11] 12. On A Carousel
[2:40] 13. Listen To Me
[4:19] 14. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
[3:54] 15. Gasoline Alley Bred
[3:14] 16. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
[4:02] 17. The Air That I Breathe
[3:52] 18. The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee
[3:59] 19. Soldier's Song
[3:34] 20. The Woman I Love

The Hollies are a well-respected British beat and rock and roll band that formed in the early 60s. Initially they had a squeaky-clean image and were famous for their rich vocal harmonies, rivaling those of The Beach Boys. Between 1964 and 1969, only two Hollies songs failed to reach the UK Top 10. Their most famous member was Graham Nash, who left in 1968 to form the folk supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Two of the core members, drummer Bobby Elliott and lead guitarist Tony Hicks, still perform with The Hollies into the new millennium. Frequent releases during the mid-60s included many cover versions of popular songs, as well as a few group-penned hits and many songs written especially for them by professional songwriters.

The Hollies were formed in 1962 in Lancashire, England. By 1965,the group had been established as one of Britain's pre-eminent singles bands. As part of the British Invasion, they enjoyed huge chart success in many countries in the mid-Sixties, releasing a string of classic harmony-pop hits including Bus Stop I'm Alive, a UK No. 1, I Can't Let Go, Stop Stop Stop, Carrie Anne, On A Carousel, Look Through Any Window, and Jennifer Eccles. In 1972, the hit Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress reached #2 in the US. Their last mega hit was He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, hitting #1 in the UK in 1988 (albeit 19 years after its first release).

The band are noted for their longevity, with their 2006 tour chalking up 45 years. Despite numerous changes in line-up, Tony Hicks & Bobby Elliott have been with the band almost from its inception. Lead singer Allan Clarke left The Hollies in 1971, though he rejoined the band at later times. He was eventually replaced by Carl Wayne, ex lead singer of The Move, who passed away in 2004. Wayne was replaced by Peter Howarth. The 2007 line up is, Ian Parker on keyboards, Ray Stiles (Ex Mud, remember 'Tiger Feet') on bass guitar and Alan Coates on guitar and vocals by Steve Lauri.

The Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2010. Allan Clarke (vocals, 1962-71, 1973-99), Graham Nash (guitar, vocals, 1962-68, 1983), Eric Haydock (bass, 1962-66), Vick Farrell (guitar, 1962), Don Rathbone (drums, 1962-63), Tony Hicks (guitar, banjo, mandolin, electric sitar, vocals, 1963-present), Bobby Elliott (drums, percussion, 1963-present), Bernie Calvert (bass, 1966-81), Terry Sylvester (guitar, vocals, 1969-81), Mikael Rickfors (vocals, 1971-73), Denis Haines (bass, 1981-86), Alan Coates (guitar, 1981-2004), Ray Stiles (bass, vocals, 1986-present), Ian Parker (keyboards, vocals, 1991-present), Carl Wayne (vocals, 2000-04), Peter Howarth (vocals, acoustic guitar, 2004-present), Steve Lauri (guitar, vocals, 2004-present)

Essential

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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:57
Size: 82.3 MB
Styles: Rock
Year: 1970/1995/2005
Art: Front

[4:24] 1. Carry On
[2:52] 2. Teach Your Children
[4:27] 3. Almost Cut My Hair
[3:35] 4. Helpless
[3:52] 5. Woodstock
[4:10] 6. Deja Vu
[2:59] 7. Our House
[2:05] 8. 4 + 20
[5:09] 9. Country Girl A. Whiskey Boot Hill. B. Down, Down, Down. C. Country Girl [i Think You're Pretty]
[2:20] 10. Everybody I Love You

One of the most hotly awaited second albums in history -- right up there with those by the Beatles and the Band -- Déjà Vu lived up to its expectations and rose to number one on the charts. Those achievements are all the more astonishing given the fact that the group barely held together through the estimated 800 hours it took to record Déjà Vu and scarcely functioned as a group for most of that time. Déjà Vu worked as an album, a product of four potent musical talents who were all ascending to the top of their game coupled with some very skilled production, engineering, and editing. There were also some obvious virtues in evidence -- the addition of Neil Young to the Crosby, Stills & Nash lineup added to the level of virtuosity, with Young and Stephen Stills rising to new levels of complexity and volume on their guitars. Young's presence also ratcheted up the range of available voices one notch and added a uniquely idiosyncratic songwriter to the fold, though most of Young's contributions in this area were confined to the second side of the LP. Most of the music, apart from the quartet's version of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock," was done as individual sessions by each of the members when they turned up (which was seldom together), contributing whatever was needed that could be agreed upon. "Carry On" worked as the album's opener when Stills "sacrificed" another copyright, "Questions," which comprised the second half of the track and made it more substantial. "Woodstock" and "Carry On" represented the group as a whole, while the rest of the record was a showcase for the individual members. David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair" was a piece of high-energy hippie-era paranoia not too far removed in subject from the Byrds' "Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man," only angrier in mood and texture (especially amid the pumping organ and slashing guitars); the title track, also by Crosby, took 100 hours to work out and was a better-received successor to such experimental works as "Mind Gardens," out of his earlier career with the Byrds, showing his occasional abandonment of a rock beat, or any fixed rhythm at all, in favor of washing over the listener with tones and moods. "Teach Your Children," the major hit off the album, was a reflection of the hippie-era idealism that still filled Graham Nash's life, while "Our House" was his stylistic paean to the late-era Beatles and "4+20" was a gorgeous Stephen Stills blues excursion that was a precursor to the material he would explore on the solo album that followed. And then there were Neil Young's pieces, the exquisitely harmonized "Helpless" (which took many hours to get to the slow version finally used) and the roaring country-ish rockers that ended side two, which underwent a lot of tinkering by Young -- even his seeming throwaway finale, "Everybody I Love You," was a bone thrown to longtime fans as perhaps the greatest Buffalo Springfield song that they didn't record. All of this variety made Déjà Vu a rich musical banquet for the most serious and personal listeners, while mass audiences reveled in the glorious harmonies and the thundering electric guitars, which were presented in even more dramatic and expansive fashion on the tour that followed. ~Bruce Eder

Deja Vu

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Various - Rave On Buddy Holly

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:40
Size: 116.0 MB
Styles: Rock
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[2:01] 1. The Black Keys - Dearest
[2:17] 2. Fiona Apple - Everyday
[4:32] 3. Paul McCartney - It's So Easy
[3:59] 4. Florence & The Machine - Not Fade Away
[1:28] 5. Cee Lo Green - (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care
[2:23] 6. Karen Elson - Crying, Waiting, Hoping
[1:54] 7. Julian Casablancas - Rave On
[2:09] 8. Jenny O. - I'm Gonna Love You Too
[2:05] 9. Justin Towne Earle - Maybe Baby
[2:14] 10. She & Him - Oh Boy!
[1:38] 11. Nick Lowe - Changing All Those Changes
[3:18] 12. Patti Smith - Words Of Love
[3:22] 13. My Morning Jacket - True Love Ways
[2:12] 14. Modest Mouse - That'll Be The Day
[2:06] 15. Kid Rock - Well All Right
[2:16] 16. The Detroit Cobras - Heartbeat
[3:15] 17. Lou Reed - Peggy Sue
[3:55] 18. John Doe - Peggy Sue Got Married
[3:27] 19. Graham Nash - Raining In My Heart

2011 tribute to Rock 'n' Roll pioneer Buddy Holly. The set opens with bluesy revivalists the Black Keys tackling "Dearest," and comes to a close with Graham Nash revisiting "Raining In My Heart." In between, the likes of She & Him take on "Oh Boy," Modest Mouse remakes "That'll Be the Day" and Karen Elson, with husband Jack White, refashions "Crying, Waiting, Hoping." Florence + the Machine cover one of Holly's signature songs in "Not Fade Away," and Fiona Apple, largely absent since the release of her last album in 2005, teams up again with Jon Brion for "Every Day." McCartney, long a champion of Holly's work (he produced and hosted tribute film "The Real Buddy Holly Story") sings "It's So Easy."

Rave On Buddy Holly

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Dan Fogelberg - The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:45
Size: 168.9 MB
Styles: Soft rock
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[5:33] 1. Nether Lands
[3:17] 2. Part Of The Plan
[4:10] 3. Heart Hotels
[3:14] 4. Longer
[3:57] 5. Hard To Say
[4:18] 6. Leader Of The Band
[5:19] 7. Same Old Lang Syne
[4:16] 8. Run For The Roses
[4:31] 9. Make Love Stay
[4:04] 10. Missing You
[3:41] 11. The Language Of Love
[4:34] 12. Believe In Me
[5:26] 13. Lonely In Love
[4:43] 14. She Don't Look Back
[4:21] 15. Rhythm Of The Rain
[4:19] 16. Magic Every Moment
[3:55] 17. A Love Like This

Although nine of the ten songs on Dan Fogelberg's 1982 release Greatest Hits also show up here, this is a definite improvement on that prior disc. It has more songs (17), and extends its chronological reach all the way up to 1993. A few post-1982 chart singles are on here that weren't on Greatest Hits, though only one of them, "The Language of Love," was a big hit, and it could be argued that Fogelberg's most popular and familiar material is adequately summarized by Greatest Hits anyway. ~ Richie Unterberger All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Dan Fogelberg, Graham Nash, Tom Scott, Mike Porcaro, Jerry Hey, Jimmy Fadden, Michael Brecker, Joe Walsh, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit.

The Very Best Of Dan Fogelberg

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Joni Mitchell - Hits

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 65:54

Size: 150.9 MB

Styles: Folk, Folk-rock

Year: 1996

Art: Front

[5:04] 1. Urge For Going

[2:30] 2. Chelsea Morning

[7:41] 3. Big Yellow Taxi

[5:26] 4. Woodstock

[4:50] 5. The Circle Game

[3:02] 6. Carey

[3:49] 7. California

[2:38] 8. You Turn Me On I'm A Radio

[3:05] 9. Raised On Robbery

[3:21] 10. Help Me

[3:02] 11. Free Man In Paris

[4:02] 12. River

[5:16] 13. Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody

[7:29] 14. Come In From The Cold

[4:32] 15. Both Sides Now

All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. HITS and MISSES, released on the same day in October 1996, are, amazingly enough, the first compilations of Joni Mitchell's work. Mitchell is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of the rock era. By incorporating poetic lyricism and a jazzy harmonic sensibility into the troubadour tradition, she paved the way for everyone from Rickie Lee Jones to Sting. HITS features some of the best-known songs from her immense repertoire (MISSES highlights equally important, but less commercially successful, compositions). HITS begins and ends with early, acoustic guitar-based material. "Urge For Going" (previously unavailable on CD) and "Both Sides Now" both yielded reams of cover versions by the likes of Judy Collins, Tom Rush and countless others. Moving on through the stylistically divergent phases of Mitchell's career, the lush pop songs "Help Me" and "Free Man In Paris" segue into the starkly confessional piano ballad "River" and the slippery, jazzy feel of "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody," adorned by Larry Klein's Jaco-manque fretless bass. HITS can only skim the surface of Mitchell's prolific output; a truly thorough chronicle would require a box set. But every song here is a gem, and this is a perfect place for the uninitiated to begin.

Joni Mitchell (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, piano, electric piano, keyboards); Saskatunes, Lookout Mountain United Downstairs Choir (vocals); Larry Klein (guitar, percussion); Stephen Stills (guitar); James Taylor (acoustic guitar); José Feliciano, Larry Carlton, Robbie Robertson, Steve Lukather (electric guitar); Graham Nash (harmonica, background vocals); Tom Scott (woodwinds, horns); Joe Sample (electric piano); Larry Williams (synthesizer); John Guerin (drums, percussion); Jim Hughart, Russ Kunkel, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Alex Acuña & the Unknowns, Alex Acuña, Milt Holland, Bobbye Hall (percussion); David Crosby (background vocals).

Hits

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Jackson Browne - The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (2-disc set)

Before this double-disc dose of Jackson Browne's best came along, the influential troubadour's most extensive career summary was the 15-song THE NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR. This truly definitive anthology contains just about everything on that disc and plenty more. Browne helped define the 1970s singer/songwriter idiom, and that process is carefully documented here, as on the precociously world-weary "These Days" and the soulful, Van Morrison-like "Doctor My Eyes." The collection follows Browne through the years, as he toughens up his sound with more of a rock edge ("Running on Empty," "Boulevard") and adds a sociopolitical edge to his lyrics ("Lives in the Balance," "I am a Patriot"). Through it all, Jackson's humanity and humility, not to mention his lyrical song-craft, shine.

Jackson Browne (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano); David Lindley (acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, fiddle); Kevin McCormick (acoustic guitar, bass); Clarence White (acoustic guitar); Jesse Ed Davis (electric guitar); Sneaky Pete Kleinow (pedal steel guitar); Craig Doerge (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, Mini-Moog synthesizer); David Paich, Elton John (piano); Benmont Tench (Hammond B-3 organ); Jai Winding (organ, synthesizer); Doug Haywood (organ, background vocals); Michael Utley (organ); Leland Sklar, Chuck Rainey (bass); Russell Kunkel (drums, congas); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Vonda Shepard, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Glenn Frey, Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt (background vocals).

Album: The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:20
Size: 177.0 MB
Styles: Rock, Folk rock
Year: 2004

[3:18] 1. Doctor My Eyes
[3:23] 2. Jamaica Say You Will
[4:11] 3. Rock Me On The Water
[3:40] 4. Take It Easy
[4:38] 5. These Days
[4:05] 6. Red Neck Friend
[5:56] 7. For Everyman
[4:47] 8. For A Dancer
[6:55] 9. Fountain Of Sorrow
[5:35] 10. Late For The Sky
[6:20] 11. Before The Deluge
[6:01] 12. Your Bright Baby Blues
[5:50] 13. The Pretender
[3:34] 14. Here Come Those Tears Again
[5:35] 15. The Load-Out
[3:23] 16. Stay

The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 1)

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Album: The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:16
Size: 160.8 MB
Styles: Rock, Folk rock
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:56] 1. Running On Empty
[3:54] 2. You Love The Thunder
[4:22] 3. Somebody's Baby
[4:53] 4. Tender Is The Night
[4:24] 5. Lawyers In Love
[5:46] 6. In The Shape Of A Heart
[5:38] 7. Lawless Avenues
[4:19] 8. Lives In The Balance
[4:10] 9. I Am A Patriot
[6:04] 10. Sky Blue And Black
[5:15] 11. I'm Alive
[5:39] 12. The Barricades Of Heaven
[4:55] 13. Looking East
[5:56] 14. The Naked Ride Home

The Very Best Of Jackson Browne (Disc 2)

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