![]() If you’re going downhill in a hurry, there’s hardly any time to look up. I didn’t find much wisdom when time was on my side, he sighs on “A Little Too Soon To Say.” I Took a couple wrong turns - it only takes one to send you down a lifetime. Here again, his confessional commentary reflects disillusion and despair. Still, it’s his own underlying insecurities that appear to pique him most, as if his quest to find contentment is ultimately doomed to fail. To his credit, he continues to crusade for the disenfranchised on songs such as “Until Justice Is Real” and “The Dreamer,” he reasserts the activism that’s found him an outspoken advocate in years past. Here it’s no different, and yet one has to wonder why, after all these years, he still sounds so conflicted. If there’s one common thread in all of Browne’s work, it’s that willingness to peer within himself and drag those insecurities to the surface. Your dreams down to shavings at your feet Several women share the singing, altering the dynamic but not the intention Downhill From Everywhere, by Jackson Browne, CD, 15.99 17. Recalling his best work from the past in the most natural and unaffected ways, this fifteenth studio album of his extends a string of superb albums dating back to 2002’s The Naked Ride Home, all of which marks a return to form comparable to Bob Dylan’s. Whether rocking or reflective, the sound is well served by many of the same session players that have played with him in the past-bassist Bob Glaub, guitarist Val McCallum and pedal steel player Greg Leisz chief among them. Jackson Browne sounds equally invigorated and self-assured on Downhill From Everywhere. ![]() Credit him with processing the perils and sharing them with those that are willing to face them head-on.ĭownhill from Here is well attuned to that template, flush with troubled tones and unyielding urgency. He still appears to be obsessed with a bleak divide. The fact that he continues to evoke that unyielding imagery would seem to mean that the questions that concerned him early on haven’t dissipated with age. The Official Community of Jackson Browne. That was evident even in the initial songs he shared-“Rock Me on the Water,” “These Days,” “Here Come Those Tears Again,” “The Pretender,” and all those other offerings that found him peering into an abyss. Then again, he’s purveyed a darker demeanor for much of his career, a troubled troubadour who struggles to make sense of the world around him. Jackson Browne looks slightly weary and wizened on the inside sleeve of his new album, the ironically titled Downhill From Everywhere. Jackson Browne/ Downhill From Everywhere/Inside Recordings
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