Jackson Browne - For Everyman (Remaster) '1973/2024

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Jackson Browne faced the nearly insurmountable task of following a masterpiece
in making his second album. Having cherry-picked years of songwriting the first
time around, he turned to some of his secondary older material, which was still
better than most people's best and, ironically, more accessible — notably
such songs as "These Days," which had been covered six times already, dating
back to Nico's Chelsea Girl album in 1967, and "Take It Easy," a co-composition
with the Eagles' Glenn Frey that had been a Top 40 hit for the group in 1972.
Browne unsuccessfully looked for another hit single with the up-tempo "Red Neck
Friend," reminisced about meeting his wife and starting a family in the coy
"Ready or Not," and, at the end, finally came up with a new song to rank with
those on the first album in the philosophical title track, which reportedly was
his more positive reply to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Wooden Ships." (David
Crosby sang harmony.) Musically, the album was still restrained, but not as
austere as Jackson Browne, as the singer had hooked up with
multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, who would introduce interesting textures to
his music on a variety of stringed instruments for the next several years. All
of which is to say that For Everyman was a less consistent collection than
Browne's debut album. But Browne's songwriting ability remained impressive. ~
William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
1.01 - Jackson Browne - Take It Easy (Remastered) (3:51) 
1.02 - Jackson Browne - Our Lady of the Well (Remastered) (3:39) 
1.03 - Jackson Browne - Colors of the Sun (Remastered) (4:17) 
1.04 - Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was a Child (Remastered) (3:44) 
1.05 - Jackson Browne - These Days (Remastered) (4:46) 
1.06 - Jackson Browne - Red Neck Friend (Remastered) (3:59) 
1.07 - Jackson Browne - The Times You've Come (Remastered) (3:39) 
1.08 - Jackson Browne - Ready or Not (Remastered) (3:35) 
1.09 - Jackson Browne - Sing My Songs to Me (Remastered) (3:24) 
1.10 - Jackson Browne - For Everyman (Remastered) (6:12)

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