Jackson BrowneBest Jackson Browne Albums Ranked

The Very Best of Jackson Browne

rollingstone

10

“During the 1970s, Jackson Browne was it — a boyishly handsome SoCal icon whose critically admired hit albums spoke to listeners with unparalleled intimacy. The first half of this two-disc retrospective, drawing on Browne’s five 1970s LPs and paced by stunning personal narratives such as ""These Days,"" ""Fountain of Sorrow"" and ""The Pretender,"" is unflaggingly […]”

The Pretender

pastemagazine

8.0

“The threads of loneliness woven into the LA singer-songwriter’s fourth album are certainly a product of its era, released into a skeptical, post-Vietnam America. But the surrounding world’s identity crisis never undercuts Browne’s poems about suburban monotony, border-crossing rendezvous, and fatherhood.”

Standing In the Breach

rollingstone

8.0

“"You don't know why, but you still try/For the world you wish to see," Jackson Browne sings on "Standing in the Breach," the title track to his 14th album of new material and his first in six years. It's a characteristic sentiment, one that reaches back to the Seventies, when Browne distinguished himself as one of America's most visionary and important songwriters. In now-classic songs like "For E”

Solo Acoustic, Volume 2

rollingstone

8.0

“Like 2005’s Vol. 1, this reflective journey through Jackson Browne’s catalog restores him to his coffeehouse roots — and to splendideffect. Once again, the performances are live — drawn fromconcerts around the world — and unadorned. Browne accompanieshimself on either guitar or piano, while reaching back for gems like 1973’s "Redneck Friend," and "My Stunning […]”

The Naked Ride Home

rollingstone

8.0

“From the cool romanticism of 1993’s I’m Alive to the textured ruminations of 1996’s Looking East, Jackson Browne has explored, with a sense of flash that answers only to itself, just how far a polished singer-songwriter can go. The Naked Ride Home stays in this noble tradition. Looser, warmer and more live-sounding than Browne’s recent […]”

World In Motion

rollingstone

8.0

“This kind of good-conscience pop is always the toughest to pull off. Jackson Browne’s most endearing and enduring qualities — the eternal boyish yearning in his voice, the genial and folkish warmth of his writing, the quiet intensity and romantic grace with which he examines world ills and bedroom tensions — are the very ones […]”