The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
| The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | September 23, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | various | |||
| Jackson Browne chronology | ||||
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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 It was superseded by 2004's more comprehensive compilation The Very Best of Jackson Browne.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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Doctor My Eyes" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "These Days" | 4:40 |
| 3. | "Fountain of Sorrow" | 6:53 |
| 4. | "Late for the Sky" | 5:38 |
| 5. | "The Pretender" | 5:53 |
| 6. | "Running on Empty" (single mix) | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Call It a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley) | 4:48 |
| 8. | "Somebody's Baby" (Browne, Danny Kortchmar) | 4:22 |
| 9. | "Tender Is the Night" (Browne, Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel) | 4:54 |
| 10. | "In the Shape of a Heart" (alternate mix) | 5:42 |
| 11. | "Lives in the Balance" | 4:16 |
| 12. | "Sky Blue and Black" | 6:07 |
| 13. | "The Barricades of Heaven" (Browne, Luis Conte, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Scott Thurston, Jeff Young) | 5:43 |
| 14. | "The Rebel Jesus" | 4:39 |
| 15. | "The Next Voice You Hear" | 4:49 |
References
- ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum award. Retrieved July 20, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Next Voice You Hear > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 18, 2010.