1. ”The Birds of St. Marks” (from the album Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1, 2005) Technically, this is one of the oldest songs on this list, if you base that on when it was written. But Browne left it ...

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3. “Lives in the Balance,” from Lives in the Balance (1986). Browne sensed a need to step away from his winning formula in the ’80s by switching to songs that were focused on issues of the day.

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Jackson Browne scored his biggest hit ever with a song that he was a bit ambivalent about recording. "Somebody's Baby" certainly benefited from appearing in a hit movie. But the 1982 hit also ...

Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He ...

That song, “These Days,” appeared on Browne’s 1973 album For Everyman, and also has been the subject of a few memorable cover versions.At an age when most of us can barely think past the ...

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Browne wrote “These Days” at 16. Now 75, he and some famous admirers reflect on his unexpected mainstay: “If a song is worth anything, it’s about the life of the listener.” By Bob Mehr ...