I'll be honest, if you don't like this album or "Saturate Before Using" you can't honestly say you like rock music. Not every song on this album is great (6/8 are, with the rest being just "ok"), but the ones that are are simply amazing! I WOULD say, however, that "Saturate Before Using" is the "better" Jackson Browne album. The production, instrumentation, lyrics and vocals, though, are so good that you will love something about most every song. Jackson Browne sings each song with so much passion you can tell these songs mean a great deal to him. This definitely enhances the effectiveness of the lyrics. Though its greatness may not hit you at first (and it didn't for me either), over a couple listens you'll understand why it's such a masterpiece along with "Saturate Before Using". Highly recommended for everyone (get "Saturate Before Using" too!)!

Highlights include:
"Late For The Sky"
"The Late Show"
"The Road & The Sky"
"For A Dancer"
"Walking Slow"
"Before The Deluge"

Undoubtedly Browne's finest album. The emotional intensity of some of the songs are mind blowing. Sadly, Browne has not reached such height since.

I first heard the opening title track of this album on the movie Taxi Driver several years ago. DeNiro was having some sort of mental breakdown, and Jackson Browne was playing on American Bandstand or something on TV. I always loved the song, but didn't think about it much for a few years.

I the found out that Jackson Browne was the writer and performer of this song, so I decided to pick up the album. This was definitely no mistake on my part. The title track is naturally the high point of the album, but there are other strong tracks as well, "fountain of sorrow" being one of them. This is just a timeless collection of songs that cut right to the core of the human condition. The sound is early 70's LA country rock, but this album has more substance than all the Eagles and Linda Ronstandt albums combined.

This is a decently priced album, pretty much anywhere you go. Please go get it.