Time the Conqueror
Browne's first studio release in six years. Recorded with his longtime band Kevin McCormick, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio "Fritz" Lewak, and Jeff Young, along with two additional members, Chavonne Morris and Alethea Mills. Look for them on tour this fall.
Time the Conqueror Accessories
 Covers
Little Honey
Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2
Gift Of Screws
Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8
Harps & Angels
All I Intended to Be
Break Up the Concrete
Sugar Mountain-Live At Canterbury House 1968 (CD/DVD-A)
Life Death Love and Freedom
Time the Conqueror Reviews
I am very impressed. He's entitled to his views and entitled to express them. Overall, the CD is full of thoughtful lyrics and well-crafted music. Yes, there's JB's politics.so what. That's the power of art.
You must purchase this music and take the time to sit down and listen to it. Well done. If you liked him before then you are in for a pleasant surprise.
Insightful and thought provoking, but still musical, I really think this is one of the standout albums of 2008. With the first listen, I really liked this album. You will not be disappointed, unless of course, you are John McCain. Each song stands on its own and together, they comprise a powerful and beautiful offering from one of the great poets of our time. The second and third time around, it just kept getting better. Going to Cuba, is a toe tapping mini-vacation. "Where were you." is so powerful and poignant.
Yaaaawwwwwn. But Browne's politics haven't changed in observational style from the days of "Lives in the Balance" - i.e., utterly predictable and a little belated. For good topical protest songs, you can turn to anyone from Flobots to David Rovics. I will say that Jackson's voice has not lost any of its power with age, and the arrangements are really nice. Unlike Dan D., I wouldn't regret Jackson Browne continuing to make political observations, if those observations weren't so trite.
But what I found frustrating was that there was little of the eclectic personal observations we used to get all the time in the early days, and even in later work like "In the Shape of a Heart." Instead, the personal songs like "Live Nude Cabaret" were a little bit odd, like Donald Fagen in post-"Gaucho" Steely Dan days - like he's the slightly weird aging Uncle Al lecher or something. I looked forward to a new album, and I was going to cut Jackson a lot of slack for being nostalgic. But every song on the album seemed predictable: one for Cuba, one for Katrina, etc. Turning 60 or whatever doesn't cut it as an excuse - look at Neil Young, he's always being original.
The CD is loaded with beautiful hooks,one right after another. Wrong again,you people who say there are no hummable tunes here. Thing is, he's always been a left leaning idealist,I think. Never wavered in all those years.
Yes. As a matter of fact, I'm humming one right now. You, on the other hand,have. Do do, do do, do do, Given that Heaven away.
Bought the SUV and voted for W. It's a shame a five star album turns into 3.5 because people don't share the same worldview as Jackson.
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