The Very Best of Jackson Browne

Infobox Album
Name = The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Type = Greatest hits
Artist = Jackson Browne
Released = March 16, 2004
Recorded = Disc 1 - 1972 - 1977Disc 2 - 1977 - 2002
Genre = Rock
Length = Disc 1 – 77:30Disc 2 – 78:16
Label = Rhino/Elektra
Producer = various
Reviews =
*Rolling Stone Rating|5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jacksonbrowne/albums/album/5088308/review/5947068 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eyf2zfa3ehak link]
Last album = "The Naked Ride Home"
(2002)
This album = "The Very Best of Jackson Browne"
(2004)
Next album = "Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1"
(2005)

"The Very Best of Jackson Browne" is a double-disc compilation album by Jackson Browne, released on March 16, 2004 by Rhino Entertainment and Elektra Records in celebration of Browne's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a day earlier.

1997's earlier Browne collection, "", while competent, had been missing many essential songs by the singer-songwriter, such as "Rock Me on the Water" and "Stay". Thus, "The Very Best of Jackson Browne" is seen by many as the more complete of the two.

Disc 1 encompasses the material from Jackson Browne's early career (1972 - 1977) and Disc 2 contains the material from his later years (1977 - 2002).

Track listing

Disc one

#"Doctor My Eyes" – 3:20 "(from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))"
#"Jamaica Say You Will" – 3:24 "(from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))"
#"Rock Me on the Water" – 4:13 "(from the album Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using))"
#"Take It Easy" – 3:41 "(from the album For Everyman)"
#"These Days" – 4:39 "(from the album For Everyman)"
#"Redneck Friend" – 4:01 "(from the album For Everyman)"
#"For Everyman" – 5:58 "(from the album For Everyman)"
#"For a Dancer" – 4:45 "(from the album Late for the Sky)"
#"Fountain of Sorrow" – 6:51 "(from the album Late for the Sky)"
#"Late for the Sky" – 5:36 "(from the album Late for the Sky)"
#"Before the Deluge" – 6:21 "(from the album Late for the Sky)"
#"Your Bright Baby Blues" – 6:03 "(from the album The Pretender)"
#"The Pretender" – 5:52 "(from the album The Pretender)"
#"Here Come Those Tears Again" – 3:37 "(from the album The Pretender)"
#"The Load-Out" – 5:35 "(from the album Running on Empty)"
#"Stay" – 3:24 "(from the album Running on Empty)"

Disc two

#"Running on Empty" – 4:59 "(from the album Running on Empty)"
#"You Love the Thunder" – 3:55 "(from the album Running on Empty)"
#"Boulevard" – 3:21 "(from the album Hold Out)"
#"Somebody's Baby" – 4:24 "(from the soundtrack to Fast Times at Ridgemont High)"
#"Tender is the Night" – 4:53 "(from the album Lawyers in Love)"
#"Lawyers in Love" – 4:20 "(from the album Lawyers in Love)"
#"In the Shape of a Heart" – 5:47 "(from the album Lives in the Balance)"
#"Lawless Avenues" – 5:39 "(from the album Lives in the Balance)"
#"Lives in the Balance" – 4:15 "(from the album Lives in the Balance)"
#"I Am a Patriot" – 4:05 "(from the album World in Motion)"
#"Sky Blue and Black" – 6:05 "(from the album I'm Alive)"
#"I'm Alive" – 5:10 "(from the album I'm Alive)"
#"The Barricades of Heaven" – 5:40 "(from the album Looking East)"
#"Looking East" – 4:56 "(from the album Looking East)"
#"The Naked Ride Home" – 5:58 "(from the album The Naked Ride Home)"
#"The Night Inside Me" – 4:39 "(from the album The Naked Ride Home)"

Production

Compilation produced by Jackson Browne.

Original recordings produced by:

*Jackson Browne
*Glenn Frey
*Richard Sanford Orshoff
*Al Schmitt
*Jon Landau
*Greg Landanyi
*Scott Thurston
*Kevin McCormick

Chart positions

Billboard (North America)