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Who are you, when you wake up one day and realize that you are thinking more pragmatically than idealistically? The 28 y.o. Jackson Browne recorded "The Pretender" at that point in his life and gave us this brilliant album. There are still elements of introspection, lust and loneliness, that Jackson Browne is noted for writing about, but there's more going on here. Songs, like "The Fuse", and Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate" are Browne's perspective of Life's journey. "Daddy's Tune" is his wonderful reflection of the generational gap between him and his father."The only Child" is a sweet poem to his young son, trying to pass on his best words of wisdom. This song is thematically, similar to Bob Dylan's "Forever Young". The album's title song, "The Pretender" is a masterpiece of song writing. Here, we are presented with the images of resignation to the realities of life and the day to day process of making a living. Remembering the dreams of his youth,"The Pretender" watches those dreams recede, while he, as Jackson Browne writes, "struggles for the legal tender". While "Late for the Sky" is still my favorite Jackson Browne Album. "The Pretender" is a mature and extremely well crafted album, that sets him on the path to his next, and most commercially successful work,"Running on Empty".Read full review
This is his most brilliant work. He writes lyrics about everyman better than Springsteen or Mellencamp. I am amazed at the brilliance of this work. He is at the top of his game. Like so many artists, he may have done his best work early in his life. I marvel that a young man in his twenties would have this insight and such a beautiful way of expressing what most of us have often felt. The title cut, The Pretender, is nothing short of genius. Anyone that loves poetry coupled with good music should not miss this one. Jackson Brown is in a category of his very own.
love Jackson
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Great singer and songwriter. Good quality CD
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One song on thisa album has been haunting me for almost 30 years. I couldn't remember the title, or the specific album. I finally found it here on "The Pretender"., what a relief! GOOD MUSIC!
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