Jackson Browne - Lives In The Balance
Жанр: Folk / Rock
Год выпуска: 1986
Лейбл: Warner-Pioneer (P-13246)
Страна-производитель: Japan
Аудиокодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks
Формат записи: 24 bit / 96 khz
Формат раздачи: 24 bit / 96 khz
Продолжительность: 39:16Треклист:
Side A:
For America
Soldier of Plenty
In the Shape of a Heart
Candy
Side B:
Lawless Avenues
Lives in the Balance
Till I Go Down
Black and White
Источник оцифровки: Thanks - Dr. Robert
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Vinyl condition: Near Mint
Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1210 MK2 DD Turntable
Origin Live OL1 fully modified tone arm (Rega RB250)
Audio-Technica AT33EV MC Cartridge
Pro-ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
AudioQuest G-Snake LGC interconnects
Mac Pro Dual Zeon 2.66 GHz
Bias Peak Pro 6.2 recording software
Click Repair 3.4.1 for de-click (manual mode only)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 for Redbook conversion
xACT 1.71 for Redbook SBE correction
XLD Version 20110228 (129.0) for FLAC conversion
RCM > TT > AT33EV > TubeBox preamp > ADC > Mac Pro > Peak Pro @ 24/96 >
analyze (no clipping, DC Bias offset correction, each side gain adjusted to -0.5 dB) > split into individual tracks >
Click Repair 3.4.1 used in manual mode, 20~30 Rev, Pitch Protection, X2 >
FLAC encoded Level 8 with XLD
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Доп.информация
Lives in the Balance is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1986. It was the first album by Browne where overtly political and socially critical songs dominated, although it also included one of his best remembered songs about relationships, the tragic "In the Shape of a Heart", inspired by his relationship with his first wife. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album #88 on its list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s. Among Browne's fans, the album can be somewhat divisive. While many feel it is inferior to his 1970's output, others hail it as one of his strongest albums. The radio play garnered by "For America" and "In the Shape of a Heart", and the use of "Lives in the Balance" in the show Miami Vice, gained him many new fans who later went back and discovered Browne's earlier works.
Review by William Ruhlmann (Allmusic)
Usually among the most introspective of songwriters, Jackson Browne cast his gaze on the world outside on Lives in the Balance and did not like what he saw. Beginning with "For America," he lamented his previous indifference to social issues -- "I went on speaking of the future/While other people fought and bled" -- but immediately tried to make up for lost time. The album's context, of course, was five years of Ronald Reagan's presidency, with what the Left saw as an indifference to the plight of the poor at home and a dangerously aggressive policy against insurgent movements in the Central American countries of El Salvador and Nicaragua they feared would lead to a Vietnam-like war.
Without naming those places, Browne wrote and sang passionately against poverty in the songs "Soldier of Plenty" and "Lawless Avenues" and against war in "For America," "Lives in the Balance," and "Till I Go Down." Elsewhere, his more familiar themes of romantic ("In the Shape of a Heart") and philosophical ("Black and White"); disillusionment also made appearances. But, from its hard rock sound and forceful singing to its frankly agit-prop lyrics, "For America" remained primarily a political statement, and if Browne sounded more involved in his music than he had in some time, the specificity of its approach inevitably limited its appeal and its long-term significance.
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Year . . . . . Chart . . . . . . . . . . . Position
1986 . . . . The Billboard 200 . . . . . 23
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Year . . . . . . . Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Position
1986 . . . . . "For America" . . . . . . . . . . . Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1986 . . . . . "For America" . . . . . . . . . . . The Billboard Hot 100 30
1986 . . . . . "In the Shape of a Heart". . . Adult Contemporary 10
1986 . . . . . "In the Shape of a Heart". . . Mainstream Rock Tracks 15
1986 . . . . . "In the Shape of a Heart". . . The Billboard Hot 100 70
1986 . . . . . "Lives in the Balance". . . . . . Mainstream Rock Tracks 33
Состав исполнителей
Personnel
Jackson Browne - acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar, vocoder
Jorge Calderón - bass, vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
Phil Chen - bass
Jennifer Condos - bass
Quique Cruz - percussion, zampona
Deborah Dobkin - vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
Craig Doerge - synthesizer, keyboard
Kevin Dukes - guitar
Bob Glaub - bass
Doug Haywood - bass, vocals
Jim Keltner - drums
Phil Kenzie - alto saxophone
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
Russ Kunkel - drums
Bernie Larsen - organ, guitar, clavinet
David Lindley - guitar, violin, steel guitar
Steve Lukather - guitar
Stan Lynch - drums
Kevin McCormick - guitar, vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
Ian McLagan - organ, keyboard
Gary Myrick - guitar
Bill Payne - synthesizer, piano, keyboard
Hugo Pedroza - charango, tiple
Bonnie Raitt - vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
Walfredo Reyes - conductor, conga, drums
Mindy Sterling - vocals, gut string guitar, harmony
Jorge Strunz - acoustic guitar, guitar, nylon string guitar
Rick Vito - guitar, vocals
Waddy Wachtel - guitar
Ian Wallace - drums
Jai Winding - organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboard
Production
Producer: Jackson Browne
Engineer: James Geddes
Assistant engineers: Tchad Blake, Murray Dvorkin, Bill Jackson, Coke Johnson, Sharon Rice
Mixing: Murray Dvorkin, James Geddes, Greg Ladanyi, Sharon Rice
Mastering: Barry Diament, Doug Sax
Sequencing: Jackson Browne, Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar
Technical engineer: Ed Wong
Art direction: Dawn Patrol, Jimmy Wachtel