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The Naked Ride Home | 
| Artist: Jackson Browne
Label: Elektra
Category: Music
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 9739
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 62793
UPC: 766481885429
EAN: 0766481885429
ASIN: B00006IK19
Release Date: October 14, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | The Naked Ride Home | | • | The Night Inside Me | | • | Casino Nation | | • | For Taking The Trouble | | • | Never Stop | | • | Walking Town | | • | About My Imagination | | • | Sergio Leone | | • | Dont You Want To Be There | | • | My Stunning Mystery Companion |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the most eloquent American singer-songwriters of the 1970s heyday of the movement, Jackson Browne has always been a master of deciphering what is written on the human heart. On The Naked Ride Home, his first outing in six years, Browne again waxes autobiographical, wandering through his extensive interior landscape and transforming his pain into art. But after three decades, his songs of elusive love lost and found have become a little bit wry and world-weary. Witness the bittersweet title song, where the details are so crisp and well drawn that it's difficult to believe that he didn't just lift them from his own life. Similarly, "The Night Inside Me" returns to some of the wrenching themes of 1975's Late for the Sky with fresh anger. But it is Browne's turbulent romantic history--his elevation of the small, significant details that make up a life, or more poignantly, show one unravelling--that defines his work, and it's is in full flower here. --Jaan Uhelszki
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 Fantastic Album May 8, 2008
1. Buy a copy of this CD
2. Insert CD into CD Player
3. Remove insert from CD case
4. Press play
5. Read the lyrics as you listen!
If there's one thing I will say about Jackson Browne's music, it's that before casting judgement on any of his songs or albums, you really have to have read the lyrics as you listen at least for the first time through. The lyrics are what make his music what it is, and really do deserve at least as much attention and contemplation, if not more, than the tunes themselves. That's not to say that the tunes aren't great as well of course, with those laid-back rocky tones that seem to be Jackson Browne's signature, but they really do mean so much more if you know the lyrics!
With the possible exceptions of "For Taking the Trouble" and "Never Stop", (hence 4 stars) all the songs on this album are A*+! An altogether awesome album, highly recommended! :o)
 Missing Mr Lindley February 10, 2003
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is not in the same class as For Everyman or Late for the Sky for me. Sure there are some nice tracks (and a couple that rank with the best) , and everything is done very well ( apart from the tedious plug-in-a-long-guitar-solo on a track whose name I forget). As always he has excellent musicians, the bass player in particular. And JB is in good voice too. But an album without David Lindley is like George withouy Ira, Lennon with McCartney, Jagge with Richards. Although he never got equal billing with JB, his accompaniments on guitar and violin were absolutely crucial contributions toward making the early albums true classics. Keb Mo' is a fine blues guitarist, but his presence here adds nothing special - he doesn't have Lindleys empathy for JB material.
 A Totally Compelling Listen October 21, 2002
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have always liked Jackson Browne but have always felt able to be objective about his work. Up until now I have always regarded "I'm Alive" to be his best work by a country mile. His follow up to that gem, "Looking East", was disappointing as was his rather ill thought through "best of" that followed it.However, he has completely redeemed himself with this new album. For me the prerequisites for any music are strong melodies delivered with real soul by skilled players. Intelligent lyrics are a bonus and tend to detract when they get too deep and meaningful, something JB can occasionally be guilty of. On this album,however, he has found the perfect balance. I find every aspect of it utterly compelling. The tracks he has written alone tend to be in his normal pop/folk laid back style whilst those the band have contributed too have a hint of funk about the them. In particular, Kevin McCormick's bass is the star of the show, absolutely delicious. A number of guests do backing vocals which always add value to the music in a classy, subtle way. I hesitate to name standout tracks as there is not a weak one here but I am compelled to give special mention to the title track as well as "Walking Town" and "My Stunning Mystery Companion". This album will be difficult for him to top.
no substitute for class October 20, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After six years waiting for a new Jackson Browne studio album, The Naked Ride Home was well worth that wait. I would venture to suggest that JB's voice sounds a little wearier these days (no pun intended!), and in songs like 'Casino Nation' and 'My Stunning Mystery Companion' he provides us with a vision of a troubled world in which expectation is 'long abandoned'. However, it would be wrong to think this album is a self-pitying record of growing old. To me it sounds like a man who maintains his integrity and his consciousness of the light in the world. The standout tracks for me were Sergio Leone, a moody tribute to the spaghetti western director, in which JB manages to include 'Kurusawa' and 'Peckinpah' in one line and the classic 'Don't You Want To Be There', which harks back to the brilliant songs of his first three albums, but yet still manages to sound contemporary with it's spacey floating trumpets in the outro. If you're a Jackson Browne fan this album will hit the spot - if you've never heard of him it will open up a whole new world of classy songwriting and beguiling music.
Still there after too long away. October 17, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've been listening to jackson Browne's music for close to 11 years now, ever since I stole my brother's copy of Running on Empty. He will always for me be the most gifted songwriter there is. Someone who's actually got something to say that's important, but also not afraid to delve into the minutae. This latest offering, after six or so years with nothing but a greatest hits album, is a welcome relief to me. The lyrical and musical quality is still there in abundance. Whilst the album as a whole is not comparable to the dizzy heights of "I'm Alive" or "Late For The Sky," it does deliver some stand out moments that make the cover price more than worthwhile. These highlights include the title track, and the brilliant "Sergio Leone" which is not only an excellent biographical song, but also just captures the whole spirit of jackson Browne's music.
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