Jackson Browne: The Pretender - Original Asylum Records LP 24/96 rip to redbook

In many ways, Jackson Browne was the quintessential sensitive Californian singer/songwriter of the early '70s. Only Joni Mitchell and James Taylor ranked alongside him in terms of influence, but neither artist tapped into the post-'60s Zeitgeist like Browne. While the majority of his classic '70s work was unflinchingly personal, it nevertheless provided a touchstone for a generation of maturing baby boomers coming to terms with adulthood. Not only did his introspective, literate lyrics strike a nerve, but his laid-back folk-rock set the template for much of the music to come out of California during the '70s. With his first four albums, Browne built a loyal following that helped him break into the mainstream. With 1976's The Pretender, made after his wife's tragic suicide. a cynical, sarcastic treatise on moneygrubbing and the shallow life of the suburbs emerged. Primarily inner-directed, the album's defeatist tone demands rejection, but it is also a quintessential statement of its time, the post-Watergate '70s; dire as that might be, you had to admire that kind of honesty, even as it made you wince.

Side A:
1. The Fuse
2. Your Bright Baby Blues
3. Linda Paloma
4. Here Come Those Tears Again

Side B:
5. Only Child
6. Daddy's Tune
7. Sleep's Dark And Silent Gate
8. The Pretender

Essential Equipment used:
Clearaudio Champion 2 turntable & Unify tonearm
Benz Micro L2 cartridge
Extremephono tonearm cable
Aqvox USB-2 MKII D/A
(light manual declicking)
PLEASE NOTE: Burn gapless (no track gaps) to match original track layout and continuous sound.

rar pw: LindaPaloma