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  Type Live Album
  Artist Jackson Browne
  Cover Jackson Browne Running on Emptyjpg
  Released December 6 , 1977
  Recorded August 17 - September 17 , 1977
  Genre Rock
  Length 41:49
  Label Asylum
  Producer Jackson Browne
  Last Album '' The Pretender '' <br /> (1976)
  This Album '''''Running on Empty''''' <br /> (1977)
  Next Album '' Hold Out '' <br /> (1980)


''Running on Empty'' is the fifth Album by American Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne , released in 1977 (see 1977 In Music ). In addition to tracks recorded on-stage during concerts, it also contains songs recorded in hotel rooms, on the tour bus, and backstage. It is unusual among live albums, in that none of the tracks had ever appeared on a previous studio album.

''Running on Empty'' was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1979, but did not win.


TRACK LISTING

#" Running On Empty " (Browne) — Recorded live, Merriweather Post Pavilion , Columbia, MD — 5:20
#"The Road" ( Danny O'Keefe ) — Recorded in room 301, Cross Keys Inn, Baltimore, MD (first — 2:58) and live, Holmdel, NJ — 4:50
#"Rosie" (Browne, Donald Miller) — Recorded backstage "in the big rehearsal room," Saratoga PAC, Saratoga, NY — 3:37
#"You Love the Thunder" (Browne) — Recorded live, Holmdel, NJ — 3:52
#"Cocaine" (Browne, Rev. Gary Davis , Glenn Frey ) — Recorded in room 124, Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, IL — 4:55
#"Shaky Town" ( Danny Kortchmar ) — Recorded in room 124, Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, IL — 3:36
#"Love Needs a Heart" (Browne, Valerie Carter , Lowell George ) — Recorded live, Universal City, CA — 3:28
#"Nothing But Time" (Browne, Howard Burke ) — Recorded "on a bus (a Continental Silver Eagle) somewhere in New Jersey" — 3:05
#" The Load-Out " (Browne, Bryan Garofalo ) — Recorded live, Merriweather Post Pavilion , Columbia, MD — 5:38
#" Stay " ( Maurice Williams ) — Recorded live, Merriweather Post Pavilion , Columbia, MD — 3:28


PERSONNEL



Notes

  • On "Rosie," Doug Haywood and tour photographer Joel Bernstein sing harmony.

  • On "Shaky Town," Danny Kortchmar sings harmony.

  • On "Nothing But Time," Russ Kunkel is credited as playing "snare, hi-hat, and cardboard box with foot pedal."



PRODUCTION

  • Producer: Jackson Browne

  • Engineer: Greg Ladanyi

  • Mastering: Greg Ladanyi



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