Solo Acoustic Vol. 1 & 2

I've been a stalwart Jackson Browne fan since the very early '70's. Seen him in concert twice over the years. Absolutely fabulous in concert. Comes across as very humble - he projects sheer, palpable gratitude that you came out to hear him. Owned a bunch his stuff over the years in lots of different forms. I bought this double CD partly out of loyalty. I didn't know that to expect. All of a sudden it's one of my favorites of all time. It's like your listening to him in a coffee shop or a small venue and he's right there in front of you with just him singing and playing guitar or piano. I own a lot of his CD's. This collection immediately became one of my favorites.

I am a singer-songwriter. When I played the first track, "The Barricades Of Heaven," I was in Heaven. The sound of his guitar first got me, then the sound of his voice and that song! Then, one of my top 5 songs of all time was next, "These Days!" This version is the best ever. No kidding, just this man and his guitar is the best. As one who plays guitar, I can truthfully say that he is a fabulous player. It sounds simple but it's not. His tone is impeccable, as well. I don't know how they get that tone but whatever they do, they do it well. And then of course, his piano playing, to me, is just as awesome because he does not overplay. He plays enough licks to get the song across and that's it. Which I like. I want to hear the song, not Liberace.I have played these cd's continuously for a week now. I am drawn to his style of writing. He is a master wordsmith, so poetic. And deep. I like his darkness. He has something more upbeat now and then but I am drawn to his writing. Kind of like I feel about much of Neil Young's work. Dark can be wonderful!And he spices up his playing with humorous banter with the audience. Very charismatic!If you want to hear a great songwriter in his most intimate playing, just him and a guitar or piano, it doesn't get any better than this!

If you like Jackson Brown and like acoustic recordings then this one is for you! Contains almost every popular hit of his in a low keyed personal small venue type performance.

Great quality and fair price thanks

Jackson Browne is my favorite musical artist (Don Henley, second). I can't think of a single song of his that I dislike, unlike every other musical artist. This offering is OK, but it does not contain a single version of a song that I like as well as the studio version. Missing riffs and various backgrounds play in my head anyway, a distraction at best. The full acoustical warmth and brightness of his creations are "cut away". Having it to do over again, I'd have passed on this since I have nearly all of J.B.'s other albums. Unless you prefer unaccompanied format, I'd go for Jackson's fleshed-out albums first.

Personally, I couldn't care less about Jackson Browne. With maybe one exception, nothing about his music or style appeals to me. However, my wife is different. She loves his stuff. So, obviously, this was for her. A cut from this album came up in her Pandora playlist and I watched her become emotionally involved with the tune.In a moderately well planned maneuver for brownie points, I ordered this while she was still listening. It arrived quickly and immediately found a permanent home in her car. The downside is that her car likes it, too. In fact it won't spit the disc out. Now I have to listen to it. Not as well planned as I originally thought.

I bought this collection to round out my now complete Jackson Browne collection, and was not at all surprised to find this wholly enjoyable. Despite being 'the same ol' songs' it sounds fresh, and Browne's interactive dialouge with the crowd is both informative and witty. He does not hold back on playing songs from his whole catalog and playing plenty of them. His voice carries the feel of his songs so well that I sometimes forget that the music isn't there. He accomodates the songs to fit the instrumentation perfectly, not shying away from his more electric material, like: Somebody's Baby, In The Shape Of A Heart, Enough Of The Night, etc... . I would recommend this to fans both old and new; to me it's just more proof that Jackson Browne is the greatest singer-songwriter ever.

I have been a Jackson Browne fan since the 60's & 70's. This is one on my favorite cd's to date. I only wish I was at this concert!!

Quel album ! Quand Jackson Brown donne le meilleur de lui même, dans une très sympathique relation avec le public et avec une qualité irréprochable de son en live. Une merveille...

Kauft dieses Doppelalbum, es ist sehr gut.

Not often I'm moved to write reviews, but this is a sheer joy. Jackson clearly in a great rapport with his audience, with that beautiful sonorous voice and solo guitar and piano. There are bits on this that make you laugh and bits to make you cry. We just got married and I had one track (Never Stop) on the playlist as it is just perfect. Get it! And try getting to see the man live, saw hom earlier in 2017 and his voice is as pure as ever.

Saw him play one of these concerts in 2011 near where I live so when I saw this disc for sale I jumped at it. This disc sounds great if you are a Jackson Browne fan and you haven't seen him in concert then this will tell you what you're missing

y si te gusta la buena música no te arrepentirás, una espléndida recopilación de grandes temas interpretados magistralmente, música en estado puro, piano, guitarra y voz, que llenan "el escenario", magistral.La grabación es muy buena, guitarra y piano se muestran transparentes, y las voces aunque para mi gusto demasiado elevadas con respecto a la instrumentación suenan claras.