Downhill from Everywhere
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| Downhill from Everywhere | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 23, 2021 | |||
| Studio | Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 50:04 | |||
| Label | Inside | |||
| Producer | Jackson Browne | |||
| Jackson Browne chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| American Songwriter | [3] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Independent | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[8] |
| Record Collector | [9] |
| Uncut | 7/10[10] |
| Under the Radar | 6/10[11] |
Downhill from Everywhere is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It was released by Inside Recordings on July 23, 2021, and is Browne's first album of new material in seven years. It was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Americana Album category.[12]
Track listing[edit]
All songs are written by Jackson Browne, with co-writers listed below.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Still Looking for Something" | 3:10 | |
| 2. | "My Cleveland Heart" | 3:20 | |
| 3. | "Minutes to Downtown" | 5:31 | |
| 4. | "A Human Touch" |
| 4:42 |
| 5. | "Love Is Love" |
| 4:46 |
| 6. | "Downhill from Everywhere" |
| 5:44 |
| 7. | "The Dreamer" |
| 3:16 |
| 8. | "Until Justice Is Real" | 4:33 | |
| 9. | "A Little Soon to Say" | 6:25 | |
| 10. | "A Song for Barcelona" |
| 8:37 |
| Total length: | 50:10 | ||
Personnel[edit]
- Jackson Browne – vocals, acoustic piano (1, 4), electric guitar (3, 5, 6, 9), vihuela (7), acoustic guitar (8), nylon guitar (10)
- Jeff Young – vocals (2, 6), Hammond organ (3, 5, 6, 9), acoustic piano (6, 10)
- Jason Crosby – acoustic piano (3)
- Patrick Warren – keyboards (4)
- Greg Leisz – electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10), lap steel guitar (2, 4, 8), acoustic guitar (3, 7), pedal steel guitar (4)
- Val McCallum – acoustic guitar (1, 2), electric guitar (1, 2, 6-10), tenor guitar (1), vocals (2), acoustic tenor guitar (5)
- Mark Goldenberg – electric guitar (3)
- Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (8)
- Bob Glaub – bass (1, 3, 5-10)
- Davey Faragher – bass (2)
- Jennifer Condos – bass (4)
- Mauricio Lewak – drums (1, 5-10)
- Pete Thomas – drums (2)
- Russ Kunkel – drums (3)
- Jay Bellerose – drums (4)
- Raúl Rodríguez Quínones – handclaps (10)
- Aletha Mills – vocals (3, 5-10)
- Chavonne Stewart – vocals (3, 5-10)
- Leslie Mendelson – vocals (4)
- De'Ante Duckett – vocals (10)
Production[edit]
- Jackson Browne – producer
- Kevin Smith – recording (1, 5, 7, 8, 10), mixing (1-3, 5-10)
- Paul Dieter – recording (2, 6, 9)
- Nate Kunkel – recording (3)
- Ryan Freeland – recording (4), mixing (4)
- Jeremy Hatcher, Ehud Kaldes, Garry Purohit and Mirza Sheriff – recording assistants
- Joaquin Bear, Peter Gjerset and Owen Lantz – studio assistants
- Gavin Lurssen and Rueben Cohen – mastering at Lurssen Mastering, (Burbank, California)
- Jeff Powell – vinyl mastering at Take Out Vinyl (Memphis, Tennessee)
- Dustin Stanton – design
- Edward Burtynsky – cover photography
- Nels Israelson – inside photography
- Lori Fletcher – personal assistant
- Corrina Miller and Donald Miller – management
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] | 44 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] | 46 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] | 24 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] | 42 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] | 4 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] | 73 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 13 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[20] | 35 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[21] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[22] | 86 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Critic Reviews for Downhill from Everywhere". Metacritic. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Monger, Timothy. "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". AllMusic.
- ^ Zimmerman, Lee (July 23, 2021). "Review: Jackson Browne Shares the Upside of a Downside". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Classic Rock. August 2021. p. 81.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 15, 2021). "Jackson Browne: Downhill from Everywhere review – voice of the boomers faces his mortality". The Guardian. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Perry, Kevin E G (July 22, 2021). "Album reviews: Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere and Leon Bridges – Gold-Diggers Sound". The Independent. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Mojo. September 2021. p. 84.
- ^ Elliott, Michael (July 22, 2021). "Jackson Browne Proves He Has Plenty Left in the Tank on Downhill from Everywhere". PopMatters. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ Heatley, Michael (August 2021). "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Record Collector. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Uncut. August 2021. p. 24.
- ^ Saalman, Austin (July 23, 2021). "Jackson Browne: Downhill from Everywhere". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Grammys Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". grammy.com. April 3, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2021-08-02" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Jackson Browne – The Kid Laroi Downhill from Everywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)..." Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved August 3, 2021.