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Certified Multi-Platinum (7 times) by the RIAA. (9/01)
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Recorded onstage, backstage, in three different hotel rooms, and on a Continental Silver Eagle tour bus during a cross-country 1977 tour, Running on Empty is a paean to life on the road. Jackson Browne's sense of camaraderie extended to the road crew, if "The Load Out," a love song to his roadies, is to be believed. Browne is much more blithe here than in his earlier outings. But Empty also represents a fleeting lighthearted moment for the singer-cum-poet whose concerns became more political than personal after its appearance. Beneath its flippant surface, this disc is a look at the lengths Browne and his friends went to avoid facing the demands of the touring life. What with the frequent drug references, misogynistic references to on-the-fly pairings with women, and the sobering line in the title track--"I look around for the friends I used to pull me through / Looking into their eyes, I see them running, too"--one realizes that Browne was much more comfortable on the road than off. --Jaan Uhelszki
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 4.84 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.1 ounces
- Manufacturer : Elektra Off Roster
- Original Release Date : 1990
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Elektra Off Roster
- Number of discs : 1
