Hold Out

Studio album by Jackson Browne

Released

June 24, 1980

Recorded

Sound Factory, Record One Los Angeles, CA Autumn 1979 – Spring 1980

Genre

Rock

Length

37:48

Label

Asylum

Producer

Jackson Browne, Greg Ladanyi

Jackson Browne chronology

Running on Empty
(1977)

Hold Out
(1980)

Lawyers in Love
(1983)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C+

Hold Out is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). Although critically the album has not been as well received as other Browne recordings, it remains his only album to date to reach number 1 on the Billboard chart.

The song "Of Missing Persons" was written for Inara George, the daughter of Lowell George (formerly of the band Little Feat), a songwriting collaborator and longtime friend of Jackson Browne's who died a year prior to the release of Hold Out. The phrase "of missing persons" was derived from a line in a Little Feat song, "Long Distance Love".

The album was certified as a Gold and Platinum record in 1980 by the RIAA. It reached Multi-platinum in 2001.

Despite being Browne's only album to date to reach number 1 in the Billboard charts, it received poor critical reviews. Writing for Allmusic, music critic William Rulhmann called some of the tracks awkward or foolish. He compared the album with earlier releases: "If Browne was still trying to write himself out of the cul-de-sac he had created for himself early on, Hold Out represented an earnest attempt that nevertheless fell short." Similarly, critic Robert Christgau wrote "Never hep to his jive, I'm less than shocked by the generalized sentimentality disillusioned admirers descry within these hallowed tracks, though the one about the late great Lowell George... is unusually rank."

All tracks composed by Browne except where noted:

Production notes:

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

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