Late for the Sky
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| Studio album by Jackson Browne | ||||
| Released | September 13, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974, Elektra Sound Recorders – Hollywood Sound Recorders – Sunset Sound Recorders | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:38 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Jackson Browne, Al Schmitt | |||
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| Allmusic |  |
| Robert Christgau | B− |
| Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |
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| Rolling Stone | (no rating) |
Late for the Sky is the third album by American singer–songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975. It peaked at number 14 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart.
Browne was still living in his childhood home, The Abbey San Encino, where he began writing the songs for his third album. Because of the high costs of recording his previous album, Asylum Records founder David Geffen required him to complete this next album quicker and at less cost. Browne decided to use his touring band of David Lindley, Doug Haywood, Jai Winding, and Larry Zach. It was also decided that Al Schmitt, an engineer on For Everyman, would co-produce to aid in the album being completed on time. The album was completed in six weeks and at half the cost ($50,000) of For Everyman. Numerous friends of Browne's, including Dan Fogelberg, Don Henley, and J. D. Souther contributed harmony vocals. There were only eight songs on the album, five of them longer than five minutes.
The title track was used in the 1976 Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver. "Before the Deluge" was later covered by Joan Baez on her 1979 album Honest Lullaby; Baez and Browne performed the song together on her 1989 PBS concert special. "Walking Slow" and "Fountain of Sorrow" were released as singles but both failed to chart.
In his speech inducting Browne into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen called Late for the Sky Browne's "masterpiece" and referred to the car doors slamming at the end of "The Late Show".
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