Jackson Browne - Hold Out
#385
By Rob Slater
June 24 1980
Jackson Browne
Hold Out
Genre: AOR before it became something.
Allen’s Rating: 2 out of 5
Rob’s Rating: I'd give it a B+. 3.25. (Okay, A-).
Highlights:
Disco Apocalypse
That Girl Could Sing
Boulevard Of Missing Persons
Call it A Loan
At 37:48 and 7 songs, it seems both too short and too long! ;-)
1. Disco Apocalypse (or Apollo Clips as Voice Recognition called! ;-) is surprisingly good, though it took a while to grow on me.The worst part of the song is where he says disco three times before he says apocalypse.
2. Hold Out is pretty mediocre for a title track, not bad, but not nearly as good as Load Out.
3. That Girl Could Sing. Good song
4. Boulevard, one of the highlights.
5. Of Missing Persons, a lovely piano tune, really sweet, written for the daughter of a fellow musician who had passed away far too early. “Inara George, the daughter of Lowell George (formerly of the band Little Feat).” Wikipedia.
6. Call it A Loan one of my favorite Jackson Browne songs ever, number 2 compared to Late for the Sky.
7. Hold On, Hold Out. Ironically, the second song with Hold Out in the title, and it too is okay, better than Hold Out. Probably a B+.
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