The Pretender
A heavy, high-fidelity masterpiece of 1970s California rock. Polished studio arrangements mask a core of profound grief and existential exhaustion.
November 1976 · Asylum Records
A heavy, high-fidelity masterpiece of 1970s California rock. Polished studio arrangements mask a core of profound grief and existential exhaustion.
November 1976 · Asylum Records
A heavy, piano-driven meditation on the death of idealism and the weight of personal loss.
How does The Pretender sound next to the rest of Jackson Browne's catalogue?
The writing leans far further into grief than the rest of the catalogue.
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