Late Sky

"Late for the Sky," Jackson Browne's third Asylum album, is his most mature and conceptually unified work to date. The album's overriding theme explores the romantic possibility in the shadow of apocalypse. No contemporary male singer-songwriter has dealt so honestly and deeply with the vulnerability of romantic idealism and the pain of adjustment from youthful narcissism to adult survival as Browne has in this album. "Late for the Sky" is the autobiography of his young manhood.

The album has been updated and re-released on CD from Inside Recordings and will be available on June 24. Rolling Stone's Stephen Holden described the album in 1974 as Browne's "most mature, conceptually unified work to date," with its "overriding theme: the exploration of romantic possibility in the shadow of apocalypse." Holden further noted that "no contemporary male singer/songwriter has dealt so honestly and deeply with the vulnerability of romantic idealism and the pain of adjustment from youthful narcissism to adult survival as Browne has in this album."

Billboard, in its review of the album in October 1974, praised it as "possibly the best thing this long-time successful writer and, over the past few years, successful singer has come up with." The review went on to state that "the lyrics are meaningful and come as close to poetry as anyone else making music today," and that the album "really transcends any categorization, which is one of the highest compliments that can be paid an artist."

The re-release of "Late for the Sky" on CD from Inside Recordings is an opportunity for both longtime fans and new listeners to experience this acclaimed and influential work by one of the most important singer-songwriters of his generation. The album's depth of emotion, poetic lyricism, and Browne's masterful storytelling continue to resonate with audiences decades after its original release.

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