The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne is a greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album by the singer-songwriter Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

 released in 1997.

History

The compilation album includes songs from his early years as well as the later ones, plus two new songs: "The Rebel Jesus" and "The Next Voice You Hear". It was superseded by 2004's more comprehensive compilation The Very Best of Jackson Browne

The Very Best of Jackson Browne

The Very Best of Jackson Browne is a double-disc compilation album by Jackson Browne, released on March 16, 2004 by Rhino Entertainment and Elektra Records in celebration of Browne's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a day earlier...

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The album was certified as a Gold record in 2002 and Platinum in 2004 by the RIAA

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Reception

Referring to the 1997 Japanese release, Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted the difficulty of picking tracks for the release and summarized: "there are still a number of equally good, if not better, cuts that are left off. As a result, The Next Voice You Hear is merely adequate for casual Browne fans, but it's nowhere near definitive."

Track listing

All songs by Jackson Browne unless otherwise noted.

1. "Doctor My Eyes
   Doctor My Eyes
   "Doctor My Eyes" is a 1972 song written and performed by Jackson Browne and included on his debut album Jackson Browne. Featuring a combination of an upbeat piano riff coupled, somewhat ironically, with lyric about feeling world-weary, the song was a surprise hit, reaching number 8 on the...
   
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2. "These Days
   These Days (Jackson Browne song)
   "These Days" is a song written by Jackson Browne and principally recorded by Nico, Gregg Allman, and Browne himself in three distinctly different musical styles...
   
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3. "Fountain of Sorrow"
4. "Late for the Sky"
5. "The Pretender
   The Pretender (Jackson Browne song)
   "The Pretender" is a song by American rock performer, Jackson Browne and featured on his 1976 album The Pretender.- History :"The Pretender" was composed in a number of locations; Los Angeles, within a rented store-front in North Hollywood and a "tacky" hotel in Hawaii being two of them...
   
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6. "Running on Empty
   Running on Empty (song)
   "Running on Empty" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It is the title track to his 1977 live Running on Empty album, recorded at a concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on August 27, 1977...
   
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7. "Call it a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley
   David Lindley (musician)
   David Perry Lindley is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton...
   
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8. "Somebody's Baby
   Somebody's Baby
   "Somebody's Baby" is a 1982 song written and recorded by Jackson Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on 1982's Billboard Hot 100, the track would be Browne's last top ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career...
   
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   Danny Kortchmar
   Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar is a guitarist, session musician, and songwriter. Kortchmar's work with singer-songwriters such as David Crosby, Carole King, Graham Nash, Carly Simon and James Taylor helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s...
   
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9. "Tender Is the Night" (Browne, Kortchmar, Russ Kunkel
   Russ Kunkel
   Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
   
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10. "In the Shape of a Heart"
11. "Lives in the Balance"
12. "Sky Blue and Black"
13. "The Barricades of Heaven" (Browne, Mark Goldenberg, Mauricio-Fritz Lewak, Kevin McCormick, Scott Thurston, Jeff Young)
14. "The Rebel Jesus"
15. "The Next Voice You Hear"