Old and new favorites here. Jackson Browne shows up twice, as he deserves. The Stephen Stills track is from another one of those great Seventies albums to which I have increasingly returned in recent years. It would not be a stretch to say that Hugo feels that popular music hit its twentieth-century zenith in the era framed between the Kent State shootings and the election of Jimmy Carter. Or perhaps it’s just because that’s the music I remember my baby-sitters played on the radio.
Next week, I’ll do my ten favorite Seventies albums. I know you can’t wait.
1. “Deliver Me”, Catie Curtis
2. “Rock Me On The Water”, Jackson Browne
3. “Swallow”, Wailin’ Jennys
4. “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”, Prince
5. “Wedding Day” Rosie Thomas
6. “You’re Crazy”, Guns n’ Roses
7. “Queen of My Double Wide Trailer”, Sammy Kershaw
8. “So Begins the Task”, Stephen Stills (and Manassas)
9. “Celebrity Skin”, Hole
10. “That Girl Could Sing”, Jackson Browne
Bonus Track: “Let the Mystery Be”, Iris DeMent
Rosie Thomas is awesome. Hugo, I find it interesting that on the same day you write about Michael Vick and domestic violence, you go on about your love for Jackson Browne, who was notorious for beating up his girlfriend, Darryl Hannah!
I can love a man’s music despite troubles in his personal life. I just checked on Wikipedia, and it says that both he and Hannah denied the allegations, and no charges were ever filed.