Lives In The Balance (studio album)
by Jackson Browne
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Jackson Browne bestography
Lives In The Balance is ranked 6th best out of 19 albums by Jackson Browne on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jackson Browne is Running On Empty which is ranked number 2002 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 823.
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Lives In The Balance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/28/2025 18:08 | Musicbuff123 | 290 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/03/2025 23:20 | machiaj | 772 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2023 02:06 | dhbarrett | 8,086 | 65/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2023 01:15 | Skerns | 4,972 | 80/100 |
| ! | 04/20/2023 16:56 |  RevolverCB72 | 1,803 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.4/100, a mean average of 66.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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This is my favourite Jackson Browne album. Great political songs and good tunes.
Jackson Browne is a very good songwriter. I think this is his masterpiece. The majority of the songs are political. The lyrics are left-leaning, and this is, effectively, a rock version of a 60's protest album. For America, Soldier of Plenty and Lives In The Balance were all written with a backdrop of America's involvement in Nicaragua, among other places, but the lyrics were equally relevant to the early 2000s when the US invaded Iraq. If you're from the political left, you will love the lyrics on For America. If you're from the political right, you'll probably get angry. Lawless Avenues has to do with social problems on the domestic front here in the United States. There are some interesting instruments on a couple of songs, pipe instruments from indigenous peoples of latin or south america. In the Shape of a Heart and Candy are not political songs, but they're both good songs.
Some very good songwriting - personally think the title-track, "In the Shape of a Heart" and "Black & White" are the best.
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