Downhill from Everywhere

Downhill from Everywhere is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It was released by Inside Recordings on July 23, 2021, and is Browne's first album of new material in seven years. It was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Americana Album category.[12]

Downhill from Everywhere
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
StudioGroove Masters (Santa Monica, California)
GenreRock
Length50:04
LabelInside
ProducerJackson Browne
Jackson Browne chronology
The Road East – Live in Japan
(2017)
Downhill from Everywhere
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
American Songwriter[3]
Classic Rock[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
Mojo[7]
PopMatters8/10[8]
Record Collector[9]
Uncut7/10[10]
Under the Radar6/10[11]

Track listing

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All songs are written by Jackson Browne, with co-writers listed below.

Downhill from Everywhere track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Looking for Something" 3:10
2."My Cleveland Heart"3:20
3."Minutes to Downtown" 5:31
4."A Human Touch"
4:42
5."Love Is Love"
  • David Belle
4:46
6."Downhill from Everywhere"
5:44
7."The Dreamer"
3:16
8."Until Justice Is Real" 4:33
9."A Little Soon to Say" 6:25
10."A Song for Barcelona"
8:37
Total length:50:10

Personnel

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Production

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  • Jackson Browne – producer
  • Kevin Smith – recording (1, 5, 7, 8, 10), mixing (1-3, 5-10)
  • Paul Dieter – recording (2, 6, 9)
  • Nate Kunkel – recording (3)
  • Ryan Freeland – recording (4), mixing (4)
  • Jeremy Hatcher, Ehud Kaldes, Garry Purohit and Mirza Sheriff – recording assistants
  • Joaquin Bear, Peter Gjerset and Owen Lantz – studio assistants
  • Gavin Lurssen and Rueben Cohen – mastering at Lurssen Mastering, (Burbank, California)
  • Jeff Powell – vinyl mastering at Take Out Vinyl (Memphis, Tennessee)
  • Dustin Stanton – design
  • Edward Burtynsky – cover photography
  • Nels Israelson – inside photography
  • Lori Fletcher – personal assistant
  • Corrina Miller and Donald Miller – management

Charts

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Chart performance for Downhill from Everywhere
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 24
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] 42
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 73
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 13
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 35
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[21] 1
US Billboard 200[22] 86

References

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  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for Downhill from Everywhere". Metacritic. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Monger, Timothy. "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (July 23, 2021). "Review: Jackson Browne Shares the Upside of a Downside". American Songwriter. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Classic Rock. August 2021. p. 81.
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 15, 2021). "Jackson Browne: Downhill from Everywhere review – voice of the boomers faces his mortality". The Guardian. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Perry, Kevin E G (July 22, 2021). "Album reviews: Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere and Leon Bridges – Gold-Diggers Sound". The Independent. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Mojo. September 2021. p. 84.
  8. ^ Elliott, Michael (July 22, 2021). "Jackson Browne Proves He Has Plenty Left in the Tank on Downhill from Everywhere". PopMatters. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  9. ^ Heatley, Michael (August 2021). "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Record Collector. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  10. ^ "Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Uncut. August 2021. p. 24.
  11. ^ Saalman, Austin (July 23, 2021). "Jackson Browne: Downhill from Everywhere". Under the Radar. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  12. ^ "2022 Grammys Awards Show: Complete Winners & Nominations List". grammy.com. April 3, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2021-08-02" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  18. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Jackson Browne – The Kid Laroi Downhill from Everywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jackson Browne – Downhill from Everywhere". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  20. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  21. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  22. ^ "Debuts on this week's #Billboard200 (2/2)..." Billboard on Twitter. Retrieved August 3, 2021.