On February 18, 1986, “Asylum” released “Lives in the Balance”, the Jackson Browne eighth album. It was recorded in 1985, and was produced by Jackson Browne.
Personnel:
- Jackson Browne – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, keyboards, gut string guitar, vocoder
- Kevin Dukes– guitar
- David Lindley– guitar, violin, steel guitar
- Steve Lukather– guitar
- Bonnie Raitt– vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
- Walfredo Reyes, Jr.– conductor, conga, drum set
- Mindy Sterling – vocals, gut string guitar, harmony
- Jorge Strunz – acoustic guitar, guitar, nylon string guitar
- Rick Vito – guitar, vocals
- Waddy Wachtel– guitar
- Kevin McCormick – guitar, vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
- Deborah Dobkin – vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar
- Danny “Kootch” Kortchmar– guitar, percussion
- Gary Myrick – guitar
- Bill Payne– synthesizer, piano, keyboards
- Ian McLagan– organ, keyboards
- Bernie Larsen – organ, guitar, clavinet
- Jai Winding – organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards
- Craig Doerge– synthesizer, keyboards
- Jorge Calderón – bass, vocals, gut string guita, harmony vocalsr
- Phil Chen– bass
- Jennifer Condos – bass
- Bob Glaub– bass
- Doug Haywood – bass, vocals
- Russ Kunkel– drums
- Jim Keltner– drums
- Stan Lynch– drums
- Ian Wallace– drums
- Quique Cruz – percussion, zampona
- Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone
- Hugo Pedroza – charango, tiple
- Dawn Patrol – art direction
- Jimmy Wachtel– art direction
Track listing:
All tracks by Jackson Browne except where noted.
- For America
- Soldier of Plenty
- In the Shape of a Heart
- Candy – Greg Copeland, Wally Stocker
- Lawless Avenues – Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderon
- Lives in the Balance
- Till I Go Down
- Black and White
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