SONG OF THE DAY
“In The Shape Of A Heart” by Jackson Browne (Lives In The Balance, Asylum Records, 1986). Written by Jackson Browne.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– Lives in the Balance is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne.
– It reached #23 on The Billboard 200 chart.
– The title track as well as “For America” and “In the Shape of a Heart” were released as singles.
– The album was ranked #88 on Rolling Stone’s list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s.
– Lives in the Balance was the first album by Browne where overtly political and socially critical songs dominated, although it also included one of his best remembered songs about relationships, the tragic “In the Shape of a Heart”, inspired by his relationship with his first wife.
– The radio play garnered by “For America” and “In the Shape of a Heart”, and the use of “Lives in the Balance” in the show Miami Vice, gained him many new fans who later went back and discovered Browne’s earlier works.
– The album was certified as a Gold record in 1986 by the RIAA.
– Jackson Browne contributes acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, harmony vocals, gut string guitar, and vocoder to the album.