Jackson Browne: Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using)...and More

I HAVE DONE ALL THAT I COULD
TO SEE THE EVIL, AND THE GOOD

WITHOUT HIDIN'

 Jackson Browne

 also known, 

mistakenly, as 

(Saturate Before Using)

 is the debut album 

of American singer 

Jackson Browne 

released in 1972. 

It peaked on the 

Billboard 200 chart 

at number 53.

Two singles were released 

with 

"Doctor, My Eyes", 

which peaked at 

number 8 

on the 

Pop Singles chart, 

and

 "Rock Me on the Water", 

which reached 

number 48.

History

Browne had found 

minor success 

as a songwriter but had 

not yet obtained his

 own recording contract.

 After he sent a demo of

 "Jamaica Say You Will"

 to David Geffen

 in early 1970, 

Geffen began looking

 for a record deal 

for Browne. 

Geffen ended 

up founding

 his own label, 

Asylum Records, 

and signed Browne.

The album was certified

 as a Gold record

 in 1976 

and

 Platinum in 1997

 by the RIAA.

Title Confusion

The album is often 

mistakenly called 

Saturate Before Using,

 because the words

 appear on

 the album cover, 

which was designed

 to look like a water bag

 that would require 

saturation in water

 in order to cool its

 contents by evaporation.

 For this very reason,

 Asylum Records 

executives suggested

 to no avail that 

the words be removed

 from the album cover 

and nearly rejected 

the cover art outright. 

However, 

the initial pressings 

not only included the text,

 but the cover carried

 a burlap-like feel

 to further 

the water bag theme.

The confusion over the title 

returned when the album

 was converted to 

CD format, 

when the words appeared 

on the spine 

of the jewel case

 as the album title.

Browne told the story 

of the cover's creation 

and spoke of the 

title's confusion

in an interview

 with the album designer

 Gary Burden

 for his 2002 DVD 

Under The Covers:

 "I remember being on 

the phone with Gary... 

talking about what

 the album cover

 should be, 

and I happened to be

 in a room that had a 

water bag on the wall.

 It was just one 

of the things that 

I collected 

driving around on

 trips and stuff. 

And I was looking 

at this bag as he

 was saying 

'what do you think it ought to be?'

 I was thinking, 'well,

 it could be a water bag.' ...

 it said 

'saturate before using' on the front ... 

'You know, Gary, 

on mine, 

it says this on the back.' 

And you said, well, so?'

 And 'if you put it 

on the front, 

people are going to think 

that's the title.' 

And you said, 

'don't be ridiculous. 

Who would think

 that was the title?'

 I said,

 'Yeah, you're right.'

So,

 not only does everyone think

 that's the title 

of that album,

 but my record company

 thinks that's the

 title of the album."

TRACKLIST

Jamaica Say You Will

A Child In These Hills

Song For Adam

Doctor My Eyes

From Silver Lake

Something Fine

Under The Falling Sky

Looking Into You

Rock Me On The Water

My Opening Farewell

BONUS TRACKS

These Days [*]

Take It Easy  [*]

Running On Empty 

(Remix)  [*]

You're A Friend Of Mine

 (Remix) 

(w/Clarence Clemons) [*]

Carry That Weight 

(w/Jennifer Warnes) [*]

Poor Poor Pitiful Me 

(w/Bonnie Raitt)  [*]

Doctor My Eyes 

(Original Complete Version) [*]

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