WHEN THAT LAST GUITAR
BEEN PACKED AWAY
YOU KNOW
I STILL WANNA PLAY
Running on Empty
is the fifth album
by American
singer-songwriter
Featuring songs
themed around
life on the road,
the entire album
was recorded on tour,
either live on stage,
or in locations associated
with touring,
such as backstage,
on tour buses,
or in hotel rooms.
Released in 1977,
the album reached No. 3
on the Billboard
Pop Albums chart
in 1978
and stayed on the charts
for 65 weeks.
The single for the title track,
"Running on Empty",
peaked at No. 11
and the follow-up single,
"The Load-Out"/"Stay",
reached No. 20
on the Billboard
Pop Singles chart.
The album received
two Grammy Award nominations
in 1979:
one for Album of the Year
and the other for
Pop Male
Vocal Performance
for the song
"Running on Empty".
History
In addition to tracks
recorded on-stage
during concerts,
it contains songs
recorded in hotel rooms,
on the tour bus,
and backstage.
It is unusual among
live albums
in that none of the tracks
had ever appeared on
a previous studio album.
Browne was the sole writer
on only two songs,
co-writing four others
and covering
another four.
The theme of the album
was life on the road.
In a Rolling Stone interview
about the tour
during which the album
was recorded,
Browne expressed pleasure
at finally being able
to afford the
session musicians
he wanted to go out
on the road with him.
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