Lawyers in Love is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Jackson … Read Full Bio ↴Lawyers in Love is the seventh album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1983. It reached number 8 on the Billboard Pop album chart and number 30 on the Billboard 200. It was Browne's fourth straight Top 10 album and stayed on the charts for 33 weeks. Out of eight tracks, five were released as singles. The title song was a top-twenty pop hit for Browne, and was accompanied by one of his first music videos released on MTV.
In the intervening years since 1980's Hold Out and the release of Lawyers in Love, Browne released the single "Somebody's Baby" which became his biggest commercial hit to date. In the track "Downtown," he ad-libs a line to the melody of the Petula Clark song of the same name at the end of the song.
Lawyers in Love was the first album without David Lindley appearing since 1973's For Everyman.
The album was certified as a Gold record in 1983 and Platinum in 2001 by the RIAA.
Although "Lawyers in Love" and "For a Rocker" were successful singles, the album received a lukewarm reaction by critics. In his review for Allmusic, William Ruhlmann referred to Browne's often overlooked songcrafting, but wrote "...the craft, and the familiar tightness of Browne's veteran studio/live band, couldn't hide the essentially retread nature of much of this material."
Critic Robert Christgau called the album "A satire on, celebration of, and lament for the upper-middle classmates an Orange County liberal knows like he knows his neighbor's backyard..."
In the intervening years since 1980's Hold Out and the release of Lawyers in Love, Browne released the single "Somebody's Baby" which became his biggest commercial hit to date. In the track "Downtown," he ad-libs a line to the melody of the Petula Clark song of the same name at the end of the song.
Lawyers in Love was the first album without David Lindley appearing since 1973's For Everyman.
The album was certified as a Gold record in 1983 and Platinum in 2001 by the RIAA.
Although "Lawyers in Love" and "For a Rocker" were successful singles, the album received a lukewarm reaction by critics. In his review for Allmusic, William Ruhlmann referred to Browne's often overlooked songcrafting, but wrote "...the craft, and the familiar tightness of Browne's veteran studio/live band, couldn't hide the essentially retread nature of much of this material."
Critic Robert Christgau called the album "A satire on, celebration of, and lament for the upper-middle classmates an Orange County liberal knows like he knows his neighbor's backyard..."
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Lawyers in Love
Jackson Browne Lyrics
Cut It Away Cut it away, somebody cut away this desperate heart Cut it…
Downtown No, I wasn't looking for a door into the morning…
For a Rocker Open the door, baby turn on the light We're gonna have…
Knock on Any Door Knock on any door Look through any window Baby knock on any…
Lawyers in Love I can't keep up with what's been going on I think…
On the Day Well, I've been out walkin' I don't do that much talkin'…
Say It Isn't True In the still of the night Lying in the darkness I listen…
Tender Is the Night Between the darkness on the street And the houses filling up…