Sweetly ‘Strange’ collaboration

Jackson Browne and David Lindley document their 2006 Spanish tour with their new album, “Love is Strange.” The album contains many songs from the two artist’s careers as well as some Spanish intros and commentaries. Even though the latter are indeed a little strange, this album really contains some of the best songs of their careers.

Lindley is brilliant in shaping the surfaces of his songs as well as highlighting the subtle melodic tones in them. He plays a fiddle on “Take It Easy” that really adds a great element to the song. As a lighthearted ballad, it adds life to the album. 

The new creation has become a funky blues album with a new sense of style. Songs like “Call It a Loan” and “Running on Empty,” even though they sound very much alike, capture that slow-moving blues quality that gives the album character.

This experiment could have failed miserably because of the nostalgic conception, but it succeeded in many ways.