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The Pretender - Jackson Browne


The Pretender - Jackson Browne
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The confident, easy pulse of Southern California folk rock mutated into something far more weighty with Browne's fourth album. His first wife committed suicide while he was writing these songs; they took a bitter turn. "Say a prayer for the pretender," he sings, "who stared out so young and strong, only to surrender."

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