"Running On Empty was Jackson's appropriately titled last worthwhile album. After that he ran out of Ideas and focus. That being said....his first five were masterpieces of poetry and the times. That makes it all the more sad that his sixth album, "Hold Out", could just as easily have been named, "Sold Out". His subsequent lack of cohesion and ideas remains an enigma to this reviewer."

--Buffalo Bob

"A great album from the Super70s, and one of my favorite Browne albums. 'Running on Empty' and his rewritten version of the Zodiacs' 'Stay' are still staples on classic pop radio. I also dig 'The Road' - a song about the ups and downs and lonely hotel rooms on tour, and 'Rosie' - a slow piano-only song in which the lyrics intially confused me. He doesn't get the girl in the song, so who is Rosie? I was a bit disenchanted when I found out later the song was about his 'hand' and er....you can figure out the rest from the lyrics - "Rosie you're alright/you wear my ring/when you hold me tight/Rosie that's my thing/when you turn out the light, I got to hand it to me/Looks like it's me and you again tonight/Rosie".

"Love Needs A Heart" is a laid back, almost country-ish song, which finds Jackson contemplating whether he can find a heart "like mine". The somewhat sad lyric, "love don't come near me/she don't even hear me/she walks by my vacancy sign", always sticks out at me. Oh well - I guess he still has Rosie.

All in all, a great rock/pop album with not much filler that captures the energy of the band performing live, as well as songs recorded on the bus and in hotels."

--Joe B