Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100
Review scores
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AllMusic
American Songwriter
Classic Rock
The Guardian
The Independent
Mojo
PopMatters8/10
Record Collector
Uncut7/10
Under the Radar6/10

Downhill from Everywhere is the fifteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. It was released by Inside Recordings on July 23, 2021, and is Browne's first album of new material in seven years. It was nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Americana Album category.

Track listing

All songs are written by Jackson Browne, with co-writers listed below.

Downhill from Everywhere track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Still Looking for Something"3:10
2."My Cleveland Heart"Val McCallum3:20
3."Minutes to Downtown"5:31
4."A Human Touch"Steve McEwanLeslie Mendelson4:42
5."Love Is Love"David Belle4:46
6."Downhill from Everywhere"Greg LeiszJeff Young5:44
7."The Dreamer"Eugene RodriguezDavid Hidalgo3:16
8."Until Justice Is Real"4:33
9."A Little Soon to Say"6:25
10."A Song for Barcelona"Mauricio LewakBob GlaubYoungLeiszMcCallum8:37
Total length:50:10

Personnel

Production

  • Jackson Browne – producer
  • Kevin Smith – recording (1, 5, 7, 8, 10), mixing (1–3, 5–10)
  • Paul Dieter – recording (2, 6, 9)
  • Nate Kunkel – recording (3)
  • Ryan Freeland – recording (4), mixing (4)
  • Jeremy Hatcher, Ehud Kaldes, Garry Purohit and Mirza Sheriff – recording assistants
  • Joaquin Bear, Peter Gjerset and Owen Lantz – studio assistants
  • Gavin Lurssen and Rueben Cohen – mastering at Lurssen Mastering, (Burbank, California)
  • Jeff Powell – vinyl mastering at Take Out Vinyl (Memphis, Tennessee)
  • Dustin Stanton – design
  • Edward Burtynsky – cover photography
  • Nels Israelson – inside photography

Charts

Chart performance for Downhill from Everywhere
Chart (2021)Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)24
Japanese Albums (Oricon)42
Scottish Albums (OCC)4
Spanish Albums (Promusicae)73
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)13
UK Albums (OCC)35
UK Independent Albums (OCC)1
US Billboard 20086