Hold Out

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{{See also|Holdout (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Hold Out
| type = Album
| artist = [[Jackson Browne]]
| cover = Jackson Browne Hold Out.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 24, 1980
| recorded = Autumn 1979 – Spring 1980
| venue =
| studio =
* [[The Sound Factory]] (Hollywood, California)
* [[Record One]] (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = 37:48
| label = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]]
| producer =
* [[Jackson Browne]]
* [[Greg Ladanyi]]
| prev_title = [[Running on Empty (album)|Running on Empty]]
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = [[Lawyers in Love]]
| next_year = 1983
}}
'''''Hold Out''''' is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter [[Jackson Browne]], released in 1980. Although critically the album has not been as well-received as other Browne recordings, it remains his only album to date to reach number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' chart]].

==History==
The song "Of Missing Persons" was written for [[Inara George]], the daughter of [[Lowell George]] (formerly of the band [[Little Feat]]), a songwriting collaborator and longtime friend of Browne's who died a year prior to the release of ''Hold Out''. The phrase "of missing persons" was derived from a line in a Little Feat song, "Long Distance Love".

The album was certified as a Gold and Platinum record in 1980 by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. It reached Multi-platinum in 2001.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Jackson%20Browne&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 RIAA Gold and Platinum award.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151937/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Jackson%20Browne&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |date=September 24, 2015 }} Retrieved July 20, 2010</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=William |last= Ruhlmann |title= ''Hold Out'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2800|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2Score = C+<ref name="RC">{{cite web |last=Christgau |first= Robert |title=''Hold Out'' > Review |publisher= robertchristgau.com | url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=jackson+browne |accessdate=June 21, 2010}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
}}
Despite being Browne's only album to date to reach number 1 in the Billboard charts, it received mixed critical reviews. Writing retrospectively for [[AllMusic]], music critic William Rulhmann called some of the tracks awkward or foolish. He compared the album with earlier releases: "If Browne was still trying to write himself out of the cul-de-sac he had created for himself early on, ''Hold Out'' represented an earnest attempt that nevertheless fell short."<ref name="AM" /> Similarly, critic [[Robert Christgau]] wrote: "Never hep to his jive, I'm less than shocked by the generalized sentimentality disillusioned admirers descry within these hallowed tracks, though the one about the late great Lowell George... is unusually rank."<ref name="RC" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' deemed ''Hold Out'' "a fine record; perhaps his finest, overall... It confirms his growth as an artist."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rockwell |first1=John |title=Recordings Reaching Across Racial Barriers |work=The New York Times |date=13 July 1980 |page=A20}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks are written by [[Jackson Browne]] except where noted.

'''Side One'''

# "Disco Apocalypse" – 5:08
# "Hold Out" – 5:37
# "[[That Girl Could Sing]]" – 4:34
# "[[Boulevard (song)|Boulevard]]" – 3:15

'''Side Two'''

# "Of Missing Persons" – 6:31
# "Call It a Loan" (Browne, [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]]) – 4:35
# "[[Hold On Hold Out]]" (Browne, [[Craig Doerge]]) – 8:08

== Personnel ==
* Jackson Browne – lead vocals, acoustic piano, electric guitars
* [[Craig Doerge]] – [[Fender Rhodes]], [[Hammond organ]], [[string synthesizer]], [[Wurlitzer electric piano]] (3), acoustic piano (7)
* [[Bill Payne]] – Hammond organ (1, 2, 5-7), string synthesizer (7)
* [[David Lindley (musician)|David Lindley]] – electric guitars, [[lap steel guitar]]
* [[Bob Glaub]] – bass guitar
* [[Russ Kunkel]] – drums (1-3, 5-7)
* [[Rick Marotta]] – [[hi-hat]] (3), [[tom toms]] (3), drums (4)
* [[Joe Lala]] – percussion (1)
* [[Danny Kortchmar]] – [[maracas]] (4)
* [[Rosemary Butler (singer)|Rosemary Butler]] – backing vocals
* Doug Haywood – backing vocals

== Production ==
* Producers – Jackson Browne and Greg Ladanyi
* Engineer – Greg Ladanyi
* Assistant engineers – Brent Averill, [[Niko Bolas]], James Ledner, Jim Nipar, Sergio Reyes, Karen Siegal and George Ybarra.
* Mixed by Buford Jones
* Mastered by [[Doug Sax]] at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
* Production assistance – Rusty Conway and Donald Miller
* Album cover – Dawn Patrol
* Design and photography – [[Jimmy Wachtel]]

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=48}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
{{album chart|Canada|6|chartid=0248a|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|25|artist=Jackson Browne|album=Hold Out|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|15|artist=Jackson Browne|album=Hold Out|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|10|artist=Jackson Browne|album=Hold Out|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|12|artist=Jackson Browne|album=Hold Out|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|44|date=19800727|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Jackson Browne|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1980)
! Position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|36|chartid=0275|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2024|refname=CA_YE}}
|}
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'''Singles''' – Billboard (United States)
{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1980
|align="left"|"Boulevard"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|19
|-
|align="left"|1980
|align="left"|"That Girl Could Sing"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|22
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Jackson Browne}}

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[[Category:Jackson Browne albums]]
[[Category:1980 albums]]
[[Category:Asylum Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Greg Ladanyi]]
[[Category:Albums with cover art by Jimmy Wachtel]]

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