Written by: Browne
Produced by: Browne
Released: Jan. '77 on Asylum
Charts: 17 weeks
Top spot: No. 11
"Running On Empty" was Browne's grand experiment: a live album of all-new songs recorded onstage, in hotel rooms and on the tour bus. The title track was actually written when Browne was driving back and forth to the studio each day to make The Pretender. "I was always driving around with no gas in the car," he said. "I just never bothered to fill up the tank because -- how far was it anyway? Just a few blocks."
Appears on: Running On Empty (Elektra)