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''Late for the Sky'' is the third album by American singer–songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music). It was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975. It peaked at number 14 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. ==History== Browne has publicly acknowledged that the cover art for ''Late for the Sky'' was inspired by the 1954 painting "L'Empire des Lumieres" ("Empire of Light"), by Belgian surrealist René Magritte. The album itself contains the credit, "cover concept Jackson Browne if it's all reet with Magritte". The original photograph was shot on a South Pasadena residential street, several miles from Browne's childhood Highland Park, California, home. Designer and front cover photographer Bob Seldemann said, "I spoke to Jackson in 1980 and he told me he thought it was his favorite cover. Lest the jacket appear too funereal, a mood-defusing photo of a relaxed Jackson, almost smiling and looking as though he has a surprise to share, occupies a small square of the back cover." The title track was used in the 1976 Martin Scorsese film ''Taxi Driver''. The song "Before the Deluge" was later covered by Joan Baez on her 1979 album ''Honest Lullaby''; Baez and Browne performed the song together on her 1989 PBS concert special. In his speech inducting Browne into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen called ''Late for the Sky'' Browne's "masterpiece" and referred to the car doors slamming at the end of "The Late Show". In 2003, the album was ranked number 372 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, Browne's highest ranking. The album was certified as a Gold record in 1974 and Platinum in 1989 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).〔(RIAA Gold and Platinum award. ) Retrieved July 20, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Late for the Sky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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