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"Call It a Loan" (Browne, David Lindley) – 4:35.is unusually rank." Track listing Īll tracks are written by Jackson Browne except where noted.

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." 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. Writing retrospectively for Allmusic, music critic William Rulhmann called some of the tracks awkward or foolish.

Reception Professional ratings Review scoresĭespite being Browne's only album to date to reach number 1 in the Billboard charts, it received poor critical reviews. The album was certified as a Gold and Platinum record in 1980 by the RIAA. The phrase "of missing persons" was derived from a line in a Little Feat song, "Long Distance Love". 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 Jackson Browne's who died a year prior to the release of Hold Out. 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 chart. Hold Out is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1980.