Lives in the Balance is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1986. It reached number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. The title track as well as "For America" and "In the Shape of a Heart" were released as singles. The album was ranked number 88 on Rolling Stone's list of the best 100 albums of the 1980s. The album reached number 2 in Sweden.
Ian Wallace – drums (1, 7) Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 4, 6, 8) Stan Lynch – drums (3) Jim Keltner – drums (5) Walfredo Reyes Jr. – congas (5) Jennifer Condos – bass (1) Bob Glaub – bass (2–4, 6, 8) Jorge Calderón – bass (5), harmony vocals (5) Phil Chen – bass (7) Jackson Browne – lead vocals, vocoder (1), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 6), sequencing (2, 6), acoustic piano (4), harmony vocals (6) Danny Kortchmar – sequencing (2), guitars (5) Bernie Larsen – clavinet (7), guitars (7) Gary Myrick – guitars (1) Steve Lukather – guitars (2, 4, 8) Rick Vito – guitars (3) David Lindley – guitars (5, 7) Waddy Wachtel – guitars (5) Jorge Strunz – nylon-string acoustic guitar (6) Kevin McCormick – guitars (7), harmony vocals (7) Kevin Dukes – guitars (8) Jai Winding – acoustic piano (1), synthesizers (1, 4–6, 8), organ (5) Bill Payne – synthesizers (2–4, 6), acoustic piano (8) Ian McLagan – organ (7) Doug Haywood – harmony vocals (3, 4, 7, 8) Bonnie Raitt – harmony vocals (4) Debra Dobkin – harmony vocals (6) Mindy Sterling – harmony vocals (6) Craig Doerge – synthesizers (3) Hugo Pedroza – charango (6), tiple (6) Phil Kenzie – alto saxophone (1) Enrique "Quique" Cruz – zampona (6)
Jackson Browne – producer James Geddes – engineer, mixing Greg Ladanyi – mixing Tchad Blake – assistant engineer Bill Jackson – assistant engineer Coke Johnson – assistant engineer Ed Wong – technical engineer Murray Dvorkin – mix assistant Sharon Rice – mix assistant Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) Steven Landsberg – production assistant Dawn Patrol – art direction Jimmy Wachtel – art direction Richard Duardo – cover artwork Basia Kenton – back cover photography
