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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream Jan 30, 2009 20:04:28 GMT -5

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Pick up the new album and have spun it about 9-10 times since Tuesday Night. It's a completely underwhelming effort from The Boss. In the wake of 2 excellent E-Street Albums this decade, this is the third. This album comes about 15 months or so after 07's Magic, which is a great E-Street Album.

I've got all the Bruce albums, except the live ones. I had high expectations after hearing "My Lucky Day" and the title track "working on a dream." , I'd say this album would have been great as an Ep. There's about 4 really good songs. A couple of good album tracks. The rest are very forgettable. The album sounds much more like a Bruce solo record than a Bruce & The EStreet Band record. The Band is SORELY missed.

And I think Bruce wrote his worst song ever, "Queen of the Supermarket." If you want to laugh give that tune a spin.

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NYR Oasis Manager King of Spam Serving up sexual chocolate since April 24, 2004 Posts: 15,066	Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream Feb 2, 2009 13:47:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NYR on Feb 2, 2009 13:47:24 GMT -5 i actually liked it, in all its campiness. and if you want terrible bruce, listen to his early 90s period. human touch. 'nuff said.
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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream May 5, 2018 10:28:02 GMT -5

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Post by matt on May 5, 2018 10:28:02 GMT -5

The one Bruce album I never listen to. Likewise with most of Human Touch. An album that dangerously plays close to the ignorant stereotype for his haters. Brendan O Briens production is dreck, likewise with Magic with the sound blasted, no dynamism, and sucks the energy from the E Street Band. Though that shouldn’t hide the fact the songs are very poor. He admitted that the public never liked him singing ‘happy songs’ so why he went back to it for this album is anyone’s guess.

Life Itself is excellent though, and The Wrestler.

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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream May 9, 2018 11:28:55 GMT -5 via mobile

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While we're on the subject of more-recent Springsteen albums... I'm probably in the minority but I still put Wrecking Ball in my all-time top-5 favorite Boss albums. Lots of great, honest tunes, the production is fantastic, and you can hear the venom and vile spewing from his vocals. The album came out at a time when somebody needed to say it, and he said it.

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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream May 9, 2018 15:30:27 GMT -5

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May 9, 2018 11:28:55 GMT -5 @id1edreamer said:

When discussing post-Tom Joad phase, I think it’s probably his strongest album. Certainly his tightest. For me the peaks of The Rising beat Wrecking Ball but the latter is that bit more consistent and less weighed down by excess songs (always thought The Rising was 3-4 songs too long).

What’s your favourite latter day Bruce song? Paradise from The Rising never fails to move me. That last verse in particular; ‘I search for the peace in your eyes/but they’re as empty as paradise’. Incredibly haunting and tragic tune.

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Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream May 9, 2018 17:52:13 GMT -5 via mobile

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May 9, 2018 15:30:27 GMT -5 matt said:

What’s your favourite latter day Bruce song?

For me it's got to be American Skin (41 Shots). But I also love Wrecking Ball, Jack Of All Trades, and Land Of Hopes And Dreams.

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