Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen was good when my mum was young enough to wear stilettos and a mini-skirt. His last album is thoroughly bad with the exception of a nice little song, which he wrote for the recent film The Wrestler (which is incidentally very good). The album opens with a song called Outlaw Pete - there is nothing special musically or lyrically about it - in fact its downright boring. So instead of cutting it from the album, he and his producers decided to make it exceed 8 minutes in length. Another song Queen of the Supermarket reflects his horny feelings for a cashier who serves him at the shop. Again, the music isn't all that ...  Read the complete review

Throughout his career , Bruce Springsteen's musical output has reflected his own personal emotions, sometimes broad, sometimes fiercely personal - Welcome to happy Bruce. With Obama now in the Whitehouse, Springsteen finds himself in a much more positive frame of mind than on previous albums such as 'Magic' and 'The Rising'. Much of the material here deals with personal issues, around relationships, wish fulfillment (Queen of the Supermarket) and the contentment of being in love (My Lucky Day). Where on previous records, melody has been overtaken by message (The Ghost of Tom Joad), this record is melodically very strong. Unfortunately, this seems ...  Read the complete review

I have been lucky enough to hear a promotional copy of this album, which even at this early stage of the year, I can confidently say, is one of THE albums of 2009. No doubt, you'll have heard the title track Working On A Dream, which I think is one of the best Springsteen has EVER written. The rest of the album is of the same consistently high quality we have come to expect from Springsteen. This album is also much like Magic, an even more mature take on his music with songs like the title track and The Wrestler, but there are also songs which hark back to the Springsteen we first knew and which drew us in to his music in the first place, such as the song My ...  Read the complete review