release date: Oct. 2, 2007
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: Brendan O'Brien
label: Columbia Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "Radio Nowhere" - 2. "You'll Be Comin' Down" - 4. "Your Own Worst Enemy" - 5. "Gypsy Biker" - 8. "Magic" - 10. "Long Walk Home" - 12. "Terry's Song"
15th studio album by Bruce Springsteen released after the studio album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006), which is the so far only full Springsteen studio album with cover-versions only. Producer Brendan O'Brien launches a familiar sound borrowing from grunge rock and alt. rock, [Pearl Jam, The Killers and Neil Young], I think.
The album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, and I think you may look at it as a breath of fresh air from someone who almost always releases solid albums but also seems stuck in his own style.
Without being great, it's mighty fine.
[ allmusic.com 3,5, Uncut 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 5 / 5 stars ]
