release date: Mar. 2, 2012
format: cd (Deluxe Edition)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: Ron Aniello, Bruce Springsteen
label: Columbia Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 1. "We Take Care of Our Own" - 2. "Easy Money" - 3. "Shackled and Drawn" - 4. "Jack of All Trades" - 7. "Wrecking Ball" - 9. "Rocky Ground" - 10. "Land of Hope & Dreams"
17th studio album by Bruce Springsteen following three years after Working on a Dream in a Deluxe Edition containing two bonus tracks. The album is the first in a series of albums with producer Ron Aniello.
Wrecking Ball is a nice return to form by The Boss, and it secured Springsteen several Grammy nominations and #1 positions on album charts lists world-wide including important top charts in the US and in the UK.
On Wrecking Ball he demonstrates how he's still capable of making fine music drawing on his back-catalogue and at the same time renewing himself. It contains several songs with celtic folk elements, but generally, it's a diverse but fine uptempo album.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5, The Guardian 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 5 / 5 stars ]
