Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Deluxe Version with bonus DVD)
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Artist: Bruce SpringsteenBrand: Columbia
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Music Label: Columbia
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Outlaw Pete
- My Lucky Day
- Working On A Dream
- Queen Of The Supermarket
- What Love Can Do
- This Life
- Good Eye
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Life Itself
- Kingdom Of Days
- Surprise, Surprise
- The Last Carnival
- The Wrestler
- My Lucky Day (Video Version)
- Queen Of The Supermarket (Studio Sessions)
- Kingdom Of Days (Studio Sessions)
- Tomorrow Never Knows/What Love Can Do/This Life (Studio Sessions)
- Life Itself (Studio Sessions)
- Working On A Dream
- The Last Carnival (Video Version)
- End Credits
- A Night With The Jersey Devil (Video Version)
Music reviews of Working on a Dream (Deluxe Version with bonus DVD)
Music Review: An Interesting and Commendable Effort but not Extraordinary
Rating: 3 Stars
I'm only a couple listens into WOAD, so my opinion may very well shift. I didn't care much for Magic at first listen and grew fairly fond of it. FWIW, I've been a near pathological bruce fan for 25 years since I was 12 y.o. IMHO, this is far from his best outing...not even his best outing in recent years, but that said it's a rather interesting album, and I do commend him for putting something as unusual as this out there.
first, many are commenting that there is a lot of american 60's sounds borrowing from beach boys and the byrds. sure there's some of that, but I'm hearing a lot more british pop musical influence. i'll ID it where I hear it below.
before i break it down (mostly for my own amusement, I'm sure), a prediction. within 5 years bruce stops coloring his hair, goes all white (a la peter gabriel), grows a beard (or at least goatee) and transforms into an acoustic bard. no more e-street except to get democrats elected...but puts out some damn good folk genre albums. he'll get more involved in a cause of some sort and remain public, though I don't see him running for public office. oh well, that's my BS musing...so the music:
outlaw pete- a weird song, but i can't quite get it out of my head, so that's saying something. def props to bruce to doing a wacky long ballad like this, especially as the lead track. first brit musical connection: this sounds to me like a Townshend rock opera track from Tommy or something...and it's also a rocky racoon-esque storyline...if i'm not mistaken the foil here is named Dan as well. some dylan sounds too in the vocals.
lucky day- best bruce straightforward rocker....bet he opens shows with it. great tune...nothing wrong with it.
woad- in the last few years bruce has invented a sort of cheesy middle of the road soft rock bruce ballad i'm just not crazy about. middle of the road meaning it's not a rocker, but nor is it a somber, reflective ballad (think Long Walk Home f/ Magic) I like my bruce hard and pounding (adam raised a cain) or extremely supple (my beautiful reward, valentines day). This track is from that in between variety that just doesn't grip me...there are a number of this genre on the album...the whistle bit near the end is nice though.
queen- kind of nonsensical, but gotta compliment him for putting it out there. sort of like a promised land story...immigrant coming to this country and beiing overwhelmed by the choices and grows into the american dream. i think it's starring that same horny dude from girls in summer clothes. justifiably panned by many. in general, though, i tend to regard bruce as beyond reproach so I can't be annoyed too much by songs like this. the unexpected and unnecessary f-bomb at the end of the tune is enough to put a smile on my face though.
what love can do- great song. to me it has a strong british pop rock sound,- think XTC, Squeeze...a nice post-punk rhythm. it's a new rhythm for him but I like it a lot.
this life...more middle of the road balladeering...recycled from magic...and not the best of magic. This has the beach boys sound to it with a REM harmony at the end lifted from shiny happy people or something...
Good eye- pretty enjoyable for what it is, but I don't seek refuge in bruce for delta blues....i seek refuge in his R&R. I kinda wish he'd make a straight delta blues album, then I could buy it or not but at least be clear about what I'm getting. And for that matter please go make a straight country album while he's at it too where he could hide the next tune.
tomorrow never knows: could live without it. again, go make a country album to get songs like this out of your system. he could do a trio with dylan and neil young and they'd have a blast playing old hank williams tunes.
life itself...perhaps best song on the album. quite beautiful in substance and texture. same qawalli wail at the end from worlds apart on the rising.
kingdom of days: alright song...nothin' special. more of that middle of the road soft rock ballad stuff. my fear is that he runs the risk of going too far down the spectrum of soft-rockdom that he'll be sitting next to phil collins and rod stewart.
surprise, surprise...interesting tune for bruce. not profound, but helluva lot better than many of the other songs on the album. it's almost a relief, frankly after kingdom. more british pop sound...can't place it exactly, but that's what it makes me think of.
Last carnival...phenomenal beautiful ballad. this is what a bruce ballad should be. one of his best. content-wise the most interesting song on the album, too. clearly a paean to Danny Federici...not to mention Wild Billy from Wild and Innocent.
Aside from the dedication to Danny, I wonder if he is saying anything else with this song? Is Danny his 'handsome Billy' or is he something more? Is he saying goodbye to Billy forever? Not gonna be on that high wire anymore? Billy may have been his doppelganger all these years, it turns out.
it's kind of cryptic, but nevertheless f'ing beautiful.
the wrestler...excellent. nothing to complain about here.
Description of Working on a Dream (Deluxe Version with bonus DVD)
Limited CD/DVD edition includes a bonus DVD that contains 30 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage on the making of the album. 2009 album by one of the finest American songwriters of his generation. Working on a Dream was recorded with the E Street Band and features 12 new Springsteen compositions plus a bonus track: 'The Wrestler'. . It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album. Springsteen also wrote an eponymous song for Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film The Wrestler. The song, also titled 'The Wrestler' won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. SBME. 2009.Classic Rock CDs
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