features in: Album Chart of 1982 → ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s → ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |
I'm no expert on the life and times of 'The Boss' but this sounds like another mighty fine effort, up there with 1975s “Born To Run”, and, pleasingly, a different beast entirely, largely acoustic with all instruments (guitar, harmonica, mandolin, glockenspiel, tambourine, Hammond organ, synthesizer) played by Springsteen himself, themed as a story album with folk and blues roots. It's often difficult for artists to give each of their albums a unique identity, but “Nebraska” certainly achieves that. Springsteen himself sums it up best: “I wanted black bedtime stories. I thought of the records of John Lee Hooker and Robert Johnson, music that sounded so good with the lights out. I wanted the listener to hear my characters think, to feel their thoughts, their choices. These songs were the opposite of the rock music I’d been writing. They were restrained, still on the surface, with a world of moral ambiguity and unease below. The tension running through the music’s core was the thin line between stability and that moment when the things that connect you to your world, your job, your family, your friends, the love and grace in your heart, fail you. I wanted the music to feel like a waking dream and to move like poetry. I wanted the blood in these songs to feel destined and fateful.”
The Jukebox Rebel
02–Mar–2019
Tracklist |
A1 | [04:32] Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
A2 | [04:00] Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
A3 | [04:08] Bruce Springsteen - Mansion On The Hill (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
A4 | [03:44] Bruce Springsteen - Johnny 99 (Bruce Springsteen) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
A5 | [05:40] Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
A6 | [03:17] Bruce Springsteen - State Trooper (Bruce Springsteen) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
B1 | [03:11] Bruce Springsteen - Used Cars (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
B2 | [02:58] Bruce Springsteen - Open All Night (Bruce Springsteen) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
B3 | [05:07] Bruce Springsteen - My Father's House (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |
B4 | [04:11] Bruce Springsteen - Reason To Believe (Bruce Springsteen) Folk |