Least and Most: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
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by Tony
3w ago
Left turn? More like a different road entirely. Springsteen, clearly relishing his career’s rebirth, released three studio albums that varied from each other more than at any other phase of his career. A new E Street Band album was surely on the cards after the success of The Rising but Bruce had a few things ..read more
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Least and Most: Devils and Dust
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by Tony
3w ago
If you look at Springsteen’s discography you’d think that every ten years or so he has an itch to go and write and release a more acoustic leaning, serious album of character-driven narrative. In that respect Devils & Dust – recorded following a short break after touring behind The Rising – fits right in on ..read more
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Least and Most: The Rising
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by Tony
3w ago
After a relative glut of new music through the ’90s, Springsteen would release five new studio albums before the first decade of the new millennium was out. All but one of these would be produced Brendan O’Brien who, starting with The Rising, would help bring Springsteen and the E Street Band’s sound into a sharper ..read more
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Looking forward… another new music fix
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by Tony
1M ago
Taking a momentary pause in Springsteen-focused posts to look ahead a little. While I haven’t really waded into the ‘that was the year that was’ waters yet there’s plenty already on the horizon for the coming months to look forward to by way of new music and my pre-order pile is already shaping up to ..read more
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Least and Most: The Ghost of Tom Joad
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by Tony
1M ago
Three years, an Academy Award, an awkward E Street Band reunion, a Greatest Hits with a cluster of ‘new’ songs, and at least one scrapped album sit between Springsteen’s first albums of the the ’90s and The Ghost of Tom Joad‘s release in November 1995. I love this album. It’s only grown on me over ..read more
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Least and Most: Lucky Town
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by Tony
2M ago
In theory I should have released this post on the same day as that for Human Touch, right? If only this weren’t a massively busy month for me professionally and personally I may well have done. However, that does lead me nicely to my thoughts on this album that have changed somewhat in the years ..read more
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Least and Most: Human Touch
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by Tony
2M ago
You know how it is with quotes and soundbites – sometimes their origin gets lost even when the quote itself remains pure and valid. I’ve got a sneaky feeling it was Hall of Fame related – possibly while inducting someone else – but Springsteen is on record and oft-cited as saying “I tried it [writing ..read more
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Least and Most: Tunnel of Love
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by Tony
2M ago
While he’s never pulled a Landing On Water style curveball, it’s not as though Springsteen has ever really repeated an album formula since he broke through. From the success of Born To Run he dialled the production down for the leaner, meaner Darkness… while Nebraska‘s stark, acoustic desperation was an equally far cry from the ..read more
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Tuesday afternoon, I’m just beginning to see… Tuesday tunes
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by Tony
2M ago
Another temporary interruption in Springsteen posting bought to you by the urge to share other things that have been worming into my ears lately. Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More Kim Deal’s debut solo album – which is a pretty weird thing to be typing given the length of her career – continues to ..read more
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Least and Most: Born In The USA
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by Tony
2M ago
“Sometimes records dictate their own personalities and you just have to let them be…. I finally stopped doing my hesitation shuffle, took the best of what I had and signed off on what would be the biggest album of my career” Work on what would become Born In The USA began in early 1982. The ..read more
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