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Bruce SpringsteenWrecking Ball74 Based on 13 reviews 2012 Ranking: #99 / 227
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Message aside and from a purely musical standpoint, the new album is Springsteen’s most enjoyable and freshest-sounding in ages.
There is plenty to love here; namely, the richest, most dynamic album to the legend’s name in decades.
Wrecking Ball is a mainstream rock record because that’s what Bruce Springsteen does—even if, as a culture, we’ve come to regard centrism in our music with the same distrust we have for it in politics.
Wrecking Ball displays Springsteen’s refusal to coast.
It's an impressive work from a genuine legend and as a response to our current situation, leaves us with a pertinent message: in Bruce we trust.
As it is, I can’t help but feel Wrecking Ball fritters something of itself away via its unsteady musical palette.
If you really want to hear a great album about where the country stands at this very moment, you’d do worse than to revisit Born in the USA.
Wrecking Ball guns for such sing-alongs-- its musical roots call back to Civil War snares, gospel howls, and chain-gang stomps-- but it fails to support them with ample life.
Wrecking Ball is an album that will reinforce most everyone’s preexisting opinion of The Boss, whether they be good or bad.
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| 90 | No Ripcord [src ] |
| 90 | PopMatters [src] |
| 83 | A.V. Club [src] |
| 80 | Consequence of Sound [src] |
| 80 | musicOMH [src] |
| 80 | NME [src] |
| 80 | Under The Radar [src] |
| 70 | Drowned in Sound [src] |
| 70 | Paste [src] |
| 70 | Tiny Mix Tapes [src] |
| 60 | AllMusic [src] |
| 59 | Pitchfork [src] |
| 58 | Beats Per Minute [src] |
- We Take Care of Our Own
- Easy Money
- Shackled and Down
- Jack of All Trades
- Death to My Hometown
- The Depression
- Wrecking Ball
- You’ve Got It
- Rocky Ground
- Land of Hope and Dreams
- We Are Live
- Swallowed Up (iTunes Bonus Track)
- American Land (iTunes Bonus Track)
