Nebraska
Bruce Springsteen
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Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Atlantic City | Bruce Springsteen | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Mansion On the Hill | Bruce Springsteen | 4:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Johnny 99 | Bruce Springsteen | 3:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Highway Patrolman | Bruce Springsteen | 5:37 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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State Trooper | Bruce Springsteen | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Used Cars | Bruce Springsteen | 3:05 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Open All Night | Bruce Springsteen | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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My Father's House | Bruce Springsteen | 5:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Reason to Believe | Bruce Springsteen | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
By the end of the opening song and title track on Springsteen's first solo acoustic album, Nebraska, we're blown way past glowing images of "broken heroes on a last-chance power drive." The protagonists here are dark, as is the mood; "Nebraska" attempts to explain serial killer Charles Starkweather's rampage from the first-person perspective:"I guess there's just a meanness in this world." Recorded on a four-track machine in Springsteen's kitchen, there are hints here of old country songs and the even older Irish ballads that presaged them. Bruce knows how to set a lyric like the class-conscious "Mansion on the Hill" in a lovely melody that's like something from the Chieftains' dreams. Nebraska is at once a startling addition to the rock and folk traditions, and an affirmation of them. Just ask Johnny Cash, who cut his own versions of "Johnny 99" and "Highway Patrolman."
Customer Reviews
a masterpiece of an album
the perfect album to sit and listen to in the dark and chainsmoke to and let your mind wander.this is a dreary dark album and mostly an undiscovered gem in the bosses catalog.you feel like your in a movie when you hear it.its his finest work.
All-time classic
This is the only Springsteen album I own, and the only one I could want. This is America. This is firmly entrenched in the canon of great American art. Everyone from film-makers to poets have been inspired by the stories found here. Recorded in a motel room one night on a 4-track. Raw and real and timeless. If you think you're a fan of American music, of any ilk, but you don't own this record, get with it. Fast.
The Best Songwriting of Springsteen's Life
Each song is a vignette. Each story is so real you can taste it. A set of earbuds or headphones are the perfect venue for this intimate album. This set of songs would make BITUSA possible and would splinter his professional career into the "Band" and "Bruce" albums -each with remarkably different results. This is Reagan's America and a rebuff t the myths of conservatism. "The 1950s were better." - ask Carol Fugate and Charlie Starkweather on "Nebraska". "Greed is Good" - ask the folks in "Atlantic City" (Although this should have been a band song) or the poor bastard in "Johnny 99". The creepy and claustrophic tones of "State Trooper", "My Father's House", "Reason To Believe", and the funny "Open All Night" (a proto rocker) are cool and amazing. "used Cars" is like a audio photograph. My personal favorite and one of my all time Springsteen songs is "Highway Patrolman". It is working class and in a standard folkie kind of groove. It tells tht quintessential story of how two brothers can diverge so far away from each other and yet, still be brothers and know the difference between what is right and what feels right. This album would yield "Tom Joad", "Devils And Dust", and "41 Shots". It is a classic of American Songwriting.
Biography
Born: September 23, 1949 in Freehold, NJ
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Singer/Songwriter, Psychedelic, Pop, Pop/Rock, Arena Rock, Folk-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Folk
- Released: Sep 20, 1982
- ℗ 1982 Bruce Springsteen
