Decker

I listened to side A on the way home. I like it so far. Queen Of The Supermarket is an awesome song (though I nearly drove off the road when I heard Bruce drop an F bomb; is that his first one?). I like that first track, Outlaw Pete -- it's really good.

aintnosin

Best Buy sells vinyl?

DonTHX1378

Yup Best Buy has started to sell some vinyl which amazing me. I picked up my copy from BB today because Rasputin hadn't gotten their vinyl copies in yet and weren't sure if they were getting them this week. As for the hate for this album, it's only the hardcore fans that don't like it. They don't like it because it's not dark like his older stuff, or angry like he is on Magic. They don't like it that it's Springsteen's most hopeful album in years. I don't think that they get that everyone of his albums this decade have dealt with a time and place with what has been going on in America. The Rising came right after 9/11 with it's were going to make it through this because I'm here with you feel. Magic was his Bush protest album, and the feel was that it can't get an worse than whats going on. Working on a Dream was done I think because he knew that the change was coming in America. Plus I've heard that some of the songs were carry over from Magic because they didn't fit into the feel of that album.

Rocketdog2000

Listening to the new album so far, I feel a bit blah about it. There's some decent songs, but nothing really stands out to me like "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" or "Your Own Worst Enemy" did off of Magic.

Magic, which IMHO, was the best Springsteen album since Born In The USA, restored my faith in Bruce. So far though, this one's just not doing it for me. We'll have to see what more spins might do.

david12

To answer Decker, no, this is not Bruce's first F-Bomb. From what I know, his first was on Devils and Dust's Long Time Comin' "I ain't gonna F it up this time." But just like you, I bugged out when I heard it on Queen of the Supermarket. It's almost said with glee!

RayChuang

Problem is, the die-hard Springsteen fans always mostly gravitate towards the pessimistic, angrier albums. Which is not surprising considering that Springsteen was strongly influenced by the rapid decline in the resorts along the New Jersey shoreline during the years he grew up in the 1960's.

That's why the reception to the new album Working on a Dream has been so mixed--this is NOT the Springsteen that the die-hard fans like. I downloaded the album from the Amazon MP3 download store and enjoyed its wide, varied music, especially now that he's got the E Street Band on this more "optimistic" album.

Decker

Your right about the wide variety. I like how the album goes directly from a lush, echoey Pet Sounds-like arrangement in This Life to a distorted lo-fi 12 bar blues in Good Eye (was that Bruce's first 12-bar song?) to a traditional bluegrass arrangement in the next song,Tomorrow Never Knows. I think the contrast makes for interesting listening.

Decker

BTW : The original post mentions a second bonus track "A Night With the Jersey Devil ". What happened to that one?

sauce07

it was dropped at the last minute. You can find the video for it on the DVD that came with the deluxe.

[email protected]

Word is that Bruce is going four songs at the Super Bowl, lasting 12 minutes. I guess that means no 'Jungleland' or 'Rosalita'! I turned down the opportunity to learn the songlist, would rather be surprised on Sunday...

DrRingDing

This album is such a letdown for me. The Rising was awesome, Magic was good, but this one is weak. It feels like filler, for the most part. The songs are catchy, but they don't resonate, which for other bands would be okay... But for the Boss...

sauce07

Super Bowl Setlist

Decker

Hmm. I was going to post my guess.

aintnosin

Nope. I think the first was "My Best Was Never Good Enough" off The Ghost of Tom Joad.

"The early bird catches the f-in' worm."

aintnosin

The video is on the DVD included in the deluxe version. Too bad they dropped it. One of favorites off the the album.

My take is that the album starts strong: The first four songs are as good as anything he's released lately. The last two songs, "The Last Carnival" and "The Wrestling" are also really good. There's a blah sort of sameness to everything in between.

cdollaz

I think the opening song is kinda weak, but the next 4 are great. After that, only so-so.

macnorton

Another solid Bruce album...very cool.

And, how awesome was the Boss last night? I am a little biased because I am a Jersey boy, but wow, seriously.

GuessWho

xfilekr

lol

Decker

That's hillarious! I'm "Workin' On An Avatar" for that one.

hasslein

That's why I haven't purchased it yet. Don't want to get burned like Seeger Sessions. Waiting to see if another release is coming, with extra tracks.

aintnosin

Out of 16 studio albums and five live albums, Springsteen only did that once. The odds are in your favor.

Decker

Twice, if you count the extra three songs that were added to the compilation of songs from "Tracks" box set.

NoirFan

"Outlaw Pete" is an instant classic, a sweeping, majestic epic that (IMHO) ranks right below his Born to Run-era stuff, but the rest of the album didn't do much for me, though I appreciated the attempts to explore a more varied palette than usual.

hasslein

It just seems like the current trend, although Magic may have been a tale tale sign. Actually, I think you could add Born To Run SE to the list, but I admit that is a stretch... Plus I want the version with DVD, but I'm irritated the packaging is bigger than a standard cd release, yet smaller than a standard DVD release.