Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Album: WORKING ON A DREAM DELUXE EDIT. (CD+DVD DIGI)

Year: 2009
EAN/UPS: 0886974624226
Media type: CD

Bruce Springsteen's not known for pumping out new material at a rapid clip, but he was seemingly so energized by his 2007 album, MAGIC, that he wrote and recorded the songs on WORKING ON A DREAM in a creative flurry and had it out 15 months after its predecessor. The feel of the album is accordingly urgent; there's little here that bears the epic qualities of his more deliberately wrought work, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Overall, this is probably as close as The Boss gets to a pop album. While the somewhat anomalous "The Wrestler," the spare, acoustic-based theme from the celebrated film of the same name, is a trenchant look inside a troubled soul, a more light-hearted feel prevails throughout most of WORKING ON A DREAM. Muscular production emphasizes Springsteen's classic-rock leanings, but these simple songs of love and hope also bear bright pop hooks, and they wind up being nicely offset by a couple of raw, bluesy tunes before it's all over.

This DVD/CD set includes Springsteen's new album, a collaboration with Brendan O'Brien. The album was recorded and mixed at Southern Tracks in Atlanta with additional Recording in New York City, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. The DVD includes 38 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Springsteen and the band recording in the studio. The CD includes a bonus track.

TRACKLIST CD:

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working On a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. Last Carnival, The
13. The Wrestler

TRACKLIST DVD:

1. My Lucky Day - Studio sessions
2. Queen of the Supermarket - Studio sessions
3. Kingdom of Days - Studio sessions
4. Tomorrow Never Knows/ What Love Can Do/ This Life
5. Life Itself - Studio sessions
6. Working On a Dream - Video
7. The Last Carnival - Video
8. End Credits
9. A Night With the Jersey Devil - Video

LINE-UP:

Bruce Springsteen (glockenspiel)
Nils Lofgren, Steve Van Zandt, Patti Scialfa (guitars)
Soozie Tyrell (violin)
Roy Bittan (accordion)
Clarence Clemons (saxophone)
Garry Tallent (bass guitar)
Max Weinberg (drums)
Danny Federici (drums)