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Working On a Dream | 
| Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Label: SonyBMG
Category: Music
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 635
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 4.7 x 0.3
MPN: 741355
UPC: 886974135524
EAN: 0886974135524
ASIN: B001LF4IA6
Release Date: January 26, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Outlaw Pete | | • | My Lucky Day | | • | Working On a Dream | | • | Queen of the Supermarket | | • | What Love Can Do | | • | This Life | | • | Good Eye | | • | Tomorrow Never Knows | | • | Life Itself | | • | Kingdom of Days | | • | Surprise, Surprise | | • | The Last Carnival | | • | The Wrestler (bonus track) |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
2007rsquo;s emMagic/em saw Bruce Springsteen enjoy a monumental return to form. His frustrated takes on American social and political life created an album bristling with indignation, introspection, and an indubitable spirit. emWorking On A Dream/em, his 16th studio album, continues this creative streak. Produced once again by Brendan Orsquo;Brien, it could almost be seen as a companion album: one thatrsquo;s less political and decidedly more optimistic. Indeed, songs like ldquo;What Love Can Dordquo; were written during the Magic sessions, and the whole album was recorded during the 2007ndash;2008 Magic Tour, lending some overlap between the two projects. Kicking off with the eight-minute opus ldquo;Outlaw Pete,rdquo; (âat six months old, hersquo;d done three months in jailrsquo;), The Boss takes no prisoners as he and his E Street Band power through upbeat songs like the title track and ldquo;My Lucky Day,rdquo; gutsy rockers like ldquo;Good Eyerdquo; and stirring ballads like ldquo;Surprise, Surprise" and ldquo;The Last Carnivalrdquo;. Therersquo;s some MOR material (ldquo;Kingdom Of Daysrdquo;; ldquo;This Liferdquo;) and itrsquo;s far from a musical reinvention, but emWorking On A Dream/em is a life-affirming and buoyant addition to Springsteenrsquo;s unparalleled oeuvre. --emDanny McKenna/em
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 71
 Special Delivery June 28, 2009
The Wolf (uk)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Did you see The Boss at Glastonbury last night ?
br /
br /Of course you did !
br /
br /Mr Springsteen and his superb band of merry minstrels
br /were in fine form and so were his ecstatic audience.
br /
br /There was one whole lotta love in that there field.
br /
br /For those of us moving fast towards our first century on the planet
br /Mr Springsteen has contributed a small but indispensable part of the
br /soundtrack to our lives. A dependable beacon in the gathering darkness.
br /
br /Building on the elemental brilliance of 2007's tour de force 'Magic',
br /'Working On A Dream' delivers a further peerless installment.
br /
br /The thirteen songs in this new collection are remarkably
br /assured compositions. The melodies strong and memorable;
br /the lyrics simple, purposeful and sincere.
br /
br /The voice is in just as good shape as the songwriting.
br /Never the most refined instrument in the history of rock
br /it none-the-less possesses both power and conviction and
br /manages to fulfill its purpose never less than adequately.
br /
br /The production sound is dense and full. The band delivers a refined
br /and homogenous backdrop to the proceedings but it remains clear
br /throughout that there really is only one true star in the sky.
br /
br /The eight minute epic 'Outlaw Pete' opens the show in fine style.
br /A good story well told. A great chorus rousingly realised.
br /The church bell, harmonica and string arrangement leading into
br /the final coda are truly atmospheric and affecting.
br /A High Noon for the noughties. The Wild West is alive and well and living here !
br /
br /Title track 'Working On A Dream', with its lilting foursquare backbeat
br /is up there with his finest work. A real dream of a tune.
br /
br /'Queen Of The Supermarket', too, is an absolute cracker.
br /There's something really quite endearing about Springsteen's ability
br /to take something small and ordinary and human and give it
br /greater depth and dignity.
br /The suggested image of The Boss wheeling his trolley down a Wal-Mart
br /store aisle in search of true love is absolutely precious.
br /
br /'This Life' is up there with the best that he has done.
br /A warm and wonderful anthem for a godless world.
br /
br /'Tomorrow Never Knows' is small and perfect and finger-pickin' good.
br /
br /For my money 'Kingdom Of Days' is the album's heart and soul.
br /One of the finest songs that Mr Springsteen has written
br /in a long and venerable career. A little masterpiece.
br /
br /'The Last Carnival' comes a very close second !
br /
br /So, the late-flowering continues unabated.
br /A force of nature still to be reckoned with.
br /
br /The Boss is back and there's more than a little life left in the old dog yet.
br /
br /Essential.
Wonderful - A trip to Tesco will never be the same again January 27, 2009
A. A. Jones (England, UK)
19 out of 24 found this review helpful
I had listened to a review copy for about a week prior to the release date. Three tracks; Working on a Dream, My Lucky day and The Wrestler I had already owned. I find the album compliments perfectly The Rising and Magic. The range of music seems to be endless. Up to date and at the same time making reference with the past. I hear new music every time I play it.
br /Listening to an interview on Radio 2 with Bruce Springsteen and Mark Hagen a few days ago I already see the album in a new light.
br /
br /Recording wise it is one of the clearest records I have ever listened to. I play it on a Naim Hi-Fi system. This album could quite easily be a demonstration disc.
br /
br /Nothing elese I can say to describe it. You need to buy the album and enjoy it for yourself
Not a lot of angst, is there? January 28, 2009
Dave (UK)
26 out of 35 found this review helpful
Up front, I confess, I love Springsteen, solo and backed. And to be honest, I expected not to like this album. I'd heard it streamed, and thought it wasnt my cup of tea. I've seen Bruce solo and with the E-Street Band etc 15 times. And I travel to do it, so I am a real fan (minor league compared to some, but still a real fan). I think all Springsteen fans love the introspection of Tunnel of Love, the bleakness of Nebraska, the anger of The Rising and Magic, and the naive romanticism of the Born To Run etc. This is none of those, it's generally happier, bouncier, though for those of us who want to look, the sad and dark edges are still there in The Last Carnival, Life Itself and The Wrestler.
br /
br /Like all of Bruce's more recent stuff, this shows an artist at the height of his powers, not afraid to reinvent himself, try something new. Yep, I'd agree the the lyrics for Queen Of The Supermarket are not quite up there with Empty Sky (a song that proves you can cut someones heart out with a harmonica), but someone has to tell my toes to stop tapping. And maybe that's the point, it's just a bit of fun. And it's not Crush On You (thankfully). Funny it's been singled out for its lyrics, but like many of his fans I've sung out loud about ramrodding with my honey 'til half past dawn, and lets be honest here, that's not Shakespeare either, but it does make me smile.
br /
br /And for anyone who says that it's not Born To Run, well you're right, it's not. If he was still doing albums like Born To Run now, would we still be buying them, or would we be calling him a one trick pony or "a one legged man tryin' to dance his way free"? There'll never be another Born To Run. There'll never be another Darkness, River, Rising, Magic, Born In The USA, Magic etc etc either
br /
br /Give the album the chance it deserves, despite my doubts, I have to say, I rather like it. I rather like it a lot.
Wait a few days THEN write a review... January 31, 2009
Andrew Halket (Cambridge UK)
18 out of 24 found this review helpful
I am so glad a played this a few times. I was quite disappointed on a first listen - strangely little stood out. But play it a few times LOUD, and it really is quite superb.
br /
br /OK, I am not totally enamoured by his diversion into Delta Blues and Nashville in the middle of the album (though both songs are performed excellently), but there are some real gems here.
br /
br /Outlaw Pete is a sprawling opener, almost Bruce back in 1973 with his two albums of that year (the last time he was so prolific).
br /
br /My Lucky Day shows the E Streeters at their best - superb, tight, stomper - surely this could be the show opener when he tours this year (Uk dates yet to be announced...), and much better than Radio Nowhere.
br /
br /The title track is more a 4 star track, but then comes the pure pop of Queen of the Supermarket.. again much better than its equivalent on Magic, Girls in their summer clothes. Almost Schmaltz, but instead it creates tingles such is the beauty of the playing and harmonies.
br /
br /Harmonies. So much better on this album - OK, occasionally ELO, but at times the Beach Boys would have been proud (especially on the epic This Life which seems to be getting some great critical comment).
br /
br /Bruce really has gone pop in places, great variety throughout this album. Surprise Surprise harks back to pop of Hungry Heart, a really annoying chorus that you'll be singing well after listening.
br /
br /In fact the variety is the most of any of his albums since The River. Two classic Bruce pared down guitar and piano songs end the album - The Last Carnival (for Danny) and The Wrestler.
br /
br /What is missing, is that the sound is still a little muddy, though much better than Magic - perhaps though it is because there is so much going on. The bass lines can be picked out - charging along on many songs, as can Roy Bittans piano, and some organ (Danny gets credited, but I doubt he played on much unfortunately). But there are virtually no guitar solos, and just two outings for Clarence (though he is probably in the mix on other songs), and even then, these solos are a little too far down in the mix, though catch him on This Life alongside the Beach Boy harmonies. Lovely!
br /
br /But cutting down on Clarence, he has increased the use of strings. We get violin solos, and full strings on a number of tracks - this is a change in direction, but it all works.
br /
br /So keep on listening, those who are disappointed. It is much much better than Magic.
br /
br /And isn't it nice NOT to have a political album, but one where Bruce is just enjoyign himself. It gives us all hope as we grow old too...
JOYOUS! January 26, 2009
DAG (DERBYSHIRE UK)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Mmmm! Difficult this, because there are so many negative reviews and I'm writing a very positive one. Bought the CD this morning and have listened to it in my car, on iPod, and on my decent hi-fi system. I agree that there are mixing issues - thought the same about 'Magic' - but my assessment of any Bruce album - and I've been a fan for three decades - is based on how many 'classic Bruce' tracks there are. 'Outlaw Pete' will soon be ringing around the stadiums and is great; likewise the title track; while 'This life' and 'Kingdom of days' are lovely, echoing the musical influences of his youth. I really like this album; no it isn't 'Born to run' or 'The River', but few of his contemporaries are capable of writing tunes this good. Actually, it makes a change for there not to be a theme - why can't he just release a 'pop' album, after all? And as for 'Queen of the supermarket' - it's brilliant 'cos it's corny and only Bruce could get away with it! Brilliant fun!
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