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| 4.0 excellent | cjboog | February 9th 09 |
Working On A Dream is a return to optimism for Bruce Springsteen after a fiery political protest album (think "We
don't measure the blood we draw anymore/We just stack the bodies outside the door" from "Last To Die" on Magic).
Bruce is happy we've got a new President, and it shows. All of these good feelings about love, life, and the future are
all put into some high quality songs, some of which feel completely new and some of which feel like they'd be at
home on some of his 70's records. Working On A Dream is probably going to be one of the top several albums of
the year, and that's saying something for an artist who is now into his 37th year of putting out music. It's not higher
than a 4 star album for me, however, because despite the excellent quality of the songs, they simply lack the
inspiration and intensity of purpose that drove his last two great E Street albums. While the lyrics are fine overall
(highlights in the 3rd verse of "Life Itself" and lowlights in the 1st verse of "Queen Of The Supermarket"), they simply
don't stand up to what he has done since 2002. So while Dream is no classic record, it's solid, pure, optimistic, high
quality Springsteen that all fans should be sure to pick up. Check out the infectious "My Lucky Day" for one of the
most joyous and fun songs Bruce has ever written.
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| 1.0 awful | butcherboy | June 8th 17 |
pandering, holier-than-thou, forcibly virtuous horseshit..
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| 1.5 very poor | Johnny99 | February 9th 09 |
I really can't understand who gives this album (which imho is one of his worst ever) a higha rate...what would you give to Born to run if you rate WOAD 4,5/5? Born to run is so something like 96/5, something totally out of range? I'm a springsteen fan, that's why i think this is an album the boss should not be proud of.
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| 4.0 excellent | DrunkBishyBoshy | February 4th 09 |
A far more whimsical Springsteen offering makes for a great listen. Seemingly without a care in the world, this pop record drifts dangerously close to being trite in places ("Surprise Surpise" is a good example of this) but somehow Springsteen seems to pull it off. Standout tracks include the epic "Outlaw Pete", "What Love Can Do", "The Wrestler". Just don't be expecting another Born to Run!
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| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | September 5th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | June 28th 21 |
| 1.0 awful | bobbart | November 23rd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | xineiz | July 8th 19 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | March 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | natbar | October 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ggg777 | October 27th 16 |
| 3.5 great | oz0972 | August 4th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | stevep | February 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tef | April 21st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | dkkc | January 28th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lours | December 2nd 14 |
| 2.5 average | Titan | October 21st 14 |
| 3.0 good | Me2 | December 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | zundza | December 7th 13 |
| 3.0 good | jeffix | August 12th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Gnome7 | August 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Ibid | August 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Wilrus | October 11th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Quaid | September 5th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Isola | March 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Reid | March 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | chdahi | March 6th 12 |
| 2.5 average | vsls | February 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | tysly | January 31st 12 |
| 3.0 good | backs | January 20th 12 |
| 2.5 average | fog CONTRIBUTOR | December 30th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Skipdog | September 20th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Totes | July 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | KaliMa | June 30th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | razzle | April 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | thawey | October 30th 10 |
| 2.5 average | cvrcmrc | September 2nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Jumaos | August 27th 10 |
| 2.5 average | guddy7 | June 5th 10 |
| 2.5 average | joppe | May 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Time | December 24th 09 |
| 3.5 great | wens | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | DoOrDie | September 29th 09 |
| 3.5 great | DrReg | September 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | mvdu | June 8th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | lobby | June 5th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | folk92 | May 7th 09 |
| 1.0 awful | Dash | March 15th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Richaod | February 23rd 09 |
| 2.5 average | thebhoy | February 22nd 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | MTEK | February 1st 09 |
| 3.0 good | Iai EMERITUS | January 30th 09 |
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