We Shall Overcome, his album of Pete Seeger covers and his best late-career album, proved much subtler in its subversiveness, communicating an anti-establishment stance through decades-old tunes.
That's nothing new for him: The E Street Band's enormous, exuberant rock'n'roll has always hidden darker currents of American realism, most famously on "Born in the U.
That's the secret power of Magic , Springsteen's 15th album in 34 years: The album hides its raw disillusionment deep within the music, mingling it with a weary optimism and a thoroughly committed lustiness that have not diminished with age. The result is a surprisingly complex album that recalls The River in its heartfelt populism, Darkness on the Edge of Town in its small-town scope, and Tunnel of Love in its mature take on love and sex.
On "I'll Work for Your Love", which could be a cover of an outtake from the first half of The River , he tells a woman he's "counting the bones in your back like the stations of the cross"-- a concise fusion of the sexual and the spiritual. Where he once chronicled youthful abandon in the face of life's possibility, now his subject is the wonders of middle-aged contentment, as if he can't believe his own luck.
It's a surprisingly durable subject, one that fits his outsize sound perfectly. On the other hand, Springsteen's prickly angst makes songs like "Last to Die" and "You'll Be Comin' Down" sound like challenges to, rather than platitudes for, regular Joes. On second single "Long Walk Home", he considers the small -town satisfaction of having distinctive local landmarks and knowing everyone you pass on the street.
That such pleasures are slowly dying makes the song both a romanticizing ode to an American ideal that may never have existed as well as a clear-headed lament that we no longer yearn for those securities. If Magic revisits the subject matter of previous career crests, it unfortunately recalls The Rising in its sound: Brendan O'Brien returns to the producer's seat, once again shuffling most of the E Street Band to the music's margins and focusing his attention squarely on the Boss.
In addition to drenching slower songs like "Your Own Worst Enemy" and "Devil's Arcade" in melodramatic and totally unnecessary strings, the producer too often glosses over the creaks and wear in Springsteen's voice-- like air-brushing a model's face to look younger-- when it's the imperfections that give him his particular authority. Springsteen should sound more like Tom Waits, less like 3 Doors Down. But then there are the songs that get everything exactly right, like the gorgeous "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" and "Livin' in the Future".
On the latter, the E Street Band are given freer rein to revive and even update the boardwalk strut and namesake shuffle of their early days. Clarence Clemons' sax is integral to the modified doo-wop groove, drummer Max Weinberg swings easily, guitarists Steve Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren trade out licks, and Patti Scialfa's tender vocals echo Springsteen's excited performance.
Jacob's Ladder My Oklahoma Home Eyes on the Prize Shenandoah Pay Me My Money Down We Shall Overcome Froggie Went a Courtin' Buffalo Gals bonus track Bring 'Em Home bonus track American Land bonus track Radio Nowhere You'll Be Comin' Down Livin' in the Future Your Own Worst Enemy Gypsy Biker Girls in Their Summer Clothes I'll Work For Your Love Magic Last to Die Long Walk Home Devil's Arcade Broke The Mold 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] Racing in the Street '78 Gotta Get That Feeling Outside Looking In Someday We'll Be Together One Way Street Because the Night Wrong Side of the Street The Brokenhearted Rendezvous Candy's Boy Save My Love Ain't Good Enough For You Fire Spanish Eyes It's A Shame Come On Let's Go Tonight Talk To Me Breakaway The Promise City Of Night Easy Money Shackled And Drawn Jack Of All Trades Death To My Hometown This Depression Wrecking Ball You've Got It Rocky Ground Land Of Hope And Dreams We Are Alive American Land Bruce Springsteen feat.
Down In The Hole Frankie Fell In Love This Is Your Sword The Wall Dream Baby Dream Baby I You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover He's Guilty The Judge Song The Ballad of Jesse James Henry Boy Born to Run Born in the U.
The Ghost of Tom Joad The Rising Born In USA Bye Bye Johnny I'm Going Down Introduction Pink Cadillac Racing In The Street Travelin' Band incl. Boogie impr Prisoner Of Rock'n'Roll Adam Raised A Cain Paradise By The 'C' Raise Your Hand Cadillac ranch You can look but you better not touch Independence day Because the night Candy's room Darkness on the edge of town Racing in the street This is your land Reason to believe Seeds War Jersey Girl Volume 1 Rosalita Detroit Medley Quarter To Three Eyes On The Prize Further On Up The Road When the Saints Go Marching In This Little Light of Mine Blinded by the Light Love of the Common People Satin Doll Bishop Danced Song For Orphans New York Song Santa Ana Tokyo Thundercrack Summertime Blues Paradise By The ''C'' Twist and Shout Out in the Street Promised Land Dancing in the Dark Travelin' Band Spirit in the Night Who'll Stop The Rain?
This Land Is Your Land Merry Christmas, Baby Held Up Without A Gun In the Midnight Hour Auld Lang Syne Meet Me In The City Crush on You I'm a Rocker Wreck on the Highway She's the One Take It Easy Shout Working on the Highway Murder Incorporated Waitin' on a Sunny Day This Hard Land Incident on 57th Street Meeting Across the River Something In The Night Streets Of Fire You Can Look Born in the USA Paradise By The C Independance Day Because The Night Racing In The Streets This Is Your Land Tenth Avenue Freeze Out Tougher Than The Rest Walk Like A Man Tunnel Of Love All Or Nothin' At All Leap Of Faith Book Of Dreams Red Headed Woman Light of Day Seaside Bar Song Hearts Of Stone Where The Bands Are Loose Ends I Wanna Be With You Lion's Den Janey Don't You Lose Heart Sad Eyes Part Man, Part Monkey Trouble River Brothers Under The Bridge The Fever Land of Hope and Dreams American Skin 41 Shots Don't Look Back Into The Fire Waitin' On A Sunny Day Nothingman Remaster , Columbia Ain't Got You Album Version Spare Parts Album Version Cautious Man Album Version Two Faces Album Version One Step Up Album Version When You're Alone Album Version Valentine's Day Album Version Man'S Job Souls Of The Departed The River CD Out In the Street Cindy Be True The Man Who Got Away Little White Lies The Time That Never Was Night Fire Whitetown Chain Lightning Party Lights Stray Bullet Outside Roulette Restless Nights Dollhouse Take 'Em as They Come Mary Lou Held Up Without a Gun Tougher Than The Rest Live Be True Live Chimes Of Freedom Live Born To Run Live Acoustic Streets Of Philadelphia Hungry Heart Berlin '95 Version Streets Of Philadelphia Live Thunder Road Live Murder Incorporated Live Blood Brothers High Hopes Secret Garden Without You Spirit in the Night Live The Rising Live American Beauty Mary Mary Hurry Up Sundown Hey Blue Eyes Alone in Colts Neck.
Losin' Kind Deputy aka "Highway Patrolman Child Bride Dream Baby Precious Memories Nebraska 1 Nebraska 2 Don't Look Back instrumental Frankie Drive All Night 1 original version Drive All Night 2 alternate Version Candy's Boy 1 The Fast Song 1 instrumental Badlands 1 instrumental Talk To Me instrumental Get That Feeling Racing In The Street 1 alternate version w-harp Because The Night early version Racing In The Street 3 slow version With: different lyrics The Fast Song 2 Candy's Boy 2 Independence Day original version Breakout early version - aka All Night Long Someday, Tonight instrumental Roulette 1 acoustic demo Roulette 2 original version Protection Under The Gun 1 Under The Gun 2 Under The Gun 3 Under The Gun 4 Under The Gun 5 Man Who Got Away 1 Man Who Got Away 2 acoustic demo I Don't Want To Be She's A Rocker 1 Take 4 She's A Rocker 2 Take 6 Cindy 1 alternate take Ramrod 1 Ramrod 2 Ramrod 3 Ramrod 4 I Wanna Marry You 1 alternate take w- new vocal I Wanna Marry You 2 Take 16 I Wanna Marry You 3 Take 22 I Wanna Marry You 4 Take 24 All I Need Hungry Heart 1 alternate mix Hungry Heart 2 alternate mix The Price You Pay alternate take Stolen Car 1 Angelyne 1 acoustic demo Hungry Heart 3 Stolen Car 2 alternate lyrics To Be True original version - aka Be True Angelyne 2 acoustic demo Angelyne 3 acoustic demo Angelyne 4 acoustic demo Everybody Wants My Baby Stockton Boys 1 Stockton Boys 2 Stockton Boys 3 Stockton Boys 4 Stockton Girls Untitled Harmonies 1 You Gotta Be Kind Down in Whitetown 1 Down in Whitetown 2 Drive All Night Harmonies Down in Whitetown 3 Down in Whitetown 4 Untitled Harmonies 2 Jackson Cage 1 Jackson Cage 2 Fade to Black 1 Fade to Black 2 Harmonies Stolen Car Harmonies Loves Gonna Be Tonight 1 Loves Gonna Be Tonight 2 Protection 1 Protection 2 Protection 3 incomplete take Protection 4 Protection 5 incomplete take Love And Kisses 1 Love And Kisses 2 harmonies Under The Gun 2 guitar riff Under The Gun 3 incomplete take Jeannie Needs A Shooter 1 harmonies Jeannie Needs A Shooter 2 Untitled Guitar Riff Man Who Got Away harmonies Chain Lightning 1 Chain Lightning 2 Chain Lightning 3 Baby Don't Go 1 Baby Don't Go 2 Mary Lou 1 incomplete take Mary Lou 2 Mary Lou 3 Mary Lou 4 Love is a Gun 1 harmonies Love is a Gun 2 Walking on the Avenue 1 Walking on the Avenue 2 Take 'Em As They Come 1 Untitled 1 Baby Come Back Love Will Get You Down 2 Love Will Get You Down 3 Love Will Get You Down 4 Untitled 2 Out on the Run Looking for Love Under the Gun harmonies Find It Where You Can Everyone Loves You Untitled 3 Bring on the Night 1 Take 'Em As They Come 2 Bring on the Night 3 Untitled 4 harmonies Jesse James and the Wages of Sin.
Long Way Home Ruled By The Gun 1 Wages of Sin 1 I Need You 1 I Need You 2 background vocals Ruled By The Gun 3 Ruled By The Gun 4 harmonies Untitled Riff Wages of Sin 2 Wages of Sin 3 harmonies Wages of Sin 4 Fade To Black Jesse James 1 Jesse James 2 harmonies Mary Lou 1 Mary Lou 5 Mary Lou 6 Bring On The Night Walk, Don't Run Held Up Without A Gun 1 practice takes Held Up Without A Gun 2 Held Up Without A Gun 3 Held Up Without A Gun 5 Held Up Without A Gun 6 Held Up Without A Gun 7 Held Up Without A Gun 8 Two Hearts 1 guitar solo mid-song Two Hearts 2 practice takes Two Hearts 3 Two Hearts 4 Two Hearts 5 new verse Two Hearts 7 extended ending Living On The Edge 1 Living On The Edge 2 Living On The Edge 3 Chevrolet Deluxe 1 Chevrolet Deluxe 2 Restless Nights 1 slow version Restless Nights 2 slow version Restless Nights 3 Restless Nights 4 incomplete practice takes Restless Nights 5 Restless Nights 6 Restless Nights 7 Jole Blon 1 Restless Nights 8 Restless Nights 9 practice takes Restless Nights 10 Restless Nights 11 practice takes Restless Nights 12 Restless Nights 13 Jole Blon 2 Jole Blon 3 Wreck On The Highway country version Stolen Car 2 Stolen Car 3 practice takes Stolen Car 4 Find It Where You can 1 incomplete take Find It Where You Can 2 Break My Heart Tonight 1 Break My Heart Tonight 2 rehearsals of sax solo In The City Tonight 1 incomplete take In The City Tonight 2 In The City Tonight 3 incomplete take In The City Tonight 4 In The City Tonight 5 incomplete take In The City Tonight 6 In The City Tonight 7 incomplete take Stolen Car 5 Stolen Car 6 Stolen Car 7 Stolen Car 8 rehearsals of sax solo Slow Fade 1 practice takes - aka Fade Away Slow Fade 2 aka "Fade Away" Slow Fade 3 aka "Fade Away" Slow Fade 4 practice takes - aka Fade Away Slow Fade 5 aka "Fade Away" Slow Fade 6 aka "Fade Away" Don't Back Down 9 One Love Little Girl 1 double track vocals Sugarland 2 rockabilly versiion Sugarland 3 country version Fugitives Dreams Betty Jean Bye Bye Johnny 1 rock version Bye Bye Johnny 2 slow acoustic version w crickets The Klansman Don't Back Down 11 alternate slow version Seven Tears Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes 2.
Follow That Dream - false start Follow That Dream 1 Your Hometown 1 rockabilly version Your Hometown 2 rockabilly version Your Hometown 3 rockabilly version Your Hometown 4 rockabilly version Follow That Dream 2 Sugarland - false start Sugarland 1 rockabilly version Little Girl 2 County Fair 1 Bye Bye Johnny 4 Bye Bye Johnny 5 Delivery Man 1 Delivery Man 2 Unsatisfied Heart Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes 3.
Don't Back Down 1 electric version Don't Back Down 2 electric version Don't Back Down 3 electric version Don't Back Down 4 acoustic version in key A Don't Back Down 5 acoustic version in key A, incomplete Don't Back Down 6 acoustic version in key A Don't Back Down 7 acoustic version in key A Don't Back Down 8 acoustic version in key A Sugarland 5 rock version Bye Bye Johnny 6 Follow That Dream 3 Cynthia solo version Bye Bye Johnny 3 Richfield Whistle Follow That Dream 4 Shut Out The Light 2 Rare masters.
Down Down Down orig complete take of I'm going down TV Movie County Fair 2 full band verson w female vocals Sugarland 4 acoustic version My Hometown with female backing vocs Glory Days extra verse Workin On The Highway Badlands 2 Roulette Original Version Hungry Heart 1 Alternate Mix Pipeline Two Hearts 8 Rehearsals Tv Movie Cynthia Solo Version Don't Back Down 2 Electric Version Don't Back Down 7 Acoustic Version Your Hometown 1 Rockabilly Version Sugarland 1 Rockabilly Version Slow Fade Earliest Known Version
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