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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject: Bruce Springsteen Wrecking ball album |
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I have to say this is a very good album.It grabs you straight away and i am loving it.If you like Bruce this is def one to get _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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From what I've heard I'd say it's average Springsteen.
There are elements from most of his career - stadium rockers, introspective ballads, folky/Seegeresque romps - and, as ever, it's difficult to hear what he's singing because diction and enunciation have never been his strong points.
It's Amazon's album of the week, which means you should be able to download it for £4.99, until Sunday. Only you can't, cos their system seems to be up the spout at the moment. |
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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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I love Bruce so this is up my street. Agree it's a typical springsteen album but think that's a good thing _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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I've been pretty underwhelmed from what I've heard of the album so far
I think the stuff Bruce is churning out now is a pale shadow of his great 80's classics and I'm talking album tracks as well as singles from that era
One wonders whether he has been put under pressure to produce the latest offering for commercial reasons rather than him feeling that it's a good project artistically _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: |
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I can't imagine that he's squandered or given away the billions he must have earned, so I don't think there's any commercial motivation behind this latest project.
He was never a bundle of fun, but this one seems to be rather doom-laden, wallowing in America's "depression" and the man-in-the-street's financial woes.
I used some Tesco loyalty vouchers and bought the CD - it comes in a horrible, penny-pinching card sleeve, even the "Deluxe" version does, rather than a proper jewel case. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Despite however much any artist has earned in the past record companies can still put pressure on artists to churn out more stuff which is not always of the highest quality
Springsteen clearly doesn't need the money but perhaps his greedy record company wants to cash in whilst he's still in the market for touring and performing _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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He has sold out Hyde park which is no mean feat.Listened again last night and i still think it's a good album.Agree about packaging (though i downloaded this one) but don't like em _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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ruddlescat wrote: | Despite however much any artist has earned in the past record companies can still put pressure on artists to churn out more stuff which is not always of the highest quality
Springsteen clearly doesn't need the money but perhaps his greedy record company wants to cash in whilst he's still in the market for touring and performing |
I don't know. I think Bruce is one of the select few artists (along with Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett) whom Sony/CBS will go to great lengths to keep sweet. The value of [rights to] the back catalogue is worth more than new, and the danger of him walking off to a competitor (as the Stones, Queen, Macca and David Bowie have done with EMI) at contract renewal time is enough to ensure they don't give him cause to raise his middle finger. |
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Angela W
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 7224 Location: North Yorkshire
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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RockitRon wrote: |
I used some Tesco loyalty vouchers and bought the CD - it comes in a horrible, penny-pinching card sleeve, even the "Deluxe" version does, rather than a proper jewel case. |
The last couple of his albums were packaged in the same way, it is very disappointing. _________________ Pirate Johnnie Walker played my request on 11 April 2009 |
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nod
Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 3558
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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ruddlescat wrote: |
I think the stuff Bruce is churning out now is a pale shadow of his great 80's classics and I'm talking album tracks as well as singles from that era
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It all started going downhill after 'Born to Run' |
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Angela W
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 7224 Location: North Yorkshire
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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This is the first chance that I have had to play the CD and I am enjoying it very much. Shame about the packaging and I had great difficulty getting the disc out of the sleeve, it kept going into the other half. _________________ Pirate Johnnie Walker played my request on 11 April 2009 |
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