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Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream Album Review
Review of Bruce Springsteen's album 'Working On A Dream'.
I should start by saying, I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen fan and I don't think a bigger fan will be reviewing this album so the following lines are full of sadness.
The main issue is, the best song on the album shouldn't really be on it. The Wrestler is an original composition written for the film. The track is featured on this album as an extra, but it actually feels more of a 'compensatory' addition.
'Working On A Dream' features tracks that makes this long-term Springsteen fan cringe. Tracks ranging from 'Surprise, Surprise' which could be the new theme tune for a Noel Edmonds TV show. 'Kingdom of Days' and 'This Life' are very Manilow-esque whilst 'Queen Of The Supermarket' is an embarrassing paean for a supermarket checkout girl. Back in the day, I couldn't imagine these songs even entering Bruce's head.
Elsewhere on the album, My Lucky Day or the title track sound like they could've been one of the many tracks written in the 'Born In The USA' era but weren't good enough to make the album and discarded.
There are a few songs that savour the album, 'What Love Can Do', 'Life Itself' and 'The Last Carnival' but on the whole, this sounds like an album full of bits and pieces collected over the years and since the release of the patchy 'Magic'. If you were a fan of 'Girls In Their Summer Clothes' or 'Your Own Worst Enemy' then you might find something on this album for you but if you're not into them, I'd advise staying away.
Rating 6/10
Mike Rea
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( 1)received, this from fans!! So if your looking for some more knocks on the
album, the artists or the songs, don't read on.
I Might be a bigger or a smaller fan than the person reviewing this, don't
think that it matters really. I have not many times in my life come across any
album from any single artist that I've loved every song on it. This album is no
exception, but to knock it the way some have to me just seems ridiculous. I
love the album in general and will say that it is much of what any Springsteen
fan should have expected. Not trying to play the mans trumpet, I will say that
many times in the history of this artist have we seen changes in the way he
plays and the songs he does, there is always some line that we would be 100%
ready to expect and there is always something so new that it just doesn't seem
like Springsteen. The mere fact that this is the case, should point to the fact
that, as we the fans evolve and change, so does our favorite artist. YOU GO
BRUCE! For me this is a winner and will be leaving a part of rock history
touched!
