Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (1982/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (1982/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:47 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Columbia

Recorded on four-track cassette in his New Jersey bedroom, Nebraska has proved one of Springsteen’s most enduring works, a raw, haunted acoustic record populated by lost souls searching not for salvation through music but simply a reason to believe. His sixth record, Springsteen appeared by himself without the E Street Band backing him up. He later recording with the band, but ultimately chose to put out the demos for a more natural sound.

There is an adage in the record business that a recording artist’s demos of new songs often come off better than the more polished versions later worked up in a studio. But Bruce Springsteen was the first person to act on that theory, when he opted to release the demo versions of his latest songs, recorded with only acoustic or electric guitar, harmonica, and vocals, as his sixth album, Nebraska. It was really the content that dictated the approach, however. Nebraska’s ten songs marked a departure for Springsteen, even as they took him farther down a road he had been traveling previously. Gradually, his songs had become darker and more pessimistic, and those on Nebraska marked a new low. They also found him branching out into better developed stories. The title track was a first-person account of the killing spree of mass murderer Charlie Starkweather. (It can’t have been coincidental that the same story was told in director Terrence Malick’s 1973 film Badlands, also used as a Springsteen song title.) That song set the tone for a series of portraits of small-time criminals, desperate people, and those who loved them. Just as the recordings were unpolished, the songs themselves didn’t seem quite finished; sometimes the same line turned up in two songs. But that only served to unify the album. Within the difficult times, however, there was hope, especially as the album went on. “Open All Night” was a Chuck Berry-style rocker, and the album closed with “Reason to Believe,” a song whose hard-luck verses were belied by the chorus — even if the singer couldn’t understand what it was, “people find some reason to believe.” Still, Nebraska was one of the most challenging albums ever released by a major star on a major record label.

Tracklist:

1. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska (04:32)
2. Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City (04:00)
3. Bruce Springsteen – Mansion On The Hill (04:09)
4. Bruce Springsteen – Johnny 99 (03:42)
5. Bruce Springsteen – Highway Patrolman (05:40)
6. Bruce Springsteen – State Trooper (03:17)
7. Bruce Springsteen – Used Cars (03:10)
8. Bruce Springsteen – Open All Night (02:58)
9. Bruce Springsteen – My Father’s House (05:07)
10. Bruce Springsteen – Reason To Believe (04:08)

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