WORKING ON A DREAM
| Bruce Springsteen
WORKING ON A DREAM
Working on a Dream is the sixteenth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released on January 27, 2009 through Columbia Records. It has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, with over 585,000 in the United States as of September 2010. -wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Working on a Dream is the richest of the three great rock albums Springsteen has made this decade with the E Street Band — and moment for moment, song for song, there are more musical surprises than on any Bruce album you could name
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The Guardian
At least half the songs have the real substance of his best work, and almost all, even the plainest, benefit from repeated listenings.
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Pitchfork
here the Boss settles into some sense of contentment on Working on a Dream, as if that Dream had already been achieved
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Washington Post
Springsteen's lyrics tend to be overshadowed by the album's generally bright melodies and lush textures and sounds.
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BBC
Bruce still stands tall as both conscience and as a teller of tales.
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Consequence of Sound
an album that ranks with his best work
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All Music
The ideas and intent are there, but the album is hampered slightly by the overall modesty of Springsteen's writing
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Pop Matters
not only a worthy album, but also an enjoyable one
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The Telegraph
If anyone can make romance sound like manly business, Bruce can.
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The Quietus
Working On A Dream is the Boss at his most touching, joyous best, and all that with no agenda in sight
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Slant Magazine
Working on a Dream is a mostly barren effort, a toothless album whose fascination with good vibes leaves it feeling soft and expressionless
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AV Music
Working On A Dream is arguably the best-sounding album Springsteen has made since Born To Run.
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Huffington Post
it’s The Boss’ most melodic and possibly his best since Tunnel of Love
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Working on a Dream, like our battered country, is riddled with flaws.
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News OK
"Working on a Dream” is sonic Cinemascope and Technicolor splendor in the best Bruce Springsteen tradition
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RTE
There's as much joy and inspiration to be had here in hearing someone deliver on every track as there is in the stories of people putting their hearts on the line for others.
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The Music Box
Working on a Dream not only is the most eclectic outing in Springsteen’s canon, but, for the first time since Nebraska, Springsteen also sounds as if he is trying to break a mold — or at least broaden it — rather than continue to be trapped inside one.
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The Magic Cafe
Bruce has again succeeded in releasing an album filled with fantastic music and a powerful overall message.
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Austin Chronicle
Working on a Dream crowns Springsteen & the E Street Band's most productive period since their first four LPs.
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The Marquee
a shallow album that only shows the shell of an artist that was once among the best
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The Snipe
It’s a fucking horrible piece of music with faux-Guthrie noble-loser poetics
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Entertainment Weekly
the warm, bright music blasting away behind him reminds fans what they've known for ages
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Houston Press
the dichotomy of Working on a Dream, which divides pretty much evenly among the good and the bad
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Pop Dose
the best Bruce Springsteen album in years
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Today Show
For "Working On A Dream," Bruce Springsteen whistles, sings the blues, plays the glockenspiel and drops an f-bomb, as if desperate to disguise the album's lyrical deficiencies.
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Audio Braintrust
Overall, Working on a Dream is quite an accomplishment, in some instances finding the band conjuring an impressive wall of sound, others evoking the quieter elements of folk, country, and blues.
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Spectrum Culture
The instruments have no space to breathe; one hardly notices when a guitar solo comes, let alone if it’s Springsteen, Little Stevie, or Nils Lofgren playing it.
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