While he's never pulled a Landing On Water style curveball, it's not as though Springsteen has ever really repeated an album formula since he broke through. From the success of Born To Run he dialled the production down for the leaner, meaner Darkness... while Nebraska's stark, acoustic desperation was an equally far cry from the…

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17.12.2024

Least and Most: Human Touch | Mumbling About…

You know how it is with quotes and soundbites - sometimes their origin gets lost even when the quote itself remains pure and valid. I've got a sneaky feeling it was Hall of Fame related - possibly while inducting someone else - but Springsteen is on record and oft-cited as saying "I tried it [writing…

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20.12.2024

Least and Most: Lucky Town | Mumbling About…

In theory I should have released this post on the same day as that for Human Touch, right? If only this weren't a massively busy month for me professionally and personally I may well have done. However, that does lead me nicely to my thoughts on this album that have changed somewhat in the years…

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09.01.2025

Least and Most: The Ghost of Tom Joad | Mumbling About…

Three years, an Academy Award, an awkward E Street Band reunion, a Greatest Hits with a cluster of 'new' songs, and at least one scrapped album sit between Springsteen's first albums of the the '90s and The Ghost of Tom Joad's release in November 1995. I love this album. It's only grown on me over…

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