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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "the ghost of tom joad" cd, 1995.

not your usual Boss album, more in line with folk.
ive always maintained that i dislike this album and have been taken to task on a couple of occasions here by Jerome over my comments,
it hasnt come out that badly this time round as i actually like it....not as high a grade as i would probably have given a multitude of other Springsteen albums but a pass mark anyway.
a very sparse,depressing,dark album,sort of a concept album as each song deals with American life for either a single character of group of ficticious people, i guess this album fits very well as a companion piece to "nebraska" in that sense.
cant fault the stories in the songs on this one....probably Bruce's finest lyrical effort ever...i just get a bit bored with the lack of variation in the actual musical content here.
i have probably 90% of all of his albums but still manage to not totally be able to get "into" this one for some reason, and i retract the statement that it is his worst album, i now believe that honour goes to 1987's "tunnel of love" set(guess we'll see next time it gets played as to how good or bad that one is?)
all up, not a bad album in hindsight and my score here actually reflects that of allmusic's 3/5(1.8)

pain in the backside there are few links for this album!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: straight time
best track: sinaloa cowboys

tracks:

1. the ghost of tom joad **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-c6GphpAeY vevo live
2. straight time *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdUNborSaE4 audio
3. highway 29 *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db8uxbYC5uU audio
4. youngstown **
Bruce Springsteen "Youngstown" 1995 - YouTube live
5. sinaloa cowboys ***
6. the line ***
7. balboa park **
8. dry lightning *
9. the new timer **
10.across the border **
11.galveston boy **
12.my best was never good enough **

3s=2
2s=7
1s=3

rating: 1.9