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Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen

1982
Nebraska
Album Summary

Nebraska is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on September 30, 1982, by Columbia Records. Springsteen recorded the songs as demos on a 4-track recorder, intending to rerecord them with the E Street Band, but decided to release them as they were. Nebraska remains one of the most highly regarded albums in his catalogue.The songs on Nebraska deal with ordinary, down-on-their-luck blue-collar characters who face a challenge or a turning point in their lives. The songs also address the subject of outsiders, criminals and mass murderers with little hope for the future—or no future at all—as in the title track, where the main character is sentenced to death in the electric chair. Unlike previous albums, which often exude energy, youth, optimism and joy, the vocal tones of Nebraska are solemn and thoughtful, with fleeting moments of grace and redemption woven through the lyrics. The album's reverb-laden vocals and mood combined with dark lyrical content have been described by music critic William Ruhlmann as "one of the most challenging albums ever released by a major star on a major record label". Because of the album's somber content, Springsteen chose not to tour in support of the album, making it Springsteen's first major release that was not supported by a tour, and his only such release until 2019's Western Stars.

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Sun Feb 21 2021
1

“Nebraska” by Bruce Springsteen (1982) I’m familiar with Bruce Springsteen’s hits, but I’ve never listened to this album. Based on what I know about Springsteen, my expectations are low. In the title track “Nebraska”, Springsteen sets the mood with a forlorn ballad about a man condemned to death for murdering ten people. No redemption, no meaning. Lower middle class nihilism. Poor poetics (sounds like it was written on a single afternoon, with sloppy meter and clunky phrasing). Poor recording quality. I’ve never been impressed with Springsteen’s vocals, and I’m not surprised here. It’s ok to affect a Southern accent if it’s done well, but here it’s not. Has Springsteen ever been to rural Nebraska and Wyoming? You couldn’t tell from this song. He’s from Jersey, for God’s sake. Shake my head. More of the same on “Atlantic City”, which is at least set in more familiar territory. Distracting microphone pops and gimmicky howls in the background. Guitar work perfectly unrefined. I think on this album, Springsteen imagines himself taking the baton from Dylan. Springsteen drops it. A little background might be helpful. At the time this album was released, Columbia Records had both Springsteen and Dylan under contract. Dylan had been recording his “evangelical Christian” music for several years, and one can imagine that Columbia executives were anticipating that Dylan was on the way out. They needed someone to carry the baton, and Springsteen might fit the bill. “Nebraska” has so many marketing parallels to Dylan’s earliest work, one can’t help but see here a chance for Columbia to keep the folk-rock-prophet-poet franchise going. Find a replacement for Dylan that would satisfy the market that had Dylan had made lucrative at the start. Springsteen failed. With numerous irritating flubs on harmonica, primitive three-chord compositions, completely derivative melodies, the only thing ‘creative’ about this album is the lyrics, and while they’re shockingly despondent, they just ain’t that good. In “Johnny 99” we’re treated to a reprise of the underwhelming phrase “I’ve got debts no honest man can pay” (previously used by a different crook in “Atlantic City”). What, Bruce, did you think it was so clever you had to use it twice? Come on, man, if a guy gets drunk and murders a night clerk because he’s unemployed, we can’t muster sympathy for him because he’d rather be executed than serve 99 years. The attempted pathos is simply too implausible. Likewise in “Highway Patrolman”, we’re supposed to feel good about a cop who lets his brother escape to Canada after a murder. Doesn’t make sense. Note to Bruce: On “Highway Patrolman”, “Shortwave” radio is not used for local communications. The music is monotonous, the production is completely amateurish, the lyrics beg pathetically to be taken seriously, and the instrumentals sound like they were all performed by the same person in one or two takes (they were). My low expectations were justified and satisfied. Don’t waste your time, young ones. This boomer says “Nebraska” is a dud. 1/5

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Tue Jan 26 2021
1

This album is like sitting around a campfire with just Bruce and his guitar. Which is to say, way to ruin a good campfire.

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Sun Jan 31 2021
5

Holy cats, I didn’t listen to this record for a long time and I love it. The stories of blue collar families being downtrodden is incredibly sad but I really like Bruce’s voice on this album. This is super intimate and I really like it. Favorite song: Atlantic City Least favorite song: Open All Night

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Fri Mar 12 2021
5

Springsteen would be a legend just for this album, I swear. Can't-miss songwriting with its soul in the blues.

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Thu Apr 29 2021
1

So this album is basically Bruce Springsteen sitting around a campfire acoustic style, telling stories that make little sense and sometimes he feels like playing his harmonica, and that's basically the whole album.

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Wed Mar 31 2021
5

My favourite springsteen. It's a consistent mood you can wallow in for an hour.

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Tue May 04 2021
5

I love everything about this album. The tunes are strong, the subject matter is dark, it was recorded on 4-track. Spooky Americana about desperate people. And some cars. If I have a favorite Springsteen album, it's this one.

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Sat Oct 30 2021
3

Je n'ai pas pour habitude de faire une analyse d'album piste par piste mais celui-ci s'y prête bien : Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen lâche un pet gras et s'en réjouit. Atlantic City - Il coince sa coupe mulet dans sa guitare et hurle à la mort pendant quelques minutes. Mansion On The Hill - Bruce décapsule une bière. Johnny 99 - Il rend hommage à son ami Johnny Halliday avec qui il a remporté en 1999 le concours du plus grand nombre de hamburgers ingurgités en une heure. Highway Patrolman - Il lâche encore une fois une énorme caisse. State Trooper - Il se poste à la fenêtre de son appartement et siffle chaque demoiselle qui passe dans sa rue. Used Cars - Il discute avec ses amis de la couleur des flammes qu'il compte dessiner sur les portières de sa voiture. Open All Night - Il développe en chanson une comparaison entre le sexe féminin et une soirée porte ouverte. My Father's House - Il raconte la façon dont son père frappait sa mère et tente de justifier son comportement. Reason to Believe - Bruce Springsteen lâche encore un pet détonnant avant d'éclater de rire.

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Tue Mar 09 2021
1

Never been a big Bruce Springsteen fan. I don’t know what it is about him; maybe the flagrant American patriotism, the complete yer’da-ness of it or just the lack of substance to his music. I appreciate what he does and by all accounts he’s a decent & down to earth dude but I don’t even think an album full of his greatest hits would ever inspire me to listen to it more than once let alone this acoustic mess where he just lists American place names for some reason. Maybe if I was sinking my 5th Miller-Lite on the 4th July, flipping a few patties on the ol’ grill whilst I tell my buddies Greg & Dale about the new Chevy truck I’ve just bought to fit the fishing rods & golf clubs in, then I might appreciate this album a bit more. But I’m not and therefore I don’t.

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Tue Aug 16 2022
5

The album Bruce made just for me. Murder ballads, fever dreams, a trail of wreckage... and as it finally winds down he tells us he finds it kinda funny "how at the end of every hard-earned day people find some reason to believe." Is that hopefulness in the face of all that misery, or is it cynicism at rock-bottom? I'm still not sure. Either way I could and will listen to this record 1000 times. Also, it seems silly to mention because it's so obvious, but this album is a goddamn masterclass in songwriting.

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Thu Feb 10 2022
2

I received this album at 14 through Columbia house subscription way back in the day. I didn't choose it, they sent it as the record of the month. I think I listened to it once. I didn't "get it" and to be honestly I've never listened to it again. I've never really been a Springsteen fan. This should be interesting This didn't make me a fan and I'm still not sure if I get it.

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Sun May 09 2021
1

I like Bruce's music, some of it quite a lot, but this one is just boring.

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Thu Nov 12 2020
5

Masterpiece in narrative storytelling expected to hate it but emded up loving it

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Wed Oct 20 2021
5

I don't know what to say if you can't appreciate how great this is. It's Bruce Springsteen doing dark lofi folk about nihilistic class struggle pulling inspiration from Suicide! That's just an incredible sentence by itself!

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Sat Oct 30 2021
3

C'est avec un enthousiasme certain que je lançais cet album du beauf le plus célèbre des Etats-Unis, monsieur Bruce Springsteen. Malheureusement, cela ne s'est pas déroulé comme prévu. Dès les premières notes de l'album, c'est le drame. Bruce coince les cheveux de sa coupe mulet dans sa guitare. S'en suivent des hurlements de douleurs, qui ne seront interrompus que par la fin de l'album. Un véritable coup du sort.

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Wed Mar 09 2022
3

Gamblers, recidivists, mass murderers, troublemakers, brand new used cars, and state troopers who took the job after rising wheat prices killed off their farm deferment. Taking his cue from Badlands, Bonnie and Clyde, and a bunch more movies that don't match his warmth and empathy, Springsteen carries these sketches as far as he can. Eventually, the melancholy and sparsity pulls them up. But what's there is sad, bountiful, and some kind of gift. He creates a hell of an atmosphere with the harmonica, too. Is he a good player? I've no idea. But I hardly think this is the place to go for technical perfection.

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Sat Feb 12 2022
2

Might revisit, if I can slow down a bit

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Tue May 04 2021
1

That was a really boring album. Like Bruce has some good stuff but this was not engaging at all.

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Sat Feb 27 2021
1

Just bruce and a guitar. Music hell, cant even give credit to this one. I hope my hate for bruce is misguided but this album proves nothing.

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Wed May 26 2021
1

Nah this ones a big old nope.

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Sun Apr 11 2021
1

Not the Bruce I am used to listening to...so-so vocals. Didn't appreciate most lyrics

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Fri Jun 04 2021
1

I like some of Bruce Springsteen's music in general, but this was a snoozefest. 1/5 stars.

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Mon May 10 2021
1

Acoustic albums aren't for me, ideally would have listed as listened and not have to submit a star rating. I've given it a one, but I don't think it's a bad album necessarily.

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Tue Jul 13 2021
5

I've loved this album since it came out in 1982. Really what got me into Springsteen. Such a great album. 5 stars.

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Wed Mar 31 2021
5

My favourite Boss. Direct, to the point, powerful. Johnny 99 forever.

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Thu May 20 2021
5

Vraiment bon. J’adore bruce springsteen et cette a,bum ne fait pas exception. 5*

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Fri Feb 26 2021
5

Brilliant stuff - loved every track - where have you been all my life

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Mon Jul 26 2021
5

Really liked this one. Funny enough the songs weren't my favorites but the general atmosphere of slow, melancholic story telling really strikes a chord for me.

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Wed Aug 04 2021
5

Tolles Album! Vllt mein liebster Boss

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Mon Feb 28 2022
5

What a haunting album. Kudos Mr. Springsteen, kudos. Incredible lyrics and his stripped down (mostly) acoustic approach adds a perfect sombre tone. I was totally blown away by how good a story-teller he is. After listening to the album a couple times I decided to read up on it and was glad he decided to keep it in demo version, rather than rocked-up with the E-street band. I might not have minded if Open All Night got moved to another album - I like it, but it's a bit too rockabilly for the rest of the album's tone. It sounded a lot like Pink Cadillac to me, and apparently that was another track he recorded along with these ones but kept for a later album. The other songs he recorded with these ones but kept for Born in the USA are also some of his best - I'm on Fire would easily fit right in on this album and I'd love to hear the stripped down version of Glory Days. I patted myself on the back for thinking that State Trooper sounded a bit like that weird Suicide album with his shrieks near the end - yep, one of the songs influenced the Boss on this one. I don't know if I knew too many of these songs, but I instantly loved Highway Patrolman and My Father's House. Something about the emotion-tugging lyrics and his raw sound - just beautiful. The title track was close behind these two; a great opener. I also really liked how he layered in self-harmonies and backing vocals to Atlantic City.

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Mon Mar 07 2022
5

There is a darkness to Bruce Springsteen's music that has always been there, from the earliest albums. But there's a period between Darkness on the Edge of Town and Born in the USA where he really leans into it. I would recommend listening to these albums as a group, to get the full impact of what he was doing. Nebraska is the apotheosis of this period. It's stripped down, mean, Steinbeck-level naturalism. Instrumentation is minimal, no Clarence Clemons solos to temper the dark stuff. The mood of course is pretty bleak. It's a hard, uncomfortable listen if you're looking for the Springsteen anthems of old. There are images from these songs that will haunt you long after you hear them. As a songwriter, Springsteen is at his best here. He drops some of the flowery turns of phrase that turn up in the earlier albums in favor of a more plain-spoken style. There are no "ghosts in the eyes of the all boys you sent away" here (I adore that line, btw, but it has no place here). These stories stare hard into the eyes of the struggling, the desperate, the broken, not necessarily with sympathy, but with honesty and pathos. Springsteen covers a lot of thematic territory with a purposefully limited lyrical and musical palette, and yet somehow spins complete narratives populated with some pretty memorable characters. The few mood breakers he offers are brief but impactful. The way he ratchets up the tension in "State Trooper" and then busts it open with a holler is nothing short of brilliant. Try listening to that riding in your car at night and see if you don't feel your hands tighten on the wheel. I also enjoyed the whistling in the dark exuberance of "Open All Night." Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Atlantic City, Johnny 99, Open All Night, State Trooper, Highway Patrolman, Nebraska, Reason to Believe, Used Cars, My Father's House, Mansion on the Hill

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Mon Sep 19 2022
5

Immediate 5/5 for me, as it's in my personal top 10 albums of all time list. There's definitely an added bonus when you listen to this album when you come from New Jersey as there's so many ties to the state (even though it's titled after a different one altogether lol), and so many depictions that so masterfully describe scenes that people in New Jersey have had. Like in "State Trooper", where you are driving down the NJ Turnpike and begging for the cop behind you to leave you the hell alone. I think many a young person from NJ has been in this exact setting and shouted those animalistic shouts of joy that Bruce bellows at the end of the song. Or like in "Atlantic City" where a big fight is breaking out on the boardwalk, and a young man yearns for optimism while crooning over his financial shortcomings. The harmonica blows me away every time. The reverberating mandolin that comes in at the first post-chorus (around 00:53) floors me. The vocal harmonies and shouts in the outtro fadeout floor me. It's hard to pick which track is my favorite. "Nebraska" is raw yet somehow beautiful- even though the lyrics are a true story about a man who befriends/kidnaps a girl and murders 11 people with her. "State Trooper" captures a scene as truthfully as the art form ever has. I think ultimately it's "Atlantic City" because this was one of the most formative acoustic guitar driven / singer songwriter songs that influenced me to write this style of music. The album art is just beautiful too, and you definitely can judge this book (album) by it's cover- as that's what you are going to get (sonically). (I only would have maybe preferred if it was a picture of the New Jersey Turnpike, as NJ tends to be more often referenced than Nebraska on the album. But I don't know the album is called Nebraska? Hmmm. I'm conflicted.)

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Sun Jan 31 2021
4

What begins dark and mournful, ends dark and... not as mournful? Without knowing the artist, if you would have told me this was by the same guy that sang Born in the USA, I would have called you a dang dirty liar (you rascal, you). But this is raw, hardly-accompanied BOSS, and even if it ain't about his life, who's to say its not? And even though I'm not from a blue-collar mining town like the subject of most of the songs, I may as well be now. Shit's a real deep bummer, man.

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Thu Mar 02 2023
2

One or two good songs but not my style. Bruce doing Dylan.

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Sat Sep 04 2021
1

I HATED THIS SO MUCH OFY9ER7UOWHUIBH SHITTEST ALBUM IVE EVER LISTENED TO

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Sun Jan 23 2022
1

No es para un publico, que no esta acostumbrado a esto. Intente, sin exito, escucharlo.

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Mon Jan 31 2022
1

De este álbum solo puedo salvar una canción, “State Trooper”, que con literalmente dos acordes tiene mucha más música que todas las demás juntas que, por culpa de esa languidez y una omnipresente armónica, parecen compuestas en la cárcel para ser tocadas en la iglesia… de la cárcel. Compraría este disco para poder prenderle fuego físicamente.

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Tue Feb 15 2022
1

I tend not to listen to lyrics and found this album a massive snore.

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Sat Feb 26 2022
1

Ugh, fuck off. I just had "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" three days ago and this is literally the same thing. Boring mumbly folk rock until the harmonica starts and your entire auditory system shuts down, leaving you with lifelong tinnitus. Thanks for the headache. Harmonicas are more annoying than kazoos. Bruce Springsteen at least has a bearable voice when compared to Bob Dylan, but that doesn't make this album anything higher than a 1/5 for me.

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Tue Mar 08 2022
1

An uninteresting slog of an acoustic album, the songs all blend together and nothing really stands out. I'll admit I only really know the hits when it comes to Springsteen, but this really fell short of any expectations I may have had.

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Wed Mar 30 2022
1

I just couldn’t finish one track on this album. There were a few songs that I thought were gonna be ok but then he started with the dissonant harmonica and ruined it. At one point I thought the harmonica was off and it.was.his.voice (Johnny 99). This entire album sounds like someone took ambien and is trying to quickly record it before they fall asleep. I don’t get this one, not for me.

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Fri Jun 24 2022
1

Is the singular for tedium tedia?

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Fri Jun 24 2022
1

Bring back Throbing Gristle.

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Wed Jul 20 2022
1

Never liked him. Don't like monotone acoustic miserablists. This is the perfect storm of stuff I don't like

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Sun Aug 07 2022
1

They blew a chicken man in Philly last night, and they blew a piss house too? Yeah, I'm not digging this even slightly. Dirge followed by dirge. Until "state trooper" which starts out nice and shows promise, but is ultimately a bit shit without actually going anywhere. It almost imperceptibly gathers pace in a way that, if it actually went anywhere, could be considered threatening... But then it just literally fades the fuck out, achieving absolutely nothing. And is instantly followed by another dirge. Open All Night is almost a straight up beat for beat cover of Dire Straits Walk of Life, but without the upbeat pleasure of it. A couple more dirges for good luck and yeah, I've heard all I need to. This is a rock solid one-star bag o'shite.

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Tue Aug 09 2022
1

Listen, I totally get that this album has poetic value, and that he was trying a new style. But WOW, this was one of the dullest albums I’ve had in months, musically speaking. The songs are SO simplistic, the majority of them use the three most basic chords (1,4,5) and are just plain indistinguishable. There is no talent displayed here, his voice is a bit annoying, and the harmonica pierces my ears. Compared to the rest of the 1001 list, this one is surely a 1/5

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Thu Aug 25 2022
1

I’m never going to Nebraska.

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Thu Aug 25 2022
1

Too slow for me. Open all night was my favorite song. Not sure how this was enjoyable unless you are high, in your feels or just old

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Thu Sep 01 2022
1

God this shit was SO boring. I really don’t understand why he’s a thing .

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Tue Sep 13 2022
1

That was hard to listen to. He was either mumbling or too loud most of the time and the harmonica was screeching in my ears.

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Wed Oct 12 2022
1

The good people of the state of Nebraska have to have the strongest case ever for malicious misrepresentation. No state can possibly be anything like as boring as this collection of dirges. This is also one of the few records by a singer songwriter that challenges Bob Dylan's capacity for irritating vocals (there has to be a special mention, as always, in this category to Neil Young). Normally I quite like Springsteen but this is just dire. Was the inclusion of all of his albums really necessary.

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Thu Nov 10 2022
1

What a fucking slog. Third Springsteen album that I ‘Had to hear’ smh.

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Tue Dec 06 2022
1

Can't stand Bruce Springsteen

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Thu Mar 02 2023
1

This is not great.... the second song in... Johnny 99 is not bad; I imagine it would be better if there were backup drums and an electric guitar. Very forgettable, I did not even remember this was playing in the background, and Pandora moved on to the next album.

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Thu Mar 02 2023
1

Don't listen to this if you are depressed, it will lead you to kill yourself. While I'm sure further listening would demonstrate some sort of beauty, I can't bring myself to do it. This really deserves 0/5 stars but I'm forced to give it one star, which it definitely does not deserve.

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Tue Mar 07 2023
1

I was never a fan of Springsteen to begin with, but this obviously did not move the needle. Not sure if I have ever called an album terrible. This is one of the worst I have had to listen to on this list. No idea why this would be an album I MUST listen to before i die.

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Sun Mar 12 2023
1

Kaikki springsteenin temput näyttää niin läpinäkyviltä tässä. Näkyy liian selvästi millaiseen kuulijaryhmään vedotaan. Instrumentaalit on albumissa huonoja koska oli "demoja" jotka sitten vaan jätettiin tälläiseksi eikä bändin kanssa soitettukkaan. Joo Joo ihan varmana. TDSOTM on myös ihan ihan vahingossa pojjaat huomas että biisit menee kivasti peräkkäin "ei ollut mitään aavistustakaan että ne biisit muodostais niin kattavan kokonaisuuden" -lying lip-synching liar dave NE TRANSITIONIT JA KAIKKI ON HIOTTU SIIHEN PÄÄLLE, kun ollaan, KUN OLLAAN TAJUTTU ETTÄ NYT NE SOPII TÄSSÄ JÄRJESTYKSESSÄ NÄIN YHTEEN, JA TÄLLÄISILLÄ PITKILLÄ (usein 30 sec transitioneilla biisien välissä) ne tietenkin kuullostaa hyvältä.. heh.. Ei ihme jos biisin loppua ja alkua muutetaan huomattavasti niin että biisit soljuu yhteen. SE ON PAKOTTAMALLA TEHTY! sama tässä.. Nämä on tekemällä tehty kuullostamaan tältä ei vittu vahingossa vaan "Springsteen recorded the songs as demos on a 4-track recorder, intending to rerecord them with the E Street Band, but decided to release them as they were.[3] Nebraska remains one of the most highly regarded albums in his catalogue.[4]" vauh vauh 4 track recorder??? Vauh Vauh ompa alkeellinen laitteisto vain 4 raitaa vauh niin raaka ääni raaka kuin bob dylani EI OLE BOB DYLAN ARVOISTA EI OLE NÄHNYKKÄÄN!!!

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Sat Feb 13 2021
5

Awesome album very Bob Dylan inspired

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Thu Feb 11 2021
5

2nd time ever listening. timely with the whole super bowl and DWI story floating around with the boss. Really liked this album 2nd time and will be adding to regular rotation. very chill

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Tue Jul 13 2021
5

I absolutely love Bruce's country sound. An amazing album.

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Fri Jun 11 2021
5

Desolation, and beauty. Great!

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Mon Jul 12 2021
5

I loved this album back in 1982, and still love it today. I am probably in the minority, but THIS is my favorite Springsteen album.

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Mon Jul 19 2021
5

Superb, an introspective delight. If you're looking for more of Born In The USA there will be disappointment to start with but stay it's worth it.

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Wed Jul 14 2021
5

I enjoyed this album the most out of what I've listened to so far for this project. Beautiful music, vocals, emotion

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Wed Aug 04 2021
5

Großartig übermächtig Sensation 10 Sterne

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Thu Nov 18 2021
5

Atlantic City best song ever.

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Fri Dec 10 2021
5

Fav songs: - Nebraska - Atlantic City - Mansion On the Hill

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Fri Dec 31 2021
5

I started the album feeling very skeptical. It sounded like he was trying to emulate Bob Dylan. The faux Southern accent rubbed me the wrong way. The characters in the songs were terrible people that didn't get my sympathy. As the album went on and the harmonica started to die down I started really enjoying the album and Bruce Springsteen's own unique style started coming through. The album is a wonderful cohesive sorrowful listen.

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Sat Jan 08 2022
5

Bruce is singing funeral dirges for lost potential.

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Fri Jan 21 2022
5

There are times when this is my favorite Springsteen album. It creates a certain dark, foreboding mood in a way that none of his other work does except for maybe “The Ghost Of Tom Joad.” This album also might have his strongest songwriting of his career. It’s sort of amazing that only one of these songs has been adapted into a movie. Ever since reading Bruce’s book, “My Father’s House” kills me every time

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Tue Feb 01 2022
5

I love this stripped down, acoustic Springsteen. The imagery of these songs are all so vivid. Beautiful album

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Thu Feb 10 2022
5

I find it a masterpiece. Good for work and blue mood.

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Sat Feb 12 2022
5

I was truly surprised at how much I enjoyed this album. it's not at all the genre I usually go for, but this album tells a story in such an effective way.

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Sat Feb 12 2022
5

Like a cross between Woody Guthrie and Suicide.

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Tue Feb 15 2022
5

La pièce titre est juste incroyable, juste ça fait que c'est un excellent album. Un Springsteen acoustique c'est difficile à battre. 5

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Fri Mar 04 2022
5

Really good, I liked it a lot. Very stripped down and good!

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Tue Mar 15 2022
5

The 8 album sequence starting with From Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J and ending at Tunnel of Love is 5-star album only, and this is number 6, so five stars.

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Wed Mar 30 2022
5

small-time criminals, desperate people, desperate times, love and love lost. But, in the end, somehow, we find a reason to believe.

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Wed Mar 30 2022
5

Perfect record. Top 10 of all time.

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Thu Apr 21 2022
5

One of my favourite folk albums beautiful subject matter about crime and pain in america. It’s so raw and insensitive because of the fact That all the songs are demos. Nebraska and Atlantic City are amazingly good, I love this album

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