Nebraska

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Honestly really liked this

I've never really gotten into Bruce Springsteen. This is different from that song "Born in the U.S.A." I love how acoustic this album is. Lovely.

Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.

This is not a Bruce that I'm particularly interested in. It was DIY which is fine, but sometimes it honestly sounds like crap (e.g. the title track and "State Trooper"). His voice sounds like it redlined the mic or something. When it doesn't sound like crap, it's just fairly boring acoustic folk rock. Generally inoffensive, but not really for me.

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5.5/10

Не думай что я буду давать поблажку в твой день рождения, Спрингстин!! Ок, типа, заглавная композиция задаёт мрачную вайбулю, и в целом, звучит атмосферно и прикольно, гармоника, вот это всё. Ок, на третьем треке я уловил концепцию альбома, понял фишечки и приколы, а чё дальше? Лирикоцентричный альбом и всё такое, я понимаю, но мне все ещё неинтересно, сори. Но это определенно лучше чем The Rising, давайте так.

The stripped back approach works. Not quite as painful as his pompous arena/stadium rock offerings, but not something I'll be coming back to.

I like Springsteen but one wasn't for me.

This was fine? Not my thing but I know he was influential (I say that about a lot of these albums....)

Way better than I expected. Knew Springsteen for Born in the USA (obviously). This was so much softer, and easy to listen to.

Album demonstrates that Bruce really needs the E Street Band to keep things interesting. This one is as monotonous and uneventful as a drive across…Nebraska.

Um álbum meio melancólico e com uma sonoridade legal, mas não era a minha vibe do dia.

Ok eu acho

Favorite Song: Johnny 99 Least Favorite: Highway Patrolman

Honestly I wasn't into this. It was odd and weird and wasn't made for me

красиво выглядит, не хочу признавать что мне не зашло, надо переслушать

Pretty good. you have to be in a certain mood for sure.

album suggestivo, poi è ancora più interessante se si considera che questa versione dell’album era nata come demo ed è stata registrata in casa senza nulla di professionale

Bell’album, totalmente acustico e forse gli avrei dato più stelle se avessi letto con attenzione i testi

There is a reason the movie on Bruce Springsteen was based around the Nebraska album. This has always been my favorite Bruce album. The rawness of the home recordings, the storytelling, all of it is just amazing. Highway Patrolmen is my favorite track on the album because it just tells such a common story but in a heart wrenching way. Mansion on the Hill, Atlantic City (my god what a track), Nebraska, Used Cars. All of them and the rest are perfect. Amazing album.

Curioso saxofón

It's quite possible that Bruce is an underrated songwriter and musician. He can write anthems with the best of them, as well as create the spare, haunting songs on this album.

Not his best but I still really enjoyed it. Atlantic City is so good. Very strong three light 4.

606/1089 - Pretty different from the Springsteen album's I've listened to on the list. It's pretty decent. Not a fan of his accent and the songs are a bit samey guitar-wise. I think Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake have a lot more variation in texture and harmony which makes them more intriguing to me to listen to. Interesting to get demo-y stuff twice in a row (hope Pink Moon is next to continue this!)

I get it, but there's a lot better folk/acoustic/country music out there. Glad I listened, didn't really leave an impression

I listened to this and thought what if Bruce solely did folk rock, because this totally fits his vibe. Songs about the working class and their struggles seem to fit better when it's just him and his guitar, or at very least different. Even if this isn't his whole thing, it's a welcome change to the stadium-sized albums he and the E Street Band do so well. Jersey forever!

Talented but not a fan

2.5/5

You can check with the State Trooper or even the Highway Patrolman, but they’ll both tell you this album is alright.

Love Bruce but this isn’t near his best work. Saying that, Atlantic City is elite tier Springsteen.

I tried, but I couldn't get through it.

Essential

Pretty good

pretty good

Mansion on the Hill stood out. Love the overall theme of this album and how it's so different from his others. Johnny 99 has been a fav of mine from this album too. The lyrics really make this, but the music is pretty much all the same. I don't think we have Zach Bryan without this album. 4.5/5

Bruce Springsteen, 5eme et surtout dernier album => 1/5 Quel ennui ! Absolument aucun intérêt pour moi.

Flawless

Incredible vibe, raw and emotional. The echo on the voice gives an eerie, haunting quality.

A bit too slow and melancholic for me

mmm heart land rock!!

First listen Saved 1/10 Top track: Atlantic City

Springsteen is my favorite artist of all time. Atlantic City is my favorite song of all time. I have never listened to this entire album until this project. Why? I always kind of assumed that it would be too slow and boring, I guess? I don't know. I'm an idiot. It's not my favorite Springsteen, but it's way up there. I guess if I have any complaints, it's that this does get a little samey. I know a few of these songs have evolved into full band songs, and the long-rumored "Nebraska Electric" showed up a while back.

Decent all kind of sounds the same

My favorite Bruce Springsteen album! Amazing atmosphere and storytelling on every song on this one.

It's ok

Not a fan. Tried my best to listen.

Quite boring

It seems like a powerful concept album from a master songwriter. Would I listen to it regularly? Probably not. I'm just drawn more to Bruce's hits than this material right now.

First Bruce album im not giving a 2?

Mer 3.5, gillar många av låtarna, men kände inte så mycket. Hade inte haft något emot att lyssna igen!

Top 5 albums ever made

fine

Hard to write just a little about this record. It’s gargantuanly consequential. Between two radio rock albums Bruce unleashed a dark, solo, acoustic album that’s literally just the demos. The songs are lightning bolts of honesty and top-notch storytelling. The album as a whole sparked a still running production movement that teaches us the feeling of something is always far more important than the sound of it. A classic in all ways.

Veits taustamuusika albumi tunne ja mitte ükski lugu ei läinud mul Liked Songs nimekirja. Unustasin ära, et ma isegi kuulasin seda albumit. 2.7/5

Very Bruce. I like it, but it's not the most challenging stuff.

Was hesitant because it’s popular. Turns out it’s popular for a reason.

might be my first time actually listening to bruce springsteen, pretty good.

It was fine. Really found it hard to pick out anything unique or truly interesting, but it was fine for a listen. It was the album he wanted to make and I'm always down for artists doing that.

Springsteen is going the Dylan route on this album. Or maybe it should be Johnny Cash. A lot of these tracks sounded at least a bit country. It turns out Springsteen can do the singer songwriter bit just as well as the anthems he is generally known for. It's a good album if a bit boring in the middle. It's depressing, though, so you have to be in the right mood.

Ugh. I don’t really know why this is on this list. It’s joyless, bloated, and it sounds like a worse imitation of Bob Dylan. It only gets a 2 for the album artwork. Surely there are other works deserving of its spot…

That's the problem with the 1001 albums generator... sometimes it gives you an album you are absolutely not in the mood for. I'll have to come back to this later to properly rate it. For now it's probably an 8/10. The lyricism is great and the stripped approach is really fitting, I'm just not mentally in the mood for this

Overall: 3/10 It's shitty acoustic Springsteen. Fav Song: State Trooper

Good thing I wasn’t driving zzzzzzz

Time for the final Springsteen album of the project! Bruce Springsteen is an artist that I've come to really appreciate in my time with this project. You can't go wrong his stuff! Nebraska here is one of the most interesting albums in his discography. The songs were intended to be recorded as full E Street Band performances, much like his prior albums, but Bruce decided to instead release an album full of solo recordings he did entirely in his bedroom. This was a huge shift in sound for him, and it was very possible that the album could've flopped. There's just one little problem with that possibility that fortunately prevented it from being a reality. This was still Bruce Springsteen we were dealing with. Nothing about his songwriting had changed, and these songs are just as good as what you'd find on Born to Run or Darkness on the Edge of Town. I will say that I don't quite enjoy Nebraska as much as either of those two albums, but it's still a great record that I respect a ton. Bruce's voice works pretty well with the lo-fi recordings, and the songs here are still great. The songwriting definitely takes a more somber turn, but it fits the musical shift and it still demonstrates considerable talent. "Atlantic City" is the most popular song here and for good reason. It is absolutely one of Springsteen's best songs period. The harmonica is a nice touch that makes the song feel full despite the solo performance. Other songs like the title track, "Johnny 99," and "My Father's House" paint bleak pictures that give the album emotional weight. "State Trooper" is an interesting track inspired by Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop," though Springsteen was kind enough to not destroy my ears with blood-curdling screams on the song. I do think that the songs kinda blend together a bit too much for me to call this his best album, but Nebraska is still one of Springsteen's most innovative and impressive albums. If it's good enough to get a movie made about its existence, it's good enough for this list, okay? High 4/5.

I love this album for the songs, but also for it's origin story. Just a guy in a room with a 4 track cassette recorder. I have been that guy. Bruce's output is much better than mine was.

Pretty generic with nothing really special. It's hard to follow up the rolling Stones album with this.

Never cared much for the boss. Album was slow and forgettable.

Hated it. Shouldn’t be a surprise, I haven’t liked any of the albums from him so far. But this one is def the second most forgettable (behind the rising). If I’m really digging for a compliment (and I mean really EXCAVATING) I’d say I appreciate that this is much more delicate and nuanced vocal performance for Bruce than he normally is known for, but it still doesn’t work for me. I’m glad that he’s politically a smart guy and he seems very down to earth and likeable. I just wish I felt the same way about his boring pop rock music. Maybe next time…

Middle America banger

Such a grim and evocative album. I don’t really hold Bruce up in my top tier of songwriters, and a few of these songs are overly dreary and repetitive, but I really respect him taking such a bold swing here. He has more range as an artist than he usually gets credit for.

A dark and sparse album that really works sonically considering the subject matter. Atlantic City is still a masterpiece. Would say I find the first half of this album a lot stronger

NO!

Not generally a huge Springsteen fan, but i found this album much more to my tastes. The stripped down lo-fi ambiance fits the subject matter.

probably the best in the catalogue. by 1982 there's other stark folk singer records and I'm sick of hearing this one was groundbreaking.

This is my fourth Springsteen, and I gave the all of the previous three 2⭐️. Works for me, because I liked this one better but not so much that I would go higher than this. Even though this is much more appealing to me than full E Street Bruce, I still don’t like his shtick much. It’s just more pleasing to the ear when he’s got this sort of production and instrumentation. Just not a Bruce guy, man. What do you want from me

Usually like the boss. Wasn’t feeling this album.

Close to 5. Makes you feel things, which to me, is the point of music.

Okay Bruce, you've got my attention

Very enjoyable album, got this on a Sunday do a perfect Sunday morning listen.

I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that every Springsteen album (at least the ones I've listened to) is more or less the same thing. And to be honest there's nothing wrong with that. His style took a while to grow on me but I actually quite enjoy it now. There's very little that makes this album in particular stand out from the rest of his, but a good heartland rock album is still nothing to complain about.

2/10 Not for me

8.5/10

😶

Like Bob Dylan if Bob Dylan sucked at songwriting

Not my favorite album of his, but still very good. ★★★★

4th (!) album by Springsteen for me. Went into this with a sigh, as he's my lowest rated artist. My long-standing gripe has been that his performances tend to be bigger than the material calls for. Plainspoken, prose-like lyrics delivered with full-band, arena-scale bombast. Like hiring an orchestra to play "Pop Goes the Weasel". I like the weasel, but the weasel doesn't benefit from an orchestra. But this one's different. Nebraska's stark and minimal production finally matches the scale of the writing. The prose-like lyrics sit well with the tape recorder in bedroom aesthetics. I also just like his singing more here than anywhere else in his catalog, it's restrained in a way that suits him. Springsteen hasn't changed: Still the same plainspoken, prose-over-poetry style he always uses. But the mismatch between material and performance is resolved: I can put this on in the background without the urge to skip, which is new for me with him. Overall: best Springsteen yet, and the first one where I understood the appeal. Still not quite my jam, but my attitude to Springsteen has shifted.

Song about Charles Starkweather why, Bruce?

Bruce Springsteen wants to be Bob Dylan so badly. The title track is a great start though. Atlantic City is one of my favorite Springsteen songs. Mansion on the Hill sounds a little bit like Nebraska. And Johnny 99 has a very similar theme. State Trooper is what Chris Isaak was listening to when he wrote Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing. Did Bruce Springsteen invent rockabilly? This is a great album. Reason to Believe is a tremendous final song.

So this is where Eddie Vedder got his Into The Wild soundtrack inspiration from... Normally I can't stand Bruce, but I guess i only really dislike him when he's pretending to be a blue collar worker during his harder rock songs. I actually really enjoyed this album? Weird.

That guy has a incredible voice. I'd have a listen "I born in USA" and lovely so much, but this album is so so came of Bruce. My favorite song in this album is: "Atlantic City" My rating for this album is: 3.20

When I was 16 I didn't know I would love Bruce. My sister in law gave me a stack of records she found at goodwill. Nebraska was in that stack. Now I know it's his most loved record by non fans. But it's really amazing. I wasn't ready for how great it is then. Still so beautiful.

A masterpiece. Chef-d’œuvre. Un de mes albums préférés si ce n’est mon album préféré de tous les temps.

I'm passing on Nebraska. About as boring as driving through the state at night... or during the day.

Gubbarock igen

stripped down and with an acoustic focus, this album really captures the feeling of vast Americana, open roads, hard themes, nostalgia and pain. The lyrics are potent and at times story like, the songs are well put together in minimalism and simplicity. I really enjoyed it. I think it should be a required listen, as it culturally feels important to this country and the era in which it was written. Almost movie like. I think it's almost a strong 4

Beautiful.

I don’t know why I didn’t think I’d enjoy this. It’s folk, and I love folk. Springsteen at his most Guthrie. It works and it’s wonderful

This is my Springsteen for all the usual reasons. Got debts that no honest man can pay etc.

And clearly I launched right into the right place, the waiting arms of Mr Springsteen himself. Honestly, having listened to this album before, this album is a lot better than I remember it being. Going in, as previously stated, I had listened to this album before, but I don’t think I really picked up on a lot of it the first time. However, after listening to it again, I can safely say that I thoroughly enjoy this album and feel like I have a better gist of what Bruce was trying to do with this album. Being pretty much the only musician on the album, I can’t really credit everyone who worked on this album since Bruce is the only performer. This is The Boss’s most subdued, and even unsettled album in his discography, the album where he lets down the boisterous, stadium rockstar confidence and looks his own insecurities in the eye. The album has a very weary feeling to it, with Bruce’s vocals being more hushed, but still retaining his ability to sell the songs, one of the best examples of this being State Trooper, not one of my standouts, but still a great song nonetheless, with a guitar riff that simulates the exhaustion that can come with a long car ride, as the narrator becomes increasingly more paranoid, before Bruce yelps at the end of the song, seeming to be on the verge of insanity. Another song with a similar name, Highway Patrolman, my first standout track, is a very powerful story of two brothers on either side of the law. The lo-fi production of this album helps to elevate this song and the other, more story driven songs, as it feels like the character is telling you this story directly, creating a more intimate atmosphere. This is also the case for the darker title track, my second standout, which tells the story of an actual serial killer and how he was put to death. The song opens the album with a harmonica drone, much like something the protagonist of this song would be playing in his cell, awaiting his execution. The use of only acoustic guitar and harmonica helps to portray the starkness of the lyrics without having them hidden behind layers of orchestration. My third standout track, Atlantic City, sounds more like a typical Springsteen track translated into this acoustic style, but I do feel like it still works. Bruce’s ghostly overdubs onto the main vocal track take the place of what would normally be his belting voice, still allowing the song to feel powerful even if it is stripped back. The song also does have one of my favorite guitar parts on the album, which, although simple, helps to drive the song. My final standout track, My Father’s House, is a more personal story, told from the perspective of a child to help explain Bruce’s complex feelings towards his own father. This song, along with the others on the album that detail Bruce’s childhood are a testament to why this album is great, it feels like Bruce exorcising his own personal demons in a way that he had rarely done up to this point in his music. The E Street Band’s guitarist, Steve Van Zandt, said that this was the most intimate record Bruce would ever do because he didn’t have the intention of releasing it, and I feel like that is why this album is great. It’s not as flashy as Born To Run or Born In The USA, but I feel like it thrives in the way that it sets itself apart from the rest of Bruce’s catalogue, it’s darker, it’s more revealing, and it works. Now, I’m going to take the highway out of Nebraska and to the next album.

Listened while driving through Iowa farmland. Different state, similar vibe.

Bruce has been mostly 3s so far, and we'll see if this is any different. Starts well, but by Johnny 99 gets a little tiring. Samey stories but there is a bit of variety 3.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: No, 104/392 (26%) Will I get: No

Monotonous after a while but still remarkable

Not my style.

This is a great album. I’ve always enjoyed Atlantic City and State Trooper. Unfortunately, it’s a really lethargic album

The harmonica kept scaring me in the middle of the depressing songs

I’m a big Springsteen fan and yes I’m a dad (dad rock). I’m a dad that listens to Springsteen. That seems to cause a lot of concern for people but I’ll be OK. First four Springsteen album albums are classics after that it gets a bit murky until it lands on Nebraska, a downbeat, dreary repetitive boring album.

This album sounds like some old-school country rock, with songs about life in the rural areas of the Midwest. While I'm not necessarily a big fan of country or Bruce Springsteen's music generally, this one was certainly a vibe. The relative simplicity of the songs and instrumentation was not my cup of tea, but works for the lyrics. This would be a pretty good soundtrack to a late evening drive through the countryside. I can give this a 4/5.

One of my top 10 albums of all time so really happy to see it on the list and have an excuse to listen

Hes just not very good

Eine der großen Springsteen-Platten, an die ich mich nie so wirklich getraut habe und mir auch jetzt Zeit gelassen habe, bis ich mich mal in Ruhe inkl. Lyrics damit befassen kann. Ohne die Texte ergibt das Hören auch gar keinen Sinn. Die Instrumentierung ist meist sehr reduziert, die Songs null catchy, Springsteen-typische überlebensgroße Refrains sind nicht vorhanden. Selbst wenn mal ein Song weniger Folk- und mehr Rock 'n' Roll-Elemente einstreut, ändert dies wenig an der Stimmung der Komposition. Die Storys über Angehörige der Arbeiterklasse, die trotz aller American Dream-Versprechungen von Dollar zu Dollar leben oder durch diese widrigen Umstände zu kriminellen Handlungen gedrängt werden, sind sehr berührend und bedrückend. Auch Einschübe aus Bruces eigene Vergangenheit als working-class kid passen in dieses Bild. Die Texte sind recht einfach gehalten und damit meist sehr gut verständlich. Mir gefallen besonders die Dylan-inspirierten Songs. Sobald es zu sehr in die Lo-fi-Folk-Richtung geht, wo in den Songs musikalisch fast gar nichts mehr passiert, verliert mich das Album etwas, auch wenn die düstere Stimmung nachhallt. Eine perfekte Vorbereitung, um endlich "Deliver Me From Nowhere" nachzuholen.

Joah, das hat mich jetzt nicht wirklich begeistert. Hatte gute Ansätze, aber dass war es dann auch schon.

Interessant wie der frühe Springsteen klingt. Ich hoffe, da kommt noch ein späteres Werk dazu. Dieses hier war mir zu viel Country, im Grunde ganz nett, aber auch nicht mehr. Ich kann mich zwar gut in das Gefühl und die weite Landschaft Nebraskas hineinversetzen, aber das reicht dann auch.

Das plätscherte so etwas vor sich hin. Hat mir in den ruhigen Momenten auch wirklich gefallen, in den beschwingteren hätte er aber besser auf den Demo Ansatz verzichtet und die E-Street Band dazu geladen. Solide aber nichts was ich mir jemals wieder anhören muss.

I found it quite difficult to wrap my head around. On one hand, it's kind of boring, I don't want Springsteen and his gorgeous voice making low key music, but it does sound different and honest for him. I think if it were a not a so well known artist, this would have faded in oblivion, and I can see pretentious poser being all over it, but for myself I desired a lot more and I didn't vibe. The harmonica everywhere doesn't help, but I guess I have more faith that Bruce can make very impactful music and the scale here feels very drowed out. In the end I went with a 2 cause I think he can and already had done much better project.

Atlantic City sucks, but the rest? It sounds more like Bob Dylan than the Boss—and I like that

One of the greatest albums ever

This one wasn’t for me either.

Another descent album from the Boss! I love Atlanmtic City but I am afraid other songs are nowhere near as memorable and it's kind of mid in general. Despite sounding negative, I would have a hard time to give this classic less than 4 but I will stick to this for a while today before deciding.

Ok

Big balls sucks noosh

Honestly I liked his earlier songs more and found this depressing, but I'm glad so many listeners can relate to it so intently to give it 5 stars. That speaks volumes to me about the sensitivity and soul of my fellow listeners. And the biopic, Delivery Me from Nowhere depicts the background for this album and why Springsteen was compelled to complete it. There are 4 more Springsteen albums on this site, yay 🙂

Country, but like an eastern country. Not cowboys, snow cowboys?? “Mansion on the Hill” and “Atlantic City are cool”

Good sound and i loved the emotions great album

Surprisingly haunting album about the darker sides of contemporary Americana that rewards you greater the deeper you go.

nah t was oké maar like echt gwn beetje zelfde steeds idk ik heb niet echt iets met bruce

omaga hij s echt heel erg saai

Sounds like if Paul Kelly was American and wanted to off himself. I do like a harmonica, but the American accent doesn't accompany it in the way an Australian one does. First time listening to Springsteen, don't really see the hype, although it is obviously there. His voice is pretty annoying and so pro-Americana its sickening.

Nice.

Not sure that I fully see the appeal of Bruce Springsteen. The stripped down, folk sound of this album was different and had some potential, but felt kind of dull overall.

Could get into this era of Springsteen.

Muy bueno

For whatever reason... I just don't love Bruce Springsteen, and I have no idea why. My dad does and it seems like I would too. But... I don't. I've tried to love this record in particular many times... I don't. It's... fine.

Nebraska - 4/5 Atlantic City - 5/5 Mansion on the Hill - 4/5 Johnny 99 - 4/5 Highway Patrolman - 4/5 State Trooper - 4/5 Used Cars - 4/5 Open All Night - 4/5 My Father's House - 4/5 Reason to Believe - 4/5 Well this album was good and extremely depressing. Turns out he was also depressed when writing this! I would be too! I would get upset at the reality of the so-called "real America" when talking about just bleak things like this. This is the equivalent of the Boss just sitting next to you as he recounts his experience with the people who he wants to make music for. The downtrodden, the all-hope-is-gone, and the vulnerable belly that is the working class. It's raw, and I think that it makes this whole thing that much more impactful. Favorites: Atlantic City

It was nice to listen to, but it's not something that I will listen to in the future.

It doesn’t help that I got 4/5 in my first 100 or so albums of his, but this one was definitely different than the others. Interesting for a certain crowd, but I really felt this time I really don’t belong, unlike the others where at least I could imagine the times of those hits. And I was even driving on a scarcely populated mountain close to home and still nah

This album was a big risk to Bruce's career at the time it came out. Nobody had ever followed several successful rock and roll albums with what is basically a collection of demos. But when Bruce and his manager heard these demos, they realized that changing them would water them down and that they were at their most powerful in this form. It shows that Bruce is more concerned with art than with his career. This could have been a complete failure, but even if it had been a commercial failure, it still would have been a work of genius. As it turns out, it was a huge success.

My boyfriend and I have an in-joke that there is a certain type of American artist who sings in a genre which we have dubbed "I just wanna mow my lawn" music. I have determined, after listening to Nebraska, that Bruce may well be the king of this genre. Unfortunately, I don't have a lawn and I have very little interest in the folksy, lawn-mowing comings and goings described in detail by Bruce, the Lawnmower King, across this record. Also, to really get into this album you have to at least have some passing enjoyment in listening to a harmonica every five minutes, which I certainly do not. Sorry Bruce.

Unique

Dark songs for dark times

Go on Bruce give us nothing!

Sorry Bruce this album sucks

Pomo 😍, toimii! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Folk.

An incredible achievement, raw americana

wtf is going on with this guy, how did he get so big Will I listen to again: 0%

I appreciate Springsteen's effort and the fact that he recorded the entire album himself. That does not mean I liked it. I found this album boring and repetitive, like a lesser Bob Dylan impression. His music is much more powerful when a full band, and the lyrical stories get very samey very fast

well.... they blew up the chicken man in philly last night....... been lookin forward to more springsteen since the last time we rolled one of his albums but god this vibe is so different than born to run. the instrumentals are so much more reigned in, stripped back to not much more than a guitar with a little harmonica thrown here and there, and the lyrics and vocal style are much more somber. kind of surprising but like, he really pulled it off. im not sure i enjoyed it quite as much as born to run but i still enjoyed it. i think my favourites are two of the moodiest tracks, "atlantic city" and "state trooper". i feel like the former achieves a much bigger sound than it has any right to with so few instruments even before the mandolin kicks in, and it sounds great. meanwhile the latter has this hypnotic pulsing quality that fits perfectly with a song about speeding down a highway with nothing to lose and the sudden screaming at the end is incredible. the rest is good too but those two really stood up over everything else to me. its a great album. not the best, but still great. looking forward to the next time this guy comes up.....

It was certainly a bold move on Bruce Springsteen’s part to release “Nebraska” as a demo. You could also call it consistent, given the disappointing sessions with his band, but even that would be more a testament to the quality of his character than to the music itself. In fact, I can easily imagine that the E Street Band was disappointed with the songs. They’re so monotonous and repetitive that some fundamental rework would certainly have been necessary to produce an album of the usual high quality. Let’s look on the bright side: Maybe this stopgap album was necessary so that Bruce Springsteen could follow it up with “Born in the USA.”

100

Eh. It was fine. Not bad music or anything like that, but all the songs were pretty low-energy filler songs, with the one exception being Atlantic City.

Dark, haunting, and oh so American. The emotion is naked and honest. It scares you and compels you at the same time.

A very soothing experience. I loved the rawness of it, wasn’t really too much frills just some good writing and great delivery.

i like atlantic city (lesbian)

Wel heel voor mondharmonica

90% of the songs sound the same, blending one song into the next with nothing distinctive to make the listener take notice. There is an overarching theme of criminal activity throughout the album lyrics. It's depressing and unimaginative. I was bored and confused for the entirety of the album.

Seth - 2/5 Logan 1.5/5

A stunning sparse album that always draws me in. Deeply personal and fantastic.

Love the passion of this as a solo record.

Not a Springsteen fan, I'm not really a judge-y person, and I don't like to yuck others' yums, but this is one of those rare albums that I judge someone's musical taste by. That is, if you can't appreciate this album, if you just slap a 1-star review on it, you pick this apart because the sound quality is poor, if it feels repetitive or boring, I'm going to hold your musical judgment in doubt. Sorry, I won't be able to help it. Especially if you're slighting the lyrics. Nebraska sits squarely in the pantheon of great storytelling albums, being both narrative and lyrical, and developing different characters and compelling points of view in each song. Listened through the "electric Nebraska" recordings again today, too. Yeah, the studio and the band kinda deadens the effect once the full band with dull rock rhythms and studio polish shows up. Glad we got the rough version of the album. But I will say that the new "Nebraska Live" versions are really very good. Anyhow. Classic. All the lists.

Kiinnostavia ja synkkiä lyriikoita mm. rikollisuudesta ja siihen johtavista syistä. Harmikseni melkeinpä joka toinen biisi kuulosti musiikillisesti aika samalta. Atlantic Citystä tykkäsin eniten. Siinä kertsin mandoliinikilkatus loi kivaa tunnelmaa ja tarinan ”avoin” loppu oli hyvä valinta.

This record is pure gold! There isn't a single weak track; every song is consistently excellent. Yet there is one exception: "Highway Patrolman" shines even brighter for me. I was instantly hooked when the album came out. I had already loved *The River*. There was a shop in our area where you could buy West German products using Deutsche Marks. Some people had access to Deutsche Marks through relatives visiting from the West; we, unfortunately, didn't have very many. But you could still go into that store and breathe in the scent of the "free world"—it smelled of soap and perfume, the kind of thing you don't find anymore. There was chewing gum with little collectible cards, chocolate, and Matchbox cars. But I digress; the record was sitting on the shelf, yet it was out of reach—both physically and in terms of my financial (Deutsche Mark) means. Then, to my utter surprise, it was played in two parts on the East German youth radio station DT64. It must have been sometime in 1982 or early 1983. Side A was played in its entirety one day so listeners could record it (which the vast majority of young people did). Side B followed the next week. The broadcast featured great commentary from the host, and you could even have the script mailed to your home for the cost of postage. Guess what—of course, I did exactly that... This record reminded me so strongly of Bob Dylan's early years—two decades prior—that I became an even bigger Bruce fan from then on. After all, Bob was going through his Christian phase at the time, and Neil was in his electronic phase. The record was truly extraordinary for that year, which made it all the more compelling to me. Most of my friends listened to rock or hard rock. I did too; I had my favorite bands back then—Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Scorpions, and Pink Floyd. But Bruce's new record stood alone like a solitaire, a jewel amidst the dreadful "Neue Deutsche Welle" (New German Wave) that was dominating everything in Germany at the time. I still love "Nebraska"; curiously enough, it sits alongside "The River" on my list of Bruce's best work.

mournful and beautiful, but not really on-repeat

Keyifli bir albüm akustik ama çok yerel kaçıyor sözler

I think the movie about this album was much more entertaining than the album itself. Maybe if you're from that part of the world it would resonate more but I just found it a bit dull. I much prefer Bruce with the E Street Band. 3*

One knock against some of Springsteen's albums is they're *too* polished and perfect-sounding. This one can't be accused of that, but it carries some great songwriting weight and an edge to it that hit home for me.

I was putting off listening to this because I know it’s dark. It’s really marvelous. What’s record. I understand why it’s talked about.

Painfully boring

Known this one by reputation for years and never got around to it. Predictably great and wouldn’t be surprised if this is his best album. A progenitor of other albums I love like Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs and Sun Kil Moon’s Benji.

If I have to hear one more goddamn harmonica solo I’m going to Nebraska and asking for Bruce Springsteen. And he better watch out…

Atlantic City will always be a banger but I have to say I lost interest as the songs started to blend together in my head.

Muy piola para tener de fondo, agradable. 6/10

Enjoyed this one again having heard it before. Some good stories on this album as there always is with Springsteen but presenting it in a different way makes it a bit special. None of the hits but good stuff nonetheless.

Hard pass. Очень заунывный альбом с большим количеством губной гармошки. Ни одна песня не зацепила, более того все время боролся с желанием скипнуть каждую из них

No es mi tipo.

Rerige mooi album actually.

Folk/Country songs but feel slow and sad.

Acoustic solo, storytelling 3

Bit lame but it was good enough I suppose

If I could rate it lower I would. This guy sucks.

Man I thought from the first two songs or so that I would love this album, because I do think Bruce Springsteen has a good voice, and I liked the stripped-down nature of the first songs. However, this is just the same fucking song 11 times!!! Became so freaking grating. I'm bumping this down to a 1.

Moody sounds. Quite liked this

Boring, too much harmonica and the recording quality seems pretty primitive.

Bruce Springsteen cosplaying as Bob Dylan. Opens with a whining harmonica wail. And it's downhill from there. The production is terrible, which others might say gives it charm. I would give 0 stars if I could. 1 star.

Bruce my maaaan

3.2 out of 5 stars for The Boss. It is very Dylan-esque, and while that is not a terrible thing, it doesn't fully bring Bruce's true talent out, which is with a big band, and driving hooks and hard hitting lyrics. Well, take that back, the hard hitting lyrics are here in Nebraska, but with what he's singing about, I feel like it would be better served with some blues rock backing. I like Bruce, but this album isn't doing it for me on an "I must hear this everyday". Especially when my last album was Prince's 1999.

Solid but not my cuppa tea

Pretty boring. Maybe more interesting for native English speakers, that is not my case.

I’ve always found Bruce Springsteen quite boring, this album did nothing but enforce that opinion

It's wild the division on this album. It's either 1-star or 5 and you can count me in the latter. Really focused writing and the stripped down approach lends a ghostly layer to the storytelling. I love this era he's writing about and the plains states he's singing about, so I'm fully on board here.

A favorite, for sure.

Camping music

8.5/10 - This is a masterclass in song writing. It’s stripped down, moody, and dark. The album cover is a perfect cover for this record. This is the pinnacle of Bruce Springsteen career in my opinion.

This album makes me want to move to a small town, get a drinking problem, and white knuckle my trauma. 8/10

The Great American Album

This is Springsteen’s best album by far, Traditional Springsteen fans didn’t like it but I did. About how the working class is faring in Reagan’s America. Not well. Stripped down Springsteen. Mostly him and his guitar. Great songs: Nebraska, Atlantic City, Johnny 99, Reason to Believe. A good album. Four stars

Loved it

I’m glad I gave this album some extra time and attention. Aware of Springsteen, but not necessarily a “fan”, I appreciated the unconventional approach to this album and its recording as well aa the personal nature and themes of the songs throughout. It definitely gave me more of an appreciation for the artist and an invitation to explore more.

My dad and I once drove straight through from Chicago to Denver because the thought of having to stop for the night in Nebraska was so demoralizing. In that sense, this album is aptly named. This isn’t an album that I felt like I “got” on my first listen years ago since it’s such a departure from the understanding of Springsteen that I had grown up on with my mom’s beloved vinyls of Born to Run and Born in the USA, as well as her 5-CD live compilation that showcased the E Street Band in all its glory. I still prefer that side of Springsteen, but since this is an album I’ve found myself revisiting on more than one occasion when the mood strikes or the sun sets before 5pm in the winter, it earns its four stars from me.

me gusto, mas si se escucha como musica de fondo

Every once in a while this website offers me a great album that I would not have chosen to listen to otherwise. Most of the time it just gives me bad to mediocre albums. This is one of the time it brings me a good one.

An emotionally invested story that feels like Springsteen at his best. Vastly different from his biggest hits, but arguably his most special album

nah

The album's sleeve was designed and art directed by Andrea Klein and the photographer was David Michael Kennedy. The chosen photograph was not actually taken in Nebraska; Kennedy had captured it during a road trip through a winter snowstorm in Colorado in December 1975. source Santa Fe New Mexican. source amateur photography The capitalized red letters offer a bloody imagery to the already dark tone of the album’s artwork and music. Springsteen himself described the album by saying, “It was all just very bloody in its own way.” source various. Not being a Springsteen fan I was ready to hit the 1* button but having played it through I find myself liking it. How did that happen?

Problem I perceive with Bruce Springsteen is that he is all a lot American centric. Now normally that would not bother me as I have visited America in the past and really enjoyed what I experienced and at one time was really keen on returning. The reason why I am rethinking all that is currently sat in the White House. Not sure of BS’s politics but either way when listening to his music and the way it applauds the American way of life, the present state of the Union takes the edge off his music. I look forward to all this changing but in the meantime I would prefer an album title with a good old English name. Something like Grimethorpe for example which gives an indication that all things are not so good this side of the Atlantic either. 3/5 17/7/26

I have wavered in my appreciation of Springsteen in recent years but I like this stripped back version where the lyrics and melodies take centre stage.

Found this interesting to listen to this after a number of the other albums listened to up until this point. I feel like there is a thread of Johnny Cash that comes through in Springsteen’s work, not stylistically, obviously, but more in the sense that it is shining a light of a more working class, blue collar America rather than a glorified but filtered version of it others might sing about. As a result there is a degree of authenticity I find in the music which is appealing. ‘Atlantic city’ has to be there with some of Springsteen’s best. Acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals and very little else is all that’s really needed in the song to make such an impactful statement.

I'm not a fan of The Boss, which I believe is what his followers refer to him as. I'm also not a fan of the paired down acoustic production this album. I don't like harmonicas. I got three tracks in before I lost interest. He's an ardent Trump critic though, so there's that. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ in part Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆(3/10) Boring Total reviewed : 383 Already owned : 84 Purchased : 16 To buy : 7 Nope : 276

#386 Not the Springsteen I expected but I ended up giving this a second listen to get a better feel for it. It’s slower, more intimate and raw sounding, especially compared to his well known hits but it’s great to see another side to him. As an aside, Arcade Fire must have taken a lot of inspiration from this album; he’s certainly an influence on them but listening to this for the first time made me make that connection, particularly where Neon Bible and The Suburbs are concerned. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): State Trooper; Atlantic City Rating: 7/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sad Bruce is interesting but not as good as happy Bruce. The first half of the album is great. The rest is just kinda a blur of bluesy rock stuff that doesn't really stand out to me. Atlantic City was my favorite.

i have listened before. feels like a sister album to Born in the USA, just replacing the swagger and fun with a wretched post-industrial wasteland. your dreams don't come true and the happy moments end, usually in bitterness. like the hungover morning after Glory Days when you're done reminiscing and you still wake up in your small town. really gloomy and misty-eyed, it's beautiful but it just doesn't let up. great storytelling. favorite is absolutely Atlantic City, i also love Highway Patrolman and State Trooper. very strong 4

Rating: 7/10 A really interesting companion piece to Born in the USA and a different stripped back sound than ol’ Brucey’s usual. On paper this kinda album is one I would prefer over the anthemic radio rock, but you really have to be in the mood for Nebraska and I think it gets a little weaker as it goes on. Back half don’t have any of my favorites while the front is pretty great. Atlantic City and Mansion on the Hill are my favs

Turns out I like chill lax flowy Bruce a lot more than America's Darling Bruce - very nice, pretty enjoyable, Atlantic City favorite song 6.7/10

Eh..

Singer-Songwriter/Contemporary Folk/Americana Favorite Songs: *All but one* Least Favorite Song: Used Cars (And even then, it’s not the worst song out there.) So I have this CD, and I was planning on putting it into my personal digital music library anyways, but wow, this was a good album for me. Bruce Springsteen usually does his songs from being proud of being an American, but this one is more about when there’s no American Dream left to have. It really shows his overall strengths of his songwriting as a whole. (Though, looking at the reviews on this site, while I really wish that people would pay attention to the lyrics, I can see why this might be a dud for some people.) 9/10

Is this the best Springsteen album? (that I've heard so far, that is) Why yes, yes it is.

It's my fourth Springsteen album on the generator so far, and I think I'm starting to suffer from Springsteen fatigue. I usually half-enjoy his music when he's doing his specific brand of country-rock, but a whole album of acoustic guitar, harmonica and folk singing is just too close to the the kind of country I dislike. Nothing sounds particularly original or exciting here - it's just Springsteen trying to be a Rust Belt version of Bob Dylan, which is not a compliment considering my opinion of Dylan. There are a few nice songs in this album, but overall it mostly bored me - not enough energy, not enough emotion, not enough soul for my taste. It feels just as anemic as a forgotten small town slowly rotting away under a constant drizzle (but maybe that was the point ?). I respect the effort, but it's really not for me, sorry. 4/10

Considering Springsteen’s arena rock albums from that era, this was a bit a present surprise. It’s more stripped-back, and I kind of like the more intimate feel at the beginning. But it’s too repetitive for my taste, and sounds only good to me as a calm album to have on in the background.

Nothing sounds repetitive but it's all fitting perfectly in the album and the moments where the harmonica is added is just enough, I hadn't realized I'd like Bruce Springsteen's voice this much. Nebraska as the opener is so heavy I wouldn't expect it to be the first thing you hear in a album but it bears fruit by preparing you for the tone and gravity of the rest of the project, I don't think I've heard any misses.

didn’t really give a shit about this tbh…. forgot i was listening to it. not my thing

Last album from the Boss, and his simplest in terms of sound. Still has the heart, though. Solid 4 Stars.

You know what? I’m at a 10. For our fifth & final Springsteen album on the list, it’s a great way to go out. I was above a 5 for a while & then both “My Father’s House” & “Reason to Believe” just brought the album home in a way that really, really got to me at a personal level. I don’t wanna expand on that much more, but Bruce Springsteen has crafted something darkly intimate here in a way that paints some of the most vivid pictures he’s ever put to tape. Quite literally, put to tape; he did this album mostly by himself in his bedroom with a 4-track recorder. You get his voice, his guitar, his harmonica, and a few other instruments, but this is all Bruce. I’m not entirely sure what sparked such a shift in his songwriting (though it seems it’s most likely the success of his prior album giving him a bit of dissociation), but this might be the best on any Springsteen album we’ve gotten. In a way, it reminds me a lot of Tom Waits, though with a stronger vocal proficiency behind it that elevates every track here. It also helps that all of these are really easy to digest because they’re so easy to imagine – the cold monotonous voice of an unshaken serial killer, an honest man caught up in a life of crime, a status-symbol mansion on a hill, a man whose his failed robbery leaves him wanting a death sentence, a patrolman letting his brother escape a crime, a calculated villain threatening an officer, the pity for parents having to treat something old as something new, a race against time to see your wife before your next shift, the lack of closure for unatoned sins of a father, & people desperately clinging to hope that should’ve slipped away eons ago. They’re all songs you can live in, and Bruce feels like the perfect narrator for all of them. I didn’t realize he could even play the villain role that well on “State Trooper”. It is not the best Springsteen on the list (that still goes to “Born to Run”), but this is now easily my second favorite Springsteen album here. It’s that damn good, and while I understand that the lesser textures behind it may not be as appealing & the somber mood won’t click for people expecting another “Born in the U.S.A.” or “Tenth Avenue Freezeout”, you just have to meet this album where it is to appreciate it. It’s more than worthy of its spot on the list, and I think it might be one of the better ‘desolate’ albums ever written by someone who usually defines hope. It’s a 10.

Tolles Album, von einem klasse Musiker

Fand ich etwas langweilig, hätte ich mir mehr erwartet. Schlecht war es auch nicht.

Richtig geil!

I can sympathize with both the 1-star and 5-star reviews for this album. Ultimately I lean toward the low side due to the audio quality. It was obviously an intentional choice to go for this very lo-fi sound...but you can do an acoustic album that still sounds decent. A more polished version of this album probably gets a 4 from me. 2.8

A mediocre singer and okay songwriter somehow equals a bajillion record sales. This is about as plain as the state of Nebraska itself (I'm from there so I can say that)

That’s better. My personal favourite Springsteen album. Haunting, atmospheric, all of the stuff. One of my dad’s favourite records is born in the USA and he used to play me the vinyl a lot when I was a kid. I loved it so much and still do, it’s hard to believe that this was the natural follow up to it. It couldn’t be more different in so many ways but that’s what makes it so special. Favourite track: reason to believe

++: Atlantic City, Johnny 99, State Trooper, Open All Night, Reason to Believe +: Nebraska, Used Cars +-: Mansion on the Hill, Highway Patrolman, My Father's House 7,0/10

America is a grim place. Bruce Sprinsteen seems to have a million stories of guys who take guns and cars out to the middle of America and then shoot and rob people. It sounds really awful. The feel of this album is really stripped back. Just Bruce Springsteen, a guitar, a harmonica and the occasional percussion like the xylophone in "Used Car". It is another album that will appeal to men of a certain age that want to reminisce about their misspent youths. Its melancholy, but not nearly as ennui as some of "Born in the USA" gets. But it is completely bereft of the joyous songs that "Born in the USA" has. So has a much more sombre feeling. (2.750)

A very emotionally charged album I feel, but one that feels not aimed at me at all, besides maybe the second song. I can see why this would be better for others, but it was just a bit boring to me, like something a lot of pople could pull off. Definitely want to try more Spingsteen though.

Only listened to the first three or four songs, didn’t rate it much. Found it quite samey, didn’t enjoy the opening song enjoyed the second more.

Ridiculously good story telling Why would anyone want to live in America Bit samey? Highway Patrolman WOAH

Flash back to college days This one was a regular through those four years It was a total contrast to everything else I was listening to at that time, which was a good thing Glad to hear it again - 5 stars for sure!

All the songs are pretty similar sonically. But its a song I like.

Ну..

Eh, it’s ok

Not usually a huge Springsteen guy but this album is classic

not for me

no again

Dentro de la discografía de el rey, es uno de los discos con los que menos empató, no es malo pero dentro de la discografía de Springsteen hay varios mejores

Quote good and moody

It was a little slow and a little sad but sometimes that’s good. I enjoyed, just enough to not enjoy

I don't like this at all. I think it's too, boring, and samey. I managed to look down at the song titles once, near the end, and I can't even be bothered to go look and see what that song was called. shocking that this came right before Born in the USA; less shocking that he never toured this album (although ostensibly this is because it was denser and a little more emotionally raw, which I guess I get) idk how you go from this to Born in the USA in two years but I kinda think this sucks

A little slower than I expected. I’d only heard Atlantic City before, but it didn’t hate the rest of it. 3.5

The way my father talked about this album when I was growing up established it as a mythical artifact in my young mind. This is an album he plays on the first of September every year, because for him it’s a perfect fall vibe. I try to do the same every year if I can remember. My dad was right because damn is it beautiful. How lucky are we to live in the same time period as the Boss. Imagine living in the medieval period and getting run through by a joust without ever hearing the majesty of one of the best two-song runs with “Highway Patrolman” and “State Trooper.” Now we get the explosive diarrhea parasite, but at least “Atlantic City” can ease our souls.

As much of a Bruce enthusiast as I am, I almost never put this album on because it is effing bleak. It’s like he started working from “The River” (the song not the album) and “Wreck On the Highway”and said “let’s do 10 of those.” It’s a great album but it’s just not one I reach for. Other than “Atlantic City” because it’s perfect. Also the cover of that song by The Band is PERFECT go listen to it now and come back here. Did you do it? Okay, great it was good right? Cool, keep reading. I don’t think the man would ever deny idolizing Dylan but he leans a bit far into that influence (particularly TTTAAC, another album I rarely listen to in full because it is almost unfathomably depressing) on some of these songs. But the depressing-ness also comes with some of Bruce’s best lyricism. The title track is based on the Charles Starkweather murders, which also inspired the Terence Malick film “Badlands,” which is not to be confused with the Bruce Springsteen song “Badlands” or the Alexander Payne film “Nebraska.” On another note, the film title “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” is so cumbersome.

keeping a safe distance from the state of nebraska just in case it’s actually this sad

Sonically this album is right up my alley. But I just don’t connect with Springsteen. Never have, doubt I ever will. Very American, very masculine.

See Bruce! This is what you are capable of. Without the crap band and hamfisted production the songs shine.

Großartig!

It’s good!! I definitely don’t MIND acoustic Bruce (a-Bruce-stic?) but i do kinda mind 40+ minutes of it in a row unfortunately. Not bad at all, just far from my favorite.

Very moody record. I like it but like I said about previous records, it's a fall or winter listen for me. Hard to appreciate in the summer. I get why it is considered a key record.

JL : 2, Nebraska A : 2, Johnny 99

not my cup of tea but it was still a chill album!! the only song i could say i liked enough to listen one more time would be Atlantic City

Country Bruce can be a wonderful thing. Contains some of his best songwriting, though it kind of drifts to a conclusion.

4.4

Schöne Balladen, aber alles gleich

Good sad boy music, too many cop songs

One of the more listenable Springsteen albums but I'll be honest, five was way too many, I got the picture pretty quickly and he's not an artist I'd have dug much deeper into on my own. I quite liked the raw, acoustic vibe and his voice seems to be still intact at this point. The Boss? The Dross.

This is the second Springsteen album from this list for me, with the first one being "Born To Run". "Born To Run" made me think maybe I had the wrong impression of Springsteen, and I actually enjoyed it quite a lot. This album however has taken me right back to my initial impression. It's Bob Dylan, except instead of not being able to sing, he can't enunciate. It's extremely boring to boot. Feel like I just listened to the same track 10 times. Simple guitar riffs, mediocre vocals, a bit of reverb, sporadic harmonica... just... ugh.

There are some hints of what Bruce is going to come in this album. The occasional energetic song ruined by the harmonica. This album is ruined by the harmonica in every instance. Low 2

nah didn’t like it ;(

aburrido como la mierda

*1982. *Sad Bruce is my favorite Bruce. *Nebraska and Atlantic City are great songs to start off the album and get you in the right depressed state of mind. *Fantastic background music with the correct amount of harmonica. It just feels like a nostalgic road trip. *Apparently this is about desperate and hopeless blue collar Americans, but it's impossible to say, as no one can really understand Bruce's singing. RATING - 7.5/10

I do love his voice and his ballads but I think I need more variety on an album... :/

Haunting, didn't know Bruce had it in him. State Trooper is like if Bruce wrote a Suicide song, absolutely crazy

This album is good, but not really my thing. If it caught me in the right mood, I could see myself loving it. It leans a little too much into country which I just don't connect with, but some of the more rock-focused tracks here ("Atlantic City") I do really enjoy. I am a moron and did not release he also made "Born in the USA", and I am impressed with the range he shows here.

992. Shitty boomer rock. The harmonica in the first song reminds me of the harmonica in Once Upon a Time in the West, which i love, so I'll refrain from just giving it one star. 2/5: not it.

Sounds like Bruce but more inside feelings

Entiendo pero no comparto (lo puse en born to run pero iba acá, ya escucharé el otro y veré, bajón que quedó rankeado).

Stark Americana, people feel that they have to go to extremes Nebraska Atlantic city Reason to believe

I love this record. Spare and haunting.

Slow

3.4

I find it funny that yesterday I was talking up Dylans singing, specifically his emotional palette. When I listen to Dylan I can hear him embodying the song with a huge gamut of emotions. Springsteen does not do that. He is a storyteller telling a story but his voice, here at least, has a single emotional timbre - bleak sorrow. It works... But it also drowns. It becomes oppressive. I started enjoying this, but I ended just feeling heavy. At first I thought I'd listen to this again and give it 4 stars but as it wore on I just read the lyrics and felt that to be a more enjoyable way to consume it. As a single album, it's unfortunately less than the sum of its parts. The individual songs are great, but as an album it's exhausting, so in the end it gets 3.

A bit boring. Acoustic stuff.

Lots of generally formless, but undoubtedly inspired songs here. Some stuck the landing for me, while others sauntered to the finish. These songs are best accompanied by a list of lyrics and an attentive ear, but can otherwise feel a bit drab. As a native New Jerseyan, though, hearing Mahwah & Linden & the turnpike in the span of a few tracks made me smile. Three stars. STAND-OUT SONG: “Atlantic City” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Nebraska”, “Open All Night”

Boring

Old Springsteen

Harsh, slow, uncompromising, monotone, depressing, bare. All that but not terrible

Good stuff

Very good. Cracking first two songs.

Oh god there's still 2 more Bruce albums to go after this

This is perhaps the most compelling work I have hear by Mr. Springsteen. That being said after a while it becomes quite repetitive. Guitar, mandolin, somber lyrics harmonica in between verses. I honestly feel this works better as one off songs rather than sitting through what feels like a suite of closely related songs. Don't get me wrong, its good just.... after a while it feels like watching an actor trudge through the mud playing a role of the downtrodden. I don't feel like I ever want to purposely sit through its entirety ever again but I wouldn't be mad if the title track popped up in some random playlist every once in a great while. 4 stars

the album released before "born in the USA". I am definitely the wrong person to rate a Bruce Springsteen album. i find he's way over-rated. "Nebraska" is a pretty gritty album. "Atlantic City" in particular paints a really bleak picture of the town and it's seediness. it's probably the closet to Bob Dylan he ever got. The recent movie, "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" is about his troubles making this album.

Oh my goodness. Wow! I found a new album to listen to when I am having trouble following asleep! This is a new level of boring. Bruce Springsteen is challenging enough to listen to, then add insult to injury by stripping out any possible interesting music by relegating his voice to drifting over top of just a soft acoustic guitar!! I can't imagine a time I would EVER want to listen to this again.

Very depressing listen. Although I guess that is the point. It accomplished what it set out to do. I prefer his other work.

Nice strip down soulful album. Not his best but very good!

Not my favorite of Bruce's but undeniably passionate/powerful

Just mid steen Fave track: Atlantic City

Sad Brucey album. For variety. 2.5/5

This album is so good, and the more I listen the more I like it. Springsteens voice is so unique and the minimalist production and the whole story about this is great. Goes to show you can make an amazing album with just a mic and a crappy tape deck. Will come back here again

Pretty cool

C'est pas pour moi désolé j'ai un peu la flemme de développer juste voila

Mr. Springsteen, I'm sorry.... snnnzzz....

Normally I wouldn't go out of my way to address other reviews, but I have to say that one of the highest reviews on this album is so misinformed and full of shit that I don't understand why people keep rating it highly. Springsteen had Dylan so far from his mind when he made this album. It's fucked up that people think that he was trying to be Dylan. Had you heard Dylan recently or before this? It sounds nothing like Dylan. Further to that, the record company had no interest in bankrolling a Dylan replacement because Dylan was into Christian music back then, that's fucked up. Bruce was reacting to the success of The River and he wanted to get back to a more basic sound, that's essentially it. He recorded these demos and they sounded great and he recorded them on a stereo that fell in the fucking lake or something. Anyway, Nebraska is a quiet masterpiece and definitely not a record of campfire songs.

I admire this album more than I really enjoy it. Some excellent tracks. 3.5

Top top top. The sound is so haunting love all the pops and crackles and just makes it sound like a deranged man recording his very calm descent into madness. Some of his best songwriting on this album but it’s so understated you could miss it. The red against the stark imagery on the cover is so class too.