The Rising
Bruce Springsteen

whew. that was a slog. no offense to bruce but i don't really feel anything strongly about his music on a good day... so to get a loooong + semi-recent album from him? death knell. the production on this is corny as hell. "let's be friends (skin to skin)" was just embarrassing. musically, it's probably a 3, but it irritated me so much i'm docking a star.

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