nouvel album de Bruce!

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New Bruce Springsteen album!

COLUMBIA RECORDS TO RELEASE DEVILS & DUST ON APRIL 26



Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's nineteenth album, 'Devils & Dust,' on April 26. 'Devils & Dust' features twelve new Springsteen songs.

'Devils & Dust' Track List

1. Devils & Dust
2. All The Way Home
3. Reno
4. Long Time Comin'
5. Black Cowboys
6. Maria's Bed
7. Silver Palomino
8. Jesus Was an Only Son
9. Leah
10. The Hitter
11. All I'm Thinkin' About
12. Matamoras Banks

'Devils & Dust' was produced by Brendan O'Brien, who first worked with Springsteen on the acclaimed CD, 'The Rising.' The new album was recorded at Thrill Hill Recording Studios in Los Angeles and New Jersey with additional engineering at Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta.

Springsteen is planning a tour to accompany the release of the album. Details will be announced shortly.



The Hitter and Long Time Coming were tracks Bruce originally played on the 1995-1997 "Tom Joad" solo tour. I have them on bootleg and they're superb.

Bruce album due in April; tour to follow




Bruce Springsteen (Wire photo)
Feb 16, 2005


Associated Press

February 16, 2005, 11:31 AM EST


The seeds for Bruce Springsteen's new album "Devils & Dust" were sown nearly a decade ago, when the singer-songwriter launched his first-ever solo acoustic tour.

"I was so excited after playing on that tour, I'd get off the stage and go write," Springsteen said about those 1995-96 dates. "Then I put those songs on the shelf for a while, until I had a chance to revisit them."

The visit is now complete, with a 12-song album due in stores on April 26 -- Springsteen's first release of all-new material since his Sept. 11-themed "The Rising" in July 2002.

A tour was planned to follow the release, although Springsteen said it was unclear if he would perform alone or with a small band.

Two of the new album's songs, "The Hitter" and "Long Time Comin'," were actually written and performed on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" tour. But not all the material dates back that far; the title track was written around the start of the war in Iraq, Springsteen said.

"It works as a metaphor for all the music underneath it, the individual stories of people wrestling with their demons," Springsteen said of the title track. "A lot of it is set in the west, in what feels like a rural setting.

"It's about people working through their confusions, sometimes well and sometimes tragically," he said in a telephone interview earlier this week.

Springsteen opted to record without the E Street Band for "Devils & Dust." The core group was Springsteen on guitar and other instruments, producer Brendan O'Brien on bass and drummer Steve Jordan, who had produced last year's "23rd Street Lullaby" album by Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa.

In keeping with his pattern of recording, the new album is a quieter, more acoustic affair than "The Rising." Springsteen, now 55, has alternated between large-scale rock records followed by more introspective material since 1982's "Nebraska" was released two years after "The River."

Pedal steel guitar, harmonica and violin fill in the sparse, rootsy arrangements. Springsteen, who says his vocal range has expanded with age, provides some higher-pitched vocals on the track "All I'm Thinking About." Springsteen said the accompanying tour would be an acoustic affair whether he performs alone or with a band, targeting theaters and smaller venues.

"I was actually signed as an acoustic act, and I've always enjoyed playing acoustic," Springsteen said. "Even when I was in a band, back in my early days, I was always writing songs that weren't meant for the band."
[Edited 2/16/05 14:01pm]

[Claire]

c'était sold out en 1 heure mais heureusement je m'y suis prise tot... à moi Bercy le 20 juin..

le nouvel album est en cours d'acheminement, je donnerai mon avis dès réception

[Claire]

Fantastique soirée lundi soir.. Bruce était seul sur scène mais remplissait Bercy par sa présence et son charisme. Parfois même pratiquement à capella puisqu'il s'éloignait du micro de temps en temps et sa voix se faisait entendre jusqu'aux plus hautes tribunes (la ou j'étais )

On a pu entendre les nouvelles chansons ainsi que des anciens titres tellement ré-orchestrés que j'ai eu du mal à en reconnaitre certains.. que dire de 'The River' au piano, "Part man part monkey" avec une guitare blues à donner des frissons, 'reason to believe'" a l"harmonica et micro "trafiqué", "i'm on fire" au banjo et sifflements à la Mireille dax . Les gens sont restés sagement assis comme il l'avait demandé au début du concert.. mais se sont rués dans la fosse au moment des rappels ! "dream baby dream" une reprise du groupe Sucide, à l'harmonium... la mélodie m'a trotté dans la tête toute la soirée.

En bref, 2h30 de pur bonheur musical. Le boss est vraiment le boss


June 20, 2005
Paris, France
Bercy

My Beautiful Reward
Reason to Believe
Devils and Dust
Empty Sky
Long Time Comin'
Silver Palomino
The River
Tougher Than the Rest
Part Man Part Monkey
All I'm Thinkin' About
I'm on Fire
Reno
Point Blank
Mary's Place
Racing in the Streets
The Rising
Further On (Up the Road)
Jesus Was An Only Son
This Hard Land
The Hitter
Matamoros Banks
(encore)

Cadillac Ranch
Better Days (with Elliott Murphy)
Land of Hope and Dreams
The Promised Land
Dream Baby Dream