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There weren' t high hopes for this album , despite its title. Instead , surprise, Bruce Springsteen has put together perhaps his most straight hard rock and blatantly over the last 10 years, a collection of inhomogeneities in homogeneous rock .
There were no "high hopes " after the announcement of the carrier song , a cover already engraved in the 90s and dusted off in the Australian tour in March. To read the tracklist, then : 12 songs, including two covers, a total of 4 songs , 2 of which have already been published and that are virtually car - covers of well-known songs ( " The Ghost of Tom Joad ," which gave him the title album , and " American Skin (41 shots )"). Here we go with the critical preventative fans have unleashed their most uncompromising side . The " hater" have revived their theory : live is not discussed, but not Springsteen guesses a disc for centuries.
Now , it is clear that Springsteen has eclipsed the climax of its production of the study even though the last decade has given us at least two gems ("The Rising " and " Seeger Sessions" ) . But the original sin of " High hopes " is actually due to " Wrecking Ball " , which already contained two songs not unusual ( the title track and " Land of Hope and Dreams" ) - choice already met with skepticism at the time . It is equally clear, as noted by our cousins Rockol.com that Springsteen in the world will not make any tour to promote the disc , but you do discs to stay on tour : a footprint rule applies to the entire industry , of which the Boss is the most obvious incarnation .
Despite its origins , " High hopes " is not a collection raccogliticcia , indeed. It 'just a rock record honest , straightforward, no frills, with less political and less folk rock that in " Wrecking Ball ." The reason is Tom Morello, muse album (the idea to brush up on " High hopes " is his ) , to misrepresent this with his guitar in 8 out of 12 songs . Too well , in certain passages : his injection of energy is indubitable, but more than once on the solos acids play a little ' away from the heat of the E Street Band - that is all past and present : including Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici, because between songs are songs recorded in the last decade and ended today. Since this is also reflected in the production credits , divided between Brendan O'Brien ( who has worked with the Boss from " The Rising " to " Working on dream" ) and Ron Aniello ( " Wrecking Ball ").
The album will be released January 14th - even in a limited edition that includes a DVD with the entire " Born in the USA " performed live in London. Just a few days ago Amazon has ( accidentally ? ) To sell the disc to MP3 for a few hours. But first things first .
" High hopes " song by song
" High hopes " - A cover of Havalinas already engraved and published in the 90s in an EP attached to the VHS of "Blood Brothers " rockumentary about the reunion of the E Street Band. The new version , you know , is much more energetic, and has since undergone the unmistakable sound of the guitar Morello . The real regret is the presence of the winds : here sound great ( as live ) . But in the rest of the album and then disappear almost completely .
"Harry's place" - A song from the sessions of "The Rising " , it is not difficult to understand why it is left out that part with bass and synth , with a hollow sound , almost 90s (remember certain things "Human Touch " ) - to tell a story worthy of a noir novel - the best thing about the song. Morello 's guitar , added recently, it intersects with the sax of Clarence Clemons .
"American Skin (41 Shots ) " - The " 41 shots " are the bullets reached an innocent African-American boy who pulled a wallet from his pocket and was gunned down by police in New York, convinced it was a gun. The song is played live since 2000 (it was also included in the "Live in New York " in 2001) and generated a very strong controversy with the local police when it was proposed in New York. I already ran an engraving studio a decade ago never officially published . But this version opens with one of those sampled rhythms often used lately, and then open up with Morello 's guitar dominates until the end, the chorus repeated ad libitum. However, one of the best things written by Springsteen in the last decade .
"Just like fire would " - A cover story of the Australian band Saints , played only once in the tour of the continent of Oceania. It opens with guitars and violin, along the lines of " Waitin ' on a sunny day " ( one of the central songs of the last tour ) and becomes a straight rock and old fashioned, where Morello 's guitar stays in the background , until ' entry in the final of the trumpet . In its simplicity is perhaps the most beautiful thing on the disc : very faithful to the original , also very reminiscent of John Mellencamp . Chapeau to have dusted off this gem.
" Down in the Hole " - The voice of Patti Scialfa , dark sounds and percussion , voice filtered to introduce a Springsteen song then part of a rhythm that reminds very much, " I'm on fire ." One of the songs of this album completely unknown , a slowdown after the initial triple accelerated , enriched by a beautiful central duet between the violin and the organ of Danny Federici (who died in 2008, but the song was largely recorded and produced before from O'Brien) .
"Heaven's Wall" - Another song straight, which opens with an almost gospel choir ( "Raise your hand , raise your hand ! ) , Which then becomes the backbone of the melody. Even here Morello has fun with his guitar , and even exaggerating weighting the tone light and fun of the song , which is dominated by the voices and violin.
" Frankie fell in love " - Another song that starts like a rock veined country: a simple and straight love song, the lightest of the whole collection , with an unlikely dialogue between Albert Einstein and William Shakespeare on love.
" This is your sword" - A song that incorporates the biblical metaphors of "Heaven's wall" , opening with a few seconds of bagpipes which then are placed in the background leaving room for the guitars. And linear melody - the song that is more reminiscent of the atmosphere of folk-rock of " Wrecking Ball "
" Hunter of invisible game" - Arcs and acoustic guitar for a song that the removal of a waltz : another quick break after the central triptych , another song ( like the previous three) completely new .
" The Ghost of Tom Joad " - The most popular song of all - it was the title track of the album " only " of '95 . It has long played in this rock version completely different from the minimal acoustic and original and often find Tom Morello was on stage , so that the duet was immortalized in a digital EP live a few years ago. This is a version of overwhelming rage , in which Morello ( who sings a verse ) gives the best of himself . But even worse , like when you take your hand dall'assolo , dusting sounds from Rage Against The Machine ... The E Street Band, as solid as ever , does the rest.
" The Wall" - song performed live on four occasions , tells the story of an old friend who disappears in Vietnam : a delicate and touching ballad for acoustic guitar, piano and organ with trumpet solo final . Touching.
"Dream Baby Dream" - Song of closing the tour of " Devils & Dust " , which was sung simply by sending looped vocals and pump organ , is a cover of Suicide , already published both live in an EP , in this new version is produced by Ron Aniello - already widespread a few weeks ago in a touching video of thanks to the fans. Played more and less gloomy as the original version , not the hypnotic live version , but no less fascinating for both.
