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Working On A Dream - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
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72 out of 100

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  • Summary: Springsteen's latest solo album is the fourth time he has worked with producer Brendan O'Brien.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. Rolling Stone
    100
    Working on a Dream is the richest of the three great rock albums Springsteen has made this decade with the E Street Band--and moment for moment, song for song, there are more musical surprises than on any Bruce album you could name.
  2. No Ripcord
    60
    As an addition to a remarkable oeuvre, then, Working On A Dream has its worthwhile moments, but it's as a snapshot of a window of hope from an increasingly seasoned cultural commentator that it borders on the essential.
  3. Slant Magazine
    30
    Yet despite O'Brien's anemic production, much of the blame for Working On a Dream undoubtedly lies with Springsteen himself; drained of his angry energy, he dribbles out material that's for the most part goofy and painfully bloodless.

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  1. Positive: 26 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. Rob274
    10
    *Sniff,Sniff* So beatifull. Bruce Springsteen has outdone himself. Also the whole album was the best out of his whole career. I think that this album may be his best yet! The song "The Wrestler" is so pretty, I wanted to hear it again and again. A solid 10/10… Expand
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  2. JohnM
    4
    I've enjoyed a ton of Bruce's music and his concerts are spectacular, but this album is just a failure. Bruce doesn't have stories to tell or much to say personally, so empty tropes end up filling the songs instead. Which is why a bonus track ("The Wrestler") written for a movie crushes everything else here and reminds you of how great he can be. This has none of the catharsis of The Rising or the anger of Magic, whatever flaws those albums had otherwise. It's a car with no engine.… Expand
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  3. AronW
    3
    Meat Loaf Lite. A joke.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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