
- Summary: Produced with Ron Aniello and featuring Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello on guitar, The Boss' 18th studio release includes covers, outtakes, and new takes of previously released songs.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Heartland Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 42
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Mixed: 24 out of 42
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Negative: 1 out of 42
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UncutJan 15, 2014There's a sombre edge to almost all these songs, even when the Hammond organ is wailing and the backbeat is a mile wide.... Morello's presence is crucial to the tone of the album. [Feb 2014, p.65]
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Classic Rock MagazineJan 2, 2014It's a pleasing patchwork of echoes of the past. [Feb 2014, p.92]
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Jan 13, 2014There’s something about High Hopes’ slight incoherence that actually stands to its advantage--it’s a less homogenous, polished whole than Magic or The Rising and a fresher, more arresting listen.
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Jan 9, 2014High Hopes may be a stopgap, but it is one assembled with tender, loving care.
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Jan 13, 2014The best of them--mostly the resigned or farseeing songs, the songs that have no hero and no story--rise above the odds. But a large portion of the record feels, let’s say, official.
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Jan 14, 2014With High Hopes, Springsteen splashes his brightest colors against a canvas, crosses his fingers, and hopes they mesh.
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Jan 14, 2014While Springsteen is notorious for painstakingly sequencing his albums, High Hopes was a losing battle--a puzzle with pieces that, more often than not, just don’t interlock.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Jan 15, 2014
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Sep 29, 2014
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Apr 7, 2014
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Jan 14, 2014
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Jan 17, 2014
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Jan 15, 2014
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Sep 15, 2014
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