High Hopes
by Bruce Springsteen
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jan 14, 2014
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6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 59
  3. Negative: 10 out of 59
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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 42
  3. Negative: 1 out of 42
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Feb 20, 2014
    78
    Post 9/11 sessions for The Rising yield early continuity ("American Skin [41 Shots]"), but once Springsteen goes Stax with full-on gospel rock ("Heaven's Wall"), High Hopes reveals its soft brown underbelly.
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  2. Record Collector
    Feb 5, 2014
    80
    A bygone feel permeates a few of the songs; the joyful saloon rock of Frankie Fell In Love takes listeners back to The River, and Down In The Hole recalls the more reflective Bruce of Born In The USA and Tunnel Of Love.
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  3. Clash Music
    Jan 24, 2014
    50
    With its sharply defined highs and curiously odd misses, there’s more than enough here for dedicated fans to sift through, to extrapolate new shades of Springsteen from. For the rest of us, though, there isn’t quite enough to hold our attention.
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