Hosted on MSN

When Bruce Springsteen Stripped Down and Got Dark on ‘Nebraska’

When Bruce Springsteen started recording a batch of new songs on a four-track tape machine in his New Jersey bedroom in January 1982, he wasn’t planning to release them as his next album. The acoustic ...
American Songwriter

Watch New Video of Bruce Springsteen Performing “Open All Night,” from Upcoming Deluxe Reissue of His Acclaimed 1982 Album ‘Nebraska’

Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition will be released on October 17. The multiple-disc collection includes a Blu-ray featuring a film shot earlier this year of Springsteen performing the entire album. The ...
The New York Times

Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Was a Risk. He’s Proving It Paid Off.

A new 37-track boxed set released alongside a biopic tracking the making of his 1982 album underscores how sometimes a musician’s first recording is the right one. By Jon Pareles Demo-itis. That’s the ...
Rolling Stone

Does ‘Nebraska ’82’ Solve a Springsteen Mystery? Yes and No

There are good albums and great albums, and then there are holy records — worlds you enter as if into a dream and emerge with spirit and neurochemistry changed. Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 classic ...