- rock, folk rock, folk
- 49 min
- 12 tracks
- Columbia
The Ghost of Tom Joad is the eleventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on November 21, 1995, by Columbia Records. His second primarily acoustic album after Nebraska (1982), The Ghost of Tom Joad reached the top ten in two countries, and the top twenty in five more, including No.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and character-led.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Houston Chronicle4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork7.6/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1The Ghost of Tom Joad4:23
- A2Straight Time3:25
- A3Highway 293:39
- A4Youngstown3:52
- A5Sinaloa Cowboys3:51
- A6The Line5:14
- B1Balboa Park3:19
- B2Dry Lightning3:30
- B3The New Timer5:45
- B4Across the Border5:24
- B5Galveston Bay5:04
- B6My Best Was Never Good Enough2:00
12 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1995
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Cassette
- Country
- XE
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