- rock, folk rock, pop rock, americana
- 52 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Wrecking Ball is the seventeenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on March 6, 2012, on Columbia Records. It was named best album of 2012 by Rolling Stone and along with the album's first single, "We Take Care of Our Own", was nominated for three Grammy Awards.
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Character
Grave, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 78/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.7/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent5/5 ★
- MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork5.9/10
- Rolling Stone5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine2/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1We Take Care of Our Own3:54
- 2Easy Money3:37
- 3Shackled and Drawn3:46
- 4Jack of All Trades5:60
- 5Death to My Hometown3:29
- 6This Depression4:08
- 7Wrecking Ball5:50
- 8You’ve Got It3:49
- 9Rocky Ground4:41
- 10Land of Hope and Dreams6:58
- 11We Are Alive5:36
11 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bruce Springsteen
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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