Album Reviews
Springsteen bares his soul with a nostalgic covers collection
The Boss returns to his Jersey Shore roots and 15-year-old self with an album of soul covers that contain his signature ruggedness, but tend towards pastiche
Bruce Springsteen: Only the Strong Survive (Columbia)
It is admittedly an odd genre title for a Bruce Springsteen album. Soul isn’t exactly what the Mount Rushmore figure of American music is usually known for. Bruce is heartland and heartfelt rock music through and through, but here the 73-year-old harks back to when he was an aspiring 15-year-old musician, and taken in this context an entire album of soul covers makes perfect sense. “If you played ...
