Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball (2 LP)

Product specifications

Details

Album

Wrecking Ball

Artist

Bruce Springsteen

LP release year

2012

Album release date

March 6, 2012

Label

Columbia

EAN

886919425413

Available

Yes

Product information

Format

LP

Quantity

2 piece(s)

Mono or stereo

Stereo

Duration

1 uur, 1 min

Tracks

13 tracks

EAN

EAN

886919425413

Other

Limited Edition

No

Country

Europe

Box set

No

Remastered

No

Reissue

No

• Bruce's Brilliant Album

  5 out of 5 stars
  zoevqayyaikpDecember 2, 2025United States🇺🇸

  Bruce's finest work after "Tunnel Of Love". The sound quality and track listing are absolutely amazing. All in all, a brilliant album.

• Album Sounds Incredible

  5 out of 5 stars
  epkluiwvigJune 20, 2025United States🇺🇸

  Wow, this album and this pressing are amazing! It sounds incredible when you turn it up. BRUUUUUUCCEEEE

• Springsteen's Hope Fades

  4 out of 5 stars
  cycoudxeohiApril 30, 2025United States🇺🇸

  Bruce channeled the heartbreak of 9/11 into "The Rising," and "Devils & Dust" was his raw reaction to the reelection of the most wretched President our country's ever endured... and throughout all these years of following Mr. Springsteen [and those years stretch back to the Main Point in Ardmore, and The Stone Pony in Jersey], his music's always carried a sense of hope, until now. Bruce's always been our eternal optimist, from his early days when he and the band were tearing up the backstreets, there's always been this feeling like time's standing still, with the horizon marking the start of something grand for anyone with a dream and the guts to chase it. But on "Wrecking Ball," Bruce's lost me for the most part. Instead of standing tall with the stars at his back, he's huddled down with a never-ending string of ballads that drag on way too long. Maybe I've heard too many of his slow tunes over the years, maybe he's run out of fresh ideas, maybe he's veered off course... either way, "We Take Care Of Our Own," "Easy Money," "Shackled & Drawn," "Wrecking Ball," and "You've Got It," are the only tracks that pack a punch, while the rest [all eight of them] sound like the score to some grim black and white flick about a washed-up boxer whose lover succumbs to cancer in the hospital the exact moment he's knocked down, and then out. Sure, considering the state of America these days, this is the first album without the brilliance of both Clemons and Weinberg, and none of the other long-time E. Street Band members make an appearance either... so maybe Bruce, and understandably so, is feeling truly vulnerable for the first time in his life. Either way, this isn't the Bruce Springsteen we need right now. We need the masked marvel in his tattered jeans, blistered guitar, powerful driving rhythms, musical visions of justice, kicked in the teeth and smiling, man of hope and splendor. I for one will be flashing the E Light off the low hanging clouds tonight, hoping to reignite the sleeping musical giant to fill my lungs so that I can shout down the insanity of the right-winged walls one more time.

• Audio Quality Justifies Rating

  5 out of 5 stars
  LoleHamgarJune 10, 2024United States🇺🇸

  Bruce's vinyl editions always leave me baffled. The presentation is truly disappointing for someone of his caliber; a single sleeve for two 180G records, no lyrics included, and the artwork is just plain average. Yet, the audio quality alone justifies the 5-star rating. This pressing is absolutely phenomenal. "Jack of All Trades" is among the greatest tracks ever created, and it's never sounded this incredible, except perhaps live. Definitely grab this if you ever come across it.

• Loud and Balanced Vinyl

  5 out of 5 stars
  pemreroyabaFebruary 8, 2024United States🇺🇸

  Amazing sounding record. It's nice and loud too. Well balanced and quiet vinyl, just as it should be.