Working on a Dream [180 Gram Vinyl]

Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, keyboards, percussion); Nils Lofgren, Steve VanZandt (vocals, guitars); Soozie Tyrell (vocals, violin); Clarence Clemons , Patti Scialfa (vocals); Roy Bittan (piano); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass guitar); Max Weinberg (drums).Audio Mixer: Brendan O'Brien .Audio Remasterer: Bob Ludwig.Bruce Springsteen's not known for pumping out new material at a rapid clip, but he was seemingly so energized by his 2007 album, MAGIC, that he wrote and recorded the songs on WORKING ON A DREAM in a creative flurry and had it out 15 months after its predecessor. The feel of the album is accordingly urgent; there's little here that bears the epic qualities of his more deliberately wrought work, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.Overall, this is probably as close as The Boss gets to a pop album. While the somewhat anomalous "The Wrestler," the spare, acoustic-based theme from the celebrated film of the same name, is a trenchant look inside a troubled