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Bruce Springsteen: Letter to You

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Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2020.10.23
Time:
 58:17
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Ron Aniello, Bruce Springsteen
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.brucespringsteen.net
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Purchase date: 2021
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] One Minute You're Here (B.Springsteen) - 2:57
[2] Letter to You (B.Springsteen) - 4:55
[3] Burnin' Train (B.Springsteen) - 4:03
[4] Janey Needs a Shooter (B.Springsteen) - 6:49
[5] Last Man Standing (B.Springsteen) - 4:05
[6] The Power of Prayer (B.Springsteen) - 3:36
[7] House of a Thousand Guitars (B.Springsteen) - 4:30
[8] Rainmaker (B.Springsteen) - 4:56
[9] If I Was the Priest (B.Springsteen) - 6:50
[10] Ghosts (B.Springsteen) - 5:54
[11] Song for Orphans (B.Springsteen) - 6:13
[12] I'll See You in My Dreams (B.Springsteen) - 3:29

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Bruce Springsteen - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Production
Patti Scialfa - Vocals
Roy Bittan - Piano, Vocals
Jake Clemons - Saxophone
Charles Giordano - Organ, Vocals
Nils Lofgren - Guitar, Vocals
Garry Tallent - Bass Guitar, Vocals
Steven Van Zandt - Guitar, Vocals
Max Weinberg - Drums, Vocals

Ron Aniello - Producer
Bob Clearmountain - Mixing
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Danny Clinch - Photography

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Recorded btween November 11-15, 2019 at the Thrill Hill Recording, Colts Neck, New Jersey, United States



Letter to You is the twentieth studio album from Bruce Springsteen. Released in October 2020, it was Springsteen's first new studio album with the E Street Band to be released since 2014's High Hopes. Letter to You was met with widespread critical acclaim; critics responded favorably to the album's treatment of issues of aging and mortality. The album was a commercial success, topping several international sales charts and was Springteen's 21st top-10 album in the United States. Since touring was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the album was promoted with an online radio station, music videos, and a custom Twitter emoji.

Letter to You was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. This release received a weighted average score of 88 out of 100, based on 25 reviews. With 31 reviews, aggregator Album of the Year considers critical consensus as a 81 out of 100 and AnyDecentMusic? sums up 27 critics with an 8.0 out of 10.

Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club gave the album an A rating, calling it "one of the finest achievements of Bruce Springsteen’s career" for the songwriting's profound look at loss and the fact that listeners can hold up "nearly any track as a microcosm of its overall scope". Kory Grow of Rolling Stone awarded this four out of five stars for Springsteen's deep ability to express his emotions in the "self-therapy" of the lyrics and sums up the music as "the sound of Springsteen accepting that for himself". Richard Williams of Uncut devotes a lengthy review of Letter to You that places it in the context of Springsteen's career as a milestone release that is ultimately about Springsteen, his relationship with his band, and their relationship with the audience, particularly in their ability to interpret American culture, history, and politics; he gives it a nine out of 10. Mojo also published a long review of this album, with Keith Cameron giving it four out of five stars, comparing this album to several that Springsteen has released across his career, noting that the musicianship keeps the album from being overly sentimental. Writing for the Associated Press, David Bauder has a mixed take on the material, noting how it's ironic that the composer of "Glory Days" spends so much time looking back and while Springsteen "is not, by any means, a nostalgia act", between this album and his Broadway show, his current output "is less about pulling out of here to win than pulling back in to appreciate what he has"; the review praises some songs but notes that Springsteen sometimes slips into cliché.

In The Wall Street Journal, Mark Richardson considers Letter to You a concept album about music's ability to give life meaning and points out how it closes a chapter on Springsteen's career. Dan DeLuca of The Philadelphia Inquirer also considers the songs "life-affirming", giving it 3.5 out of four stars. Robin Murray of Clash writes that listening to the album is a "moving experience" and rates it an eight out of 10. In The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick gave this five out of five stars for being "a celebration of performing music; a roar against the silence enveloping the world". Another five-star review by Helen Brown of The Independent declares the music so intimate that the musicians "feel so present and close that listeners might feel they’re violating the pandemic rules". NME's Leonie Cooper also gave the release five out of five, emphasizing the continuity present in this work that draws together themes across Springsteen's career. Chris Willman of Variety calls this "musical comfort food" and calls this and Western Stars the "high-water marks" of Springsteen's career since 2002's The Rising.

Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork scored Letter to You a 7.4 out of 10, noting that Springsteen acts as a narrator on the album, "observing the ways that music can sustain us, with a tone pitched between deep reverence and loss... That simple but elusive power forms the thematic heart of the record, and it also informs the sound." Tyler Clark of Consequence of Sound gave the album a B+ for "boldly looking to the future", with a few tracks that are "plodding" or that "tip into schmaltz". The publication took this release as an opportunity to rank all of Springsteen's 20 studio albums, with Letter to You coming in at twelfth. In Spin, John Paul Bullock calls this "one of the warmest and most reassuring records of [Springsteen's] career", particularly with the accompanying documentary breaking down the recording process. In The Atlantic, David Brooks assess Letter to You as the musician's happiest album in decades as well as being "a sincere and vulnerable album" about the "art of ageing well".

The album is "eloquent" according to Ken Capobianco of The Boston Globe, who called the record "a celebration of life and a reminder of how rock ’n’ roll can help transcend grief and loss". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian named this the Album of the Week, giving it three out of five stars and tempering his review by calling this "a scaling down of ambition" but nonetheless a success. The publication devoted a second review from Kitty Empire who declared it her album of the week, with four out of five stars and calling it a "sledgehammer" of succor for its ability to process emotions of grief and providing uplift. Carl Wilson of Slate gives a positive review but asks "how many Bruce memoirs are too many" in light of Springsteen's recent stage show and book, noting that "songs that are fine on their own simply feel like they’re making the same point the one a couple of tracks ago did". The editorial staff of AllMusic gave Letter to You 4.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine noting that the performances have a connection with the performers' early material but with a "shared sense of warmth", calling this "a record that's a meditation on mortality into a celebration of what it means to be alive in the moment".

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