Bruce SpringsteenWrecking Ball

Label:

Columbia – 88691 94254 2

Format:

CD , Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock

Tracklist

1 We Take Care Of Our Own
Backing VocalsSoozie Tyrell
Mixed ByMark “Spike” Stent*
3:54
2 Easy Money
Backing VocalsTiffeny Andrews
Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements]Patti Scialfa
DrumsSteve Jordan
Mixed ByRich Costey
Violin, Backing VocalsSoozie Tyrell
3:37
3 Shackled And Drawn
Backing VocalsRoss Petersen*
Baritone SaxophoneEd Manion
CornetCurtis Ramm*
Drums, PercussionMatt Chamberlain
EuphoniumDan Levine
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
Tenor SaxophoneStan Harrison
Tin Whistle [Penny Whistle]Art Baron
TromboneClark Gayton
Violin, Backing VocalsSoozie Tyrell
Written-By [Elements Of "Me And My Baby Got Our Own Thing Going]L. Collins*
3:46
4 Jack Of All Trades
Baritone SaxophoneEd Manion
CornetCurtis Ramm*
Electric Guitar [Featured]Tom Morello
EuphoniumDan Levine
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Tenor SaxophoneStan Harrison
Tin Whistle [Penny Whistle]Art Baron
TromboneClark Gayton
ViolinSoozie Tyrell
6:00
5 Death To My Hometown
Backing VocalsRoss Petersen*
Drums, Backing VocalsKevin Buell
Drums, PercussionMatt Chamberlain
Mixed ByChris Lord-Alge
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
ViolinSoozie Tyrell
Written-By [Excerpts Of "The Last Words Of Copernicus"]Alabama Sacred Harp Convention*
3:29
6 This Depression
Backing VocalsLisa Lowell
Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements]Patti Scialfa
Electric Guitar [Featured]Tom Morello
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Violin, Backing VocalsSoozie Tyrell
4:08
7 Wrecking Ball
Backing VocalsRoss Petersen*
Backing Vocals, Electric GuitarRob Lebret
CornetCurtis Ramm*
DrumsMax Weinberg
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
Saxophone [Solos], SoloistClarence Clemons
Violin, Backing VocalsSoozie Tyrell
5:50
8 You've Got It
Backing VocalsRoss Petersen*
Baritone SaxophoneEd Manion
CornetCurtis Ramm*
Drums, PercussionMatt Chamberlain
Lap Steel GuitarGreg Leisz
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Pedal Steel GuitarMarc Muller
Tenor SaxophoneStan Harrison
TromboneClark Gayton
3:49
9 Rocky Ground
Baritone SaxophoneEd Manion
CornetCurtis Ramm*
EuphoniumDan Levine
Mixed ByRoss Peterson
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
Saxophone [Solos], SoloistClarence Clemons
Tenor SaxophoneStan Harrison
Tin Whistle [Penny Whistle]Art Baron
TromboneClark Gayton
Vocals [Featured]Michelle Moore (2)
Written-By [Excerpt From "I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord"]Traditional
4:41
10 Land Of Hope And Dreams
Backing VocalsPatti Scialfa
Backing Vocals, ViolinSoozie Tyrell
Baritone SaxophoneEd Manion
CornetCurtis Ramm*
EuphoniumDan Levine
Mixed ByChris Lord-Alge
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
Tenor SaxophoneStan Harrison
Tin Whistle [Penny Whistle]Art Baron
TromboneClark Gayton
Vocals [Featured]Michelle Moore (2)
Written-By [Elements Of "People Get Ready"]C. Mayfield*
6:58
11 We Are Alive
Backing VocalsPatti Scialfa
Bass TrumpetDarrell Leonard
DrumsMax Weinberg
Lap Steel GuitarGreg Leisz
Mixed ByBob Clearmountain
Organ [B-3 Organ]Charlie Giordano
ViolinSoozie Tyrell
Written-By [Portions Of "Ring Of Fire"]Merle Kilgore
5:36

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Bruce Springsteen
  • Copyright ©Bruce Springsteen
  • Distributed ByColumbia Records
  • Recorded AtStone Hill Studio, NJ
  • Recorded AtMSR Studios
  • Mixed AtMix This!
  • Mixed AtMix LA
  • Mixed AtThe Mix Suite
  • Mixed AtEldorado Recording Studios
  • Mixed AtStone Hill Studio, NJ
  • Mastered AtGateway Mastering
  • Glass Mastered AtSony DADC, Terre Haute – DIDX-804844
  • Pressed BySony DADC

Credits

  • Alto HornDan Levine
  • Art Direction, DesignMichelle Holme
  • Banjo, MandolaGreg Leisz
  • Booking [Agency]Rob Light
  • Booking [Agent]Barry Bell (2)
  • Clarinet, Alto SaxophoneStan Harrison
  • Contractor [Musician Contractor]Shari Sutcliffe
  • Coordinator [Production Coordination]Toby Scott
  • EngineerToby Scott
  • Engineer [Assistant]Mike Layos
  • Euphonium, Tuba, SousaphoneArt Baron
  • Executive-ProducerJon Landau
  • Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, LoopsRon Aniello
  • LegalMona Okada
  • ManagementJon Landau Management
  • Management [Business Management]Teresa Polyak
  • Mastered ByBob Ludwig
  • Mixed By [Assistant]Nik Karpen
  • Overdubbed By, Engineer [Protools Assistant]Rob Lebret (tracks: 9)
  • Overdubbed By, Engineer [Protools]Ross Petersen (tracks: 9)
  • Photography ByDanny Clinch
  • Photography By [Page 2, 16 And Back Of Package]Jo Lopez
  • Piano, AccordionCharlie Giordano
  • ProducerRon Aniello
  • Public Relations [Publicity]Shore Fire Media
  • Technician [Guitar & Technical Services]Kevin Buell
  • Tenor SaxophoneEd Manion
  • Tour ManagerGeorge Travis
  • TrumpetDarrell Leonard
  • Words By, Music By, Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Piano, Organ, Drums, Percussion, LoopsBruce Springsteen

Notes

4- card wallet and 20 page booklet with text, photos and credits.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 8691-94254-2 0
  • Barcode (Scanned): 886919425420
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): DIDX-804844 2 AO5
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1-5): IFPI L328
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 50DC
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): DIDX-804844 2 A14
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 507A
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): DIDX-804844 2 A13
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 50E5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): DIDX-804844 2 A07
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 50E0
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): DIDX-804844 2 A06
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 50E0

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Reviews

  • streetmouse's avatar
    streetmouse
    With The Rising Bruce set his songs to the tragedy triggered by the events of September 11th, while Devils & Dust was a direct response to the re-election of the most miserable President this nation has ever known ... and in all the years I’ve been following Mr. Springsteen [and those years go back to the Main Point in Ardmore, and The Stone Pony in Jersey] there’s always been a feeling of hope in his music, at least until now. Bruce has forever been the eternal optimist, from his early outings where he and the band were running wild down the backstreets, there has always been an essence of time standing still, with the horizon being a line of demarcation, which once crossed, opens the whole world to anyone who's had a vision, and set out to make it real. But here on Wrecking Ball, for the most part, Bruce has entirely lost me.

    Instead of standing tall with the stars at his back, Bruce hunkers down with a series of endless ballads that go on much too long. Perhaps I’ve heard too many of his ballads over the generations, perhaps he’s got nothing new to say, perhaps he’s lost his way ... regardless, “We Take Care Of Our Own,” “Easy Money,” “Shackled & Drawn,” “Wrecking Ball,” and “You’ve Got It,” are the only songs that inspire gutsy strength and stamina, with the rest of the numbers [all eight of them] sounding like the soundtrack to a grainy black and white movie about an aspiring down an out boxer who’s lover dies of cancer in the hospital at the same moment he was knocked to the mat, and then out.

    Granted, discounting the nature of America these days, this is the first album without the genius of both Clemons and Weinberg, nor do any other long-riding of the E. Street Band make an appearance either ... suggesting that Bruce, and rightly so, may be feeling truly venerable for the first time in his life. Regardless, this is not 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 spark back to life the sleeping musical giant to fill my lungs so that I can shout down the insanity of the right-winged walls one more time.

    Review by Jenell Kesler

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