Dec 20, 2007

Springsteen's 'Magic' is #2

Rolling Stone Magazine has Springsteen's 'Magic' as their #2 album of 2007. They say:

Magic comes on like the album Springsteen's been building up to for the past five years, since he revitalized his sound on 2002's The Rising. These songs are Springsteen at his toughest and most focused, going for the grimly detailed style of Darkness on the Edge of Town and Nebraska. He's sung about some of these characters before; the Vietnam vet of "Born in the U.S.A." gets a bonfire funeral in "Gypsy Biker," and the New Jersey Turnpike loner of "State Trooper" seems to show up in "Radio Nowhere," still asking his car radio the question: "Is there anybody alive out there?" The big themes are marriage and America as well as the constant repair they both demand.
See the rest of the list here.

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