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albummaster
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Location: Spain
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- #1
- Posted: 03/07/2012 20:02
- Post subject: Album of the day (#477): Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
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Today's album of the day
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen (View album)
Year: 1982.
Overall rank: 276.
Average rating: 81/100 (from 149 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion On The Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Highway Patrolman
6. State Trooper
7. Used Cars
8. Open All Night
9. My Father's House
10. Reason To Believe
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.
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40footwolf
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Age: 34
- #2
- Posted: 03/07/2012 20:05
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There have been a surprising amount of picks from my personal top 50 recently. Not that I'm complaining, of course.
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- Posted: 03/07/2012 20:42
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There's many people who can't stand Springsteen's traditional style, but love this album. Does anybody know why? Is this somehow opposed to his other material?
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40footwolf
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Age: 34
- #4
- Posted: 03/07/2012 21:23
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| Mind Movie wrote: | | There's many people who can't stand Springsteen's traditional style, but love this album. Does anybody know why? Is this somehow opposed to his other material? |
It's incredibly minimalistic-it's just Bruce, his guitar and a harmonica, with very lo-fi production values(I think it was even recorded in a shed in Bruce's yard, in fact). These were actually meant to be the demos for the "real" Nebraska but Bruce and the band agreed that the stripped-down versions sounded better than the ones with all the bells and whistles. The overall tone of the album is also much more cynical and despairing than his other albums.
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Norman Bates
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Age: 52
Location: Paris, France 
- #5
- Posted: 03/07/2012 21:43
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| Mind Movie wrote: | | There's many people who can't stand Springsteen's traditional style, but love this album. Does anybody know why? Is this somehow opposed to his other material? |
It's actually my favourite Springsteen album. Really beautiful.
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junodog4
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Location: Calgary 
- #6
- Posted: 03/07/2012 22:05
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This is the album where Springsteen finally captured the pulse of working and struggling Americans. So much better than Born In The USA. This album is raw, heartfelt, and deep. His best work.
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Necharsian
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- Posted: 03/08/2012 00:07
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Not my favorite of his, but it's still really really good. Atlantic City gives me shivers every time.
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Romanelli
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Location: Broomfield, Colorado 
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- #8
- Posted: 03/08/2012 00:17
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"Maybe you got a kid,
Maybe you got a pretty wife
But the only thing that I got
Been both'rin' me my whole life"
State Trooper. Atlantic City. Nebraska. Used Cars. Reason To Believe. All recorded on a 4 track.
Nebraska is a superb album.
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Seanzey B Goode
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- Posted: 03/08/2012 03:08
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great album. My mother is the biggest fan of Springsteen I know of. I grew up with this thing.
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VADERBREWING
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Age: 57
Location: Oregon Coast
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- Posted: 03/08/2012 05:02
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I like the Boss...i mean after I hated him when I was in my teens. But this is the only album of his that I've ever listened to much. Well I know Born in the USA also, but who doesnt. My copy of the cd has green ink around the edge because at the time it was rumored the ink would make the cd sound better.
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