Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
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Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2000-11-07
Music Label: Sub Pop
Soundtracks:
- Nebraska - Chrissie Hynde And Adam Seymour
- Atlantic City - Hank III
- Mansion On The Hill - Crooked Fingers (Eric Bachman, ex Archers of Loaf)
- Johnny 99 - Los Lobos
- Highway Patrolman - Dar Williams
- State Trooper - Deanna Carter
- Used Cars - Ani DiFranco
- Open All Night - Son Volt
- My Father's House - Ben Harper
- Reason To Believe - Aimee Mann And Michael Penn
- I'm On Fire - Johnny Cash (Bonus Track)
- Downbound Train - Raul Malo of the Mavericks (Bonus Track)
- Wages Of Sin - Damien Jurado And Rose Thomas (Bonus Track)
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Free Music Review: A tribute album which updates an complements the original
Hit: 5 Stars
In the musical wasteland of the eighties which (for the most part) was filled with overblown synthesized arrangements, Bruce Springsteen committed the unthinkable when he released "Nebraska", a stark collection of songs recorded in his living room on a 4 track cassette recorder. Accompanying himself with an accoustic guitar and a harmonica, Springsteen produced a brilliant chronicle of the American working class. Like a modern day Woody Guthrie, he captured our broken dreams, our dark side and our quest for a better life with deceptively simple words and melodies. This apparent simplicity imbued "Nebraska" with an eerieness reminiscent of Robert Johnson's recordings or Presley's Sun recordings. The magic of "Badlands" is that, in part because the producer insisted that all the artists had to record their song on no more than 4 tracks, the eerieness of the original was updated but preserved. Synthezisers and drums were used this time around, but only to add a touch to the music, not to take it over. Stand out tracks include Hank Williams III's hillbilly revamp of "Atlantic City", Crooked Fingers' haunting version of "Mansion on the Hill" (the lead singer's voice is strikingly similar to Springsteen's), Los Lobos' cajun treatment of "Johnny 99" and Aimee Mann & Michael Penn's magnificent cover of "Reason to believe", one of Springsteen's finest songs. "Badlands" also offers three bonus tracks which Springsteen wrote during the "Nebraska" sessions but did not release until later on, including a stunning reading of "I'm on fire" by Johnny Cash. How fitting that one of Springsteen's own heroes should look back and pay tribute to his "student". When he delivers the line "I can take you higher, I'm on fire", it takes a somehow different meaning than that intended by Springsteen which shows how perfectly crafted Springsteen's songs were. Not so simple after all.This is music for the long run and a perfect companion to the original album. Sheer beauty...
Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska Poster
Interesting and eclectic collection of artists on this tribute to Springsteen's 6th album, Nebraska. Like the original the tracks are recorded on four track at Bruce's request. Artists include, Chrissie Hynde & Adam Seymour, Hank Williams the third, Los Lobos & Son Volt. And 3 bonus tracks recorded during the Nebraska sessions by, Johnny Cash, Raul Mal o if the Mavericks and Damien Jurado with Rose Thomas. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.There was a time when nobody besides Manfred Mann really bothered to cover Bruce Springsteen songs. All that changed once Born to Run turned the New Jersey singer-songwriter into a pop icon. Still, it was in the bleak character studies of 1982's Nebraska that he reaffirmed himself as a literate everyman steeped in the tradition of John Steinbeck and Flannery O'Connor, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. And that's the side of Springsteen that clearly appeals to Johnny Cash, Los Lobos, Hank Williams III, and the dozen other artists who participate in this remake of Nebraska. Chrissie Hynde, Ani DiFranco, and Deana Carter all deliver haunting performances, but as far as the men folk go, the album's most striking covers are "bonus" tracks that were recorded for but not released on Nebraska: "I'm on Fire" sounds even creepier with Cash's craggy vocal; Raul Malo brings out the pop sheen of "Downbound Train"; and "Wages of Sin," in the hands of Damien Jurado and Rose Thomas, shows Springsteen can be just as depressing as your favorite emo idol. All of which makes this a fine companion to the original recording. --Bill Forman
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