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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "the rising" cd, 2002

career stats:

albums: 18
singles: 71

this album stats: #1 US, #4 AU, #1 CAN, #1 UK

singles:
"the rising"......................#52 US, #24 AU, #94 UK
"lonesome day"................#39 UK
"waiting on a sunny day"...#59 CAN

another xmas giftcard purchase...
i had to waste a giftcard purchase on this one to replace the one that has gone missing from my sollection at some point!
this is The Boss' 12th studio set.
most of the tracks were written in the wake/fallout from 9/11, thus, a lot of these songs have subject matter associated with that horrific event.
as usual, its pretty hard to knock the lyrics of Springsteen, he's up there with Dylan as a writer(wordsmith) IMO, few do it as good!
the most interesting track on this is "worlds apart" which has mid-east type music and backing vocals/chants in arabic...very touchy subject back then in the US i guess, but Bruce pulls it off brilliantly...
very little here to complain about in any form, most the songs are what you'd expect.
i guess if i had to complain about something, then its the same thing i dislike about modern albums and that is...
everyone tries to fill the full 70+ minutes of a cd with music instead of making a concise great album worth 45 minutes!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: into the fire
best track: waiting on a sunny day

tracks:

1. lonesome day **
2. into the fire *
3. waiting on a sunny day ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enxWM6qLsCU live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FojgqkV-Dds live Perth
4. nothing man *
5. countin' on a miracle **
6. empty sky **
7. worlds apart ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT4Iw8oEKR8 audio
8. lets be friends ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VFctmbb5C0 audio
9. further on up the road ***
10.the fuse **
11.mary's place **
12.youre missing **
13.the rising ***
14.paradise **
15.my city of ruins **

3s=5
2s=8
1s=2

rating: 2.2 or converted to 7.3/10

allmusic rating: 2.7 or 9/10