Bruce Springsteen has a new album in the can that is a rock album with an orchestra.
Bruce himself has said it is inspired by “pop records with a lot of strings and instrumentation” and uses the 60’s collaborations between Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb as examples of the sound (think Wichita Lineman or By the Time I Get to Phoenix).
While this might remind people of the two most recent Bob Dylan albums where he covers the great American songbook, this sounds as if it will be distinctly different. First off, there has been no inkling that there are any covers. It seems that Springsteen has written all of the songs. Second, this album is being styled after a distinctly different era. Dylan’s albums sound like small combo jazz from the 40’s or 50’s. Springsteen has referenced what might best be called “countrypolitan”, the sound that came out of country music in the 60’s that blended traditional country songwriting with orchestras to provide a more sophisticated sound.
The album has evidently been completed for more than a year but, due to his tour behind the deluxe edition of The River and his upcoming compilation and autobiography, there hasn’t been time to do anything with the recordings.
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