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Nebraska Aufgenommen im eigenen Studio am 03. Januar 1982 bis August 1982 Veröffentlicht am 04. Oktober 1982 - erstes eigenes Solo Album Billboard Top Ten - Platz 10. erreicht am 03. November 1982  Zeitungsartikel
im Rolling Stone lesen Mitwirkende Künstler: Bruce Springsteen - Gesang, alle Instrumente Produktion: Mike Batling - Tonmeister Dennis King - Mastering Andrea Klein - Cover Design David Michael Kennedy - Coverfoto Tracklist: Nebraska Atlantic City Mansion on the Hill Johnny 99 Highway Patrolman State Trooper Used Cars Open All Night My Father's House Reason to Believe Infos: Bruce Springsteen nahm im Frühjahr 1982 einige Songs in seinem eigenen Studio auf. Die Demobänder wurden komplett für das "Nebraska" Album verwendet. Bei "Highway Patrolman" kann man sogar eine Stuhllehne quietschen hören. "Born in the USA", "Vietnam", "My Love will not let you Down", "This Hard Land", "Downbound Train" und "Working on the Highway" sollten ursprünglich auf "Nebraska" veröffentlicht werden. Weitere Songs, die für "Nebraska" eingespielt wurden: - Fistfull of Dollars - Riding Horse - Party Lights - Summer Nights - My Heart is an Open Books - Robert Ford and Jesse James - Danger Zone - Daniel In The Lion's Den - T he Answer (aka Losin' Kind) - Love is a Dangerous Thing - Downbound Train - Red River Rock - Club Soul City - Fade to Black - Deputy (aka Highway Patrolman) - Child Bride - Dream Baby - Precious Memories - Pink Cadillac - James Lincoln Dear - All I Need Die Singles "Atlantic City", "Johnny 99" und "Open All Night" stiegen in die US Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts ein und belegten Platz 10, 50 und 22. Veröffentlichte Singles: - Open All Night (20.11.1982) A-Seite: Open All Night B-Seite: The Big Payback Hintergründe: Das Album beginnt mit dem Song "Nebraska" - der wahren
Lebensgeschichte des in Lincoln, NE beheimateten Mörders Charles Starkweather
(18), der im Jahre 1956 seine erst 14jährige Freundin Caril Ann Fugate
entführt und heimtückisch ermordet hatte. From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path Alle weiteren Songs beschäftigen sich ebenfalls mit düsteren Themen wie unaufgeklärten Morden oder gescheiterten Persönlichkeiten. Das Album zählt zu Springsteens Meisterwerken und begeisterte viele namhafte Künstler wie Johnny Cash oder Kelly Clarkson. Letztgenannte liess im Beiheft ihres dritten Soloalbums "My December" verlauten, dass sie von Springsteens "Nebraska" stark beeinflusst wurde. Hank Williams III, Los Lobos, Dar Williams, Deana Carter, Ani DiFranco, Son Volt, Ben Harper, Aimee Mann und Michael Penn coverten einige Songs aus dem Album "Nebraska". Kritik aus der Washington Post (1982): There is an adage in the record business that a recording artist's demos of new songs often come off better than the more polished versions later worked up in a studio. But Bruce Springsteen was the first person to act on that theory, when he opted to release the demo versions of his latest songs, recorded with only acoustic or electric guitar, harmonica, and vocals, as his sixth album, Nebraska. It was really the content that dictated the approach, however. Nebraska's ten songs marked a departure for Springsteen, even as they took him farther down a road he had been traveling previously. Gradually, his songs had become darker and more pessimistic, and those on Nebraska marked a new low. They also found him branching out into better developed stories. The title track was a first-person account of the killing spree of mass murderer Charlie Starkweather. (It can't have been coincidental that the same story was told in director Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands, also used as a Springsteen song title.) That song set the tone for a series of portraits of small-time criminals, desperate people, and those who loved them. Just as the recordings were unpolished, the songs themselves didn't seem quite finished; sometimes the same line turned up in two songs. But that only served to unify the album. Within the difficult times, however, there was hope, especially as the album went on. "Open All Night" was a Chuck Berry-style rocker, and the album closed with "Reason to Believe," a song whose hard-luck verses were belied by the chorus - even if the singer couldn't understand what it was, "people find some reason to believe." Still, Nebraska was one of the most challenging albums ever released by a major star on a major record label. |
