Bruce SpringsteenHigh Hopes
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Big, brawny, deliberately ragged, the odd one out in the catalog: covers, outtakes and live staples reworked, with Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello driving the noise. A howling guitar solo turns "The Ghost of Tom Joad" from acoustic lament into electric anthem. Then it goes quiet for "American Skin (41 Shots)," his devastating meditation on the Amadou Diallo killing, before "Dream Baby Dream" closes like a benediction. Patchwork, restless, and it works. Drop the needle.