The Singles Bar: Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care Of Our Own”
by Drew on Jan 19, 2012 • 12:00 pm 1 Comment
Generally speaking, a new Springsteen album is always cause for excitement, especially in this writer’s tiny New Jersey household where The Boss has achieved demigod status along with Stephen Colbert and Batman. Bruce, after enduring the loss of fellow E Street Band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons – the men behind, respectively, the keys and the saxophone, arguably two of the most crucial components of the warm, vibrant E Street sound – has valiantly chosen to soldier on with his legendary E Street Band. Wrecking Ball, Springsteen’s 17th album, is due out March 6th, and first single “We Take Care Of Our Own” is available to buy today.
Appropriately, it’s a resilient midtempo rocker, subtly downbeat, but hopeful; the album’s pre-release press has identified it as a darker, more experimental departure for Bruce, and if “We Take Care Of Our Own” doesn’t necessarily reflect innovation, it certainly signals the thoughtful, minor-key bent we’re promised. We’ll see how the rest of the album fares on March 6th, but for now, “We Take Care Of Our Own” seems to cozy up comfortably to previous latter-era first singles like “Radio Nowhere” and “Workin’ on a Dream”.
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Bruce Springsteen announces 2012 E Street Band tour, dates | Popblerd!! says:
Jan 24, 2012
[…] Fortunately for Boss fans, Bruce has announced another round of touring dates for 2012, in anticipation of forthcoming album Wrecking Ball. You can catch the sweat-soaked, three-hour-plus shows at any of the venues below, and in the meantime, feel free to check out first Wrecking Ball single “We Take Care of Our Own” right here! […]