“Working on a Dream” is the sixteenth studio album of American rock singer Bruce Springsteen , released January 27, 2009 and recorded on Columbia Records with his early band E Street Band . The producer of the disc was Brendan O'Brien . The disc immediately topped the main American hit parade Billboard 200 (for the 9th time in the singer’s career) and the British chart UK Albums Chart (for the 8th time) [12] . As a result, the album received the golden status of RIAA [13] .
| Working on a dream | |||||||
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| Bruce Springsteen Studio Album | |||||||
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| Genre | Rock | ||||||
| Duration | 51:20 | ||||||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | ||||||
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| Label | Columbia records | ||||||
| Bruce Springsteen Timeline | |||||||
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| Reviews | |
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| Critics' ratings | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Blender | |
| Billboard | (favorable) [3] |
| Entertainment weekly | (A) [4] |
| The guardian | |
| NME | |
| musicOMH | |
| Pitchfork media | (5.8 / 10) [8] |
| Popmatters | |
| Rolling stone | |
| Spin | |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 List of Songs
- 3 Members
- 3.1 The E Street Band
- 4 Charts
- 4.1 Album
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
The album was released on January 27, 2009 via Columbia Records . In the first week of release, the disc took first place in the US Billboard 200 chart with a circulation of 224,000 copies in the United States. Earlier in the USA, Bruce Springsteen was the leader with the albums The Rising, The River, Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 1975-1985, Tunnel of Love, Greatest Hits, Devils & Dust "and" Magic ". Working on a Dream also debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, Top Rock Albums , Top Digital Albums, and Top Internet Albums . In terms of the number of albums that were in first place on the Billboard 200 , Bruce Springsteen shares 4th place with The Rolling Stones and is second only to three artists in history: The Beatles (they had 19 albums No. 1 in the USA), Jay-Z (11 ) and Elvis Presley (10). In just 17 countries, Bruce's album was No. 1, and in Top 10 it was in almost all regions [12] . In the United States, more than 500 thousand copies were sold and a gold status was obtained from the RIAA [13] .
The Wrestler song (from the 2008 Wrestler movie starring Mickey Rourke) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Song and won it at the 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony on January 11, 2009 [14] .
List of Songs
Words and music of all the songs of Bruce Springsteen .
| No. | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| one. | Outlaw Pete | 8 a.m. |
| 2. | " My Lucky Day " | 4:01 |
| 3. | " Working on a Dream " | 3:30 |
| four. | Queen of the Supermarket | 4:40 |
| 5. | "What Love Can Do" | 2:57 |
| 6. | "This Life" | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Good Eye" | 3:01 |
| 8. | Tomorrow Never Knows | 2:14 |
| 9. | "Life Itself" | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Kingdom of Days" | 4:02 |
| eleven. | "Surprise, Surprise" | 3:24 |
| 12. | "The Last Carnival" | 3:11 |
| 13. | " The Wrestler " (Bonus track) | 3:50 |
Record Members
The E Street Band
- Bruce Springsteen - main vocals, guitar, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion
- Roy Bittan - piano, organ, accordion
- Clarence Clemons - saxophone, backing vocals
- Danny Federichi - organ
- Niels Lofgren - Guitars, Backing Vocals
- Patti Skelfa - backing vocals
- Harry Tellent - Bass
- Stephen Van Zandt - guitar, backing vocals
- Max Weinberg - drums
Charts
Album
| Chart (2009) | Higher position |
|---|---|
| Australian Top 50 Albums [15] | 3 |
| Austrian Top 75 Albums [16] | one |
| Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums [17] | one |
| Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums [18] | 2 |
| Canadian Albums Chart [19] | one |
| Croatian Top 40 International Albums [20] | one |
| Danish Top 40 Albums [21] | one |
| European Albums [22] | one |
| Finnish Top 40 Albums [23] | one |
| French Top 200 Albums [24] | 2 |
| German Albums Chart [25] | one |
| Greek Top 50 Albums [26] | one |
| Hungarian Top 40 Albums [27] | 2 |
| Irish Top 75 Albums [28] | one |
| Italian Top 20 Albums [29] | one |
| Japanese Top 30 Albums [30] | 17 |
| Netherlands Top 100 Albums [31] | one |
| New Zealand Top 40 Albums [32] | one |
| Norwegian Top 40 Albums [33] | one |
| Polish Top 50 Albums [34] | 8 |
| Portuguese Top 30 Albums [35] | 5 |
| Spanish Top 100 Albums [36] | one |
| Swedish Top 60 Albums [37] | one |
| Swiss Top 100 Albums [38] | one |
| UK Albums Chart [39] | one |
| US Billboard 200 [40] | one |
| US Digital Albums [41] | one |
| US Rock Albums [42] | one |
| US Tastemaker Albums [43] | one |
Notes
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas [ Working on a Dream on the AllMusic Review: Working on a Dream - Bruce Springsteen] . Rovi Corporation . Date of treatment August 17, 2011.
- ↑ Blender review .
- ↑ Billboard review (inaccessible link) . Archived January 26, 2009.
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review (January 21, 2009).
- ↑ Williams, Richard . The Guardian review (January 23, 2009).
- ↑ NME review .
- ↑ musicOMH review . Archived January 15, 2010.
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review .
- ↑ PopMatters review .
- ↑ Rolling Stone review .
- ↑ Spin review .
- ↑ 1 2 Hasty, Katie and Keith Caulfield. "Springsteen Has 'Dream' Debut Atop Album Chart . " billboard.com . February 4, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 "American album certifications - Springsteen, Bruce - Working on a Dream." Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ↑ Laureates and nominees on the official website of the Golden Globe Award . Archived March 3, 2012.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Australian Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (German) (ASP). Austrian Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (nid.) (ASP). Ultratop . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (Fr.) (ASP). Ultratop . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Albums Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Top Stranih - Tjedan 5, 2009 (neopr.) (PHP). HDU-Toplista.com . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Danish Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ European Albums: Week of February 14, 2009 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Finnish Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (Fr.) (ASP). Les Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Chartverfolgung / Springsteen, Bruce / Longplay (German) (link unavailable) . Music Line . Media Control Charts . Date of treatment August 16, 2011. Archived July 27, 2014.
- ↑ Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ: Εβδομάδα 7/2009 (Greek) (neopr.) ? . IFPI Greece . Archived on March 7, 2009.
- ↑ Archivum: Top 40 Album (Hungarian) (neopr.) ? . MAHASZ . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending February 5, 2009 (JSP). GfK Chart-Track . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Italian Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ 2009 年 02 月 第 2 週 の 邦 楽 ア ル バ ム ラ ン キ ン グ 情報 (Japanese) (PHP). Oricon Style . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (nid.) (ASP). Dutch Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Charts.org.nz . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Norwegian Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaźy: February 16, 2009 (Polish) (unopened) ? (ASP). OLiS . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Portuguese Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Spanish Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (Album) (ASP). Swedish Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen - Working on a Dream (ASP). Swiss Charts . Hung Medien. Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ All the Number One Albums: 2009 . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment August 16, 2011. Archived on October 9, 2010.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen Album & Song Chart History: Digital Albums . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen Album & Song Chart History: Rock Albums . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.
- ↑ Bruce Springsteen Album & Song Chart History: Tastemaker Albums . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Date of treatment August 16, 2011.