Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

 

Bruce Springsteen returns — with the E Street Band, live in studio!

Nine new tracks and three new versions of previously unreleased songs!

Mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig

140-gram double LP includes D-side etching, includes booklet

Letter To You is Bruce Springsteen's new studio album with the E Street Band, and is a rock album fueled by the band's heart-stopping, house-rocking signature sound. Recorded at his home studio in New Jersey, Letter To You is Springsteen's 20th studio album, and is his first album including the E Street Band since 2012's High Hopes and their first performances together since 2016's The River Tour.

"I love the emotional nature of Letter To You," says Springsteen. "And I love the sound of the E Street Band playing completely live in the studio, in a way we've never done before, and with no overdubs. We made the album in only five days, and it turned out to be one of the greatest recording experiences I've ever had."

The title track is classic E Street Band energy, with poignant piano, layers of guitars and Springsteen's weatherbeaten vocals floating above it all as he works out some existential angst about an all-encompassing love. "Dug deep in my soul/ And signed my name true/ And sent it in my letter to you," he sings in the stark black and white video that features images of Bruce writing the lyrics in a notebook, sharing tender moments with wife/bandmate Patti Scialfa and working the track out with his trusty sidekick guitarist "Little" Steven Van Zandt.

Letter to You includes nine recently written Springsteen songs, as well as new recordings of three of his legendary, but previously unreleased, compositions from the 1970s, "Janey Needs a Shooter," "If I Was the Priest," and "Song for Orphans." Springsteen is joined on Letter To You by Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Stevie Van Zandt, Max Weinberg, Charlie Giordano and Jake Clemons. The album was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen, mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

 

 

SIDE A

1. One Minute You're Here

2. Letter To You

3. Burnin' Train

4. Janey Needs A Shooter

SIDE B

1. Last Man Standing

2. The Power Of Prayer

3. House Of A Thousand Guitars

4. Rainmaker

5. If I Was The Priest

SIDE C

1. Ghosts

2. Song For Orphans

3. I'll See You In My Dreams

SIDE D

Etching

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

One of the best from The Boss!!!! posted on 01/16/2021 5 Stars This is a very solid album by Bruce & The E St. Band. It's right up there with Born To Run Darkness On The Edge Of Town and The River. Definitely the best album of 2020.

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