Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive

Only The Strong Survive (2LPs with D-side etching)

Includes 12" x 24" poster!

Soul music covers originally performed by the Walker Brothers, Frank Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and others

Only The Strong Survive is the new album from Bruce Springsteen, and his first new studio album since 2020's Letter To You. The album is a collection of soul music gems, that celebrate the legendary songbooks of Gamble and Huff, Motown, Stax and many more.

Only The Strong Survive features vocals from Springsteen and instrumentation primarily from his longtime producer Ron Aniello. The album also features guest vocals from Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes and backing vocals from Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr., Fonzi Thornton and Dennis Collins.

"I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the '60s and '70s? I've taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, and Scott Walker, among many others. I've tried to do justice to them all-and to the fabulous writers of this glorious music. My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it." — Bruce Springsteen

SIDE A

1. Only the Strong Survive

2. Soul Days - feat. Sam Moore

3. Nightshift

4. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)

5. The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore

SIDE B

1. Turn Back the Hands of Time

2. When She Was My Girl

3. Hey, Western Union Man

4. I Wish It Would Rain

5. Don’t Play That Song

SIDE C

1. Any Other Way

2. I Forgot to Be Your Lover - feat. Sam Moore

3. 7 Rooms of Gloom

4. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

5. Someday We’ll Be Together

SIDE D

ETCHING

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