Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring

Chuck Prophet's Let Freedom Ring is a Born In The U.S.A. for our time. Not that the Californian troubadour and self-described "hustler" behind this 25^th-anniversary update of Bruce Springsteen's ode to the irony of the American Dream deliberately set out to cop the Boss' monumental mojo, but the similarities between the two records are uncanny. Both are concept albums of sorts that manifest patriotism disenchantment, and both rely heavily on marginalized characters to expose socioeconomic woe. "I've been saying they're political songs for non-political people," Prophet explains. "But what I really mean is that I'm not a particularly political person, but the characters in these songs are all living in a kind of anxious time."

 

Sonny Liston's Blues

What Can A Mother Do

Where The Hell Is Henry?

¡Let Freedom Ring!

You And Me Baby (Holding On)

American Man

Barely Exist

Hot Talk

Love Won't Keep Us Apart

Good Time Crowd

Leave The Window Open

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