Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (Half-Speed Remaster Vinyl) (1982/2022)

Nebraska, the massively influential 1982 album from Bruce Springsteen, is the VMP Essentials Record of the Month for October 2022. Celebrating the record's 40th anniversary, our edition is half-speed mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy Mastering at AIR and pressed on exclusive Black Smoke vinyl, with an art print by Justin A. McHugh.

Hot on the heels of The River, his commercial breakthrough, Springsteen's decision to release the stark, demo-quality Nebraska seems downright perverse. But the genius of the album is unmistakable - with just an acoustic guitar and his howling harmonica to back him, Springsteen tells the stories of characters walking on both sides of the law, some of them directly on the line in between. The effect is that of a powerful series of black-and-white photographs - the details are bleak in and of themselves, but they ignite the imagination in ways that are more satisfying than full-colour shots would be. The most sharply rendered and memorable works of Springsteen's career.

T01. Nebraska
02. Atlantic City
03. Mansion On The Hill
04. Johnny 99
05. Highway Patrolman
06. State Trooper
07. Used Cars
08. Open All Night
09. My Father's House
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