THE RISING

Superb album, with some excellent songs musing on the 9/11 tragedy, without being obvious about it. Standouts are the title track and "Waiting On A Sunny Day"

Brilliant from start to finish. Enough said.

Hubby loved it

As a Springsteen fan for many years, needless to say I was in a state of major anticipation for this and I was lucky enough to get hold of a copy (get the deluxe edition-comes in a little hard-backed book with lots of pictures and lyrics)a couple of days early and have been listening to it non-stop. Anyone expecting to hear Born in the USA part 2 will be disappointed but hey it's been 18 years since that was released, the last "full" studio album with the E Street Band. The first thing that hits you early on right from opener "Lonesome Day" and on several other tracks is a prevailing use of strings in the arrangments which I found initially off-putting but after repeated listenings add a nice texture to great songs underneath. "Into the Fire" resembles the gospel chorus from last tour's Land of Hope and Dreams"and has a country-ish feel to it over all. "Waiting on a Sunny Day" Starts off with a John Mellancamp-esque circa Lonesome Jubilee violin and sounds a bit of light hearted pop with a big sax solo from Clarence and wouldn't sound out of place on "The River". "Nothing man" glides in on that building keyboard sound a la "Streets of Philly" Bruce has been fond of using since "Tunnel of Love" and has great lyrics, the albums first real sombre, reflective piece. Next up, "Countin' on a Miracle" harks back to a "Human Touch/Lucky Town era sound and, again, the string arrangments add a nice almost Beatle-esque touch to the middle section."Empty Sky" is a U2-ish "Sweetest Thing" style number with a Neil Young sounding harp solo and leads into the albums truly phenomenal track "World's Apart" which combines a rousing Chorus-y Bruce style rocker with a middle eastern group of musos adding a real distinctive slant. You've really gotta hear it, only Bruce would attempt something like this post 9/11 and it really works after a couple of listens."Lets be Friends" took awhile to get my head around but would probably make a good single. "Further on up the Road" is more familiar territory and a rousing rocker fans will recognize as having been played towards the end of the '99 tour, one of only 2 pre Sept.11th songs on the album, the other being "My City of Ruins" which sounds strangely prophetic in light of that but was actually written about Asbury Park."Fuse", another slow starter but big builder is great as well. "Mary's Place" wouldn't sound out of place on "The Wild, The Innocent..." or "The River" and "You're Missing" is the most obvious reference to 9/11 with its theme of a partner coming to grips with the loss of a loved one.My next favorite song on the album is the title track which is pretty immediate and serves up another real catchy chorus, has a blistering lead guitar solo from Bruce and will go down a storm live! "Paradise" and "My City.." finish things off on a more sombre note on what is really a pretty upbeat and positive album. This record is not as immediate as previous endeavors but the rewards are definately there to be reaped through repeated listenings.Alot of the songs that may at first sound abit over embellished in comparison to the stripped down machine of previous E Street albums will soon begin to sound like old friends and will really crank when they become road worn. They will take their place with the impressive list of classics in the Sprigsteen cannon.

Great album

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I'm a big Springsteen, ever since I first heard Born to Run on the Nicky Horn show on Capital Radio all those (many) years ago - the bonus DVD making this purchase a must for all Bruce fans - my favourite tracks have to be 'Lonesome Day' & 'The Rising', if you like Bruce this is a must for your collection

This is the second time I've bought this CD must have worn the first one out it developed a fault but as I say I played it a lot over the last eleven years some superb tracks from the boss on here.

Un album del boss, bajo mi punto de vista, impecable, desde la primera a la última canción fuertemente vinculado a los ataques del 11S y cargado de mucha energía, esperanza y rabia. Este disco supone el primer album completo grabado con la E Street Band desde 1984 con el album "Born in the USA". Cuenta Bruce Springsteen que días despues del 11S se cruzó con el vehiculo de un admirador, bajó la ventanilla y le gritó "Te necesitamos" y siguió su marcha: The Rising expresa las esperanzas, los temores, la ira, el dolor y la confusión de un país. No dejará indiferente a nadie. Disco 100% recomendable. Un último detalle: En mi caso vino con dos libretos uno en inglés original, y otro en italiano (con lo que intuyo que Amazon me envió la versión italiana del disco) entrando un poco apretados en la caja.

mega album

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awesome listening 🎶

The boss non delude mai. Ottimo LP.