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Working on a Dream

February 15, 2024

Working on a Dream is the sixteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on January 27, 2009, through Columbia Records.[2] It topped the charts in nine countries, including the US, where it was Springsteen's ninth No. 1.[3] "The Wrestler", which appeared as a bonus track, won a Golden Globe award. E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt said that Working on a Dream completed a trilogy which started with The Rising (2002) and continued with Magic (2007), all of which were produced by Brendan O'Brien.[4]

Working on a Dream
Studio album by
Bruce Springsteen
ReleasedJanuary 27, 2009
RecordedSummer 2007–Fall 2008
Studio
  • Southern Tracks, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Avatar, New York, New York
  • Henson, Los Angeles
  • Thril Hill, New Jersey
GenreRock
Length51:20
LabelColumbia
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
Greatest Hits
(2009) 		Working on a Dream
(2009) 		The Promise
(2010)
Bruce Springsteen chronology
Greatest Hits
(2009) 		Working on a Dream
(2009) 		The Promise
(2010)
Singles from Working on a Dream
  1. "Working on a Dream"
    Released: November 21, 2008
  2. "My Lucky Day"
    Released: November 28, 2008
  3. "The Wrestler"
    Released: December 16, 2008
  4. "What Love Can Do"
    Released: March 27, 2009[1]

Background and recording edit

The album was officially announced, along with a track listing, on November 17, 2008.[5] It emerged from work Springsteen and his band were doing as they completed Magic.[6][7] "What Love Can Do" was written, in Springsteen's words, as a "love in the time of Bush" meditation, but felt like the start of something new rather than a candidate for Magic.[6] Encouraged by Brendan O'Brien, Springsteen started work on a new album, and over the following week wrote "This Life," "My Lucky Day," "Life Itself," "Good Eye," and "Tomorrow Never Knows".[6] These were recorded with the E Street Band during breaks on the Magic Tour, and, unusually for Springsteen, most were finished in just a few takes.[5][6] He said, "I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we've ever done."[7] As with Magic, most of the tracks were first recorded with a core band comprising Springsteen, drummer Max Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, and pianist Roy Bittan; other members' contributions were added later.[4] It was the last album to feature new work from founding E Street Band member Danny Federici, who died in April 2008. Federici's son Jason also contributes.[8] The tracks vary in length from over eight minutes, for the opening track, "Outlaw Pete", to under three minutes.[8] Steve Van Zandt said that Working on a Dream, The Rising and Magic work as a trilogy "in terms of sound, concept and writing style", and moved "toward the pop-rock form – this one more than the other two."[4]

Release edit

Springsteen first performed the title track, accompanied by Patti Scialfa, on November 2, 2008, in Cleveland during a show for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. An edited version was then broadcast during the November 16 NBC Sunday Night Football halftime broadcast. The single began airing on November 21, and was made available for free download via iTunes and the Sony BMG website on November 24.[9][10] It entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 195 the following week.[11] "My Lucky Day" was released in the US on Amazon on December 1.[12] "Life Itself" was released as a free download on Amazon on December 28.[13]

On January 12 the album was leaked onto the internet. A week later, NPR.org started streaming it free for a week, as did Sony BMG's Irish website.[14][15] It went on sale in Germany and Ireland on January 23. An extensive promotional push included appearances at the Golden Globe Awards, Barack Obama's presidential inauguration, a new greatest hits album, the Super Bowl XLIII half-time show and an anticipated appearance at the 81st Academy Awards.[16] The last of these went awry when, in what Rolling Stone termed "shocking news," "The Wrestler"—for which Springsteen had supplied the main song—was snubbed by the Academy and failed to gain a nomination.[17] Nevertheless, all the activity led Springsteen to say, "This has probably been the busiest month of my life."[18] In February, an abbreviated version of "Working on a Dream" was included in the Super Bowl performance. That month, VH1 Classic aired the documentary, Bruce Springsteen: The Making Of 'Working On A Dream.[19] The Working on a Dream Tour began on April 1.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[20]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [21]
Blender     [22]
Billboard(favorable)[23]
Chicago Tribune    [24]
Entertainment Weekly(A)[25]
The Guardian     [26]
NME          [27]
musicOMH          [28]
Pitchfork Media(5.8/10)[29]
PopMatters          [30]
Rolling Stone     [31]
Spin     [32]

Working on a Dream debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, but generated mixed reviews. Review aggregator Metacritic gave it 72 / 100, the lowest score of Springsteen's six albums released during the 2000s.[33][34] The release of the initial tracks prompted The New York Times to welcome a "more hopeful, less bleak" Springsteen who had adopted "the voice of an honest striver redeemed by love and hard work".[35] While Rolling Stone gave it a five-star rating and compared it to Born to Run in scale and ambition,[36] Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers suggested that the best that could be said of the album "is that it's boisterously scatterbrained, exhilaratingly bad."[37] Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune said it was at times a "silly" self-parody, but praised "the exuberant "My Lucky Day" and the gently uplifting title track". He identified "The Last Carnival" and "The Wrestler" as highlights, saying that they "represent Springsteen at close to the top of his game, and unintentionally reveal what much of the rest of the album lacks."[38]

Pitchfork shared Van Zandt's assessment of the album being "the final installment of a trilogy [Springsteen] began with The Rising in 2002 and continued with Magic in 2007".[39] Writing in The Guardian, Richard Williams notes that "the musical trademarks of the E Street Band are outnumbered by adventures into areas not previously associated with Springsteen". These include a string orchestra, Beach Boys harmonies, jangling Byrds-like guitars and an "I Am the Walrus"-style fadeout.[40] Listeners agreed, considering it to be one of Springsteen's most stylistically diverse efforts.[16] Critics noted echoes of Wall of Sound, girl group and British Invasion-era Top 40.[41][36] The album also recalls some of Springsteen's earlier work, with "The Last Carnival" being seen as a sequel to "Wild Billy's Circus Story" from 1973's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle.[36]

Working on a Dream sold 224,000 copies in its first week, ending a seven-week continuous chart-topping run by Taylor Swift's Fearless.[3] It was Springsteen's ninth number one album in the United States.[3] This tied him with The Rolling Stones for the fourth-highest total in that regard; only The Beatles (with 19), Jay-Z (with 11), and Elvis Presley (with 10) had more.[3] Working on a Dream also debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top Internet Albums chart. It had sold more than 3 million copies worldwide, with over 585,000 in the US, as of September 2010.[42]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen

No.TitleLength
1."Outlaw Pete"8:00
2."My Lucky Day"4:01
3."Working on a Dream"3:30
4."Queen of the Supermarket"4:40
5."What Love Can Do"2:57
6."This Life"4:30
7."Good Eye"3:01
8."Tomorrow Never Knows"2:14
9."Life Itself"4:00
10."Kingdom of Days"4:02
11."Surprise, Surprise"3:24
12."The Last Carnival"3:11
Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
13."The Wrestler"3:50

Bonus tracks and outtakes edit

"The Wrestler" first appeared in August 2008 at the 65th Venice International Film Festival debut of the film The Wrestler, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, which it went on to win at the 66th Golden Globe Awards on January 11. The album version, without the end-credits string introduction, became available on iTunes on December 16, ahead of the film's opening in major US cities.

"A Night with the Jersey Devil" first appeared in October 2008 on Springsteen's website, accompanied by a Halloween-themed music video.[2] But subsequent press releases omitted mention of it, and Springsteen sources confirmed it had been removed, for reasons unknown.[43] The song was announced by eil.com to be included as the 14th track on the Japanese CD edition on the album, but the current track list does not include it.[44] The video, however, is featured in the DVD included with the album's deluxe edition (as listed below).

"Frankie Fell in Love", recorded during the album sessions but not released, was reworked for the 2014 album, High Hopes.

Deluxe edition edit

Includes the full CD plus a DVD featuring:

  1. "The Sessions DVD"
    • A 38-minute documentary showing behind-the-scenes footage of the recording of the album.[8] Produced, directed, and edited by Thom Zimny, it includes studio footage edited to the tracks of "My Lucky Day," "Queen of the Supermarket," "Kingdom of Days," "Working on a Dream," "Life Itself" and "The Last Carnival."[45] It also contains demos and early band versions of the songs as they were worked up.[45]
  2. "A Night with the Jersey Devil" (Springsteen, Robert Jones, Gene Vincent) – 3:23

Outlaw Pete graphic novel edit

In November 2014, Springsteen released a graphic novel titled Outlaw Pete which is based on the opening track from Working on a Dream.

Personnel edit

The E Street Band

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications and sales for Working on a Dream
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[87] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[88] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[89] Platinum 80,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[90] Platinum 30,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[91] Gold 12,410[91]
Germany (BVMI)[92] Gold 100,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[93] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Italy (FIMI)[94] Platinum 70,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[95] Gold 30,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[96] Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[97] Platinum 40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[98] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[99] Gold 100,000*
United States (RIAA)[100] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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External links edit

  • Working on a Dream at Discogs (list of releases)

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Working on a Dream is the sixteenth studio album by the American singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen released on January 27 2009 through Columbia Records 2 It topped the charts in nine countries including the US where it was Springsteen s ninth No 1 3 The Wrestler which appeared as a bonus track won a Golden Globe award E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt said that Working on a Dream completed a trilogy which started with The Rising 2002 and continued with Magic 2007 all of which were produced by Brendan O Brien 4 Working on a DreamStudio album by Bruce SpringsteenReleasedJanuary 27 2009RecordedSummer 2007 Fall 2008StudioSouthern Tracks Atlanta Georgia Avatar New York New York Henson Los Angeles Thril Hill New JerseyGenreRockLength51 20LabelColumbiaProducerBrendan O BrienBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronologyGreatest Hits 2009 Working on a Dream 2009 The Promise 2010 Bruce Springsteen chronologyGreatest Hits 2009 Working on a Dream 2009 The Promise 2010 Singles from Working on a Dream Working on a Dream Released November 21 2008 My Lucky Day Released November 28 2008 The Wrestler Released December 16 2008 What Love Can Do Released March 27 2009 1 Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Release 3 Critical reception 4 Track listing 4 1 Bonus tracks and outtakes 4 2 Deluxe edition 5 Outlaw Pete graphic novel 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 References 10 External linksBackground and recording editThe album was officially announced along with a track listing on November 17 2008 5 It emerged from work Springsteen and his band were doing as they completed Magic 6 7 What Love Can Do was written in Springsteen s words as a love in the time of Bush meditation but felt like the start of something new rather than a candidate for Magic 6 Encouraged by Brendan O Brien Springsteen started work on a new album and over the following week wrote This Life My Lucky Day Life Itself Good Eye and Tomorrow Never Knows 6 These were recorded with the E Street Band during breaks on the Magic Tour and unusually for Springsteen most were finished in just a few takes 5 6 He said I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we ve ever done 7 As with Magic most of the tracks were first recorded with a core band comprising Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg bassist Garry Tallent and pianist Roy Bittan other members contributions were added later 4 It was the last album to feature new work from founding E Street Band member Danny Federici who died in April 2008 Federici s son Jason also contributes 8 The tracks vary in length from over eight minutes for the opening track Outlaw Pete to under three minutes 8 Steve Van Zandt said that Working on a Dream The Rising and Magic work as a trilogy in terms of sound concept and writing style and moved toward the pop rock form this one more than the other two 4 Release editSpringsteen first performed the title track accompanied by Patti Scialfa on November 2 2008 in Cleveland during a show for Barack Obama s presidential campaign An edited version was then broadcast during the November 16 NBC Sunday Night Football halftime broadcast The single began airing on November 21 and was made available for free download via iTunes and the Sony BMG website on November 24 9 10 It entered the UK Singles Chart at No 195 the following week 11 My Lucky Day was released in the US on Amazon on December 1 12 Life Itself was released as a free download on Amazon on December 28 13 On January 12 the album was leaked onto the internet A week later NPR org started streaming it free for a week as did Sony BMG s Irish website 14 15 It went on sale in Germany and Ireland on January 23 An extensive promotional push included appearances at the Golden Globe Awards Barack Obama s presidential inauguration a new greatest hits album the Super Bowl XLIII half time show and an anticipated appearance at the 81st Academy Awards 16 The last of these went awry when in what Rolling Stone termed shocking news The Wrestler for which Springsteen had supplied the main song was snubbed by the Academy and failed to gain a nomination 17 Nevertheless all the activity led Springsteen to say This has probably been the busiest month of my life 18 In February an abbreviated version of Working on a Dream was included in the Super Bowl performance That month VH1 Classic aired the documentary Bruce Springsteen The Making Of Working On A Dream 19 The Working on a Dream Tour began on April 1 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic72 100 20 Review scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 21 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 Billboard favorable 23 Chicago Tribune nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 24 Entertainment Weekly A 25 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 26 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 27 musicOMH nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 28 Pitchfork Media 5 8 10 29 PopMatters nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 30 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 31 Spin nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 32 Working on a Dream debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200 chart but generated mixed reviews Review aggregator Metacritic gave it 72 100 the lowest score of Springsteen s six albums released during the 2000s 33 34 The release of the initial tracks prompted The New York Times to welcome a more hopeful less bleak Springsteen who had adopted the voice of an honest striver redeemed by love and hard work 35 While Rolling Stone gave it a five star rating and compared it to Born to Run in scale and ambition 36 Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers suggested that the best that could be said of the album is that it s boisterously scatterbrained exhilaratingly bad 37 Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune said it was at times a silly self parody but praised the exuberant My Lucky Day and the gently uplifting title track He identified The Last Carnival and The Wrestler as highlights saying that they represent Springsteen at close to the top of his game and unintentionally reveal what much of the rest of the album lacks 38 Pitchfork shared Van Zandt s assessment of the album being the final installment of a trilogy Springsteen began with The Rising in 2002 and continued with Magic in 2007 39 Writing in The Guardian Richard Williams notes that the musical trademarks of the E Street Band are outnumbered by adventures into areas not previously associated with Springsteen These include a string orchestra Beach Boys harmonies jangling Byrds like guitars and an I Am the Walrus style fadeout 40 Listeners agreed considering it to be one of Springsteen s most stylistically diverse efforts 16 Critics noted echoes of Wall of Sound girl group and British Invasion era Top 40 41 36 The album also recalls some of Springsteen s earlier work with The Last Carnival being seen as a sequel to Wild Billy s Circus Story from 1973 s The Wild the Innocent amp the E Street Shuffle 36 Working on a Dream sold 224 000 copies in its first week ending a seven week continuous chart topping run by Taylor Swift s Fearless 3 It was Springsteen s ninth number one album in the United States 3 This tied him with The Rolling Stones for the fourth highest total in that regard only The Beatles with 19 Jay Z with 11 and Elvis Presley with 10 had more 3 Working on a Dream also debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart Top Digital Albums chart and Top Internet Albums chart It had sold more than 3 million copies worldwide with over 585 000 in the US as of September 2010 42 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Bruce SpringsteenNo TitleLength1 Outlaw Pete 8 002 My Lucky Day 4 013 Working on a Dream 3 304 Queen of the Supermarket 4 405 What Love Can Do 2 576 This Life 4 307 Good Eye 3 018 Tomorrow Never Knows 2 149 Life Itself 4 0010 Kingdom of Days 4 0211 Surprise Surprise 3 2412 The Last Carnival 3 11 Bonus TrackNo TitleLength13 The Wrestler 3 50 Bonus tracks and outtakes edit The Wrestler first appeared in August 2008 at the 65th Venice International Film Festival debut of the film The Wrestler and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song which it went on to win at the 66th Golden Globe Awards on January 11 The album version without the end credits string introduction became available on iTunes on December 16 ahead of the film s opening in major US cities A Night with the Jersey Devil first appeared in October 2008 on Springsteen s website accompanied by a Halloween themed music video 2 But subsequent press releases omitted mention of it and Springsteen sources confirmed it had been removed for reasons unknown 43 The song was announced by eil com to be included as the 14th track on the Japanese CD edition on the album but the current track list does not include it 44 The video however is featured in the DVD included with the album s deluxe edition as listed below Frankie Fell in Love recorded during the album sessions but not released was reworked for the 2014 album High Hopes Deluxe edition edit Includes the full CD plus a DVD featuring The Sessions DVD A 38 minute documentary showing behind the scenes footage of the recording of the album 8 Produced directed and edited by Thom Zimny it includes studio footage edited to the tracks of My Lucky Day Queen of the Supermarket Kingdom of Days Working on a Dream Life Itself and The Last Carnival 45 It also contains demos and early band versions of the songs as they were worked up 45 A Night with the Jersey Devil Springsteen Robert Jones Gene Vincent 3 23Outlaw Pete graphic novel editIn November 2014 Springsteen released a graphic novel titled Outlaw Pete which is based on the opening track from Working on a Dream Personnel editBruce Springsteen lead vocals guitar harmonica keyboards percussion glockenspielThe E Street Band Roy Bittan piano Hammond organ accordion Clarence Clemons saxophone vocals Danny Federici Hammond organ Nils Lofgren guitar vocals Patti Scialfa vocals Garry Tallent bass guitar Steven Van Zandt guitar vocals Max Weinberg drumsAdditional musicians Soozie Tyrell violin vocals Patrick Warren Hammond organ piano keyboards tracks 1 6 8 Jason Federici accordion track 12 Technical Brendan O Brien production mixing Nick DiDia recording Billy Bowers additional engineering Tom Tapley Darren Tablan recording and mixing assistants Rick Kwan additional recording assistant Tom Syrowski Toby Scott recording engineers Tim Mitchell Kevin Mills Derek Karlquist Paul Lamalfa recording assistians Bob Ludwig mastering Edward Horst string and horn arrangements tracks 1 8 10 11 Patti Horst Shari Sutcliffe contractors Michelle Holme Dave Bett Chris Austopchuk art direction design Danny Clinch cover photo band portraits Jennifer Tzar other photosCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Working on a Dream Chart 2009 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 46 3Austrian Albums O3 Austria 47 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 48 1Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 49 2Canadian Albums Billboard 50 1Croatian International Albums IFPI 51 1Danish Albums Hitlisten 52 1Dutch Albums Album Top 100 53 1Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 54 1French Albums SNEP 55 2German Albums Offizielle Top 100 56 1Greek Albums IFPI 57 1Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 58 2Irish Albums IRMA 59 1Italian Albums FIMI 60 1Japanese Albums Oricon 61 17New Zealand Albums RMNZ 62 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 63 1Polish Albums OLiS 64 8Portuguese Albums AFP 65 5Scottish Albums OCC 66 1Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 67 1Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 68 1Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 69 1UK Albums OCC 70 1US Billboard 200 71 1US Top Rock Albums Billboard 72 1US Top Tastemaker Albums Billboard 73 1 Year end charts edit 2009 year end chart performance for Working on a Dream Chart 2009 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 74 100Austrian Albums O3 Austria 75 30Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 76 33Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 77 61Canadian Albums Billboard 78 42Dutch Albums Album Top 100 79 18French Albums SNEP 80 81German Albums Offizielle Top 100 81 27Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 82 7Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 83 30UK Albums OCC 84 76US Billboard 200 85 57US Top Rock Albums Billboard 86 17Certifications editCertifications and sales for Working on a Dream Region Certification Certified units salesAustria IFPI Austria 87 Gold 10 000 Belgium BEA 88 Gold 15 000 Canada Music Canada 89 Platinum 80 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 90 Platinum 30 000 Finland Musiikkituottajat 91 Gold 12 410 91 Germany BVMI 92 Gold 100 000 Ireland IRMA 93 2 Platinum 30 000 Italy FIMI 94 Platinum 70 000 Netherlands NVPI 95 Gold 30 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 96 Platinum 80 000 Sweden GLF 97 Platinum 40 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 98 Gold 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 99 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 100 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone References 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