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Originally Posted by LukeA
I'm a huge Springsteen fan. This album is really, really bad. His worst album since "Lucky Town", and possibly his worst ever. There's only a few songs that I could say I actually like ("Good Eye", and I enjoy the sentiment behind "The Last Carnival". "My Lucky Day" should have been the lead single instead of the title track)
"Outlaw Pete" is 8 minutes of Kiss/"I Was Made For Lovin' You" crossed with Lynn Anderson/"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"- what a way to start an album  . "Queen Of The Supermarket" is an out-and-out embarrassment.
Say what you want about the political themes of the songs on "Magic", but the songs themselves just work a whole lot better. |
Amen. What a disappointment it is. Half of it doesn't even sound like the E-Street Band and what's the deal with all those horrible strings? Life Itself and Queen Of The Supermarket are just embarrassing and I have no clue why he decided to put Outlaw Pete as the opening track - 8 minutes long too! It's so weird because The Wrestler, I think, is one of the best songs he's written in years.
Give me political Bruce any day if this is the kind of album we get when he's not being political. I much prefer him being passionate about something than the half-assed effort this album is.