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Podcast: Discologist
Episode: Episode 428: Bruce Springsteen's 'Western Stars'
Description: On his nineteenth album (and first in five years) rock and roll legend / Broadway star Bruce Springsteen is turning his gaze to the “West,” and the results are a totally unique, if not polarizing, new entry into his lauded body of work. Western Stars utilizes the sounds of late 60’s Capitol Records (Glen Campbell, The Wrecking Crew, Phil Spector) to color the stories of men on the frontier, not just of America, but the edges of their lives.Is Western Stars a fine return to form for the Boss or a stylistic bridge too far? Tune in to an...