13012014 - Bruce Springsteen "High Hopes"

Yes, I'm aware that this is an extremely unimaginative choice, but it's Bruce and it's out today, sow how could I not check it out? I must admit that I had quite high hopes myself, mostly because several tracks feature Tom Morello, and the performance of "The Ghost of Tom Joad" with the two together remains one of the most goose bump inducing live clips I have ever seen. A pretty damn great version of the song, with more or less the same Morello guitar solo, is included here, but where I had wanted more raw rock nerve like that on the album in general this is a very polite and subdued pop album. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but on first listen I can't help but feel a bit disappointed.