Grammy 2024 -ehdokas: paras traditional pop vocal -albumi.
Bruce Springsteenin uusi studioalbumi Only The Strong Survive on viidentoista kappaleen kokoelma soulmusiikin rakastetuimpia kappaleita. Levy juhlistaa soulin helmiä mm. Motownin, Gamblen ja Huffin, Staxin ja monien muiden legendaarisista katalogeista. Only The Strong Survive on Springsteenin 21. studioalbumi.
“I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies? I’ve taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, and Scott Walker, among many others. I’ve tried to do justice to them all—and to the fabulous writers of this glorious music. My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it.” – Bruce Springsteen kertoo.
Only The Strong Survive nauhoitettiin New Jerseyssä, sen tuotannosta vastaavat Ron Aniello ja Jon Landau. Albumi on ensimmäinen kokonaisuus Springsteeniltä sitten vuonna 2020 ilmestyneen Letter To You -levyn, joka debytoi #1 sijalla yhteensä 11 eri maassa.
1. Only the Strong Survive
2. Soul Days feat. Sam Moore
3. Nightshift
4. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
5. The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
6. Turn Back the Hands of Time
7. When She Was My Girl
8. Hey, Western Union Man
9. I Wish It Would Rain
10. Don’t Play That Song
11. Any Other Way
12. I Forgot to Be Your Lover feat. Sam Moore
13. 7 Rooms of Gloom
14. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
15. Someday We’ll Be Together