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The Ghost of Tom Joad
 
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The Ghost of Tom Joad

~ Bruce Springsteen (Artist)
4.7 out of 5 stars  (14 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Audio CD (10 Jan 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B0000253OQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  Mini-Disc
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,974 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Ghost Of Tom Joad
2. Straight Time
3. Highway 29
4. Youngstown
5. Sinola Cowboys
6. Line
7. Balbo Park
8. Dry Lightning
9. New Timer
10. Across The Border
11. Galveston Bay
12. Best Was Never Enough

Product Description

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Bruce Springsteen followed his muse on this haunting 1995 release. Perhaps that's why it barely made a dent in the marketplace, even while it thrilled the faithful who were willing to take another dark, Nebraska-like journey with him. It's abundantly clear that Springsteen had been soaking himself in the work of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie during the writing of The Ghost of Tom Joad, but their combined influence is found on more than just the title track. It's all over these windblown songs (including the haunting "Dry Lightning" and "the seminal "Youngstown") and their hard-scrabble protagonists. Not the Boss's biggest record, but certainly one of his best. --Michael Ruby

Description
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD isn't a rock and roll record. Named for the protagonist of John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel THE GRAPES OF WRATH (Springsteen cites John Ford's film version in the booklet) and performed largely on an acoustic guitar with the occasional support of an Appalachian mountain fiddle and pedal steel guitar, it's part folk album, part protest record, part short-story collection.
It'll inevitably be compared to NEBRASKA, the similarly stark song-cycle Springsteen foisted on an unsuspecting world in 1982. Yet TOM JOAD is more of an arranged album, with careful guitar arpeggios supported by an eerie bed of sustained synthesizer chords (played by E Street Band veteran Danny Federici and Springsteen) and a few full-band folk arrangements. It's also more of an explicit statement. Whereas the charac