Long Time Coming

During the eighties Bruce disbanded the E-Street band to record with other artists and pursue other interests. The results were two very weak albums. Although some songs on Human Touch and Lucky Town had some potential, they clearly lacked an E-Street touch. It took Springsteen nearly 20 years to realize this before he gathered them again the Rising. So when he decided to follow this up with a lo-fi project where he would record with other artists again I felt very apprehensive.

Why Buy a Dual Disc?

I bought this disc, couldn't play it on any of my 5 disc players (two computers, two car players, and one audio disc player), tried to copy it to a new disc, couldn't do that. Sent it back. What's the point? Listening to music should be a pleasure, not a hassle. Can't tell whether the music is good or bad, because the disc was such a problem. BEWARE.

Disappointed, but not with the songs

If you thinking of buying this "Dual Disc" for the songs, and you like Bruce, his voice, acoustic guitar, and/or folk music, you'll probably like this album. On the other hand, if you're thinking of buying this, as I did, for the extra enjoyment you'll get from the "Dual Disc" format, don't bother. First of all, the producer of the DVD side assumed that you will always want to listen in PCM Stereo. Excuse me! My DVD player and amplifier are capable of Dolby 5.1, as are, I think, most DVD systems, and I find it hard to imagine that someone would buy a disc in a 5.1 format just to listen to it in PCM Stereo. Everytime you insert the DVD side you have to go select 5.1 playback from the settings menu before selecting to play the songs. Okay, an inconvenience, and perhaps a minor one, but still a pain.