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A new book-length examination of Springsteen ’s austere 1982 acoustic album Nebraska .
Arguably the bleakest of all of the Springsteen 's records, it has become an unexpectedly beloved and influential entry in his back-catalogue, probably in part because it broke the established rules of rock stardom.
The album has an evocative and sepia-toned cinematic quality.
It touches on what D.H. Lawrence might have meant when he remarked that “the essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.
The raw sincerity and sensitivity with which Springsteen sings these songs about people who have nothing left to lose hits you in the gut.
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