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Generally favorable reviews- based on 103 Ratings
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Positive: 74 out of 103
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Mixed: 10 out of 103
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Negative: 19 out of 103
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Jun 14, 2019The Boss latest work revolves (both musically and lyrically) around love, wanderlusting, loneliness and nostalgic moments from the past and present, it is truly a masterpiece, full of anecdotes and brave, passionate messages.
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Jun 16, 2019Western Stars is a masterpiece ! Best album since The Rising ! Magic was really great , working as a Dream , High Hope, Wrecking Ball was really great too ! But Western Stars it’s an instant classic like Nebraska, Tunnel of Love ! Thanks Bruce for this beautiful music !
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Dec 11, 2019Western Stars is another masterpiece by the boss, is short kind of completely different album by Springsteen, had so many orcherstration, synths lines for me is a very welcome change, beautiful and intimidating songs, Bruce beautiful vocals with some guitar here some orcherstra there and synth lines.
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Jun 14, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019Péssimo álbum. Entediante. O Bruce deveria estar aposentado. A crÃtica "especializada" só está dando uma nota alta pois está recebendo recursos. Nota zero!
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Jun 14, 2019
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Jun 16, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 16, 2019Cliched, repetitive and overblown orchestrations make this the worst Springsteen album of his career.
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Sep 21, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019
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Jun 20, 2019Modern masterpiece. The Boss knows how to tell stories. Western Stars is a beautiful journey through characters that represent some broken Americans dreams.
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Jun 17, 2019This album is ok. It felt pretty monotonous at times because of the orchestral arrangements lack variety and overall sound pretty "cheesy" throughout the album. There are some tracks with excellent storytelling like "Hitch Hikin'" but also some that are flat. I have to give credit to The Boss because hes 69 years old but that doesnt detract from the fact this album is average
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Jun 14, 2019Oh my God ! After all these years and The Boss, oh what I can say IS STILL THE BOSS . Every inch in America the lives, the people everything to be felt in his music. He's the greatest symbol of The United States of America ...........................
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Jun 16, 2019This a well-written album, with a solid, although not perfect performance from Springsteen, ruined by some of the sappiest string arrangements ever laid on wax.
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Jun 29, 2019I am a bruce springsteen fan but this album is honnestly really bad ... the boss can do much better... :(
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Jun 14, 2019
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Jun 24, 2019One of Bruce Springsteen's greatest albums. A coherent work of art. This is masterful songwriting and more than we could hope for from an artist approaching 70 years old. Packed with beautiful, evocative songs all wrapped in the orchestral stylings of early 1970's Californian pop music. Wichita Lineman is the benchmark and most of these songs stand comparison.
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Jun 17, 2019I think is one of the most best albums in 2019 so far in my opinion,, every track is cozy,,this album also easy listening
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Jun 14, 2019Best one from the Boss this decade, loved Wrecking Ball, High Hopes was good, but this one is great!
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Jun 16, 2019Tanto bello quanto inatteso. Una malinconia lo pervade e vieni trasportato in un altro mondo
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Jun 16, 2019It is not Born to Run. It has its charm, more alike Nebraska. I won't listen to it 100 times every year but it is certainly enjoyable each time i listen to it
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Jun 17, 2019Far from the best album from Bruce, but with his back catalogue that is also quite hard to achieve. A great album it however still is. Best songs are in my opinion Moonlight Motel, Stones, Somewhere North of Nashville and Chasin' Wild Horses. An album worth listening to,
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Jul 13, 2019
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Aug 24, 2019
Awards & Rankings
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Jun 27, 2019Western Stars is Springsteen at his most novelistic, scratching out pocket portraits that owe as much to the printed word of John Steinbeck, Raymond Carver or even Jack Kerouac as they do a lineage that would boast weather-beaten troubadours like Kris Kristofferson, Jimmy Webb, or his younger self.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 26, 2019It's getting late, but Springsteen's dusty art shows no sign of fading. [Summer 2019, p.84]
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MojoJun 25, 2019Bruce Springsteen began making this album in 2010--like golden reflections late in the day, it's been worth the wait. [Aug 2019, p.88]