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Western Stars
Studio album by
Bruce Springsteen
ReleasedJune 14, 2019 (2019-06-14)
GenrePop rock,[1] country
Length50:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerRon Aniello
Bruce Springsteen chronology
The Live Series: Songs of Hope
(2019) 		Western Stars
(2019)
Singles from Western Stars
  1. "Hello Sunshine"
    Released: April 26, 2019
  2. "There Goes My Miracle"
    Released: May 17, 2019
  3. "Tucson Train"
    Released: May 30, 2019
  4. "Western Stars"
    Released: June 14, 2019

Western Stars is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released through Columbia Records on June 14, 2019.[2] It was produced by Ron Aniello, who worked with Springsteen on his two previous albums: Wrecking Ball (2012) and High Hopes (2014). The album marks Springsteen's first new studio album of completely original material since Wrecking Ball.

Springsteen said a documentary on the making of the album is being planned. However, he is not expected to do a tour for the album and announced that he will shift focus towards recording a new album with the E Street Band in the fall of 2019.[3][4]

Background

Springsteen stated in April 2019 that the album was influenced by "Southern California pop music" of the 1970s, including artists such as Glen Campbell and Burt Bacharach. Upon announcing the album in April 2019, he called it "a return to my solo recordings featuring character-driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements", with a press release characterizing it as about a "range of American themes, of highways and desert spaces, of isolation and community and the permanence of home and hope".[5]

Singles

"Hello Sunshine" was released on April 26 as the lead single, along with a music video.[1] "There Goes My Miracle" was released as the album's second single on May 17, 2019.[6][7] The album's third single, "Tucson Train", was released on May 30, 2019, along with a music video directed by Thom Zimny.[8]A music video for the album's fourth single, "Western Stars", also directed by Zimny, was released on June 14, 2019.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]

Western Stars received critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from selected mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 84, which is based on 28 reviews indicating "universal acclaim."[11] Pat Carty in Hot Press described the album as a "heartbreaking yet life-affirmingly beautiful record - both elegiac and warm, a trick few others, if any, could pull off."[12]

Commercial performance

Western Stars debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 (behind Madonna’s Madame X) with 66,000 album-equivalent units, of which 62,000 were pure album sales. It is Springsteen's 20th US top 10 album.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hitch Hikin'"3:37
2."The Wayfarer"4:18
3."Tucson Train"3:31
4."Western Stars"4:41
5."Sleepy Joe's Café"3:14
6."Drive Fast (The Stuntman)"4:16
7."Chasin' Wild Horses"5:03
8."Sundown"3:17
9."Somewhere North of Nashville"1:52
10."Stones"4:44
11."There Goes My Miracle"4:05
12."Hello Sunshine"3:56
13."Moonlight Motel"4:16
Total length:50:50

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 3
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 4
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 9
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[24] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[25] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[26] 16
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[28] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 1
US Billboard 200[13] 2

References

  1. ^ a b Sodomsky, Sam (April 25, 2019). "Bruce Springsteen Announces New Album Western Stars". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen". Apple Music. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  3. ^ s.r.l, Rockol com. "√ Springsteen intervistato a Roma: in studio con la E Street Band in autunno?". Rockol.
  4. ^ "The Boss is coming: Springsteen says he will tour with E Street Band in 2020". NJ.com. May 27, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Greene, Andy (April 25, 2019). "Bruce Springsteen Details New Solo Album 'Western Stars'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  6. ^ Springsteen, Bruce (May 15, 2019). "There Goes My Miracle coming soon #WesternStarspic.twitter.com/WDgNRGqfq9". Retrieved May 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Springsteen, Bruce (May 16, 2019). "Tomorrow #WesternStarspic.twitter.com/sFUuuXNcE1". Retrieved May 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ BruceSpringsteenVEVO (30 May 2019). "Bruce Springsteen - Tucson Train (Official Video)" – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  10. ^ allmusic
  11. ^ "Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen". Metacritic.
  12. ^ Carty, Pat. "Album Review: Bruce Springsteen, Western Stars". Hotpress.
  13. ^ a b Caulfield, Keith (June 23, 2019). "Madonna Achieves Ninth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Madame X'". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  14. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  17. ^ "Bruce Springsteen Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  18. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 25.Týden 2019 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  19. ^ "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 24, 2019". Hitlisten. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  20. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  21. ^ "Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  22. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 25, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  23. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  24. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 21 June 2019". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  25. ^ "Album – Classifica settimanale WK 25 (dal 14.06.2019 al 20.06.2019)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  26. ^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-06-24" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  27. ^ "NZ Top 40 Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  28. ^ "VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 25, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  29. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  30. ^ "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 25: del 14.6.2019 al 20.6.2019" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  31. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  32. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  33. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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