Bruce Springsteen has confirmed that he will release a new album January 14, 2014 called High Hopes. The 12-track album will include new material, covers, and new versions of other Springsteen songs. Yesterday we posted “Dream Baby Dream,” which will appear on the album. The title track is “High Hopes,” a song released by The Havalinas in 1990 (Springsteen earlier covered the song for his EP Blood Brothers in 1996. Here is the new version from the upcoming album.
Here are the tracks on the album: 1. High Hopes (feat. Tom Morello); 2. Harry’s Place; 3. American Skin (41 Shots); 4. Just Like Fire Would; 5. Down In The Hole; 6. Heaven’s Wall; 7. Frankie Fell In Love; 8. This Is Your Sword; 9. Hunter Of Invisible Game; 10. The Ghost of Tom Joad (Duet with Tom Morello); 11.The Wall; 12. Dream Baby Dream.
The E Street Band members play on the album, as does Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine. Springsteen wrote one of the songs, “The Wall,” as a tribute to a friend who went missing during the Vietnam War. Springsteen explains more about the album on his website.
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