On March 6, 2012, “Columbia” label released “Wrecking Ball”, the seventeenth Bruce Springsteen studio album. It was recorded 2011 – 2012, at Stone Hill at Bruce’s House, New Jersey, and was produced by Ron Aniello and Bruce Springsteen. In 2012, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Wrecking Ball” at number-one on its “Top 50 albums of 2012” list.
Personnel:
- Bruce Springsteen– vocals, guitars, banjo, piano, organ, drums, percussion, loops
- Ron Aniello– guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, drums, loops
- Rob Lebret – electric guitar
- Tom Morello– electric guitar
- Greg Leisz– banjo, mandocello, lap steel guitar
- Marc Muller – pedal steel
- Steve Van Zandt– mandolin
- Steve Jordan – tambourine
- Charlie Giordano– accordion, piano, organ, synth, celeste
- Max Weinberg– drums
- Matt Chamberlain– drums
- Kevin Buell – marching drum
- Clarence Clemons– saxophone
- Curt Ramm, Darrel Leonard – trumpet solo
- Curt Ramm, Clark Gayton, Stan Harrison, Ed Manion, Dan Levine, Art Baron – horns
- Clif Norrell– tuba
- Soozie Tyrell– violin
- Patti Scialfa– vocal arrangements
- Lisa Lowell
- Soozie Tyrell
- Michelle Moore
- Cindy Mizelle – outro vocal
- Ron Aniello
- Kevin Buell
- Ross Petersen, Ron Aniello, Clif Norrell, Rob Lebret – group vocals
- Victorious Gospel Choir
- Lilly “Crawford” Brown – director
- New York Chamber Consort
- Rob Mathes – strings arrangements, conductor
- Mark “Spike” Stent, Rich Costey, Bob Clearmountain, Chris Lord-Alge, Ron Aniello, Ross Petersen – mixing
Track listing:
All tracks by Bruce Springsteen.
- We Take Care of Our Own
- Easy Money
- Shackled and Drawn
- Jack of All Trades
- Death to My Hometown
- This Depression
- Wrecking Ball
- You’ve Got It
- Rocky Ground
- Land of Hope and Dreams
- We Are Alive
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