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.

1. We Take Care of Our Own
2. Easy Money
3. Shackled and Drawn
4. Jack of All Trades
5. Death to My Hometown
6. This Depression
7. Wrecking Ball
8. You’ve Got It
9. Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Alive