The Ghost of Tom Joad
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| Studio album by Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Released | November 21, 1995 | |
| Recorded | March - September 1995 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 50:16 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin |
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| Bruce Springsteen chronology | ||
| Greatest Hits (1995) |
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) |
Tracks (1998) |
The Ghost of Tom Joad is the eleventh studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). The album was recorded and mixed at Thrill Hill during the spring and summer of 1995.
The album is mainly backed by acoustic guitar work and the lyrics on many of the tracks are a sombre reflection of life in the mid-1990s in America and Mexico. Tom Joad is the hero of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Springsteen has commented that he was first inspired by John Ford's film of the novel. This turn to the popular radical American tradition of the 1930s was later continued with The Seeger Sessions.
The title track of this album has been covered by Rage Against the Machine and Junip.
The album's release was followed by Springsteen's solo acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.
[edit] Track listing
All songs were written by Bruce Springsteen.
- "The Ghost of Tom Joad" – 4:23
- "Straight Time" – 3:25
- "Highway 29" – 3:39
- "Youngstown" – 3:52
- "Sinaloa Cowboys" – 3:51
- "The Line" – 5:14
- "Balboa Park" – 3:19
- "Dry Lightning" – 3:30
- "The New Timer" – 5:45
- "Across the Border" – 5:24
- "Galveston Bay" – 5:04
- "My Best Was Never Good Enough" – 2:00
[edit] Outtakes
- "Brothers Under the Bridge" – 4:51
[edit] Personnel
- Bruce Springsteen – bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals, producer
- Marty Rifkin – steel guitar
- Danny Federici – accordion, keyboards
- Gary Mallaber – drums
- Garry Tallent – bass
- Jennifer Condos – bass
- Jim Hanson – bass
- Soozie Tyrell – violin, background vocals
- Patti Scialfa – background vocals
- Lisa Lowell – background vocals
- Toby Scott – engineer
- Greg Goldman – recording assistant
- Terry Magovern – research
- Sandra Choron – art direction
- Eric Dinyer – cover art
- Pam Springsteen – interior photographs
