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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
by Bruce Springsteen
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Overall Rating:
3.2748
Avg. Critic Score:
3.1738
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions Rank 3 Reviews
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PitchforkLess an exhumation than a celebration, The Seeger Sessions is the best proof we've got that America's folksongs are also our finest artifacts. ...more
AV ClubThe bigger problem with We Shall Overcome—the only problem, really—is the usual late-period Springsteen bloat. It takes an hour to get through 12 songs, and while there isnt really a bum track, it wouldve been nice if the inspiration ...more
The A.V. ClubBecause Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions isn't the staid covers collection most people expected, it's tempting to think it's better than it is. A mere year after the dour acoustic record Devils & Dust—which ...more
Yahoo! MusicTo rock'n'rollers of a certain age, Pete Seeger will always be viewed as the apoplectic Luddite who tried to pull the plug on Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival when the mighty Zimmerman elected to go electric. The stories of his reaction ...more
The GuardianUnlike many of his recent recordings, this is an addictively exuberant album. ...more
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BillboardThis folk album is a loud, energetic, arena-ready fiesta. ...more
cokemachineglowIt’s wild music, and it’s wildly musical, and, yeah, it’s probably the most wonderfully raw production Springsteen’s talent has ever been channeled through. ...more
Rolling StoneHis most jubilant disc since Born in the U.S.A. and more fun than a tribute to Pete Seeger has any right to be. ...more
PopMattersiTunes The accidental side-effects of Bruce's ragtime detour (Read the original review of “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions” here. Bruce Springsteen’s pre-emptive strike into the land of Pete Seeger-style protest folk, ...more
RollingStoneWith his first-ever album of songs written by other people, it feels like hes turned to the music of our shared past to find a moral compass for a nation thats gone off the rails. ...more
GuardianUnlike many of his recent recordings, this is an addictively exuberant album. ...more
UncutOn paper it sounds like a worthy chinstroker: Bruce trading in his Woody Guthrie affectations to pay tribute to Woody's onetime running mate, Pete Seeger. But as soon as a lusty clawhammer banjo introduces the opening "Old Dan Tucker", it’s ...more
Village Voice (Consumer Guide)We shall overkill, he means. ...more
Stylus MagazineThe Boss’ most lively release since Born in the USA. ...more
LA Daily NewsSpringsteen invests the socially conscious material with emotion, backed by a large ensemble that sounds like its having fun. ...more
Observer Music MonthlyThe problem is that these songs are mostly too corny to have much drama restored to them. This is not folk music as mystery or romance or danger but as communal singalong. ...more
BBC MusicOn this lively new album, he covers the amphibian sing-along as well as 12 other tunes popularised by the American folk legend, Pete Seeger. ...more
BlogcriticsWe Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is an absolute smorgasbord of sound. ...more
ShakingThrough.netSpringsteen sounds natural enough singing many of these songs, but we never forget that that's Bruce Springsteen -- Bruce "Born to Run," "Born in the USA" Springsteen -- singing these songs, and the necessary baggage that the rocker's voice brings with ...more
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