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We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

by Bruce Springsteen

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Overall Rating: 3.2747 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is ranked overall as 3.2747 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.1738 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions has an avg. critic score of 3.1738 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

We Shall Overcome lets us revel in the sound of a man who no longer confuses unplugged with uninspiring--and who isn't afraid to mix in some merriment with the message

Entertainment Weekly

We Shall Overcome lets us revel in the sound of a man who no longer confuses unplugged with uninspiring — and who isnt afraid to mix in some merriment with the message. ...more

PopMatters

The Stone Pony London is a cruel and thankless place to hang out these days. ...more

PopMatters

But this isn’t a hoary breathing of air into faded songs; this is a sonic transfusion on the order of the Mermaid Avenue records. ...more

All Music Guide

Not only does We Shall Overcome feel different than Bruce's work; it also feels different than Seeger's music.... It's a rambunctious, freewheeling, positively joyous record unlike any other in Springsteen's admittedly rich catalog. ...more

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E! Online

It's quite possibly his best album since 1982's Nebraska....read the complete review at E! Online

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Pitchfork

Less an exhumation than a celebration, The Seeger Sessions is the best proof we've got that America's folksongs are also our finest artifacts....read the complete review at Pitchfork

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New Musical Express

This is a folk-gospel tribute album with harmony and backing vocals so powerful you'd think it was the population of New Jersey marching in Technicolor over the grey, polluted Hudson singing...read the complete review at New Musical Express

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