Jeff’s Playlist: Nebraska

We saw a PBS spe­cial about this record the oth­er night fea­tur­ing artists singing songs off the album. The show remind­ed me how good this music sound­ed and how dif­fer­ent this was for Springsteen. If you like Bruce, you’ll like this.

Album infor­ma­tion

All tracks are writ­ten by Bruce Springsteen.

Side one

No.      Title    Length
1.         “Nebraska”                            4:32
2.         “Atlantic City”                        4:00
3.         “Mansion on the Hill”           4:08
4.         “Johnny 99”                           3:44
5.         “Highway Patrolman”          5:40
6.         “State Trooper”                     3:17

Side two

No.      Title    Length
1.         “Used Cars”                          3:11
2.         “Open All Night”                   2:58
3.         “My Father’s House”            5:07
4.         “Reason to Believe”            4:11

Total length:  40:50

Personnel

Bruce Springsteen – vocals, gui­tar, har­mon­i­ca, man­dolin, glock­en­spiel, tam­bourine, Hammond organ, syn­the­siz­er on “My Father’s House”, pro­duc­tion
Mike Batlan – record­ing engi­neer
David Michael Kennedy – pho­tog­ra­phy copy­right­ed 1975
Dennis King – mas­ter­ing
Bob Ludwig, Steve Marcussen – mas­ter­ing con­sul­tants
Andrea Klein – design

Released       September 30, 1982
Recorded       December 17, 1981, to January 3, 1982, in Colts Neck, New Jersey, except “My Father’s House”, May 25, 1982
Length            40:50
Label              Columbia Producer        Bruce Springsteen