The Ghost of Tom Joad

Album by Bruce Springsteen

A spare, acoustic folk and Americana record that pares arrangements to haunting, rootsy guitar and harmonica, favouring stark, cinematic atmospheres. Its lyrics examine working-class hardship, social displacement and American mythmaking, giving voice to marginalised characters with plainspoken realism.
First released: 21st November 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Ghost of Tom Joad
    4:27
  2. 2.
    Straight Time
    3:30
  3. 3.
    Highway 29
    3:44
  4. 4.
    Youngstown
    3:57
  5. 5.
    Sinaloa Cowboys
    3:52
  6. 6.
    The Line
    5:19
  7. 7.
    Balboa Park
    3:21
  8. 8.
    Dry Lightning
    3:37
  9. 9.
    The New Timer
    5:49
  10. 10.
    Across the Border
    5:29
  11. 11.
    Galveston Bay
    5:07
  12. 12.
    My Best Was Never Good Enough
    2:00

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