Letter to You is the twentieth studio album from Bruce Springsteen. It marks his first new studio album with his regular backing band the E Street Band since 2014’s High Hopes. The album was recorded live in studio, with no demos and only minimal overdubs. It features three tracks originally written prior to Springsteen’s 1973 debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
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Letter to You is the twentieth studio album from Bruce Springsteen; it marks his first new studio album with his regular backing band the E Street Band since 2014’s High Hopes. The release was met with widespread critical acclaim by critics, particularly the album’s dealing with mortality and aging in a profound manner. In lieu of touring, which was not possible due to COVID-19, the release was promoted with an online radio station, music videos, and a custom Twitter emoji. The album was recorded live in studio, with no demos and only minimal overdubs ; it features three tracks originally written prior to Springsteen’s 1973 debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. The band had planned to tour in support of the album starting in early 2021 but those plans were disrupted by the CO VID-19 pandemic; by the time of the release, Springsteen estimated that the earliest they could perform live would be 2022. Springsteen considers the decision to not tour \”very painful,\” as he looks forward to presenting the new material in a live context but he made promotional appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Late Late Show to introduce the music to new audiences. On November 23, 2020, a video for the album’s song ‘The Power of Prayer’ was released. It was announced on November 25, 2020 that Springsteen and the E street Band would be the musical guests on the December 12, 2020 episode of Saturday Night Live marking the band’s first performance since 2015 and its first to promote Letter to You.
A documentary on making the album directed by Thom Zimny came out via Apple TV+ on October 23. An emoji in the shape of Springsteen was released via Twitter to promote the album on October 14. A video for lead single ‘Ghosts’ was released on September 24. Streaming audio and a music video for ‘Janey Needs a Shooter’ were published simultaneously on September 10, with the video for ‘Song for Orphans’ being released on September 24, with the music video being released on October 26, and the album being released on October 28, the day after the release of ‘‘Letter To You’.’ ‘If I Was the Priest’ has not previously been released by Springsteen but was covered by Allan Clarke in the 1970s and Warren Zevon reworked it for his 1980 album Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School. ‘I’ve Got You Back’ is a song Springsteen wrote about his relationship with his band, particularly in their ability to interpret American culture, history, and politics, particularly to interpret the audience in their interpretation of American culture. Springsteen came across earlier recordings of these songs with John Hammond while assembling a compilation album. The lyrics discuss themes of regret, aging and dying. The songwriting’s profound look at loss and the fact that listeners can hold up nearly any track as a microcosm of its overall scope.
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