Letter to You

Rock · 2020 · 12 tracks · 58m

Letter to You

Bruce Springsteen

A warm, live-in-studio reunion with the E Street Band. Mortality and memory captured through soaring piano, raspy vocals, and heartland rock grit.

It's Bruce and the band in a room together, facing down the clock with the loudest guitars they could find.

A powerful, life-affirming meditation on loss and the enduring power of rock and roll.

Letter to You · vs · Bruce Springsteen

Autumn Walk+4.0σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 58m

01

One Minute You’re Here

2:58

02

Letter to You

4:55

03

Burnin’ Train

4:03

04

Janey Needs a Shooter

6:49

05

Last Man Standing

4:06

06

The Power of Prayer

3:37

07

House of a Thousand Guitars

4:30

08

Rainmaker

4:57

09

If I Was the Priest

6:51

10

Ghosts

5:55

11

Song for Orphans

6:13

12

I’ll See You in My Dreams

3:29

Moments Worth Waiting For

The hushed, synth-heavy intimacy of the opening track that feels like a shared secret before the band explodes into life.

The sprawling, Dylanesque wordplay of the 1970s-era tracks where the E Street Band plays with a wild, youthful abandon.

The massive, cathartic shout-along chorus of 'Ghosts' that turns a song about death into a celebration of being alive.

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