"C'est le disque le plus direct que j'ai jamais réalisé. A l'exception probable de Nebraska, avec lequel ce disque possède beaucoup de choses en commun. En gros, le disque a commencé comme de la folk music - moi et ma guitare chantant ces chansons. Puis Ron (Aniello) a amené une grande collection de son qui m'a permis d'explorer - tel que des boucles de batterie hip-hop ou des boucles country-blues. La batterie est arrivée après. Il n'y avait pas d'instruments préconçus qui avaient besoin d'être joués, je pouvais aller partout, tout faire, tout utiliser. C'était très ouvert." (Rolling Stone, 17.02.2012)

We Take Care Of Our Own
Easy Money
Shackled And Drawn
Jack Of All Trades
Death To My Hometown
This Depression
Wrecking Ball
You’ve Got It
Rocky Ground
Land Of Hope And Dreams
We Are Alive

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Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale) (bonus)
American Land (bonus)

Bruce Springsteen chant, guitares, banjo, piano, orgue, batterie, percussions & boucles
Ron Aniello guitare, basse, claviers, batterie, boucles, chœurs (Shacked And Drawn, Death To My Hometown, Wrecking Ball, You’ve Got It, American Land) percussions & vielle à roue (American Land)
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Michelle Moore chant (Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams), chœurs (Easy Money)
Max Weinberg batterie (Wrecking Ball, We Are Alive, American Land)
Matt Chamberlain batterie & percussions (Shacked And Drawn, Death To My Hometown, You've Got It)
Kevin Buell batterie & percussions (Death To My Hometown)
Jeremy McCoy contrebasse (Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)
Tom Morello guitare (Jack Of All Trades, This Depression)
Marc Muller guitare pedal steel (You've Got It)
Rob Lebret guitare (Wrecking Ball), chœurs (Death To My Hometown, Wrecking Ball, You’ve Got It, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale), American Land)
Steve Van Zandt mandoline & chœurs (Land Of Hope & Dreams, American Land)
Greg Leisz banjo, mandole, guitare lap steel (You've Got It, We Are Alive)
Charles Giordano piano, orgue B3 (Shackled And Drawn, Death To My Hometown, Wrecking Ball, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams, We Are Alive, American Land) célesta (American Land) accordéon (Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale))
Steve Jordan percussions (Easy Money)
Clarence Clemons saxophone (Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Stan Harrison clarinette, saxophone alto, saxophone ténor (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, You've Got It, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Ed Manion saxophone ténor, saxophone baryton (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, You've Got It, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Art Baron euphonium, tuba, sousaphone, tin whistle (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, Death To My Hometown, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams, American Land)
Cliff Norrell tuba (Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)) chœurs (Shackled And Drawn, Death To My Hometown, Wrecking Ball, You’ve Got It, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale), American Land)
Clark Gayton trombone (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, You've Got It, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Darrell Leonard trompette, trompette basse (We Are Alive)
Curt Ramm trompette, cornet à pistons (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, Wrecking Ball, You've Got It, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Dan Levine saxhorn, euphonium (Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
Mark Romatz contrebasson (Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)
Daniel Shelly basson (Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)
Soozie Tyrell violon (Easy Money, Shackled And Drawn, Jack Of All Trades, Death To My Hometown, This Depression, Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams, We Are Alive, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale), American Land) chœurs (We Take Care Of Our Own, Easy Money, Shackled And Drawn, This Depression, Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale), American Land)
Patti Scialfa chœurs (We Take Care Of Our Own, Easy Money, Shackled And Drawn, This Depression, Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams, We Are Alive, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)) arrangement vocal (Easy Money, This Depression)
Lisa Lowell chœurs (We Take Care Of Our Own, Easy Money, Shackled And Drawn, This Depression, Wrecking Ball, Land Of Hope And Dreams, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale))
Cindy Mizelle chœurs (Shackled And Drawn)
Ross Petersen chœurs (Shackled And Drawn, Death To My Hometown, Wrecking Ball, You’ve Got It, Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale), American Land)
Antoinette Savage, Corinda Carford, Tiffeny Andrews, Soloman Cobbs, Lilly Brown chœurs (Easy Money)
Victorious Gospel Choir chœurs (Rocky Ground, Land Of Hope And Dreams)
New York Chamber Consort cordes (We Take Care Of Our Own, Jack Of All Trades, Wrecking Ball)

Produit par Ron Aniello, avec Bruce Springsteen (Producteur exécutif Jon Landau)
Enregistré en 2010-2011 - Stone Hill Studio (Colt's Neck)
Enregistrement additionnel - MSR Studio B (New York) & Very Loud House Studio (Los Angeles)