CrookedCrutch posted:NunoPorto posted:CrookedCrutch posted:There Goes My Miracle and Hello Sunshine, which most of us have heard, fit in thematically and sonically, after hearing the first 10 songs.
Hunter Of Invisible Game would have fit nicely between the two. Or as the final song.
Moonlight Motel is a campfire dirge, in all the good ways.
Totally agree, Hunter of invisible game would fit much better in this record then in High Hopes.
I'll never for the life of me understand the reasoning for releasing High Hopes the way they did. The format was just plain strange. It should either have been 1) - release those songs as part of a bigger Tracks 2 box set, or 2) - put the songs out on a series of four or five track EPs like they did with American Beauty. Furthermore, by portraying the album as a grab bag of leftover tracks like they did in announcing its release, it gave everyone the impression that "here's a bunch of songs that weren't good enough for the discs they were recorded for."
So everyone was down on it before they even heard it. They fucked up.
Most of the songs are very good. The Morello stuff could have been one really cool EP.
Releasing High Hopes....fulfilling his Sony Contract perhaps? He recently said he had writers block for a few years.
He's set the bar high again with Western Stars. I can hear something from all his big past albums in the new record while making it sound new at the same time. So there will be a little bit of pressure on when they go in to record what will possibly be the last E Street record. Which is a good thing.