Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream review

Bruce Springsteen: Working on a Dream review: "Elsewhere, an album that is preoccupied with questions of mortality, romantic fidelity, learning from the past while facing an uncertain future, touches base with some key Springsteen staging posts: My Lucky Day is muscular, Jersey Shore rock’n’roll/soul, Life Itself is downbeat and minimal to the point of resignation, Kingdom of Days marries a swoonsome 1950s-pop chord progression to a beautiful lyric about the passage of time, Queen of the Supermarket boasts a quintessential slow-build intro, sprinkled with Roy Bittan’s piano, and This Life could almost be a Four Seasons song, its walking bass and alternately descending and ascending key structure supporting a powerfully affirming lyric that is both deeply personal and universal."