Beautiful and inspired

An unquestionable classic; Nebraska is a collection of acoustic songs that will make you breath deep and think even deeper. Anyone who thinks of Bruce Springsteen as a mere arena rocker needs to rub their eyes and ears and take a listen. Springsteen, alone, without the massive E Street Band, paints dark and beautiful poems from the point of view of the desperate and the lonely; expressing their fears and their troubles and their guilt and their demons in a way that you wish you could lend them a hand. Like I said, you'll breathe deep when you hear their plights, and you may even shed a tear for them too.

Each song is a short story. A glimpse into a person's psyche in a particular situation or time. One song in particular, the touching "Highway Patrolman" inspired Sean Penn's wonderful directorial debut The Indian Runner .

Is it the best Springsteen album? I don't know, I don't think for an artist like Bruce Springsteen you can break the albums down into such. It is a great album, and even if you don't like "The Boss" and all the weird mixed imagery that title brings, give this record a try, trust me, you're missing something...while you're at it check out Penn's movie too, it's darn good.