Wrecking Ball

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music album studio album

Wrecking Ball is a 2012 studio album by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen that blends rock, folk, and gospel influences to address themes of economic hardship and social justice.

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Label Occurrences
Wrecking Ball canonical 26
Wrecking Ball Tour 3
Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rock Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rock Album nomination
chartPositionUKAlbumsChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboard200 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresMusicalStyle anthemic choruses ⓘ
electronic loops ⓘ
folk instrumentation ⓘ
gospel choirs ⓘ
followedBy High Hopes ⓘ
follows Working on a Dream ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
gospel ⓘ
heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
roots rock ⓘ
hasTrack American Land ⓘ
Death to My Hometown ⓘ
Easy Money ⓘ
Jack of All Trades ⓘ
Land of Hope and Dreams ⓘ
Rocky Ground ⓘ
Shackled and Drawn ⓘ
Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale) ⓘ
This Depression ⓘ
We Are Alive ⓘ
We Take Care of Our Own ⓘ
Wrecking Ball (song) ⓘ
You’ve Got It ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadSingle We Take Care of Our Own ⓘ
mainTheme American Dream ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
financial crisis of 2007–2008 ⓘ
political protest ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
working-class struggles ⓘ
notableSong Death to My Hometown ⓘ
Land of Hope and Dreams ⓘ
We Take Care of Our Own ⓘ
Wrecking Ball (song) ⓘ
numberOfTracks 11 ⓘ
numberOfTracksDeluxeEdition 13 ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
producer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Ron Aniello ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2010–2011 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 2012-03-06 ⓘ

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Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen → notableAlbum → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
High Hopes → follows → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
High Hopes → precededBy → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
The Boss → associatedWithWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
E Street Band → recordedOn → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Working on a Dream → nextWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Roy Bittan → notableWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Ron Aniello → notableWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album)
Long Time Comin' → includedInTourSetlist → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball Tour
Adam Raised a Cain → includedInTourSetlist → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball Tour
Something in the Night → performedOnTour → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball Tour
We Take Care of Our Own → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
We Take Care of Our Own → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
We Take Care of Our Own → leadSingleFrom → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Easy Money → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Easy Money → isOnRelease → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball (standard edition)
Shackled and Drawn → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Shackled and Drawn → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Jack of All Trades → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Death to My Hometown → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Death to My Hometown → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
This Depression → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
This Depression → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Rocky Ground → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Rocky Ground → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Rocky Ground → isTrackOnStudioAlbum → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
We Are Alive → album → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale) → partOf → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Swallowed Up (In the Belly of the Whale) → associatedWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wrecking Ball (deluxe edition)
Land of Hope and Dreams → includedInAlbum → Wrecking Ball ⓘ
Where Will I Be → partOfAlbum → Wrecking Ball ⓘ