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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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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The Boss → associatedWithWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

High Hopes → follows → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

Working on a Dream → nextWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

Bruce Springsteen → notableAlbum → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

Bruce Springsteen → notableWork → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

High Hopes → precededBy → Wrecking Ball ⓘ

E Street Band → recordedOn → Wrecking Ball ⓘ