The Ghost of Tom Joad

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acoustic album folk album studio album

The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.

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Label	Occurrences
The Ghost of Tom Joad canonical	22
“The Ghost of Tom Joad”	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	acoustic album ⓘ folk album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
basedOn	character Tom Joad from The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures	Bruce Springsteen photograph ⓘ
followedBy	Tracks ⓘ
format	CD ⓘ cassette ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ
genre	acoustic rock ⓘ folk ⓘ folk rock ⓘ
grammyYear	1997 ⓘ
hasAward	Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
hasTrack	Across the Border ⓘ Balboa Park ⓘ Dry Lightning ⓘ Galveston Bay ⓘ Highway 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ My Best Was Never Good Enough ⓘ Sinaloa Cowboys ⓘ Straight Time ⓘ The Ghost of Tom Joad self-link ⓘ The Line ⓘ The New Timer ⓘ Youngstown ⓘ
inspiredBy	The Grapes of Wrath ⓘ Tom Joad ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	stark acoustic arrangements ⓘ storytelling about marginalized people in America ⓘ
numberOfTracks	12 ⓘ
performer	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
precededBy	Greatest Hits ⓘ
producer	Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Chuck Plotkin ⓘ
recordedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate	1995-11-21 ⓘ
theme	economic hardship ⓘ immigration ⓘ marginalization ⓘ poverty ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
titleTrack	The Ghost of Tom Joad self-link ⓘ
yearOfRelease	1995 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Bruce Springsteen → notableAlbum → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

Lucky Town → isFollowedBy → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

High Hopes → hasTrack → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

High Hopes → containsNewVersionOf → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

The Ghost of Tom Joad → titleTrack → The Ghost of Tom Joad self-link ⓘ

The Ghost of Tom Joad → hasTrack → The Ghost of Tom Joad self-link ⓘ

Springsteen on Broadway → notableSongPerformed → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

Renegades → containsCoverOf → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

this entity surface form: “The Ghost of Tom Joad”

Bruce Springsteen album "The Rising" → precededBy → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

subject surface form: The Rising

Chapter and Verse → featuresSong → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

Straight Time → album → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

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Sinaloa Cowboys → partOfAlbum → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

Sinaloa Cowboys → album → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

The Line → album → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

The Line → partOf → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

Dry Lightning → album → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

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Across the Border → partOf → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

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My Best Was Never Good Enough → partOfAlbum → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

My Best Was Never Good Enough → closesWork → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ

My Best Was Never Good Enough → isClosingTrackOf → The Ghost of Tom Joad ⓘ