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Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

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Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 7, 2000
GenreRock, folk
Length55:27
LabelSub Pop
ProducerJim Sampas
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska is a tribute album containing songs by artists inspired and influenced by Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album, Nebraska. It was released by Sub Pop Records in November 2000.

A portion of the worldwide sales of this record were donated to the Nobel Prize-winning organization Médecins Sans Frontières.[2]

The album received a favorable review from PopMatters, which wrote that it "succeeds because the original work was so strong. The people in these songs live. They walk our streets, put gas in our car, and cry alone at night. The artists that allow the voices of the characters to dominate the song, instead of overshadowing with their own persona, come out the best."[3] AllMusic said "This is more successful than most tribute albums ... though like virtually all tribute albums, it's uneven."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Bruce Springsteen

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Nebraska"Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour4:20
2."Atlantic City"Hank Williams III4:41
3."Mansion on the Hill"Crooked Fingers4:39
4."Johnny 99"Los Lobos3:46
5."Highway Patrolman"Dar Williams6:12
6."State Trooper"Deana Carter3:46
7."Used Cars"Ani DiFranco3:25
8."Open All Night"Son Volt3:46
9."My Father's House"Ben Harper4:48
10."Reason to Believe"Aimee Mann and Michael Penn4:12
11."I'm on Fire"Johnny Cash3:05
12."Downbound Train"Raul Malo3:40
13."Wages of Sin"Damien Jurado and Rose Thomas5:06

References

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  1. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie (November 7, 2000). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ "BADLANDS – A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska". March 16, 2008. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  3. ^ http://www.popmatters.com/review/various-badlands/ [dead link]