High Hopes is the eighteenth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on January 14, 2014, by Columbia Records. It went to the top of the charts in eleven countries, and was Springsteen’s eleventh No. 1 album in the United States, a record surpassed only by the Beatles and Jay-Z. It was his tenth No. 1 in the UK putting him on par with the Rolling Stones and U2. Rolling Stone named it the second-best album of 2014.
The album is a collection of cover songs, out-takes and re-imagined versions of tracks from past albums, EPs and tours. Springsteen’s regular backing band, the E Street Band, perform along with guitarist Tom Morello. Contributions from deceased members Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici also feature.
- “High Hopes” 4:57
- “Harry’s Place” 4:04
- “American Skin (41 Shots)” 7:23
- “Just Like Fire Would” 3:56
- “Down in the Hole” 4:59
- “Heaven’s Wall” 3:50
- “Frankie Fell in Love” 2:48
- “This Is Your Sword” 2:52
- “Hunter of Invisible Game” 4:42
- “The Ghost of Tom Joad” 7:33
- “The Wall” 4:20
- “Dream Baby Dream” 5:00
Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals (all tracks), guitar (all tracks), mandolin (tracks 7, 8, 12), banjo (track 8), additional bass guitar (track 6), drums (track 11), vibraphone (track 1), percussion (tracks 1, 3, 7), percussion loop (track 6), synthesizers (tracks 6, 8, 12), organ (tracks 6, 7), piano (tracks 8, 12), harmonium (track 12)
Roy Bittan – piano (tracks 1–4, 7, 8, 10–12), organ (track 8)
Clarence Clemons – tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 5)
Danny Federici – organ (tracks 5, 11)
Nils Lofgren – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 11), pedal steel (track 10), mandolin (track 10), backing vocals (track 3)
Patti Scialfa – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3–6, 8, 11)
Garry Tallent – bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9, 11)
Steven Van Zandt – guitar (track 3), backing vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7, 8)
Max Weinberg – drums (except tracks 8 and 11), percussion (track 11)
Tom Morello – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12), lead guitar (tracks 3, 6), lead vocals (track 10), backing vocals (track 3)
Charles Giordano – organ (tracks 3, 4), accordion (tracks 1, 10)
Ron Aniello – guitar (tracks 3, 7, 8, 12), 12-string guitar (track 4), bass guitar (tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, 12), drum loop (tracks 1, 3), vibraphone (track 3), percussion (track 3), percussion loop (tracks 6, 12), synthesizers (tracks 3, 6, 8, 10–12), organ (track 3), farfisa organ (track 6), accordion (track 11),
Soozie Tyrell – violin (tracks 5, 10), additional violin (track 9), backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8)
Sam Bardfeld – violin (tracks 6–8)
Jake Clemons – tenor saxophone solo (track 3), horns (track 4)
Barry Danielian – horns (tracks 1, 3, 4, 12)
Clark Gayton – horns (tracks 1, 3, 4, 12)
Stan Harrison – horns (tracks 1, 3, 12)
Ed Manion – horns (tracks 1, 3, 4, 12)
Curt Ramm – horns (tracks 1, 3, 4, 12), cornet (track 11)
Scott Tibbs – horn orchestration (track 3)
Jeff Kievit – piccolo trumpet (track 4)
Cillian Vallely – uilleann pipes, low whistle, tin whistle (track 8)
Josh Freese – drums (track 8)
Everett Bradley – percussion (tracks 1, 4, 6), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Curtis King – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
Michelle Moore – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4)
Evan Springsteen – backing vocals (track 5)
Jessica Springsteen – backing vocals (track 5)
Samuel Springsteen – backing vocals (track 5)
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (track 6)
Keith Fluitt – backing vocals (track 6)
John James – backing vocals (track 6)
Al Thornton – backing vocals (track 6)
Brenda White – backing vocals (track 6)
Atlanta Strings (tracks 2, 9):
Ed Horst – string arrangement, conductor
Justin Bruns, Jay Christy, Sheela Iyengar, John Meisner, Christopher Pulgram, William Pu, Olga Shpitko, Kenn Wagner – violins
Amy Chang, Tania Maxwell, Lachlan McBane – violas
Karen Freer, Charae Krueger, Daniel Laufer – celli
NY Chamber Consort Strings (tracks 4, 6, 12):
Rob Mathes – string arrangement, conductor
Lisa Kim (concertmaster), Quan Ge, Hyunju Lee, Jessica Lee, Ann Lehman, Joanna Mauer, Suzanne Ornstein, Annaliesa Place, David Southorn, Jeannie Wynton, Sharon Yamada – violins
Maurycy Banaszek, Desiree Elsevier, Shmuel Katz, Robert Rinehart – violas
Maria Kitsopoulos, Alan Stepansky, Ru Pei Yeh – celli
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