What is Bruce Springsteen right now? He is just an washed up legend trying to remain relevant in the always changing music heart. But this album is a failure. It just sounds as a compilation, made of demos of songs back when Bruce was at his 20's - the 70's of the 20th century. The album as a whole sounds very, very dated.
The Wrecking Ball blurb hurt my heart to read, because I saw it so much differently than you did. Then again, different strokes for different folks. And at least it made the list, right?