Springsteen web post discusses forthcoming album

In a note to "friends and fans" on his website, The Boss has unveiled the titles to a handful of songs on his upcoming Working on a Dream album—"This Life," "My Lucky Day," "Life Itself," "Good Eye" and "Tomorrow Never Knows." He also uses the post to discuss the album's genesis.

"During the last weeks of mixing Magic, we recorded a song called 'What Love Can Do,'" Springsteen writes. "It was sort of a 'love in the time of Bush' meditation. It was a great track but felt more like a first song of new record rather than something that would fit on Magic. So our producer Brendan O'Brien said, 'Hey, let's make another one right now!' I thought, no, I haven't done that since my first two records came out in the same year. And usually I don't write that quickly."

But lo, Bruce found inspiration. And thus came Working on a Dream, which is due out Jan. 27.

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