Bruce Springsteen will be back with a new album. As the artist points out on Instagram, this album, baptized Only the strong Survive, scheduled for November 11, it will be composed entirely of versions of soul and R&B classics performed by the American rocker.
Bruce Springsteen fans will be able to hear him cover songs taken from the repertoires of the Commodores, Diana Ross, the Supremes and Aretha Franklin.
“I wanted to make a record where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American catalog of the 60s and 70s? I was inspired by Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, and Scott Walker, among many others. I tried to do justice to all of them, and to the fabulous authors of this glorious music”, he explains in a promotional video posted on YouTube.
Produced by Ron Aniello, this album takes its name from the song by Jerry Buttler Only the strong Survivereleased in 1968, which opens the Springsteen album track listing.
A first extract already available
Following this announcement, Bruce Springsteen also shared a first excerpt from the album. Only the strong Survive: a version of the song do i love you (in fact i do) by soul singer Frank Wilson (1965).
To accompany the release of this new album, Bruce Springsteen will tour with The E Street Band beginning in 2023. The tour will kick off on February 1 in Tampa, Florida and end on July 25 in Monza, Italy, and will notably spend by Paris La Défense Arena on May 13 and 15, 2023.
Source: BFM TV
