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''High Hopes'' is the eighteenth studio album by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, released on January 14, 2014, on Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's eleventh #1 album in the US, placing him third all-time for most #1 albums only behind The Beatles and Jay-Z. It was his tenth #1 in the UK, putting him joint fifth all-time and level with The Rolling Stones and U2.〔("Bruce Springsteen scores 10th UK number one album" ). BBC News. Retrieved January 26, 2014〕 ''Rolling Stone'' named it the second-best album of 2014 on their year end list. The album features Springsteen's regular backing band, the E Street Band, and guitarist Tom Morello. Contributions from deceased E Street Band members Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici are also included. Co-produced by Ron Aniello, Brendan O'Brien and Springsteen, the album was preceded by the single "High Hopes", and is a collection of cover songs, out-takes and re-imagined versions of tracks from past albums, EPs and tours. A week following the album's release, a music video for "Just Like Fire Would" was released January 22, 2014. A music video for "The Wall" was aired during the 2014 HBO special, ''Bruce Springsteen's High Hopes''. On July 9, 2014, Springsteen released a short film for "Hunter of Invisible Game" which marks his directorial debut. Springsteen said that the new music was "some of our best unreleased material from the past decade" and among the best of his writing and deserved a proper studio recording. In April 2014, Springsteen released ''American Beauty'', a four track EP of songs that did not make the final cut of ''High Hopes''. ==Background== Work on the album started on December 9, 2012. Springsteen called Aniello to discuss some demos of older songs that had never been finished. Finding time to record the album proved to be difficult due the band's being halfway through the ''Wrecking Ball Tour''.〔 Aniello began production on the album in Los Angeles while the band toured.〔 Aniello said, "He was gone most of the time, so we weren't able to sit in a room and sort it all out. It all happened in a very unusual manner. But once we got started on it and he started to uncover what it was exactly. . . It just took the most part of a year for him to figure it out. I'm not sure what he had in mind from the beginning, but this is what we ended up with."〔 In March 2013, the day before Springsteen flew to Australia to resume touring, he went to Los Angeles.〔 Aniello and Springsteen did mixes, and Springsteen posed for the album pictures. Aniello said Springsteen was "working his ass off, just working his ass off. I've never seen someone his age work like that. He put in a 15-hour day in the studio."〔 During their time in Australia, Springsteen and the E Street Band (minus Steven Van Zandt, who was off filming his television series, ''Lilyhammer'') were joined by Tom Morello (Van Zandt's replacement).〔 The band spent its off time recording new music, although at the time there were no specific plans for a new album.〔 Aniello said recording in Australia was a spontaneous decision that was possible because recording engineer Nick DiDia was there to work with the band.〔 More recording took place at various studios around the USA, including Springsteen's personal home studio in New Jersey, Atlanta, New York City and Nashville. Aniello stated 20 songs were recorded for the album.〔 Aniello said, "The thing with Bruce is that he accepts his inspiration without question, he doesn't analyze it. But when it comes time to analyze, that's when he turns the screws on everything. Then he'll go back and forth with sequences for months and months until he gets it exactly where he wants it. I don't see that in any other artist that I work with. It's usually like, 'What's a good sequence?' And then, 'Oh, the hit sounds good first. Then the bad songs should go at the end.' That's not how Bruce does it. He has a story to tell. We recorded a lot and at first it was a much longer record. Bruce did the same thing with ''Wrecking Ball''. I have the piece of paper with all 15 or whatever songs on it, and he draws a line through the last four and goes, 'This is it. Let's take these four off.' It was like a knife in my heart. I was like, 'Those are my favorites!' At the end of the day, though, he's always right. It's gotta work as a piece. This was a much bigger experiment because it was so different. There was a little more back and forth with it."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Hopes (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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