The Short List of Things to Do

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Bruce Springsteen's Magic

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After albums about 9/11 and the Southwest, it was fair to wonder if the Boss would ever abandon big themes and return to big tunes. Here he has both. Springsteen notes the greed and apathy subsuming America, but the ever tight E Street Band generates enough optimism and heat that you believe him when he sings, "We're livin' in the future and none of this has happened yet."

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