Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust [CD + Bonus DVD]

Devils & Dust, Bruce Springsteen recorded without the E Streeters, combines whispery acoustic story songs with stripped-bare, folk-and-country-inflected rock tunes. In many ways, Springsteen says, the album is a sequel to 1995's hushed The Ghost of Tom Joad, which inspired his first solo tour.

Springsteen recorded the basic tracks for Devils and Dust with producer Brendan O'Brien on bass and Steve Jordan (who's worked with Keith Richards and Springsteen's wife, Patti Scialfa) on drums, with recent E Street Band addition Soozie Tyrell overdubbing fiddle parts. "I wanted to keep it raw," Springsteen says. "I think that's what's slipped out of a lot of modern country music, that certain sort of chill-to-the-bone sound."

This album comes with a bonus DVD of acoustic performances of the songs on the album in a Dual Disc format.

Listen to samples:

• Devils & Dust
• All The Way Home
• Reno
• Long Time Comin'
• Black Cowboys
• Maria's Bed
• Silver Palomino
• Jesus Was an Only Son
• Leah
• The Hitter
• All I'm Thinkin' About
• Matamoros Banks