High Hopes

Pitchfork 4.0/10 Bruce Springsteen’s 18th record, High Hopes, is a collection of new recordings of songs he's been playing for 10 or 12 years. They're essentially outtakes from The Rising, Magic, and Working on a Dream*,* but Springsteen re-recorded them with producer Ron Aniello—often with Tom Morello on guitar—and sequenced them into an album.

A.V. Club F Bruce Springsteen’s legacy has avoided becoming synonymous with one single genre or movement. Though the 64-year-old has done everything from crafting arena-filling rock songs to hushed acoustic numbers, The Boss has long dedicated himself to rambunctiously chasing whatever muse he finds himself taken with at that…

The Line of Best Fit 6/10 An occasionally brilliant yet slightly lackluster collection of The Boss's favourite recent odds and ends - with added Tom Morello.

Evening Standard 3/5 This month's album releases reviewed by the Evening Standard's music critics

Rolling Stone 4.5/5 Check out our album review of Artist's High Hopes on Rolling Stone.com.

The Skinny 3/5 A shared history of political activism, rather than obvious musical lineage, bonds Tom Morello and The Boss. Hence why the Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist chose to accept Bruce Springsteen’s offer to fill in for right hand man Steve Van Zandt on the Australian leg of last year’s mammoth Wrecking Ball tour.

Under The Radar 6.0/10 Bruce Springsteen's latest studio album, High Hopes, being promoted as his 18th officially, is a mixed bag of covers, re-workings of songs that have appeared elsewhere, and previously unreleased material written for other projects.

Clash 5/10 Album review: Bruce Springsteen - 'High Hopes'. Studio album number 18 is a pretty mixed bag from The Boss, whose missteps are palpably evident.

The Observer 3/5 <p>Bruce Springsteen's album of offcuts, covers and reworkings adds up to a slice of the Boss at his best, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>

Slant 3/5 High Hopes covers a fair bit of ground while remaining generally consistent in quality.

Pop Matters 6/10 Photo: Courtesy of Shore Fire.

The Guardian 3/5 A contrast to 2012's Wrecking Ball, Springsteen's 18th studio album is a ragbag collection of old material and covers, but lovingly assembled, finds <strong>Ian Gittins</strong>

The Telegraph 3/5 Bruce Springsteen's new album, High Hopes, is a collection of revamped and re-recorded lost songs – but it doesn't quite fit together