Working On a Dream by Bruce Springsteen

Working on a Dream is the 16th studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released on January 27, 2009 (see 2009 in music). It has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. Working on a Dream debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 224,000 copies in its first week of release, knocking off a seven-week continuous run by Taylor Swift's Fearless. It was Springsteen's ninth number one album in the U.S. This tied him with The Rolling Stones for the fourth-highest total in that regard; only The Beatles (with 19) and Elvis Presley and Jay-Z (each with 10) have more. Working on a Dream also debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart, Top Digital Albums chart, and Top Internet Albums chart. In all, it reached #1 in 17 countries around the world, and reached the Top 10 almost everywhere else. Critical reception to Working on a Dream ranged widely. Rolling Stone gave it a five-star rating and compared it to 1975's Born to Run in scale and ambition. But Los Angeles Times writer Ann Powers said "The best thing that can be said about Working on a Dream is that it's boisterously scatterbrained, exhilaratingly bad." The song "Queen of the Supermarket" has been called by some reviewers "Springsteen's worst song ever," due to the seemingly trivial subject of the song. However, many of the fans like it, and see it as something with a deeper meaning. MetaCritic.com gave the album an overall rating of 73 out of 100 by combining various reviews from music critics. ℗ 2009 Bruce Springsteen