Nebraska is arguably Springsteen's most important record--the lasting clue to understanding not just his career as an artist and the vision behind it, but also the man himself. Warren Zanes spoke to many people involved with making Nebraska, including Bruce Springsteen himself, in this exploration of a record that upended all expectations and predicted a home-recording revolution.
Zanes has evidently been thinking about Nebraska since he first encountered it ... For fans of American music, Deliver Me From Nowhere makes a great ghost story.
Wonderful ... Zanes — in his research, his discussions with artists influenced by the album, and his sit-downs with Springsteen himself — is anything but afraid in plumbing those depths ... An amazing chronicle of one of the most unlikely albums ever recorded.
Zanes... makes you feel Springsteen’s implacable determination ... Zanes’s Nebraska narrative portrays an artist driven by a remorseless muse beyond any monetary payoff.
