The I Index

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska

Top of the pile

78

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

94/100

Critics

61/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Warren Zanes

Publisher:

Crown

Date:

May 2, 2023

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.

What The Reviewers Say

James Sullivan,
The Boston Globe
Zanes has evidently been thinking about Nebraska since he first encountered it.
Peter Chianca,
Boston.com
Wonderful.
Tim Riley,
Los Angeles Review of Books
Zanes... makes you feel Springsteen’s implacable determination.

Kirkus
Zanes builds a strong case for the album’s singularity, achievement, and influence.