{"id":40802284468,"date":"2024-09-26T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802284468"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T20:24:47","slug":"profs-womack-and-campbell-publish-bruce-songs-the-music-of-bruce-springsteen-album-by-album-song-by-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/profs-womack-and-campbell-publish-bruce-songs-the-music-of-bruce-springsteen-album-by-album-song-by-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Profs. Womack and Campbell Publish &#8216;Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenneth Womack, Ph.D., professor of English and Popular Music, and Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History and Anthropology, published \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/bruce-songs\/9781978830714\/\">Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/bruce-songs\/9781978830714\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Album<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/bruce-songs\/9781978830714\/\">, Song-by-Song<\/a>,\u201d on Springsteen\u2019s birthday, Sept. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" style=\"object-position: 64.135% 17.765%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40802284474\" style=\"width:352px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-Songs-Cover.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Womack and Campbell provide an in-depth exploration of Springsteen\u2019s musical legacy, covering his entire discography from \u201cGreeting from Asbury Park, N.J.,\u201d to \u201cOnly the Strong Survive,\u201d while combining historical context, literary analysis, and meticulous research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018Bruce Songs\u2019 is a valuable addition to the ever-growing Springsteen library, an essential work for everyone from fans to music scholars. Womack and Campbell make for a wonderful one-two punch, each giving informative and highly readable tidbits on the Springsteen catalogue that make you want to go back and listen to every song they write about,\u201d said Robert Santelli, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/springsteenarchives.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bruce Springsteen Archives &amp; Center for American Music at Monmouth University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book also includes a detailed analysis of each album, essays on their historical significance, and chronological examination of every studio song, in addition to featuring contemporary insights and rich visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Womack has authored numerous books, including \u201cSolid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the end of the Beatles,\u201d \u201cJohn Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life,\u201d and \u201cLiving the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell has taught multiple courses on the Beatles and Bruce Springsteen, in addition to writing and editing a number of books on various topics, including \u201cThe Beatles and the 1960s: Reception, Revolution, and Social Change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth Womack, Ph.D., professor of English and Popular Music, and Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of History and Anthropology, published \u201cBruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song,\u201d on Springsteen\u2019s birthday, Sept. 23. Womack and Campbell provide an in-depth exploration of Springsteen\u2019s musical legacy, covering his entire discography from \u201cGreeting from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,322,188,444,423],"tags":[1742],"person":[1108,1448,323],"audience":[14,17,11,8,29,1961,128],"school":[110,95,26],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802284468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bruce-springsteen-archives-and-center-for-american-music","category-faculty-accomplishments","category-great-location","category-monmouth-now","category-faculty-perspectives","tag-bsacam","person-bob-santelli","person-kenneth-campbell","person-kwomack","audience-alumni","audience-community-member","audience-current-student","audience-faculty","audience-media","audience-parent","audience-prospective-undergraduate-student","school-english","school-history-anthropology","school-school-of-humanities-and-social-sciences"],"squareimage":{"id":40802284532,"rendered":"<img width=\"339\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Selection from cover of book, &quot;Bruce Songs&quot;\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/>","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2024\/09\/Bruce-SongsSq.jpg","width":339,"height":339}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802284468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802284468"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802284468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802286985,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802284468\/revisions\/40802286985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802284468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802284468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802284468"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802284468"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802284468"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802284468"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802284468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}