Bruce Springsteen has announced that he’s releasing a new album in January.

The 12 track album is to be called “Working On A Dream”, and will be released on 27th January 2009 through Columbia. This is the follow-up to his 2007 album, Magic.

Working On A Dream was recorded with The E-Street Band and produced by long-time Springsteen collaborator, Brendan O’Brien.

Springsteen has said of the new album;

Towards the end of recording Magic, excited by the return to pop production sounds, I continued writing. When my friend producer Brendan O’Brien heard the new songs, he said, ‘Let’s keep going.’ Over the course of the next year, that’s just what we did, recording with the E Street Band during the breaks on last year’s tour. I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we’ve ever done. All the songs were written quickly, we usually used one of our first few takes, and we all had a blast making this one from beginning to end.

The title track, Working On A Dream, is a song which Springsteen debuted at a rally for Barack Obama. Here’s a clip of the performance:

Track List

1. Outlaw Pete
2. My Lucky Day
3. Working On a Dream
4. Queen of the Supermarket
5. What Love Can Do
6. This Life
7. Good Eye
8. Tomorrow Never Knows
9. Life Itself
10. Kingdom of Days
11. Surprise, Surprise
12. The Last Carnival

Bonus tracks:
The Wrestler
A Night with the Jersey Devil