Bruce Springsteen is set to celebrate "the sweet sounds of soul music" with the release of a new covers album, Only the Strong Survive, on Friday 11 November.
"I wanted to make an album where I just sang. And what better music to work with than the great American songbook of the Sixties and Seventies?" said the music legend.
"I've taken my inspiration from Levi Stubbs, David Ruffin, Jimmy Ruffin, the Iceman Jerry Butler, Diana Ross, Dobie Gray, and Scott Walker, among many others.
"I've tried to do justice to them all - and to the fabulous writers of this glorious music.
"My goal is for the modern audience to experience its beauty and joy, just as I have since I first heard it. I hope you love listening to it as much as I loved making it."
Springsteen's record label, Columbia, said the album will celebrate "soul music gems from the legendary catalogues of Motown, Gamble and Huff, Stax, and many more".
"This 21st studio album from Bruce Springsteen will also feature guest vocals by Sam Moore, as well as contributions from The E Street Horns, full string arrangements by Rob Mathes, and backing vocals by Soozie Tyrell, Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore, Curtis King Jr, Dennis Collins, and Fonzi Thornton," it added.
Tellingly, the cover art of Only the Strong Survive says it is "Vol 1".
The full tracklisting is:
1) Only the Strong Survive
2) Soul Days feat. Sam Moore
3) Nightshift
4) Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)
5) The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
6) Turn Back the Hands of Time
7) When She Was My Girl
8) Hey, Western Union Man
9) I Wish It Would Rain
10) Don't Play That Song
11) Any Other Way
12) I Forgot to Be Your Lover feat. Sam Moore
13) 7 Rooms of Gloom
14) What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
15) Someday We'll Be Together
Springsteen and the E Street Band will play three shows at the RDS Arena in Dublin next May.
