Studio Album · No. 13
Devils & Dust Songwriting Credits by Bruce Springsteen
Produced by Brendan O'Brien, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin · Engineered by Toby Scott, Nick DiDia
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Bruce Springsteen carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 1
Devils & Dust is a largely acoustic, solo-leaning record built around story-songs that Springsteen wrote across more than a decade, several dating back to his 1995 Tom Joad sessions. Springsteen wrote all twelve tracks himself, sketching weary characters such as a frightened soldier, a Mexican migrant, and a doomed boxer. Producer Brendan O'Brien layered modest arrangements over the folk core, giving the songs more texture than the spare Nebraska or The Ghost of Tom Joad. The title track won the Grammy for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
Devils & Dust is Bruce Springsteen's thirteenth studio album, released on April 26, 2005. A solo acoustic album in the Nebraska tradition, it was primarily produced by Brendan O'Brien, with Springsteen and Chuck Plotkin sharing production on two tracks. The title track draws on the Iraq War, while other songs explore the lives of American outsiders. The album debuted at number one in eleven countries. All twelve tracks were written solely by Springsteen.