Week 14: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA (1984)

Springsteen's seventh studio album spawned seven top ten hots, including "Dancing in the Dark," "My Hometown," and "Born in the USA."

Week 14: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA (1984)
Tue 11.17/Thu 11.19
Read: BRAIN—“Anticipation” – “After Dessert, Crick was Still Four Seats Away”; eR—"500 Greatest Albums of All Time” (Rolling Stone)
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: CLOSE READ (NOTE NEW DATE)

Upcoming:

Week 15: The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out (1959)
Tue 11.24/Thu 11.26 (NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING)
Read: BRAIN—“What makes a Musician a Musician?” – “The Music Instinct”
Class: Multimedia presentations

Week 16: Stevie Wonder, Innervisions (1973)
Tue 12.1/Thu 12.3*
Class: Multimedia presentations
Due: INFOGRAPHIC

*Final regular class meeting of the semester

Finals Schedule:

Sec. 22 -
Week 17: David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973)
Wed 12.9, 8 – 9:30 a.m.
Class: Course Wrap-up
Due: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 5 P.M.)

Sec. 4 -
Week 18: Beyoncé, Lemonade (2016)
Mon 12.14, 8 – 9:30 a.m.
Class: Course Wrap-up
Due: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT (SUBMIT VIA CANVAS BY 5 P.M.)