VH1 Storytellers (Bruce Springsteen album)

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VH1 Storytellers
VH1Storytellers BruceSpringsteen.jpg
Directed by Dave Diomedi
Produced by Jon Landau
Barbara Carr
George Travis
Bill Flanagan
Lee Rolontz
Starring Bruce Springsteen
Edited by Thom Zimny
Music by Bruce Springsteen
Distributed by VH1
Release date
  • September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

VH1 Storytellers is a concert and discussion DVD by Bruce Springsteen, expanded from the airing of an episode of the VH1 television series VH1 Storytellers on April 23, 2005. Tied into promotion for his album Devils & Dust at the time, it was released in video form half a year later.

Contents

The filming for the program and video was done on April 4, 2005, at the newly opened Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. He played guitar and piano and sang as he dissected his songs for meaning, sometimes line by line, frequently confessing at the end that his analysis was cooked for the show and that his original writing had been more subconscious. Wife Patti Scialfa contributed the occasional helping vocal. A question and answer session with contest winning audience members also ensued.

Songs performed and discussed

  1. "Devils & Dust"
  2. "Blinded by the Light"
  3. "Brilliant Disguise"
  4. "Nebraska"
  5. "Jesus Was an Only Son"
  6. "Waitin' on a Sunny Day"
  7. "The Rising"
  8. "Thunder Road"

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Australian Music DVDs Chart [1] 10
Austrian Music DVDs Chart [2] 6
Belgian (Flanders) Music DVDs Chart [3] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Music DVDs Chart [4] 10
Danish Music DVDs Chart [5] 2
Dutch Music DVDs Chart [6] 2
Finnish Music DVDs Chart [7] 1
German Albums Chart [8] 43
Italian Music DVDs Chart [9] 1
New Zealand Music DVDs Chart [10] 7
Norwegian Music DVDs Chart [11] 2
Spanish Music DVDs Chart [12] 1
Swedish Music DVDs Chart [13] 1
US Music Videos Chart [14] 2

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15]
dvd 		Platinum15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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