''Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska'' is a

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containing songs by artists inspired and influenced by

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's 1982 album ''

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''. It was released by

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in November 2000. A portion of the worldwide sales of this record has been donated to the Nobel Prize-winning organization

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. The album received a favorable review from ''

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'', which said it "succeeds because the original work was so strong. The people in these songs live. They walk our streets, put gas in our car, and cry alone at night. The artists that allow the voices of the characters to dominant the song, instead of overshadowing with their own persona, come out the best."http://www.popmatters.com/review/various-badlands/

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said "This is more successful than most tribute albums ... though like virtually all tribute albums, it's uneven."

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