[improviduto]

Submission courtesy of Cortez the Killer


Artist: Bruce Springsteen And The E-Street Band
Album: Born To Run



Bruce Springsteen's make-or-break third album represented a sonic leap from his first two, which had been made for modest sums at a suburban studio; Born to Run was cut on a superstar budget, mostly at the Record Plant in New York. Springsteen's backup band had changed, with his two virtuoso players, keyboardist David Sancious and drummer Vini Lopez, replaced by the professional but less flashy Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg. Layers of guitar, layers of echo on the vocals, lots of keyboards, thunderous drums, Born to Run had a big sound, and Springsteen wrote big songs to match it. The overall theme of the album was similar to that of The E Street Shuffle.

If The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle was an accidental miracle, Born to Run was an intentional masterpiece. It declared its own greatness with songs and a sound that lived up to Springsteen's promise, and though some thought it took itself too seriously, many found that exalting.

Out of the 8 tracks on this CD 5 of them were hits. Such as...Born To Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, Thunder Road,Backsteets and Jungle Land. All of them very successfull and are still being played at his live concerts to this day.

Tracks
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She's The One
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland

Sources
some help from www.allmusic.com

[dorio]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

[ndu5187]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

Sure he did...in 1975 with Born to Run, and then in 1972 with The Young, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, and again in 2002(?) with the Rising...Born to Run is by far his greatest.

[Cortez The Killer]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

Sure he did...in 1975 with Born to Run, and then in 1972 with The Young, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, and again in 2002(?) with the Rising...Born to Run is by far his greatest.

agreed

[dorio]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

Sure he did...in 1975 with Born to Run, and then in 1972 with The Young, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, and again in 2002(?) with the Rising...Born to Run is by far his greatest.

agreed

The more we disagree, the better the chance that one of us is right. If we always
agreed on everything, how boring life would be.

[circle]

I was working for a construction company and doing pick-ups for them on my lunch breaks. The Irish guy whose car i used to borrow had loads of tapes so one day I stuck on Born to Run. I'd heard the title song once or twice so I thought i'd give it a shot. After that I played it every lunch break until they fired me.

One of the great albums of all time.

[ndu5187]

One of the great albums of all time.

Damn right!

[randomorwhat]

Not struck, not struck at all

[ndu5187]

Not struck, not struck at all

I don't know what you mean...but if you're saying you don't like Born to Run, a whole lot of my respect for you disappeared!!!

[randomorwhat]

Not struck, not struck at all

I don't know what you mean...but if you're saying you don't like Born to Run, a whole lot of my respect for you disappeared!!!

Sorry. I like certain tracks, but I wasn't totally grabbed. I'm sure I should give it a better listen however
Simon

[michael_stipe]

yeah its bloody fantastic... in my top 20 of all time which i made a bit ago... its water tight...

1. Radiohead – OK Computer
2. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
3. The Beatles – The Beatles
4. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
5. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
6. R.E.M. – Murmur
7. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
8. Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
9. Steely Dan – Aja
10. James – Laid
11. U2 – Achtung Baby
12. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
13. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
14. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
15. The Beatles – Abbey Road
16. R.E.M. – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
17. Ryan Adams – Gold
18. Coldplay - Parachutes
19. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
20. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band

it took a while I'll tell you

[guitarfreak111]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

Sure he did...in 1975 with Born to Run, and then in 1972 with The Young, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, and again in 2002(?) with the Rising...Born to Run is by far his greatest.

Yeah, Bruce's newest CD kicks total a$$. It's got a load of great songs on it like Meet Me at Mary's Place, The Rising, Lonesome Day and just about every other song on there. I would suggest buying it if you don't have it already.

[ndu5187]

Born in the U.S.A is the one. He never did better than that. Everybody knows that.

Sure he did...in 1975 with Born to Run, and then in 1972 with The Young, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, and again in 2002(?) with the Rising...Born to Run is by far his greatest.

Yeah, Bruce's newest CD kicks total a$$. It's got a load of great songs on it like Meet Me at Mary's Place, The Rising, Lonesome Day and just about every other song on there. I would suggest buying it if you don't have it already.

Goin' on 30 years in the buiz and he's still on top...That's impressive.

[rpd]

Born to Run is a great album but I don't think that is as accessable as Born in The USA. Good songs on both though.

And I don't think that Born in the USA is (as some people say) springsteen 'selling out'.

My favorites from Born to run are Born to Run and Thunder Road

My favorites from Born in the USA are Born in the USA, No Surrender and the all time great Dancing in the Dark.

This post has been edited by rpd: 05 February 2004 - 12:12 PM

[TheStranger]

Born To Run, to me this is the greatist Rock n Roll record ever created, let alone probably the most important. Bruce Springsteen created charceters and storys that are just as relavent today, as they were 30 years ago.

Rather than directly confronting the issues facing the world, which would have dated his music, he writes about the struggle of human beings. Human beings living in a changing world, human beings dealing with vietnam as a reality that most would have to face, not just oppose. Most importantly on this record, he captured the angst, the restlesness, the doubt that every young american faces in thier life.

He sings about what we worry about, what we love, what we need, what we hate, what we can't live without, what we do, what we see...who we are. As you allow yourself to get lost in this record, you become a apart of it. You fall in love with Mary, you run away with Wendy, you passionatly care for Terry and with all your heart you hate the person that took Terry away, you are there with Bruce and Eddie when they are trying to get to that meeting on the other side of the river.

As you are listening to the last lines of jungleland, you realize as Bruce sings "they wind up wounded, not even dead Tonight in Jungleland" That humans are frail, hearts break, dreams shatter, and when they do no amount of money, power, or anything of that sort will help. After these 8 stories of young heros, lovers, fools & sages it dawns on you that the only thing we live for is the connection between human hearts, being a part of a community.

Bruce wasn't trying to raise any points or say something never before said, he wanted to connect with you, he created a record for those who desperately needed to know that they were not alone. This album is more than a collection of great songs, it is the opus of an american philosopher.


~Dave

This post has been edited by TheStranger: 20 May 2004 - 01:11 PM

[Wille]

I think his first album "greetings from asbury park N.J" is one his greatest.

[bobchild44]

I think Darkness On The Edge Of Town was his best.

[xcharlie]

The first era of The Boss was the best. From "Greetings..." to "Darkness...". They were the best albums. From "The River" Bruce began to be more comercial. "Nebraska", boring. "Born In The USA", good. "Tunnel Of Love", pretty good.
But "Born To Run" is one of the best rock albums of music history. We love him here in Barcelona.

[NotComeDown]

im travelling around america in september, and you can be sure that im gonna have thunder road and born to run on my mixtape, classic travellin tunes

[Will_Wood]

The boss saved me as a child. Since then; I've almost lost interest in him, but he was still a big part of my life for a long time.