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Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run

Born to Run Tracks
1. Thunder Road
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
3. Night
4. Backstreets
5. Born to Run
6. She's The One
7. Meeting Across The River
8. Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Born to Run Review
Few albums are as fueled by hope, possibility, and the lure of the open road as Born to Run, a virtual concept album about small-town Jerseyites in search of a better life via hot-rodding out on the turnpike, scoring some small-time hustle, or blowing out of town altogether, either across the river to New York City or west for parts unknown. Songs like "Jungleland," "Thunder Road," "Backstreets," and the title track are epic productions, both sonically and lyrically, borrowing from Phil Spector, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and West Side Story. When Born to Run was released in 1975, it earned then-unknown Springsteen the rare honor of simultaneous covers on both Time and Newsweek. The attention was warranted then, and it still is now. --Daniel Durchholz


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Posted by Anonymous, on 2008-06-12
The Masterpiece!
5
It was on their third album, "Born To Run",that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band finally reached the heights of their power both musically and lyrically. There were many factors contributing to this. Bruce's vocals were much more confident, achieving the passionate, soaring quality that became his trademark. The band had also turned the sound up another notch, with Max Weinberg now on drums and Roy Bittan on piano and organ. The improved production gave the record a tighter and more epic sound. But, perhaps most importantly of all, Bruce was writing better songs. It was here that he left behind the Dylanesque wordplay and florid language for precise narrative stories of unique power and intensity, as Mary, Terry and Wendy join Rosalita in the world of classic Springsteen characters. "Thunder Road" finds Bruce coaxing Mary to hop in his car and hit the highway, leaving behind the Jersey streets in search of a brighter future - "it's a town full of losers, and I'm pulling out of here to win". "Backstreets" features Roy Bittan's haunting organ and recalls the intensity and sorrow of youthful romance, with Bruce and Terry - "sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat". And, of course, there is the album's classic title track, where Bruce realizes the American dream he was brought up on is only "a death trap, it's a suicide rap". He's determined that Wendy and he get out while they still can, in search of that place where "we'll walk in the sun, but till then tramps like us, baby we were born to run".

Future records would find Bruce and the band continuing to grow and develop in new directions. But, in capturing the intensity and anguish of youth, rock music just doesn't get any better than this!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2006-01-24
Wo Thunder Road!
5
Im 14 years old and when my Dad and Uncle introduced me to the only amazing Springsteen album i thought this is amazing. Bruce remindes me of everything good about America (And at this point theres not much good in Amaerica at the moment with the incompatant Bush and the dumbarse war).
From The Cover of "Born to run" with Bruce and his signiture Telecaster to "Thunder road" to "Born to run" to the epic and overblown but at the same time wonderful "Jungleland" and everything inbitween, this ablum never fails to please me.
Im sure almost everyone who owns this album knows the story behind it: Bruce was about to be droped from his recored lable but then he recoreded this album and it saved his career and that is pretty much it in a nutshell.
One More Thing i would like to say is that the people writing the reviews giving this album 1 star and talking about the Iraq war are completely right in one respect and sort of wrong. They are right in saying that this album is wrong because it signifies America and the bad things there doing but there wrong because its just a CD and although i think Bush is the worst move America could of made, i still love this album.
About 6 months ago i think, my Dads friend gave me a old copy of "Nebraska" and he said somthing like that this is as good as "Born To Run" and let me tell you now its not and from what ive seen no other Springsteen album is or will ever be. This album is a once in a life time epic masterpiece and it looks like something like this will never be done again.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2006-01-19