As a determinedly permanent resident of the West Coast, the furor Bruce Springsteen's live performances have kicked up in the East over the last couple of years left me feeling somewhat culturally deprived, not to mention a little suspicious. ...more
The Daily Vault Album Reviews
[Adapted in part from a review that originally appeared inOn The Town Magazineon 4/29/97]In the liner notes to his 1995Greatest Hitsalbum, Bruce Springsteen describes the song "Born To Run" as "my shot at the title. A 24-year-old kid aiming at ...more
Stylus Magazine
The last time Bruce Springsteen came through town was the anti-climacticThe RisingTour. Ten thousand chiming crystal telecasters with only a few brief moments of the brilliance not hoped for but expected. For 15 years you wished he’d bring back the ...more
All Music Guide
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 Runwas cut on a superstar budget, mostly at the Record Plant in New York.Springsteen's ...more
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