Born To Run Music Cd

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

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Born to Run      Artist : Bruce Springsteen      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $8.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (259 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Born To Run      Bruce Rocks, almost as hard as the Stones      Rating:      Bruce is really quite inovative, if you look at him in the history of music. Who sound like Bruce, and came before Bruce? Not much, maybe a few Phil Spector creations, but thats it. And, quite simply, he rocks harder then most. I'd say only the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix can rock harder. Every song here is an all time classic, each a mini story told with the perfect accompiament. Every instrument in the entire CD sounds fantastic, streched to its highest potental. One of the best, a top ten for me.     Customer Reviews for Born To Run Cd      I need an asterisk - this is five stars plus!      Rating:      Rarely do heavily hyped artistic endeavors come even remotely close to living up to the expectations. Born to Run is as notable an exception as you'll ever encounter. After an ordinary debut and an extraordinary but under-appreciated sophomore effort Springsteen released Born at the end of the 1975 summer. While The Wild, the Innocent... sounded as if it had been hastily put together Columbia, Bruce and the E Street Band pulled out all of the stops on the new recording. The result is a sonic blast never before heard. It is over the top in the manner of Phil Spector and it works. Lyrically Born continues Springsteen's string of personal Jersey stories of love, regret, violence, street life and heartache. Musically he leaves behind most of the R & B, jazz and Latino influences and turns to straight ahead rock and roll. Whereas the previous records sounded somewhat muddy this one is crisp and clear with Springsteen's self-assured vocals leaping out at the listener over layers of well-defined instrumentation. Again, as with The Wild, one strong song is followed by another - there are no let downs. For me Springsteen is just one of the dozens of great artists who I have admired over the course of my rock and roll life. I am not what you would call a great fan. Van is the man. Bruce is just a man! However, whenever I listen to this cd I cannot help but be amazed and energized. It truly is a landmark in the history of American popular music. Five stars aren't enough. There should be a super category for the likes of Pepper, What's Goin' On, Nevermind, Pet Sounds and the other really important records. I need an asterisk. Editorial Reviews for Born To Run Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recording      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