Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (Mlps)
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Artist: Bruce SpringsteenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import, Limited Edition
Published: 2005-07-04
CD Release Date: 2005-07-04
Music Label: Sony Japan
Product features:
- Mini LP Album Cover
- Japanese Import
- Thunder Road
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- Night
- Backstreets
- Born to Run
- She's the One
- Meeting Across the River
- Jungleland
Free Music Notes for Born to Run (Mlps)
Free Music Review: Easily one of the all-time greats
Hit: 5 Stars
Love it or hate it, you gotta admit one thing about Born to Run: it's unique, merging pomp, poetics, and pure rock `n' roll. If it weren't for the wonderful arrangements; perfect songwriting; emotional singing and spotless playing, this would fall flat on its face. Thankfully, it is filled with wonderful arrangements; perfect songwriting; emotional singing and spotless playing, which makes it a true rock classic deserving of the highest praise I can get it. The love ballad "Thunder Road" almost singularly embodies this album, starting with a lazy harmonica solo and slowly building into a loud but majestic sax solo; "Born to Run" has all the sweep of a Spector production, and the energy of a Chuck Berry track, and almost Dylanesque phrasing; and who can forget that xylophone riff? To me, it's one of the greatest pure pop songs ever made. Contrasting those two are the gargantuan epics: the cathartic "Backstreets" has drawn a lot of comparisons to "Like a Rolling Stone", and while it's not quite as good as that masterpiece the fact is it's another high point. Long, but a deserving fan favorite. I personally get the chills when Bruce starts his howling during the climax, and I positively adore that piano solo that opens it and the huge organ/guitar riffs that replace it. The other epic is "Jungleland", which has inarguably the greatest lyrics of Bruce's entire career and features memorable tenor sax (I can actually play that one on my alto! Go me...); violin; and guitar solos - the last is surprising, as for all his talents as a singer and songwriter, Springsteen ain't no guitar hero mostly. Except there. Damn, I love "Jungleland"! It sure is long, but its genre-bending arrangement keeps it from feeling that way. To me, it untaps the potential shown on the epic songs off of E Street Shuffle - "New York City Serenade" in particular. Anyway, the Bo Diddley-infused "She's the One" is a blast, with the Boss and the Big Man trading off near the end; and the sax-fueled disco romp "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" is even better, favorite of many a Springsteen fan, myself included. The last two cuts don't quite reach these highs, but I can safely say that the pedal-to-the-metal (if you forgive that awful cliché) rocker "Night" and the quiet, jazzy "Meeting Across the River" would've led the back on a weaker album - I can safely say that the Eagles have never came anywhere near the level of either track. When the book closes, this is easily one of rock's very best albums.
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