Bruce Springsteen Band • Page 33

Flip greetings and Nebraska and that’s mine. Wild and river could easily be flipped though depending on the day

 

the ties that bind one LP version of the river would probably be his best album. as the album stands, it’s my least favorite of his first eight

 

There’s definitely a flawless single LP version of The River, but the bloat is part of the charm for me. Plus, even the songs I like less really clicked in new ways when I saw him do that album front to back a few years ago.

 

Honestly if I started trimming I’d end up with a disproportionate amount of sad ballads, and that’s no fun as a listen. He knew what he was doing. Sprawl so you have room for the bucket of amazing sad-sack ones

 

Yeah, it would be a huge downer.

 

Yeah, I think that’s part of that album’s brilliance. Feels like collected snapshots of American life from a road trip across the States. I don’t love every song, but the collection as a whole is so impressive.

 

i mean, it’s hardly bad. all of those albums range from decent to perfect imo.

 

The songs I don't really care for is Crush and You Can Look. Marry You is so so. Funny that they are all back to back to back.

I like the darkness-era version better of all the songs that ended up on the River also.

 

the River is far too bloated for me, personally, i very very rarely play it front to back, but seeing it all in full live was special.

Wild Innocent gets better for me with every listen. 'Incident on 57th' deserves just as much love as 'Backstreets' and 'Jungleland' get.

 

i mean, rosalita is a perfect song

 

Side B of Wild is the best album side of all time.

 

tunnel of love > darkness > born to run > nebraska > wild innocent > born in the usa > greetings > river



from what i remember it falls off a cliff after this but i’m gonna try to stick it out

 

tunnel is his blood on the tracks

 

That's interesting 1st choice.

 

Putting Tunnel at number one, I like it! Not my pick, but an underrated masterpiece that rarely gets enough credit.

 

one perfect song and a handful of extremely great ones. no duds. love it.

 

What's your perfect song? "Brilliant Disguise"?

 

TOL has some jams. Title track, brilliant disguise, two faces, one step up, aint got you, tougher than the rest. I just don't love Bruce and the band doing that style as much as their other stuff.

 

Tunnel of Love is incredible. One of my favorites as well.

 

yes

 

“One Step Up” is the most perfect among many genius songs on there

 

Tougher Than the Rest, another perfect song

 

That’s my favorite too.

 

both of those other two songs and the title track are also great, yes

 

The Chimes of Freedom recording