Weekly Poll: Favorite Bruce Springsteen Album • Page 2

I find over the years that, for all its flaws, it makes me happier than his lowest tier. It has a few highlights I really love and a bunch of other stuff that's nicely upbeat. It never feels like a chore.

And I went purely on enjoyment, without thinking about objective quality. Hence The River being and Nebraska sliding down a few slots.

 

I will not get overexcited by people with Magic and Wrecking Ball at the bottom. I will not get overexcited by people with Magic and Wrecking Ball at the bottom. I will not...

 

come on

 

1. Born to Run
2. The Rising
3. Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. Magic
   
5. The River
6. Wrecking Ball
   
7. Born in the Usa
8. The Wild, The Innocent
9. Greetings
10. Nebraska
11. the rest

 

Okay here goes nothing!

1. Darkness on the Edge of Town
2. Born to Run
3. Born in the USA
4. The River
5. Tunnel of Love
6. The Wild, the Innocent, and the E-Street Shuffle
7. Magic
8. Nebraska
9. Greetings from Asbury Park
10. Letter to You
11. The Rising
12. Lucky Town
13. Western Stars
14. The Ghost of Tom Joad
15. Wrecking Ball
16. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
17. Human Touch
18. Devils and Dust
19. High Hopes
20. Working on a Dream

Really tough after the first two and until the last three. Could put #3 through #8 in any order and I probably would still hate it. And then I feel bad that Lucky Town is so low because I love that record and really think it goes underappreciated...

 

Blasted USA on my drive to the grocery store this morning. I know a lot of people take issue with the production and sheen of that record, but I love how it sounds. The drums especially sound so massive.

 

It sounds fucking great. I will always think it sounds fucking great. Wouldn't want nineteen other Bruce records that are produced like that but hey guess what--they're not!

 

This from someone who put Greetings 12th!!

 

I wouldn't want 19 other Bruce records that sound like it...but I'd kind of dig one more. It would be pretty sick if he went full A Deeper Understanding/Imploding the Mirage for his next record and just made one last swing-for-the-fences massive arena rock album.

 

Yeah i'd love him to get Adam Granduciel to produce. Jack Antonoff would make sense, too.

 

bruce are you listening??? I would like this too, thanks

 

If you cut “The Angel” and “Mary Queen of Arkansas” that album hangs with his elite tier. But on a catalog as good as his, those two are enough to drag you to the middle tier

 

Besides "Growin Up" and "Flood" the best Greetings songs are all on Letter to You, change my mind

 

Perfectly said

 

Spirit.

 

That's a fair point but the album version of that song has always felt kinda flat and lethargic to me

 

I actually really like "Mary Queen of Arkansas." I just think the sound and production of Greetings do not do justice at all to how talented Bruce and the band are, or how good the songs are. That's why I tend to drop it lower in the rankings.

 

allllright

1. Darkness
2. BTR
3. Wild, Innocent, E Street
4. Tunnel
5. USA
6. The River
7. The Rising
8. Nebraska
9. Western Stars
10. Greetings
11. Letter to You
12. Magic
13. Devils & Dust
14. Lucky Town
15. Wrecking Ball
16. Overcome: Seeger
17. High Hopes
18. GOTJ
19. Working on a Dream
20. Human Touch

 

"Saint in the City", "For You", "Spirit in the Night" are all better than every Letter to You song and "82nd Street" is better than most. Also "Two Hearts in True Waltz Time" which didn't make either. Also, I get what you're saying but there's really only two "Greetings songs" on Letter to You.

 

Haha damn you really like Greetings. Look I get it: there's no "bad" Bruce take imo (unless you just think he sucks), his catalog is so strong

 

Lost in the Flood is an incredible track

 

Fair. Live it’s incredible

 

Yes but the definitive version is the MSG live one

 

The :thud: that follows "His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud" is just textbook E Street greatness.

 

Truly the greatest rock n roll band ever assembled at their very best on that whole record