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...
Born to Run The Rising Darkness on the Edge of Town Magic The River Wrecking Ball Born in the Usa The Wild, The Innocent Greetings Nebraska 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!
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.
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
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
The :thud: that follows "His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud" is just textbook E Street greatness.