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Trollheart · 11-10-2014, 01:38 PM

Re: your two Springsteen reviews. I would agree that the debut is a weak album, and my own particular favourites from it would be definitely "Lost in the flood" but then "Spirit in the night" and "It's hard to be a saint in the city". It's easily my least favourite Bruce album though. "The wild, the innocent and the E Street shuffle" was a huge leap forward for the man, and quite a gamble, given that the second side has only three tracks, all of which hit over the seven minute mark.

Moving on to "Born to run", I agree this is one flawless album, though I personally think "Meeting" is a weak track, also "Tenth Avenue freeze out". The rest of the album more than makes up for it though, a total classic through and through and I would agree with the solo on "Jungleland": is there a better sax player than Clarence? The SOUL he put into his playing, man it can bring tears to your eyes!

My own journey began with "Born in the USA" --- specifically, the single "Dancing in the dark" followed by the purchase of the album --- then moved on to "Born to run", "The river" and "Darkness" before I got his lesser albums as it were. After that I was a fan for life.

Good reviews. Watch for one on BTR in my own journal very soon....

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Re: your two Springsteen reviews. I would agree that the debut is a weak album, and my own particular favourites from it would be definitely "Lost in the flood" but then "Spirit in the night" and "It's hard to be a saint in the city". It's easily my least favourite Bruce album though. "The wild, the innocent and the E Street shuffle" was a huge leap forward for the man, and quite a gamble, given that the second side has only three tracks, all of which hit over the seven minute mark. Moving on to "Born to run", I agree this is one flawless album, though I personally think "Meeting" is a weak track, also "Tenth Avenue freeze out". The rest of the album more than makes up for it though, a total classic through and through and I would agree with the solo on "Jungleland": is there a better sax player than Clarence? The SOUL he put into his playing, man it can bring tears to your eyes! My own journey began with "Born in the USA" --- specifically, the single "Dancing in the dark" followed by the purchase of the album --- then moved on to "Born to run", "The river" and "Darkness" before I got his lesser albums as it were. After that I was a fan for life. Good reviews. Watch for one on BTR in my own journal very soon.... __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018