Album Club
11-03-2014, 00:14
Lawrence (losenotaminute) is having a go at it this week. Thanks a lot Lawrence.
Please enter into the discussion if you wish to vote, and listen to the entire album before commenting.
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
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Full album is available on Grooveshark: Born To Run (http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Born+To+Run/1653898)
You will find YouTube links to the full album in the correct running order at the bottom of this post.
Spotify doesn't have the album listed but there is a live version of the title track on Springsteen's superb 'Live 1975-1985' boxed set:
spotify:track:4bYaPPI1iScpxIhBQYRD69.
After what one might call a "mixed" reaction to my previous selections of 1980s music, I am going for one of the classic rock albums of all time. My selection this time is Bruce Springsteen & the E Street's Band's breakthrough album,
The album's Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Run)
Released in August 1975 and performed live from mid 1974, BTR launched Springsteen's career as one of the world's legendary rock and roll performers. BTR regularly appears on lists of the top albums of all time.
Track listing:
Side A
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Side B
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River
Jungleland
Such was the positive reception of BTR by both critics and the public that Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week in October 1975.
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BTR was Bruce's third album. During the lengthy production process, Springsteen first began working with producer John Landau, a relationship which continued on many subsequent albums. It also marked the beginning of the end of Springsteen's relationship with his first producer and manager, Mike Appel, a relationship which resulted in a lengthy court battle.
From Wikipedia - "The album is noted for its use of introductions to set the tone of each song (all of the record was composed on piano, not guitar), and for the Phil Spector-like "Wall of Sound" arrangements and production. Indeed, Springsteen has said that he wanted BTR to sound like 'Roy Orbison singing Bob Dylan, produced by Spector'."
From my perspective the album represents a definite shift in style from Springsteen's previous two albums, 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' and 'The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle'. The songs' narratives focus on Springsteen's familiar themes of communities under pressure, growing up and of course - girls and cars. The lyrics are highly sophisticated and show the benefit of the extensive re-writing. While retaining the poetic nature of the previous albums, they draw you into the songs and complement the rythmns and music in a way that few artists can achieve.
I hope you enjoy the album.
Lawrence
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
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Night
Backstreets
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Born To Run
She's The One
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Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
jTbX2LYZx2A JR_0nbEzVdY
Please enter into the discussion if you wish to vote, and listen to the entire album before commenting.
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/fd/18/e7ee012912a0b78120d43210.L.jpg
Full album is available on Grooveshark: Born To Run (http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Born+To+Run/1653898)
You will find YouTube links to the full album in the correct running order at the bottom of this post.
Spotify doesn't have the album listed but there is a live version of the title track on Springsteen's superb 'Live 1975-1985' boxed set:
spotify:track:4bYaPPI1iScpxIhBQYRD69.
After what one might call a "mixed" reaction to my previous selections of 1980s music, I am going for one of the classic rock albums of all time. My selection this time is Bruce Springsteen & the E Street's Band's breakthrough album,
The album's Wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Run)
Released in August 1975 and performed live from mid 1974, BTR launched Springsteen's career as one of the world's legendary rock and roll performers. BTR regularly appears on lists of the top albums of all time.
Track listing:
Side A
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
Night
Backstreets
Side B
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River
Jungleland
Such was the positive reception of BTR by both critics and the public that Springsteen appeared on the covers of both Time and Newsweek in the same week in October 1975.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/11363746124_6294de1c37.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2878/11363760474_90143b8e32.jpg
BTR was Bruce's third album. During the lengthy production process, Springsteen first began working with producer John Landau, a relationship which continued on many subsequent albums. It also marked the beginning of the end of Springsteen's relationship with his first producer and manager, Mike Appel, a relationship which resulted in a lengthy court battle.
From Wikipedia - "The album is noted for its use of introductions to set the tone of each song (all of the record was composed on piano, not guitar), and for the Phil Spector-like "Wall of Sound" arrangements and production. Indeed, Springsteen has said that he wanted BTR to sound like 'Roy Orbison singing Bob Dylan, produced by Spector'."
From my perspective the album represents a definite shift in style from Springsteen's previous two albums, 'Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.' and 'The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle'. The songs' narratives focus on Springsteen's familiar themes of communities under pressure, growing up and of course - girls and cars. The lyrics are highly sophisticated and show the benefit of the extensive re-writing. While retaining the poetic nature of the previous albums, they draw you into the songs and complement the rythmns and music in a way that few artists can achieve.
I hope you enjoy the album.
Lawrence
Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
RMB3M43AEpc BL-HL3ELvFI
Night
Backstreets
EGe1bKEdEag oID_fZDtcs0
Born To Run
She's The One
Wk9bZuTOamg f3t9SfrfDZM
Meeting Across The River
Jungleland
jTbX2LYZx2A JR_0nbEzVdY