Bruce Springsteen

DISCOGRAPHY

Greetings from Asbury Park (1973) 6/10

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973) 7.5/10 +

Born to Run (1975) 7/10

Darkness at the Edge of Town (1978) 6.5/10

The River (1980) 7/10

Nebraska (1982) 6.5/10

Born in the USA (1984) 7/10

Tunnel of Love (1987) 5.5/10

Human Touch (1992) 4.5/10

Lucky Town (1992) 4.5/10

Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) 5/10

The Rising (2002) 6/10

Devils & Dust (2005) 5/10

Magic (2007)

Working on a Dream (2009) 4.5/10

Wrecking Ball (2012) 5.5/10

High Hopes (2014) 4/10

Western Stars (2019)

Letter To You (2020)

Only the Strong Survive (2022)

   Without a doubt Springsteen's most ambitious album (and probably his best) is the symphonic blues-rock explosion The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, where the jazz and classical influences of Gershwin coincides with the heartland-folk music of suburban city streets. 

   With an evolved taste for commercial music coupled with Bruce's "epic" heartland-rock tendencies, Born to Run is easily Springsteen's most popular album.

   Darkness at the Edge of Town is basically a more subdued version of Born to Run. You have the rambling heartland rock, the jazzercises with Clarence Clemons, and the general sense of "epic" instrumentation used throughout, yet it seems to be of less audacity than its predecessor. 

   Apparently nothing could stop Springsteen's creative force, because after three albums deemed "impossible" to top, Bruce released a double-LP of solid heartland-rock ballads, anthems, soliloquies, and parades. The River is most certainly Springsteen's most multi-faceted work. 

   Springsteen dove even further into commercial tastes with cheesy synth-phrases and dance rhythms, and yet Born in the USA remains to be one of the songwriter's classics -- a worthy follow-up to The River.