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THE REVIEW
It's 1975 and Springsteen, having reached his third album, is on the brink of a breakthrough: everyone is betting on him, including his record label, which has decided to invest quite a bit of money for the recording of the new album.
"Born To Run" is released in August and it immediately achieves astounding success. The album highlights some changes compared to the past: the sound has become more solid, massive, and the songs, supported by such a base, acquire an epic dimension. Bruce writes songs of great melodramatic force and performs them with grit, charging them with emphasis. The results are overwhelming: Born to Run, Thunder Road, Jungleland, Backstreets, She's the One enter the history of rock. The greatness of the songs lies especially in the pathos of the performance. Springsteen manages to narrate the end of the American dream, the desire to escape to start anew while there's still time, the attempt to find a way out of this disillusionment through love.
"Born to Run" marks the definitive consecration of Springsteen: while "Time" and "Newsweek" dedicate their covers to him, Bruce with the E-Street Band, reinforced by Van Zandt, embarks on a widely resonant tour covering all the United States and reaching Europe.
I would say this is an essential recording for any respectable music listener, but if I had to recommend only one song, I would say Thunder Road is my favorite.
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Released in 1975, Bruce Springsteen's 'Born To Run' marked his major breakthrough with a solid and epic sound. The album features timeless rock anthems that explore themes of disillusionment and hope. Springsteen's powerful performance and storytelling have made this album a rock classic. It propelled him to international fame and remains essential listening for music fans.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949 in Freehold, New Jersey) is an American singer-songwriter and bandleader best known for his work with the E Street Band. His career spans from the 1960s/1970s to the present, with landmark albums such as Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.90 Reviews
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By Massimof
The history of rock has passed through "Born To Run". It passed through and enriched itself.
"Thunder Road"... makes anyone who listens fall in love after only 10 seconds.
By Rover
"Springsteen has written his dreams into rock legends, if one evening you feel like disappearing down Flamingo Lane too, press play."
"Songs full of passion, shouted with all the breath one has in the body, with that cry when the heart is too swollen with desires, too oppressed by a reality you don’t want."
By paolofreddie
"Born to Run is pure, genuine rock n' roll full of charisma on the one hand, and sweetness on the other."
"I have seen the future of rock n' roll, it is called Bruce Springsteen," said journalist Jon Landau.
