Bruce Springsteen The River
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tectactoe
January 30th 2020


9228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Usually don't love double albums but this is damn great. A little bloated, as they tend to be, but even the "filler" tracks here are fun in their own way. Plus it has some stone cold killer tracks i.e. 'Hungry Heart', 'The River', 'Drive All Night'. I think the most underrated/overlooked track here is 'Sherry Darling'. That'd probably rank in my all time Top 20 Bruce songs, maybe higher.

tectactoe
February 4th 2020


9228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Confident now that 'Sherry Darling' would indeed be in the Top 10 Bruce songs. What an underrated jam, hot damn.

SymbolicInTime
September 16th 2020


7380 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

The sheer length of this thing is really pushing me towards a 2. You'd have to pay me to ever sit through this in one sitting. Even splitting it up one disc at a time wasn't enough. However, few songs here would earn a 2 on their own, four or five of them. That, coupled with the wonderful tracks The Ties That Bind, Two Hearts, You Can Look, and Cadillac Ranch keep this at a 2.5

Titan
September 16th 2020


26444 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Hungry Heart was one of my very first 'favorite songs' a long time ago when I was really young

dedex
Emeritus
February 19th 2021


13009 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

GOT A WIFE AND KIDS IN BALTIMORE JACK

IsildursBane44
February 25th 2021


764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Wow. This is incredibly consistent. The first disc is probably better overall, but the second pulls its weight with quite a few amazing tracks.

IsildursBane44
February 25th 2021


764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I can see that.



I would argue this is the most fun Bruce record though. Would be a blast live.

tectactoe
February 25th 2021


9228 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Definitely the most fun. Sprawling and messy but that’s almost part of the charm??

Sunnyvale
Emeritus
February 25th 2021


6510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Album rules, I think the lyrics here are pretty great at times but there are some lyrical moments which aren't up to snuff as well

IsildursBane44
February 25th 2021


764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Did you guys know that Daniel Johnston's song "Funeral Home" totally rips off "Cadillac Ranch?"



Game respect game though.

Sunnyvale
Emeritus
December 29th 2021


6510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm drivin' a stolen car on a pitch-black night,



And I'm tellin' myself it's gonna be alright

trickert
November 15th 2022


625 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

My favorite and most played Springsteen album--specifically Record 2. Mixture of great uptempo and ballads--Fade Away, I'm a Rocker, Point Blank, etc.--with these amazing deep slow bass-driven dirges--Stolen Car, Wreck on the Highway. Only one that I could skip might be Ramrod.

GhandhiLion
December 2nd 2023


17793 Comments


Someone told me that The Price You Pay is just a Taylor Swift song with a male voice



trickert
November 2nd 2024


625 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Surprised this one doesn't get more commentary. It has some catchy stuff but mixed with stuff that runs so deep.



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