Born To Run
by Bruce Springsteen
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This album has been added to 4 private lists and 15 public lists:
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1975
Springsteen turns teenage longing into widescreen rock drama. The songs surge forward with pounding rhythms, glowing saxophones, and melodies that feel like headlights on the highway. It’s romantic, desperate, and hopeful all at once—the sound of someone trying to outrun the limits of their world. Tramps like us, and we like tramps.
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Albums Listened 2026
62/365, for olle
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Every Album I've ever listened to (in order)
Recommended by Felipe
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1001Albums
I think the problem I have with early Bruce Springsteen is his vocal style. He was 25 when he recorded this album but he sounds more like a middle aged dad reminiscing about being a young tearaway than someone actually strapping themselves into a suicide machine. That’s not to say this isn’t a good album, but I much prefer the quieter and more reflective tracks like Meeting Across the River than the bombastic numbers.
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2025-02
1001albums:875
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Favorite 50 Albums of All Time
(1975)
"Running into the darkness, some hurt bad, some really dying
At night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying..."
Any real Springsteen fan will tell you that this is their favorite album of his (as opposed to Born in the USA!) This is the album that landed Bruce on the cover of Newsweek and Time the same week. Epic, dramatic, and rocking!
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Booze and Vinyl Albums I Want
Goes with: Boilermaker, New Jersey Cocktail
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