I can't stand the boss. And the boss live might be cool, but this album is the pinnacle of blah.
#8 - Live/1975-1985
Bruce Springsteen
Album Sales- 13,100,000
Release Date - October 1986
Track listing-
DISC 1: 1. Thunder Road 2. Adam Raised A Cain 3. Spirit In The Night 4. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) 5. Paradise By The "C" 6. Fire 7. Growin' Up 8. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City 9. Backstreets 10. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) 11. Raise Your Hand 12. Hungry Heart 13. Two Hearts DISC 2: 1. Cadillac Ranch 2. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 3. Independence Day 4. Badlands 5. Because The Night 6. Candy's Room 7. Darkness On the Edge Of Town 8. Racing In The Street 9. This Land is Your Land 10. Nebraska 11. Johnny 99 12. Reason To Believe 13. Born In The U.S.A. 14. Seeds DISC 3: 1. River, The 2. War 3. Darlington County 4. Working On The Highway 5. Promised Land, The 6. Cover Me 7. I'm On Fire 8. Bobby Jean 9. My Hometown 10. Born To Run 11. No Surrender 12. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 13. Jersey Girl
My opinion - I like maybe 6 songs on this, even though it's a sort of greatest hits, but live albums don't count as greatest hits albums. I just can't stand the boss. It has just about every good song but it just doesn't do it for me.
My rating - 7 just because I like Rosalita and Tenth Avenue Freeze Out.
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Posted by logan5 (Member # 1467) on :
I love the Boss and think that many of his albums are great. But this was just too much for me to take in one go. When he 'rocks out' with the uptempo tracks they all just sound samey and lose the nuances they had as studio tracks.
That said, the album that came after this; "Tunnel Of Love", was mauled by the critics at the time, but I always felt that it was one of his best. It's been re-appraised now and critics seem to think it's great.
