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      Springsteenian
      Catalogue
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Springsteen
      is
      one
      of
      the
      few
      artists
      who
      has
     
     
      put
      out
      a
      piece
      of
      junk;
      he’s
      even
      got
      Elvis
      C,
     
     
      ere.
      Some
      dismiss
      Springsteen
      as
      a
      limited
     
    

    
     
      ,
      and
      while
      it’s
      true
      he
      generally
      stays
      within
     
     
      undaries
      of
      old
      fashioned
      rock
      ‘n’
      roll,
      his
     
    

    
     
      val
      ability
      and
      amazing
      songwriting
      skills
      elevate
     
     
      ito
      the
      status
      of
      the
      new
      Dylan.
      I’m
      not
      including
     
     
      iE
      first
      two
      albums
      here
      because
      I
      haven’
      t
      heard
      ‘em.
     
     
      ayway,
      these
      albums
      are
      all
      great,
      check
      ‘em
      out.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Nebraska
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pessimism
      and
      nothing
     
     
      but,
      the
      complete
     
     
      opposite
      of
      Born
      to
     
     
      Run.
      Very
      spare
      and
     
     
      downbeat,
      but;
      as
     
     
      always,
      the
     
     
      songwriting
      is
      fantas-
     
    

    
     
      c.
      ‘Atlantic
      City,’’
     
     
      **Johnny
      99,’’
      ‘‘Rea-
     
     
      son
      to
      Believe’’
      and
     
     
      the
      title
      tune
      are
     
     
      classics.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      classic
      and
     
     
      fthe
      most
     
     
      ng
      albums
      ever
     
     
      eh
      ‘
      Bern
      in
      the
      U.S.A.
     
     
      ’**She’s
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nd
      the
      title
      A
      headlong
      return
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      radio.
      His
      most
     
     
      irresistably
     
     
      commercial
      album
      and
     
     
      solid
      top
      to
      bottom.
      -
     
     
      Not
      quite
      the
      equal
      of
     
     
      Born
      to
      Run,
      but
      his
     
     
      _.
      Darkness
      on
      the
      Edge
      of
      second
      best.
      The
      title
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      Town
      track
      is
      an
      incredibly
      powerful
      statement.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      greatest
     
     
      ever
      made.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Still
      optimistic
      but
      some
      Live
      1975/1985
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ,
      bitterness
      enters
      the
     
     
      ed
      |
      picture.
      Springsteen’s
      Live
      E
      Street,
      what
      can
      1
      say?
      Everything
      works
      and
     
     
      at
      '
      singing
      goesfromnormal
      many
      improve;
      the
      ballad
      version
      of
      ‘
      ‘Thunder
      Road’
     
     
      |
      rock
      singing
      to
      a
      huge,
      is
      very
      beautiful
      and
      ‘‘Born
      in
      the
      U.S.A.”’
      is
     
     
      passionate
      roar.
      More
      devastatingly
      passionate.
     
     
      |
      ominous
      and
      biting
      than
     
    
   
   
    
     
      j
      the
      epicly
      inspiring
      Born.
      Tunnel
      of
      Love
     
     
      inds,’’
      ‘*Adam
      Raised
      a
      Cain’’
      and
      the
      title
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ¢
      brutally
      powerful.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HEREECE
      SPRINGSTEEN
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      of
      the
      great
      love
     
     
      albums,
      covers
      all
      the
     
     
      bases.
      Almost
      as
      spare
     
     
      as
      Nebraska
      and
      just
      as
     
     
      good,
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      aculmination
     
     
      ork
      so
      far
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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