Bruce Springsteen - The River
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Artist: Bruce SpringsteenBrand: Sony
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- The Ties That Bind
- Sherry Darling
- Jackson Cage
- Two Hearts
- Independence Day
- Hungry Heart
- Out in the Street
- Crush On You
- You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
- I Wanna Marry You
- The River
- The Price You Pay
- Point Blank
- Cadillac Ranch
- I'm a Rocker
- Fade Away
- Stolen Car
- Ramrod
- Price You Pay
- Drive All Night
- Wreck on the Highway
Music reviews of The River
Music Review: The ENCYCLOPEDIA of Rock & Roll
Rating: 5 Stars
This is the album where the legendary E Street Band hits its stride. After a year+ of finding their trademark sound and chemistry on the "Darkness" tour, the band headed back to the studio to record what is my favorite Springsteen album off all time, The River. What makes this album great is Bruce, Steve & Landau's attempt to capture the raw, visceral impact of the band's live show in the studio. Thus, most of the music was recorded live in the studio, with minimal overdubs. It's a messy, compressed mix--like it was made for A.M. radio (where 'Hungry Heart' became a hit)--but it had an immediacy that no other Bruce album had before or since.
From the unabashed exuberance of 'I'm a Rocker' to the resigned desperation of 'Stolen Car' the album covers the emotional landscape of the human condition. Stylistically, the album draws from Bruce's & (especially Steve's) encyclopedic knowledge and rock & roll and R&B but gives a nod to contemporary influences as well, with the bashed-out punk rock spirit of 'Crush on You'. The country influences (i.e. Hank Williams, Roy Acuff) which play an even greater role on Bruce's follow-up, Nebraska, begin to find their place on tracks like 'Cadillac Ranch' and 'Wreck on the Highway,' the latter borrowing lyrical imagery from Acuff's classic song of the same title.
The emotional high point of the album for me occurs at the end of 'Independence Day' when the protagonist (Bruce?) says to his father in a farewell, "Papa, now I know the things you wanted that you could not say...I swear I never meant to take those things away."
20 songs in all, The River contains many of Bruce's finest movements and points the way to the blockbuster album that he would release 4 years later. Born in the USA may be the better album, but The River will always be my favorite.
Description of The River
Despite the acclaim accorded Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town, this is the album that broke Springsteen into the big leagues, thanks to "Hungry Heart," then his most pointedly commercial song; it had new fans swooning but some old ones grumbling for the "poetic" Springsteen of days gone by. Not to worry--though more economical lyrically, The River had something to offer nearly everyone: There's old-time frat rock ("Sherry Darling"), empathetic character studies ("The River," "Stolen Car," "Independence Day"), passionate rockers ("Out in the Street"), dramatic ballads ("Point Blank"), and even a couple of good-natured goofs ("Cadillac Ranch," "Crush on You," "Ramrod"). A sprawling double-disc set, The River offers proof that Springsteen could do it all and could do it better than virtually anyone else. --Daniel DurchholzGeneral CDs
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