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Track Listings
| 1. Blinded By The Light |
| 2. Growin' Up |
| 3. Mary Queen Of Arkansas |
| 4. Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street |
| 5. Lost In The Flood |
| 6. The Angel |
| 7. For You |
| 8. Spirit In the Night |
| 9. It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City |
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1973 debut album from the singer/songwriter who would later become one of the biggest superstars in the world. Features future classics like 'Blinded By The Light', 'Growin' Up', 'Spirit In The Night' and 'For You'.
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I shun all you who speak of this ablum in low regard. How can you honeslty talk of "Born in the USA" ever living up to "Lost in the Flood". Please open your ears sometime and listen to both songs, then tell me that I'm right.
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And so it begins. "Spirits in the Night". Is there a better song about being young, going out to "party"? It is SO much more than sex. Hhits it then, and it still works today. "For You"? Isn't this so much more "real" than ANYTHING out there today? "Lost in the Flood"? Who speaks with this passion anymore?
No, it isn't perfect; no, it isn't his best; no, it isn't "essential". But the seeds are planted; It is raw, poetic, soulful, full of the sounds of a man that had NO interest in making "hit" music; he wanted to say what he wanted to say. They just don't make many like this anymore.
No, it isn't perfect; no, it isn't his best; no, it isn't "essential". But the seeds are planted; It is raw, poetic, soulful, full of the sounds of a man that had NO interest in making "hit" music; he wanted to say what he wanted to say. They just don't make many like this anymore.
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With it's dense-packed lyrics and folky musical feel, Bruce's debut was an album that barely hinted at what was to come. Caught between the record company's desire to make a singer/songwriter out of him and his own desire to be a flat out rocker, Greetings comes out sounding uneven, but despite this several songs manage to creep out as flat out classics. Future Manfred Mann fodder Blinded By The Light and For You hinted at his genius, but in my opinion Growin' Up, Spirit In The Night and It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City confirmed that what we were dealing with was the next big thing.
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Where it all started to go bad
You ever hear the phrase, "it's gone from bad to worse?" I'd love to use something like that to describe this and all subsequent Springsteen albums, but it kind of falls apart... Read more
Published on Oct 2 2007 by Jason Beck
3.0 out of 5 stars
The average beginnings...
Like he has said, this was the last time he made music without wondering if anyone would ever hear it.
It shows. It's rough, but verbally virtuous. Read more
It shows. It's rough, but verbally virtuous. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2003 by M J Heilbron Jr.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stunk! BOO!
Stunk, BOO! I'm not even sure what this is supposed to be. Sounded like the tape got caught in the tape deck. Read more
Published on Oct 10 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars
5 ain't enough so here's a few more * * *
How anyone can listen to "For You" and not think it is simply one of the greatest songs ever written is a mystery to me. Read more
Published on Aug 8 2003 by B. Herring
3.0 out of 5 stars
Promising but overrrated
Bruce Springsteen obviously had a lot to say on his debut album (I don't think he ever wrote songs this long on any of his subsequent albums), but don't expect anything like "The... Read more
Published on July 3 2003 by Docendo Discimus
5.0 out of 5 stars
boardwalk messiah
This is where it all started, raw, hungry, and always entertaing. Bruce proves that he has alot to say about America and it's seedy underside of kids and trouble and growing up.
Published on May 29 2003 by "jsolloway1"
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best debut albums ever
Bruce's debut is a big winner. Don't miss it. The ballads drag, but five tunes - Blinded By the Light, Growin' Up, For You, Spirit in the Night, and Hard to Be a Saint In the City... Read more
Published on May 15 2003 by Daniel Rosenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars
how is it not a five to everyone
Have you ever heard the song "For You", this album is absolutely amazing.
Published on Feb 23 2003 by Brian
2.0 out of 5 stars
Early Bruce...
If you want to hear the original recordings to the
Manfred Mann songs (Spirit In The Night, and
Blinded By The Light), then buy this CD. Read more
Manfred Mann songs (Spirit In The Night, and
Blinded By The Light), then buy this CD. Read more
Published on Feb 19 2003 by "dnaito"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Baby Bruce
I love this album. It sounds exactly like what is it is -- an album written by a young and raw teenager with a ton of sheer natural talent. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2003
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