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Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.,Bruce Springsteen

- Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
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Bruce Springsteen
Released 1973

Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
02:05
9,081 plays

Mary Queen Of Arkansas
05:20
8,207 plays

The Angel
03:23
8,114 plays

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songs

- 1
- Blinded By The Light
- 05:02
- 28,018 plays

- 2
- Growin' Up
- 03:05
- 17,838 plays

- 3
- Mary Queen Of Arkansas
- 05:20
- 8,207 plays

- 4
- Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?
- 02:05
- 9,081 plays

- 5
- Lost In The Flood
- 05:14
- 10,530 plays

- 6
- The Angel
- 03:23
- 8,114 plays

- 7
- For You
- 04:39
- 12,451 plays

- 8
- Spirit In The Night
- 04:58
- 17,684 plays

- 9
- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
- 03:13
- 11,147 plays

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album review

Bruce Springsteen's debut album found him squarely in the tradition of Bob Dylan: folk-based tunes arranged for an electric band featuring piano and organ (plus, in Springsteen's case, 1950s-style rock & roll tenor saxophone breaks), topped by acoustic guitar and a husky voice singing lyrics full of elaborate, even exaggerated imagery. But where Dylan had taken a world-weary, cynical tone, Springsteen was exuberant. His street scenes could be haunted and tragic, as they were in "Lost in the Flood," but they were still imbued with romanticism and a youthful energy. Asbury Park painted a portrait of teenagers cocksure of themselves, yet bowled over by their discovery of the world. It was saved from pretentiousness (if not preciousness) by its sense of humor and by the careful eye for detail that kept even the most high-flown language rooted. Like the lyrics, the arrangements were busy, but the melodies were well developed and the rhythms, pushed by drummer Vincent Lopez, were breakneck. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide