Born To Run

For whatever reason, I’ve never been able to get into The Boss. Probably because his music feels pretentious and theatery. This shit is Rock for people who read The New Yorker and call movies “films”. 2.5⭐️

Just really not my style. My friends all love Bruce and I was hoping to, too. What Bruce lacks in singing ability he makes up in enthusiasm! I was hoping for some unique instrumentation here and there. What's interesting is that some songs remind me of the Clash albums. The grit and edge are strong.

Other than the title track and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," just some more meh from the Jersey Jungleland. Bruce looks and sounds like he is part of the Rumble Fish or Outsiders gang and this album would be a decent soundtrack for either film. The two best Boss songs making the album track list pull it up from a potentially dismal rating to 2.21 stars.

Thunder Road has always annoyed me. Didn't know he had that soul! - i.e. "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" "Night" has all the elements of a great song: locomotive bass, catchy chorus and bridges This album sounds like Meatloaf Theatrical in an annoying way, not a good or sexy way. Never need to listen to this album again.

Not a big fan. I do like born to run, but I honestly found myself not enjoying much at all from this album outside of that song, so much so that it hurt my opinion of it some, lol.

i'd prefer run towards a different album from The Boss

According to another reviewer, I am likely a Communist for not giving this album 5 stars, but I am pretty sure that having a difference of opinion is supposed to be not just allowed, but celebrated here in the United States (at least on paper). I loved the song "Born to Run" as a baby child. I still like that song, but this whole album wasn't really my thing. Nebraska resonates with me much more. It's not the worst album I've ever heard, but I wouldn't revisit it. I still contend this is music for middle aged dads.

Working my way through this Springsteen album. Listening for things that I like: 1. It’s pretty cool to hear things that others were influenced by his style. You can tell The Killers are heavily inspired by him. I love The Killers. 2. The music composition is incredible. Tons of awesome layering with piano, organs, electric guitars, and a wailing saxophone. Hell yeah on all that. 3. His lyrics are great and he sings with such emotion. Cons: 1. I can’t understand his lyrics unless I’m reading along. 2. His scratchy voice occasionally turns to the literal sound of a goat. 3. Sometimes his non-melodic ranting style of singing just takes over what is probably one of the best jam bands of all time.

boring

It sounds so generic, every song is the same thing with a slow build up and then a booming drum sound into a loud and explosive rhythm. It genuinely sounds like a cheesy musical with every chord used being the most obvious major chord with no variety. His vocals are kind of annoying as well. I don’t know maybe this is more of an American thing although badlands was miles better than this as it actually had some variety and interesting songs. It kind of sound just like a worse version of meatloaf with the repetitive piano keys and the booming drums to give it that passionate, energetic sound. Favourites: none really other than the last song only because if the admittedly awesome instrumental in the middle with the saxophone, even born to run wasn’t even that great given its popularity. Overall, feels a bit harsh considering the popularity of this album but 4/10.

Huge album for people who like braindead americana

Iconic, but I have not been a big fan of Bruce Springsteen's works.

I couldn’t even finish this album. I completely understand the impact in the following he has, but his music is just not for me.

Very overrated

Ekki slæm en ekki fyrir mig

Bara ... allt í lagi. Ekkert eftirminnilegt nema titillag.

Saved by the title track...sounds like the soundtrack of a cheesy TV soap from the 70's...this piano, I can't stand it !

I don't get the hype.

He knows how to tell a story, and the flow of the record is intriguing. His voice hadn't gone raspy yet and I appreciate all the instruments involved. Overall it just doesn't resonate with me.

I liked some parts but it was all a little too shiny for me. If that makes sense. Almost giving show-tune vibes, which I often like. Some parts were nostalgic but overall not for me.

Not really my style.

I am in an odd quantum state where I like Bruce Springsteen as an artist, but I like hardly any of his songs. The 2nd star is for the title track alone

Too young for this.

I dont understand the appeal of this guy

Chill, suena a musica de tomodachi life

Got a few decent tunes, each song has the ‘epic’ feel to it. Feels a bit samey as the album progresses and Bruce can be a bit shouty.

For meget flødesax.

2,5/5 Decisamente non il mio genere, non penso avessi mai ascoltato qualcosa di Bruce Springsteen quindi buono che è qualcosa di nuovo. Forse non ho capito l’album nessuna canzone mi ha colpito al primo ascolto

nicht wirklich mein stil.

I’m truly just not a Bruce fan

"Born to Run" was pretty good until the saxophone solo. Otherwise, kind of an uninteresting album.

proof american exceptionalism isnt real

Inte min grej, för Bruce Springsteenigt, det är också historier men jag gillar inte instrumenten tror jag och hans röst så mycket.

keine starken songs außer born to run vielleicht. alles irgendwie sehr ähnlich

Not for me!

Competently played, boring music. I just can't do piano and sax.

Nope, not for me. 2.5?

Not a Bruce Springsteen fan so…

We have Elvis at home. Elvis at home:

BEST SONGS: - She's the One - Meeting Across the River

Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run: I cannot say this was bad, but I really didn't care for it. Very boring imo, and his voice is really not great. Too raspy and not in a good way. The instrumentations aren't bad, some of the bass and piano work is rather solid actually, but the songs are just not really that enjoyable to listen to, if that makes sense. I would say I'm dissapointed but I know I don't like bruce springsteen so its about what I expected. Just feels very bland despite not beint talentless stuff. 5/10

Not a fan of the Boss, but this record is full of hits. Hits that, oddly enough, I don't mind terribly.

I don’t think this ages well. It’s a bit of a groany, mumbly mess with some theatre-esque piano chords and folksy blandery. I get that he’s supposedly an icon and all that but not for me thx.

There is the odd artist where I just refuse to accept the popular view and even the critics seems to love him. Its just dull ramblings of a man that sounds like he is old and smokes 60 a day. I think its the folk meets rock I just dont like (not just Bruce). Artists that too are famed for their story telling and narrative. In the defence of Bruce I am undoubtedly an individual that prioritises sound over narrative. Basically I struggle to intellectually engage with lyrics (which would add context and depth to the music) while also deconstructing all the component parts of the music composition. Anyway tone set. I do question people that clearly love him. Do you really see variation from one song to the next or are you loving the idea of the struggle or whatever he is giving out? No idea as was not listening to the lyrics remember. Least not this time as cant be bothered.

I know I dislike this album so I tried to turn the listen into something productive and work out why. Firstly, the voice isn't great, but then I like many bands where the singing isn't objectively excellent. The music is derivative, but then I like lots of bands that are rehashes on old themes and that is very much the nature of guitar based rock music. I think it comes down to a perceived lack of authenticity, a feeling of being overly commercial, crowd pleasing, and inoffensive to the point of banality. Ultimately I have no emotional connection whatsoever when I listen to his album, but fair enough for those that do.

reminded me of a grungy meatloaf. what meatloaf would sound like if you left it out for a bit.. bc it would get denser from the wall of soudn instead o..f mold:)

I was actually really surprised by how much I did NOT like this. Bruce Springsteen kinda sounds like Jimmy Fallon doing an impression of Bruce Springsteen, like it doesn’t sound like an actual person sounds like that. I don’t think I will purposefully listen to a Springsteen song again. My mom is from New Jersey and she’s gonna be sad to find out I do not like this guy

Bruce Springsteen sounds like if Elvis was trying to sing in East Frisian. Please refer back to my last 2 Bruce Springsteen reviews. The guy sings like he is either constantly drunk or has Cerebral Palsy. Either way, I don't understand the hype behind this guy - every album I've listened to apart from Born In The U.S.A has just been terrible. It's actually unreal how similar this sounds to Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf. I know they were written around the same time, and I did read that Meatloaf was inspired by BTR. Bat Out of Hell is a 5 star album, this is not. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out was probably the best song on this album. Everything else is just plagued by Bruce Springsteen's mumbling, drunken nonsense. I may as well have copy and pasted my review of Darkness On the Edge of Town, it's pretty much more of the same - except this record is better in every way (thank fuck). And I doubt we can top his genuinely horrifying 9/11 album. Anyways, if The Rising was a 1, and Darkness is a 2; I'd probably give this one a 2.5, but since I can't do that, it gets demoted to a 2. Normally I'd round up, but I can't stand his stupid fucking voice, fuck you Bruce Springsteen. I do really appreciate Bruce Springsteen's innate ability to make a short album feel like an eternity. I managed to write most of my review while listening and I was still bored out of my mind. Cheers mate.

despite it being appropriate for the fourth of july i still could not force myswlf to care

Pretty boring IMO

Album was an era album. Not impressed with it musically.

Some of the album was good yet others OK.

two buce albums in a row is crazy. same thoughts as the other one really

Not my taste

Never quite got the mass appeal of Bruce. I'd rather be listening to Melloncamp, who I think is similar but better.

Piano arpeggios. Overwrought-yet-mumbled singing. Arpeggios. Sax and violence. Arpeggios. This album has it all. Too much, in fact.

Theatrical and overblown. This sounds more like a rock opera than an album and could easily be a Jim Steinman composition.

ganz okay. Etwas langweilig und kaum ein Song der wirklich im ohr bleibt

I felt very similar about this album as I did about “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. Which is that I appreciate the instrumentation and the composition of the music, I can even appreciate that there’s a couple songs on both albums that are MEGA hits, but I just don’t like Bruce’s voice. It does nothing for me and I find it annoying and grating. I really wanted to like this album but I just couldn’t. I’m sure this list will throw more of his music at me so… maybe next time.

no esta mal es bruce haciendo musica sinmas 6/10

The Boss came out of the gate cranked to 11, with blaring sax and furious piano. There is an intense urgency that doesn't let up for the entire album. The final track, "Jungleland" should've been a cathartic release, but by the time it came I was fatigued from all that preceded it. Lyrically, the stories did not do anything for me, and Bruce's voice is, well, not pleasant. I really thought I would enjoy this more than I did. Standout track: Jungleland

Nei

It was ok. Kinda cheesy, but in an earnest way. I've never been a big Springsteen fan, and this album didn't change my mind.

hmmmm

Ok

this is a little too ............ american for me its grand, easy listening, but I won't be donning the stripes and stars just yet.

too american dream for me. couldn't care less. but it's not the worst

Boring Deluxe

not the biggest fan. 2

Thoroughly convinced I just don't like American singer/songwriters. I dislike his voice, just not my style or preference. Pray for me since I have to review Born in the USA next...Thanks 1001Generator for this amazing back to back pull.

Very interesting

I don't get the love for Bruce Springsteen.

No. I don't want to. I'm not a Springsteen fan. I assosiate him with the sort of people who hate all music post 1992. The "they don't make real music anymore" types. Hopefully I can shake those assosiations when giving it my full attention, but I fear the damage might be done. Definitely won't argue against this being influential, yet I'm allowed to feel apprehensive about it just the same. Going in with extremely low expectations. Thunder Road I'm trying to find something that grips me here, but I'm left with nothing. The piano is very loud. A bit cliche. I like the outro, feels like a dramatic start for the album. Not a fan of this writing style. Not unpleasant, but generally not my thing. Average. 2.5/5 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out Raspy and over the top. Bluesy. I don't like the instrumental much, feels a bit obnoxious and busy. Did not like. 2/5 Night It's so exaggarated and over the top, but lacking any compelling theatrics or drama. A wall of noise. A musicial mush which melds together into background noise. The vocals are really love 'em or hate 'em. I recognize that he's being very purposeful with his style and performance and I could definitely see qualities in there that people could like, but I myself struggle to find anything about them I enjoy. Did not like. 2/5 Backstreets I don't see it. I guess the chorus has some anthemic qualities, and the piano riff is kinda memorable. I just don't like this style. Feels exhausting. An overly dense drain on one's energy. Average. 2.5/5 Born To Run I guess it's iconic in a way, evokes a very specific time and place. Sadly not a time I was a part of. I hate the production, it's too much. Makes me feel like a really cynical person for not liking it. It's polished and thought out, but loses me quickly. Did not like. 2/5 She's the One Unpleasant, boring, cliche. Horrible production, sounds muddled and unclear with one of the worst guitar tones I've ever heard. Runs out of ideas half way through. Difficult to get through. 1/5 Meeting Across the River Meh, failed to keep my attention. I guess the instrumental is alright, and he gives a convincing performance. Don't get much out of the lyrics. Boring. 2/5 Jungleland I'm not American enough for this... At least there's some energy to the track. Decent solo. Get on with it... That sax solo sucked the last bit of hope from my soul. Exhausting. 9 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 I put my hands up in the air, and I apologize. Bruce is to many considered a legend, and this album is undoubtably an absolute classic. I hear words such as "cinematic" "ambitious" and "inspired" used to describe it, many reviewers going into flattering detail about how magical they find this album experience to be. And here I am on the sidelines envying them for their enjoyment of it. Makes me feel like a cynical bastard for not finding any enjoyment anywhere on this album. I don't like his singing. His writing style comes of as cliche and uninteresting. The production makes everything sound uniform and crusty. I dislike the energy. The instrumentation lacks variety and sounds oh so dated and lame. And I have no reason to feel this way. There's definitely quality here, but I just don't like it and I can only put it in broad terms as to why which feels a bit reductive. I was left exhausted and bored by this, and am frankly dreading the next Springsteen project I have to hear on this list. To those who enjoyed this album: I'm glad you're mesmerized and immersed, it sounds much more fun than what I just felt. Will try to return to this one day, hopefully it clicks then. For now it's a 2/5 for me.

Solid, but didn't feel like the album had a lot of depth

Singer-songwriter bullshit, boring.

I'm not a big fan of The Boss

Bruce sounds like he could have a mental breakdown at any moment@Born to Run. This whole album seems therapy focused. I feel like I'm too young and innocent to take in the life traumas of this older gentleman.

Too mild

Meh

Kannte vorher nur Born in the USA und vielleicht 1-2 andere. Nicht mein Ding

Meh

Born to Run is the stand out song here. The rest is not bad or great to me, it's just.... Ok. 4.5/10

Nah

Okay! Bruce! Is this our last one? Please.

The Boss has undoubtedly got some great songs but he can be very dreary too. This album is on the dull side

this album is like a fistful of crap

Not a fan of this album. Maybe just not a fan of Bruce Springsteen. Seems like mostly filler songs and I feel it was only successful due to the popular "Born to Run" song.

Most song sound like the same, not too creative, easily to get bored 3.7/10

Rock and roll should not be allowed to use a xylophone. I cannot understand people who make this guys music their personality. I am glad my parents liked better music.

More like Bored To Run. Get it? Ha ha ha. Because this was boring. I put on Warren Zevon after this and it was so much better in every way. The only two songs I liked is She's The One and Meeting Across The River, those two were pretty cool.

Thought I’d like it more … OK but nothing more than that. Not rushing to listen again.

Springsteen just leaves me cold, I'm not keen on his voice and I don't get caught up in the music, it feels flat to me. I know he's got a good rep live and I could imagine enjoying these songs more with some extra energy in them. The only bit that I got some feeling from was the sax in the middle of Jungleland, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out and Meeting Across The River were alright too. I didn't absolutely hate it, so it's a 2

i respect the boss but i would never put him on myself. He's a lot like The West Wing to me – a timewarp to an america that never existed to me/in my experience That said, Born To Run the song is an all-timer. The rest... meh. idk im not a big fan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't understand the amount of Bruce Springsteen albums on this list. He is definitely not bad, but I don't think he is that good either.

Mumbly and dull. It sounded like Meatloaf and U2 got together to make an album to be played at wedding parties. Didn't do anything for me, 2 stars.

Kinda boring and not really dynamic throughout, not a big fan

It was ok. Not my thing. Had a feel of nostalgia but that’s really all that saved it for me.

When Bruce hits he hits but my god, the songs I don’t like are an instant skip.

guy just sounds like he's trying too hard, and drunk

I would definitely listen to some of these again. Especially "Jungleland" and "Born To Run." The saxophones and guitars together are an insane combo. Good tunes. Its weird with rating systems that are odd numbers, because there's no middle ground so you have to be definitive. So this is a 2, but its really a 2.5. Middle ground.

Unfortunately I feel like the Boss never quite hits for me unless it's one of his big hits. Title track is a 5 star banger. Everything else I would probably turn off.

A bit dull.

Dull. 1 extra point for Born to Run, but even then I still prefer the Frankie Goes to Hollywood version

Meh

Music for American blue collar workers, steeped in Americana. Unfortunately it’s all a bit too po faced. Give me Meat Loaf and a bit of cheese any day.

Ziemlich langweiliges Album vom Boss

3/10 - i really hate Bruce Springsteen my god

The interesting thing with 1001albums is that there are artists that are way too represented in the selection, so you can stop bothering about reviews and just copy/paste what you wrote previously. I still don't like this kind of generic, very American pop-rock.

Meh, The Boss is ok.

Not amazing, pretty forgettable

Kind of forgettable tbh didn't do much for me

So aggressively Springsteen, in a good way. That being said, this album is pretty one note. The title track is by far the best song, but other than that, the rest feel like watered down versions of the same thing.

Meh.

Music for the masses has to appeal to the lowest common denominator, which generally speaking, means it has to be pretty dumb. Outwardly it appears to have a big heart but inside it's callow and insincere. The net result is some corny music. But maybe I'm just a bit of a music snob. Oh well....

Listening to all this list of albums is eye opening. When I started going through these albums I really thought that I probably wasn't bothered by Bruce Springsteen either way, but now I've spent the time to listen to his music properly I know with certainty that I am definitely not bothered by Bruce Springsteen either way.

I'd been reading Nick Hornby's 31 Songs recently, so Thunder Road is an interesting one, personally I still don't like it, (don't get me started about the harmonica), but have listened to it differently since reading that book. Born To Run is fine, but overall I still feel indifferent about Bruce Springsteen. 2.5

It was okey

Alright

This one was something I can appreciate people enjoying but not the most exciting for me. Sound is good but not something I’ll come back to.

I apologize to vaasavi and the vaasavis and Bruce Springsteen and his family for my lack of professionalism. I did not direct my full attention to this album. Unfortunately, I find it far too boring to relisten. Springsteen is one of those artists where Americans are forced to listen to him in many situations, and while he has some really well written songs, listening to full albums can feel like pop-rock torture.

With the exception of the title track, what a surprisingly forgettable album. It all just kind of blends together.

I love dad jokes but apparently I don’t love dad rock. This album feels pretty cheesy to me. I won’t deny “Born to Run” is a great hit, so +1 star for that.

Never did get the Bruce love

honestly, i didnt really like it. i did enjoy tenth avenue freeze out but thats about it. It felt flat and almost boring at times

The Boss? The egotistic fool. "Wall of sound"??? Wall of mush. he occasionally writes a good song (Like born to Run) but then over produces it death. Yea, might sound epic the first time, but after 2 or 3 listens its just a wall of tuneless mush. 6 months to record Born to Run? Bet it sounded better after 6 hours.

I like Bruce Springsteen, but not the best of his discography - expecting more from the next one

Very all American rock, which is not a genre I’m that interested in - appreciated the saxophone in most of the songs and many of them aren’t bad but they are too generic sounding for me, and not weird/wacky/funky/rock-y for me.

Didn't stand out to me but wasn't bad music

I don't like Springsteen - I am not looking forward to this. Halfway through, it's very Springsteen. Like, paint by numbers, exactly what you'd think. It's pretty boring, but it does tend to get the toes tapping on occasion. Don’t like it. Springsteen sucks.

yeah.... i would never listen to this but it isn't one star... I could listen to the songs all the way, but I just didn't like them. One star would be if i couldn't even sit through the whole thing.

For me, this was really boring. I was just waiting for it to be over from the first song. At the very least, I wouldn't mind this being on in the background.

Artiste connu par certains de ses tubes. Mais je n'ai entendu aucun tube dans cet album, et rien qui me donne envie d'y revenir (rock très standard). =>2/5

okaayy, but boring

Thunder Road; Born to Run. All-time classics. The rest felt like standard-bear 70s stadium rock that I could do without.

Bland despite being overproduced. Or maybe bland because it's overproduced.

fine

Just not much for me here.

I don’t think I like Bruce. Everything sounds similar

Marginally more listenable than Born in the USA. Springsteen is one of those separate the art from the artist cases for me. He seems like a genuinely sound person, but I cannot for the life of me bring me to enjoy his music.

I don't want to listen to Bruce Springsteen anymore.

Listened to this yesterday, rather cursory, on a train, with in-ears and masked by the noise of my surroundings that was quite alright. Serviceable. But now on proper headphones, the Meat Loafyness of it all is a bit hard to take. An interesting thing about doing this project is realising some of the particularities of my musical preferences and... the indecipherable Wall of Sound mud of a Hammer As Hard As You Can rock 'n roll piano and the hammond organ in Backstreets? That, for instance: 𝘌𝘸. I really don't know what people are seeing/hearing in this. Do I need to read along with the lyrics? Is there a "Telegraph Road" in here? Musically, it isn't. Compared to the other Springsteen's "Born" (#140), it's in equal amounts better and worse so 2 it is.

Heard this exact same thing a hundred other times here, so nothing stood out whatsoever

Didn't enjoy it. Obviously the title track is alright but I didn't like the rest.

Overrated

Entirely forgettable. The only remarkable thing, maybe, is that this was published in 1975, not 1985.

I've never been able to get into Springsteen - on some tracks I find the wall of sound a bit overwhelming, and on others I can't take the melodramatic lyrics seriously. Like others have said, I understand why people like him but he's not for me.

Used to like Bruce until he went crazy lib

Nja, låten Born to run är ju okej. Annars är det mest trist.

I mean... its springsteen. Not really my bag, but I can see why people love it.

I feel like I *should* like Springsteen but I don't, really. 2.375

Begeistert mich nicht.

Strong voice, well produced. Still don't like it. 2,3.

Incredibly passionate and theatrical music about things that I neither know about nor care to learn.

Not many bangers or hits.

Everyone who’s seen Springsteen says he’s the ultimate showman. I will never find out personally because I don’t like his music. At all.

Gear: Focal Clear (ZMFed) Artwork: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Mix: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Musik: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wertung: 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️/5 (inkl. +1 für "Born to Run")

I have learned that I enjoy a single Bruce Springsteen song from time to time but an entire album is just too much for me.

Not for me. It's like rock for people who don't like rock. I only gave it a 2 because Born to Run is a great song.

I swear every song here sounds exactly the same. Not a single thing that makes any of them particularly unique or distinctive. All just super patriotic sounding stuff your racist uncle listens to.

Do people actually like this stuff?

ok boomer

I enjoyed this album, but not quite as much as I was hoping given how much I like the song.

Saxofon og klaver kan være fedt (se: Tom Waits). Bruce Springsteen kan også være fedt (se: Nebraska). Desværre er måden “The Boss” bruger sax & piano (keyboard?) på hans optempo numre ikke noget der tiltaler mig. Bag alt musikken skulle der gemme sig nogle fine skildringer af amerikanske liv, jeg kommer bare aldrig ind til historierne fordi musikken fylder så meget (læs: forstyrrer) i billedet.

Start was just okay with Thunder Road. I appreciate he’s not yelling as much on this one as he did in Born in The USA. It’s overall somewhat enjoyable but not stand out to me. At points cheesy and boring. I did not like Backstreets.

really has a vibe of 70-80s America, but it's not my cup of tea. skip skip rock&roll, mb a bit of rural America vibes too

✅ babby beyonce. those girls sure do love each other

This is my first time listening to Bruce Springsteen... I mean consciously choosing to listen to Bruce rather than hearing it through cultural osmosis. I never realised he was leaning on another person on the cover! Who's elbow and bum is that?! I recognise "Thunder Road" as a title. Was it in that Nick Hornby book? ...Yes, I've just checked. It was the second chapter in "31 Songs," a book about... 31 songs, that I read when I was much younger. Apart from that, I recognise "Born To Run" of course. But that's it. Okay, let's press play! ...Oh. It sounds like Meatloaf.

boring

God I cannot stand Springsteen

Never gotten the appeal of Bruce... This is better than that album The Rising though, as at least I could listen to this one. Still just not for me. Meh

Meh. I don’t get it, it’s think I missed this generation.

Singing sounds forced.

Too slow

Overrated

I don't like Bruce Springsteen. I tried, I really did, but I just don't. 2/5

You know how you have to childproof every part of your house because the baby will try to get into everything without hesitation? And then if you try to set the same baby down in the grass on a nice day that same fearless child will immediately pick his feet up to not touch the grass. In this scenario I am that baby and this album is green green grass. You can listen to all the Garden State bro country you want, but please do it away from me.

2* Great music but he's kind of a beating most of the time

Enjoyable. I can see why people like it. Brings a lot of energy, and the songs follow a cohesive musical style. Not my cup of tea but glad I could listen to it a few times

Brice Springsteen I suspect just isn’t my thing, I can recognize it’s probably a strong album and when it came out it would’ve been a different experience, but today and with my taste it just didn’t work.

nijaki, jeden nieprzeszkadzacz

Eh. I don’t get it. I mean he seems like a great guy. His music doesn’t appeal to me though. A few of his songs are good but the others just kind of blend.

Ugh terrible. Maybe it was good once but now it just sounds like old people reminiscing for decades ago. A lot of wailing.

Zu poppig, zu weichgespült, zu wenig Abwechslung

Eh

I feel bad because I know a lot of people who love Bruce, but this album was barely not a 1 for me. It all sounded samey and I couldnt really connect with the lyrics

He always sounds like he's drunk, rushing and stumbling to keep up with the pace of the music. Tried, but sorry Bruce, don't think I'm a fan.

have never listened to a Bruce Springsteen album. only Springsteen song I've listened to on purpose, as a much younger fella, is Devils & Dust for the cool shortened-phrase move in the chorus. Born to Run seems really mediocre??? music: hated. (⌐■_■)

I don’t have any strong negative feelings about Bruce Springsteen, but he’s never done it for me. No exception here. An observation: between grade school and post secondary, Springsteen was a full time student until he was 19. His first record came out when he was 24. That leaves him with 5 years in which he could have plausibly Had A Job. Huge achievement to carve out a 50+ year niche as a workin’ man’s hero based on that.

Never been a Springsteen or American MOR rock. There is something about Springsteen’s voice although distinctive, I do not like. I have a Springsteen greatest hits album which will be as far as ever go purchasing his stuff. As regards this album I have given it a listen through and found it to be normal Springsteen fare. All songs are a bit samey. Everyone knows the title track Born To Run but as a retired runner I find it nauseating as it was audible on every street corner on a marathon route so I hope I never hear it again (and Frankie Goes To Hollywood version is miles better!) Worth a 2.5 but that voice and song reduces it to 2.

Pffft, dit is echt niet mijn ding.

Fun album, just feels drawn out

I know I'm supposed to like Springsteen but he always seems so corny and mawkish

We hebben officieel afgetrapt in de 'dad rock' section, het moest er een keer van komen. Ondanks de negatieve connotatie die ik zelf vaak aan die term vindt kleven, is dit wel één van de artiesten die er vaak mee wegkomt. Bruce leeft voor de grote stadions, en dat is te merken op dit album. Alles voelt groots, en beukt tegen de wanden van het benauwende MP3-bestand. Broes is een artiest waar je al snel tegen aanloopt als je leeft in een klimaat met Holtense vaders en Sven Brummelaar, maar zijn stijltje paste nooit echt in mijn 'E Street'. Op dit album stelt hij de puurste vorm van heartland rock tentoon, maar wordt het mij bij tijd en wijle wat té theatraal. Een kakofonie aan saxofoons, bouncy piano loopjes en glockenspiels, werkt enigszins op de zenuwen. Ik vergeet waarschijnlijk nog wel een stuk of 10 instrumenten, het is een hoop. Het resultaat is dat een aantal ballades prima op een Meat Loaf album hadden kunnen staan. Om op een positieve noot te eindigen, nummers als 'Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out' en 'Backstreets' trekken het niveau voor mij behoorlijk omhoog. Daar hoor je iets meer de roots muzikant die Bruce Springsteen ook kan zijn, waarbij hij vooral zijn stem het werk laat doen in plaats van de E Street Band. En 'Born to Run' is gewoon een stone cold classic. 6,5/10 Highlight: Born to Run

At when Meatloaf does storytelling music the music is good. The hits are fine

It's okay. Good for roadtrips, maybe.

respect to Bruce. but I didn't really like this album. ok bye!

Mom, I want meatloaf. No honey, we have meatloaf at home The meatloaf at home...

boring

⭐️⭐️ I am just not a fan of Bruce Springsteen. He is a storyteller lyricist, his stories just do not appeal to me. They never have. 10 Ave Freeze Out is the best song on the album to me. I know ThunderRoad supposedly changes lives and Born to Run is most people’s favorite; they can keep it.

Not my cup of tea :(

I've never really understood the appeal of Springsteen. Always sounds to me like he's doing drunken karaoke of the actual songs. Specifically on the song Born to Run, there's a quality to the song where it feels like the music is going too fast and the vocals are struggling to keep up. The production of so many of these songs is over the top, fuzzed out and full of wild little instrumental solos that just baffle me. I don't get it. That said ... special shout out to the glockenspiel player who hangs on for the whole song Born To Run, it's my favorite part. Album is a 2.5 rounded down.

Boring

I understand this album/artist means so much to so many people, but I could not make a connection. I suppose I’m not the target audience. It was fine, if a bit bland. Highlights: Born to Run, Meeting Across the River.

going into this challenge, the only song that i particularly like by springsteen was “born to run”. upon listening to this entire album, that hasn’t changed. i just don’t get it. always been more of a mellencamp guy.

His voice just doesn't do it for me

Nah Bruce

I never got the hype about Bruce Springsteen and I didn't particularly liked this album either. It's better than some others I've already listened to, there's a good energy on this album, but it's still too overblown and not interesting music to me.

Personal review. A lot more tinkly piano and Christmas Carol sounding than the old timey rock n roll I was lead to believe they sounded like. Backstreets was my favorite.

Too pathetic

Ok Boomer.

it was technically music

donio review - bruce springsteen has a very powerful voice and I never felt like he got monotone throughout the album, I liked his singing throughout the whole thing didn’t really see any lowlights, i liked the story behind the album too, a sort of do or die for him and he comes out balls blazing, for me personally however, I found the instrumentals slightly too basic on some songs but I feel like the album is very pop rock (for the time, classic rock for nowadays) so I guess that’s to be expected when your listening to an album made over fifty years ago, I also felt like to me at least, the lyrics didn’t feel too relatable or didn’t connect to me, especially after the last album we just reviewed. I also have not listened to much classic rock so maybe this is amazing for the genre but for me it wasn’t anything special (i always feel like I might be influenced by the fact I really liked the velvet underground’s self titled so I came in with slightly higher expectations). I also have read and saw that this album really shined because it was one of the first examples of a record company pouring HEAPS of money into promotion which bruce hated. Furthermore it seems like the consensus that this album in a live setting is much better. My favourite tracks were as follows 1. Night 2. Tenth Avenue 3. Backstreets As such I give the album a 2/5. // thematically boring, but springsteen’s unique voice makes this an enjoyable listen.

I know he is supposed to be one of the rock goats but only the last 2-3 songs of the album were kiiiiinda songs I‘d maybeeee listen again in the far future

Never been a huge Springsteen fan, but he has some good song, and I can recognize his talent. After listening to this album, I can see why this album was well regarded but it isn't for me. Overall, just meh.

Um.

Definitely overrated

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: not really, his other work shines way more than this Favourite song: didn’t have one

Have to admit to being a little disappointed as other than Born to Run there were no other songs I actually liked.

I guess I get it, but, oh, boy, it's so boring.

Oh hello Bruce. My parents are way more into this than I am. It is boomer rock. You cannot get around this fact. The music isn't complicated or intense, but definitely has a vibe.. It's like his voice has a tremolo constantly on it, I can't explain what it is.. maybe he's chewing marbles? I guess he can tell a story. The story of boomer rock. This is easy listening but it's just meh. He speaks to an America doesn't exist now. Review of Reviews: No you are all wrong. This isn't that good. Best Track: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out for its bangin' horns and bass.

Meeehhh

People complain about the mumble rap that is currently popular and I can't help but think that Springsteen is partly to blame. I could not understand more than half of what this dude was singing which I usually don't mind if the music sounds nice but in this case, it was a chore to get through. Wholly uninspired, generic rock that tries to trick you into thinking you're watching a fireworks show when you're really just watching a few guys standing around holding sparklers. Springsteen is basically a discount Meatloaf and it feels like his ultimate dream is to be Roy Orbison which he falls drastically short of. He obviously inspired many musicians who came after him which is commendable but it would be a better use of time to skip the inspiration and go straight to the inspired. Meeting Across the River was the clear standout and I don't know why I had never heard it prior to this listen.

I was initially pretty excited for this album, the handful of Springsteen mega hits that have been getting radio play for ~40 years I've liked, but I've learned that outside of those handful of tracks that have transcended time I realy don't care for his music.

Mooi gemaakt, voor mij iets te kloppend en clean voor dit genre. mag wat rouwer zoals Nirvana.

Born to run is the only song I mildly like from this album. Also just don’t vibe with the music and his voice is a bit distracting tbh but I can see how it would be considered a classic album

- harmonica is the most annoying instrument - dog movies - Merica

Meh

Not the worst things I've ever heard, but not anything to ever seek out.

Not really my flavour, he goes into a bit of an elvis/drunk vibe at the beginning and it takes a while to break out. Jungleland might actually be my favorite song on the album, it feels like a really heartfelt story instead of just packaged nonsense

I get it, but I just think we've moved passed this

1/2 absolute ragers 1/2 questionable which is not good on an 8 track album

Excited to start this because I'm not a music person. Listening to this first part of the album while I clean. 1. Thunder Road: Didn't know this one. Didn't do much for me. 2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out: Found myself bobbing my head a good bit. Fun song. 3. Night: Liked the back half of the song. Feels like it might not be my kind of album but I'm hearing things I like, so that's cool. 4. Backstreet: Enjoyed the beat of this one. 5. Born to Run: Definitely see why the song is popular. I think I'm just not a Springsteen guy. 6. She's the One: Didn't do much for me. 7. Meeting Across the River: Loved the jazzy opening. Slowed things down a little. Again, totally see why people love this album. 8. Jungeland: Strong ending to the album for me. Definitely enjoyed that one but I don't know enough about music to know why. Boodro Rating: 4/10

Also boomer core but better than Dire Straights Will I listen to again: 0%

Not a huge fan

I can understand how this is a great album for those it's aimed at. There's a great variety of piano and guitar, but Springsteen's voice has never done it for me and I don't think the sound mix does him any favors on this album either, some of the lyrics are difficult to pick out. Favorite track: Thunder Road

Thunder Road: Harmonica. Piano. Guitar. I have no feelings about it. Also why does it kinda sound like a Christmas Song at some times... Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out: Honestly the brass is serving... Bruce sounds like he's gonna need a lozenge after singing this though Night: Christmas music again. Backstreets: Bro you need to stop straining your voice, it's okay you can sing normally no one will judge you (I will). Born to Run: A classic I guess. The sax is iconic though, so I'll forgive little Brucey. She's the One: Hated this, hope she didn't hear this brother. Meeting Across the River: I feel nothing. Next. Jungleland: If you can't get across the message you wanna convey in less than 9 min then don't be a musician please. Sidenote: The Rat. Overall: Not the biggest fan of this kind of music. Feels too “American”, but the use of brass instruments carried the sound throughout so can’t give it a 1.

Thunder Bird - I don't like this Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - This was good, I liked this Night - i dont' like this Backstreets - This song was so long for nothing Born to Run - Everybody loves this song, it was ok She's the One - Bad :) Meeting Across the River - Bad :( Jungleland -Oh no the album is over already, but I wasn't enjoying it so much :^( Overall thoughts - I don't think this was an album I needed to listen to before I died, if I had three bullets and a room I'd put this album in time out.

Few decent songs. Never really bothered with him. Not missed out I don't think

Big eh. Too blue collar for me. Need my generations version of this. Music sounds fine but it’s just plain forgettable

Have been a fan for decades and yes there are a couple of great masterful tracks but not my favourite.

The hits on this record were hits for a reason but a majority of the album falls flat. Every piano part plays like a buildup to nothing, Clarence Clemons' sax seems to speak in only one dialect with no variation to compliment the mood of the different tracks While the band were certainly reaching for something grand from start to finish, it's generally a wall of sound and fairly indistinguishable between tracks. It was alright but I probably won't queue this album up again out of choice.

Don't like this music. Had to turn it off it was so bad. I really can't stand it.

I initially wrote 'Nope. This is not for me', but towards the end of the record things picked up. Favourite track: Meeting Across the River, Jungleland.

Full of a feel-good, constantly growing momentum. Surprisingly short and sweet. But Bruce just ain’t my thing. I don’t know why.

Bruce springsteen sucks, why do so many people like him. He can't sing, his music is cheese.

Yeah totally uninteresting to me. I feel bad for giving it two stars, because I know it's important and sure influential but just not for me.

Tycker att han är för gnällig i rösten

I'm probably going to upset a lot of boomers, but I don't get the hype. A few months back Bruce had some concerts in my country and everyone kept talking about him, people camping to get front to. I did not know that he was like the Harry Styles from the 70s/80s. But well done Bruce, well done. Anyway as for the album, Bruce is a good singer and he has a good voice, but all songs sound relatively the same. Which is fair enough because it all has to sound coherent, but I was happy to see that it was just an 8 song album. Favourite song has to be the lead single; born to run

Didn't like it that much, nothing special

I'm interested to hear everyone else's reviews. Do people actually like Bruce Springsteen? I mean outside of New Jersey. They seem to love him there. Everywhere else he just seems to be enjoyed ironically? I don't know. I don't get it. Dislike his voice. Don't care for his music, overall.

Maybe I'd get it if I was American.

this seems to be an album that elevates outside of its era. My ear hears 80's and 90's patterns even though released mid seventies. I suspect it felt revolutionary for some when released also the album cover looks like gap ad

This album confirms that I don't like Springsteen. The album on the whole is like a soundtrack to a bad musical.

Born to Run on hyvä kappale mutta muuten ehkä vähän tylsähkö levy

Bruce is either a hit or a miss. Too bad most are misses.

Couldn’t get the passed the feeling I was listening to Meat Loaf. Knew the title track and Thunder Road, but wasn’t inspired by any of the other tracks that were new to me.

Backstreets, Born to Run and Jungle land are good. Big brass section, guitar or piano led. Dad loved it.

Bless you Bruce, bit of a yawnfest though :(

I couldn't tell you a single song from this guy but I know I've heard him. Born to Run is kinda cool. 2 stars

Didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would

I’m going to assume Bruce Springsteen and this album have a bit of a “Seinfeld isn’t funny” trope going on. Perhaps at the time this released it was a fresh sound and Springsteen’s style of singing didn’t sound like a caricature of himself. But as time has passed and many people have taken inspiration from and created their own music in this style, the original stuff here doesn’t sound very original. I could be off here, but that’s the vibe I’m getting. I was disappointed that Thunder Road had nothing to do with The Ballad of Thunder Road other than taking the name of the song from the film, as I quite enjoy Ballad. Not a bad song though. Meeting Across the River was quite enjoyable to me. That’s all I got. 2/5

2 Never really bought into the hype surrounding this guy. I’ve always kind of found his music to be a really generic attempt at connecting with the middle American blue-collar crowd, and this album didn’t do much to change my mind. Really don’t feel like there’s anything overly interesting or diverse going on across the music, and vocally, it feels like he’s doing a parody of himself at times. I will say, the 1975 release date surprised me as I thought this came out in the 80s, so I guess I’ll give him some credit for sounding ahead of his time here. Born to Run is probably the best song on the album by default, but Thunder Road holds a special place in my heart solely due to the Jim Cummings short film of the same name - I recommend giving it a watch on Vimeo if you haven’t seen it, though as a heads-up, there’s a good chance it might make you cry (or at least I did).

Saksofonen er kul, og flere av sangene er dansbare. Pianoet blir for voldsomt til tider. Men verst av alt er stemmen - jeg takler ikke hvordan Bruce Springsteen synger. Det blir så "brølete"??

That sure was a Springsteen

Meh

Why is he so popular? Why is he The Boss? He can't sing.

2. He starts to annoy me after a few songs.

Nope

This is the second Springsteen album I've had now, and another that I just haven't connected with on any level beyond one song. I'm reading a lot of people raving about Thunder Road. It feels like it should be an air-punching good time but it's evoking absolutely nothing in me. I don't really like his voice, or particularly the way he sings. It feels like he's tuned into a completely different energy to me. I get why people might like him, but christ, it's not for me. And just to pick out one track in particular to shit on: Backstreets is fucking terrible, my word.

I know I should like it more but Sprinstein has some bad memories attached

it was okay. not my usual choice. really enjoyed jungleland :)

Meh

Again, the more famous a Springsteen piece is, the worse it is. This is the second most famous album, and boy do I not like it. Basically just one long saxophone + piano chord drone (the real progenitor to Arcade Fire?) and if you changed every lyric to mumble-yelling "wish I was James Dean" not much would change. Big disappointment after Darkness was a revelation. The musical equivalent of having just one window open on the freeway.

4/10 Not my vibe + Beatles çakması falan gibi hissettim?? Hepsini dinlemedim, atlayarak şarkılara baktım çok benlik değil.

Would I choose to listen to Bruce, No. Would I listen to him if his stuff was already playing, probably. The music isn't bad, it's just I can't stand his voice singing, and its all Americana. The album, going on for 50 years old, is not bad, still gets radio air time, so peops still want it to listen to. Definitely has sounds of Meatloaf, Van Morrison, and Dire Straits in there, especially the first track Thunder Road which has a very samey vibe as Meatloaf's Dead Ringer For Love. The last track Jungle Road has a Dire Straits Romeo and Juliet sound.

Boring

Samey, bit of a boring album.

Nei

No siis hyvä mutta vähän petyin koska kaipasin vielä lisää vauhtia kuitenkin.

4/10 bad mix. Boring. Weird lyrics

langweilig, eintönig, viel Saxophon, not my thing, aber im hintergrund in einer Bar ok

As far as Bruce Springsteen's discography is concerned, this is my favorite of his I've heard so far, but that still isn't saying it's anything special to me. His voice is still harder to enjoy than praise, and while some of the inclusions of things like saxophone do heighten the experience, a lot of it just feels like that classic rock 'n' roll your great uncle would play at the family BBQ, rather than something to actually rock out to.

his voice is awful to listen to. 2.

Ah, yes. The the undisputed Boss Boomer, the King of Mumbles, himself. This album, as expected, is a collection of glorified blue-collar myths directly targeted at a white-collar middle class audience who wants to feel just a little (not too much, mind you) like a rebel. We're talking jean jackets, not leather. We wouldn't want to go too far. Springsteen's "Born to Run" is a very clever bit of marketing and storytelling... as long as you're looking at it from the right perspective. Like those clever street artists that create photo-realistic sidewalk murals that make it seem like the concrete has cracked away to reveal a fantastical world beneath when you stand in just the right place. But if you take two steps to the left or right, the perspective breaks and the mural is revealed for what it is: a two-dimensional illusion. Just like the murals, if you're not standing in just the right place, Bruce Springsteen's blue-collar mythos is revealed for what it is. A two-dimensional illusion. I'm several steps to the left of boomer so all I see is the fake.

Born To Run is objectively a good song. The rest is meh for me. First Listen?: Y Fav. Track(s): Born To Run Rating: 2/5

Gonna be honest, this album made me feel absolutely nothing. I have no connection to Bruce Springsteen. He's a completely unknown figure in my part of the world and prior to this, the only music of his I've heard was his "Nebraska" album, courtesy of this generator (and I hated that one, by the way. One of my 1/5s).

Meh

It was kind of boring. You can start to see where he's headed, but there was a lot of monotony to it.

I couldn't in the past, and I can't now - I just don't get Bruce

I think I've come to realize that I'm not a Springsteen fan. I think what he's come to embody, the working class hero, the common blue-collar guy has preceded his music. At least for my generation. I enjoyed Nebraska only to say that I listened with an open ear and an open heart, but this was kinda more of the same. I don't hate it, but I really don't like it and it's not something that I'd gravitate toward.

not a fan

Soft, ineffective, melodramatic, samey, cheese. Don't understand the appeal. Marketing and myth. It is technically good but that's it. Born to Run is the only song somewhat approaching a song I wouldn't jump to turn off but too self indulgent.

More songs about cars and working. Overly emotive vocals usually turn me off. So do incessant honking horn sections and dorky glockenspiel parts.

Born to avoid this album.

Please, no more Springsteen, I beg you...

Not my type of voice or showman...meh

que pereza

Born to run is a stand out track but it's not enough to save this donkey

I really want to like Bruce. Plenty of people that I have a lot of time for have a lot of time for him. But this album just sounded like someone belting it out over a pub rock band for the most part. I found myself humming along to the title track, but that is probably due to its pleasingly familiarity. The rest of the songs left me rather non-plussed. She’s The One just made me want to go to the source and bust out Bo Diddley. I keep trying with Springsteen, but I have the feeling that if I don’t get it by now, I probably never will.

I listened to it on the way to work and It didn’t hold my attention. I liked the second song. I’d have to listen to it more so I can actually digest it but I didn’t have the desire to.