Reviews (page 12 of 13)
I like Bruce Springsteen, but not his music.
Not a fan personally
Wel boring eigenlijk
Low key Springsteen
For what it's worth, this album wasn't too bad, but it was a really weird pic for an artist as accomplished with a catalog as broad as Bruce Springsteen. Not sure I'm going to continue this list.
Mumbles
bruuuuce badlands. er singt scho speziell aber de song isch mega fest bruce. sochli trurig-nostalgisch aber mit power und chli vager romantik. Adam raised a cain. oh sorry bisch du so wichtig bruce. vlt checki de text au nöd. oke isch no geil. chli sehr simpel und oooh ooh aber no cool. something in the night het e mega schös intro mit glöggli und dem bitz gitarre zum klavier dezue. jaaa luute refrain use belte jaa. racing in the street bitz pathetisch? aber scho cute. the promised land isch chli meh rockig aber immerno ehner langsam und sochli nochdenklich streets of fire isch immerno langsam aber s gitarre solo isch seeehr geil. prove it all night isch au son song woni nostalgisch defür wär wenni ide 70er en chevrolet gha het und so. aber irgendwie nöd.
Good ol’ rock and roll
Not for me!
wasnt particularly into this. thought the lyrics were fairly uninteresting and the music wasnt much better
Didn’t enjoy this much. The vocals on the first song were atrocious, and while they did get better, it was hard to get past that. The songs and music were fine. I know he’s apparently revolutionary, but not for me.
A somewhat meh album all the way through with no standouts.
I really struggled to listen though this album. droning vocals basic music. great lyrics but it feels very dated as a non American in 2024.
Best Songs: Streets of Fire Listen Again: No
I was immediately turned of by the chord progression and sound of his voice on “Badlands” but I kinda dig “Adam Raised a Cain”. Everything after that I didn’t care for.
Not a big Springsteen fan, these songs were OK for me.
This one wasn't for me. I found it quite drab and boring, its good background music. If i had the choice of this or Moby, I'd pick this so thats something I guess.
Son 4ème album. Rien de fou. Note sévère.
Ah, “The Boss” - as misnamed a musician as there is. Springsteen has got one of those unique voices, but an extremely limited range, and you either like him or you don’t. I give him his die for his energy on stage but I’m firmly in the don’t like camp. This album is no exception. It has a few good tracks on it but for every Badlands there are 3 or 4 Adam Raised a Cain which suck. I’d like to give it 3 stars but I’m going to deduct one because he’s such a douche bag.
Western
Lite småtrist.
I haven't even listened yet and will say I straight up don't like bruce springsteen. He music strikes me as boring and try-hard to be dramatic. I like some of his songs but generally I don't like his deep cuts. That said, I will give this album a shot anyways. "Badlands" is a strong opener. "Adam Raised A Cain" is a cool bluesy number. "Something In The Night" is kinda a snooze. Now at "Racing in the Street"... snoozefest. I think Springsteen is kinda like Bob Dylan. Often he comes off to me as more of a folk artist. His songs are about the lyrics more often than the sound in my opinion. Yeah my opinion hasn't changed, some good songs, a lot of boring folk-esque music.
With all due respect, and I mean this most sincerely, this is yet another example of how Critical Acclaim® is a poor determining factor for whether I will like something. In fact Critical Acclaim® appears to be something that puts me off more often than not and unfortunately this very list is just a list of Critically Acclaimed® albums. Critics™ want you to know they have better taste than you, possibly. Maybe you meet the artist, that's very special, so now you give an excessively positive review otherwise that artist (and their record company mates) won't be as willing to give you any attention in the future. Bit of a racket when you really sit down and think about it. Especially back in the 60s through the 90s when Major Labels™ and The Radio® were the primary form of music delivery. Critics at places like Rolling Stone and the NY Times could influence opinion for the unwashed masses who had neither the time nor the taste to decide for themselves what was good and what wasn't, after the Labels and The Radio told them what they should be hawking. It was a good system for those inside it. Everybody made a dollar (except the artists, of course!) I'm not trying to be one of those trolling contrarians (everybody knows one - check out yfbspod.com for an amusing example of the contrarian taken to an extreme for comedic effect), but for reasons I am still trying to understand, if all the critics love something then I am immediately biased against the disc right out of the gate. Don't tell me what to think, I guess. Which is why, after a mere 83 albums, I must remind myself NOT TO READ ABOUT THE ALBUM BEFORE I LISTEN to it so that I don't otherwise taint my own review. For some of the older albums I am already aware of the Critically Acclaimed® label (CA from here on out) and my own bias about that. You gotta ask yourself: maybe there's a reason why every mainstream rock journalist can't keep themselves from being the first to fawn over certain albums (this, and all Bruce Springsteen albums, or anything by Tom Waits, for instance), put them on the best of the year lists, and so forth? Maybe this work is real world changing music unlike anything ever known, which will upend your existing worldview and alter the very course of the culture of humanity. It is possible, and I do myself a disservice by not allowing it. Anyway, this is one of the most CA albums ever made. It's okay, a little dirgy, takes no risks to speak of, the instrumentation and technical quality is generally middle of the road. Springsteen isn't hurting anybody, and that's fine. There's some catchy songs here and some thought-provoking lyrics. The band is good, Clarence Clemmons (sp?)has a recognizable style and Springsteen's iconic voice is familiar and welcoming, but he can bring the heat when needed (not too much, though, we're not here to upset people). All due respect. Springsteen is an icon. That doesn't make it great. I'm going against the critics on this one.
Allright, but not may thing
I respect the Boss, but this just seemed kind of slow and wasn't really my vibe.
Critics may have liked this, but I didn't. Guess I was done with Bruce after Born to Run.
Straight-faced ballads about cars. Nah thanks. For the last year I’ve been convinced I was turning into a Bruce-fan. Reconnecting with my childhood affinity. I even saw him live last summer. But I am starting to realize my distance wasn’t some youthful music snobbery, but a genuine distaste for a lot of his music. Springsteen has made more than a handful genuinely great tracks, but for the most part I don’t connect with it. I don’t need Springsteen in album form.
This album did absolutely nothing for me. I’ve never been a big Bruce Springsteen fan but I can see the appeal for some people. If the album had more of a faster pace I feel like it would be better.
Did not capture me.
Ok as background music but didn't do enough of anything to capture my interest.
Okay as background but all tracks a bit samey but I am not a Springsteen fan so this is middle of the road for me, 2.5/5
america, good, kinda annoying
I like a bit of The Boss. I like what he stood for and what his songs have become. I’m not a big fan of this album. I understand the behind the scene politics of it…however this one isn’t for me. Badlands is a great song but I can’t get into the other songs.
I’ve never understood the allure of Springsteen, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a full song other than Born in the USA, either. So I was incredibly surprised at the music on this album. Many of the songs were surprising, the hard rock, versus the “working class“ pop rock that I’ve always associated with Springsteen. Now, for the not so good. Springsteen‘s voice is absolutely horrific. I do not understand how anyone would willingly subject themselves through any amount of time, listening to him, mumble shriek, unable to hit anything close to approximating a high note. I’m torn on how to rank this album, because I don’t think it was bad, because the music was good. But I don’t think it was good, because I never wanna listen to anything that comes out of Springsteen‘s mouth for the rest of my days. I would give it a 2.5 star rating if I could, because two stars does seem a bit harsh. However, I think giving it three stars is an incredible injustice to some of the good music that I’ve listened to over the course of this project.
This reminds me of elevator music—not offensive, but completely unmemorable. A few times I wanted to yell through the speakers to him, “Enunciate better, like Tom Waits!” This album does nothing for me, and I don't think I'll listen to it again.
Bruce Springsteen simply isnt my style :(
Pas vrmt mon style, rock américain très cowboy même si un ou deux morceaux sont sympa
Another bleak one. What is it with these miserable albums?
The music is really good. Bruce's voice just doesn't do it for me, especially on this album.
Better than the last Springsteen I had, but still not feeling Bruce. Sorry, NJ.
I expect to be poppy and very very het 2 or 3. Some catchy music and hes definitely a heart throb, but man is it forgettable.
Wanted to write "Ok Boomer music", but it's not ok. It's boring Boomer music. The annoying kind of boring, not just the easily forgettable kind.
Friends tell me that Springsteen's music is very "Jersey shore." Since I've never been to the "Jersey shore," I guess I'll have to take their word for it. I just never understood the whole Springsteen idolization.
Not a bad album but a slow rocker for sure.
Not my music. To mutch sax and piano, nice melodies and harmonies tho.
A seven minute long ballad about a fuckin car. CHECK. Lots of groaning. CHECK. Glockenspiel. CHECK. A song about going to work. CHECK. Yep... it's another Springsteen album.
Not worth listening to again. I’ve never understood any of the hype behind Bruce Springsteen and this just solidifies that.
this was certainly something I experienced
First listen Saved 2/10 Top track: Adam Raised A Cain
Baffling how you can have a song as good as Adam raised a Cain on the same album with some absolute rubbish
It just feels like every song is the same and Bruce is straining his vocal chords on every one of them. Not a fan
I just don't get Bruce Springsteen. I feel like must be missing something. Maybe I'll have a damascene moment at some point and love his work.
I like: Badlands Racing In The Street
Typical Springsteen album
I never really liked this Bruce album or even the popular songs on it. Although it's good songwriting from Bruce, the album just doesn't sound good, especially compared to a lot of his other albums. Not a fan
Ugh. Not the worst but not something I would actively seek out.
This album feels bang average - I've heard Bruce Springsteen's most famous songs, which sounded the same, but just not as good. I'm not sure if it's controversial, but I don't understand how he is so popular. I won't be listening again.
Never liked him
Why didn't I like this? I couldn't really concentrate on it. There were some good songs on it, but overall pretty forgettable for me. I like his other albums more. + Something In The Night + Candy's Room
Never really been into springers, this album was ok
Sagde mig ikke det helt store. Skal nok gennemlyttes mere fokuseret. Hørte det også pp arbejde hvilket nok ikke var helt optimalt .
Not my thing but nicely mixed.
2.5, it was okay, it was really cheesy feeling though
springsteen wailing into the microphone on "something in the night" is more enjoyable than it feels it should be. the guitar on "the promised land" goes pretty hard but otherwise i had hoped for better.
Não ouvi algo muito diferente do que já escutei desse estilo de música. Vale um 2 porque algumas são bacanas.
Great band, I don’t like the singer.
meh
Not the worst
Pure 70s. I think I'd have to be in the right mood to really enjoy this. Mellow and sad?
I cannot understand half the things he's saying. It's the kinda music you'd listen to with wind at the your face, American hardships.
I will admit that before even listening to this album that I am not super fond of Bruce Springsteen. The instrumental to his songs are nice but his voice, idk there’s something about it. “bruce springsteen can’t even sing good fr he’s just a good musician” - alex smith is the realest statement ever about this man. Ok “Candy’s Room” isn’t that bad. Like she’s tolerable. His voice and the song vibe are matching unlike a lot of his other songs. He’s giving country singer went rock and bad. “Prove It All Night” is fun, I like. “Darkness on the Edge of Town” is nice, a very good closer. Hoping and praying this is the only Bruce Springsteen album on this list please and thank you.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really, feels a bit weaker than what I love about him Favourite song: didn’t have one
I do not like Bruce
# 27 : Bruce Springsteen's one of those guys I don't see what all the hype is about. Some nice epic and emotional stuff, but I found it a little boring.
The vocals are almost unintelligible, his voice is really not that great. That really would not be MUCH of an issue if the songs were not so unbearably tiresome. It isn't bad, it's boring, which is worse. Favorite: Adam Raised a Cain
not a fan, but alright tracks
I just don’t like Springsteen. I respect him and his music, but I don’t like it.
Не прошло проверку временем
I think I don’t like Springsteen
Listening to his voice gets tiring after half an hour. Didn't enjoy most of the slow songs, but that's the case with many singer-songwriter albums for me. Would give it a 2.5/5 Highlights: Badlands, Streets Of Fire, Prove It All Night
The Rumor Come Out: Does Bruce Springsteen is Overrated? I like a good ballad, but an entire album of ballads about Americana is boring and out-played. Maybe I'll enjoy the other Springsteen album(s) on this list more. It started strong with "Badlands" but nothing really caught my ear otherwise. I'm also not a huge fan of Springsteen's voice-- an opinion which might get my crucified in certain circles. All in all, this is about as mid as mid gets.
I do like some Bruce Springsteen stuff, but he moans to much and too loudly on this and his dialogue is purposefully slurry and I don't get it. Bit shit.
Never been a huge fan
Not slay
I just don’t like it
meh
This is now the fourth Bruce Springsteen album I've heard, but if you pointed a gun at me and told me to sing any song by this guy I'd tell you to shoot me in the head. Not being from the Anglosphere comes with the perk of never being forced to listen to Bruce Springsteen. Boring white boy noodling with a bunch of thingamajigs. Get outta my face.
не понимаю для кого эта музыка) простая как полено
I really tried to keep an open ming. His singing is just so mumbly. I would like to hear someone else sing Badlands.
Meh. Jersey guy mumbles over slowed-down yakity sax music.
It's good but it just sounds very generic to be. I guess that's a testament to his success. Not something i would revisit.
Too slow for me
Man, I hate Bruce Springsteen. I wish I could understand a word he was saying. Still more listenable than at least one album on here that I've heard
Relatively uninteresting, unmemorable and overdrawn - voice is also a bit inarticulate and makes it a bit more annoying to get through. Couldn't get through all of it if I'm being honest
Bruce is a good songwriter. I don't like his voice or the way the songs are composed. You can barely hear him and all the instruments are trying to do too much. Blah.
Uhg...having this album, that I wouldn't enjoy on a good day, as the soundtrack of a dreadful day of grading almost made me ill. I did let it play twice to see if there was anything that I might find valuable in my life or enjoyable to my ears. I did not. Bruce, you are not for me...
*gruff voiced* Bobby works in the steel mill but his boss don't pay him right. On the weekends he races his 67 hardblock 486. It's the only time he feels alive.
Eh. You can hear the potential. Lacked polish and intensity.
Not a huge fan of Springsteen, but it was alright.
it's meh
Overall, not particularly offensive or particularly enjoyable. Top song: None.
Starts off strong, but too much nasally whining throughout. I wouldn't choose to put it on but would be happy enough if it came on in a bar
2 stelle
Dreary mumblecana. He chooses to mainly list obscure brands of car lost to history than craft a song with any narrative. At point point he talks about working in his pa's garage as if he wasn't clearly 40 years old by this point. The boss is toss
too rock for me but some of the piano-driven songs are nice. i kept forgetting that it wasn't a 2010s springsteen wannabe album and was in fact a 1970s springsteen springsteen album
Two bangers, the rest snoozers. Pretty typical of the Boss.
No mola molt!
It's a Bruce Springsteen album. It wasn't great. It wasn't totally awful. I have no desire to listen to it again.
Old people music but not the good kind 4/10
Ik kan niet naar die stem luisteren. Dat helpt natuurlijk al niet. Maar buiten dat klinkt het ook allemaal zo nep. Vanuit mijn regisseursstoel: "Ik geloof je gewoon niet". Deze muziek moet toch een gevoel overbrengen. Dat lukt bij mij niet. Ergens tussen zender en ontvanger gaat er iets mis met het signaal.
this one is great for when you are feeling nostalgic for some classic Springsteen. I've never really been in that mood, but I'm sure it's good for that. would listen to Nebraska before this one.
Pretty classic rock n roll, definitely an iconic sound but not hugely exciting. I really dislike the American dream lyrics but I guess there aren’t that many big artists who obsess over America so much so it’s not like it’s overdone it’s just annoying Favourite: something in the night but liked the drums on candy’s room
not interested
I so want to like the Boss...but the Boss rarely does it for me. 2/5
Not really my thing. i really tried to like it though.
I never got Bruce. His records just don't grab me (exception: Nebraska). I know this resonates for a lot of people, but doesn't for me. I understand that it is meaningful and moving etc, but it leaves me a little cold. I think it is, for me, a bit overworked. I listened through, but, honestly, it washes over me every time and I am unmoved. This record strikes me as faux-working-class mumbling over bombastic production, punctuated with unnecessary saxophone solos.
Better than the other one this week but still, no.
Not my vibe, but it’s not bad. Springteen’s music does have a mix between angst and hope that is kinda uplifiting even though a lot of it just isn’t my thing. His vocals aren’t always enjoyable to me (they work on Badlands, I hate them on Darkness on the Edge of Town and Racing in the Street), I’m disconnected enough from the time period that the lyrics don’t always really connect with me. I can see why he was a megastar at the time, but not for me.
Just kind of fine
Listening to this makes me realize that Meatloaf is just Springsteen that got REALLLLLY into musical theatre
This one didn't catch my heart at all. First couple of songs are okay-ish but sitting through Racing in the Street was just painful and the rest of album could not get back on the road for me. Needs way more guitar riffs and less piano and sax.
Not the Bruce I am familiar with... dark
There is a semblance of an album that I like within this album, but all of the songs get close to doing something I like and then don't do it. I can understand why someone may not like his voice, but that isn't what bothers me, there's just something I can't fully grasp as to why I don't entirely enjoy this album, but I must be missing something, it's obviously considered a masterpiece of somesort. Perhaps I'll return to this on my own time and see if anything changes.
Not sure if I’m into Springsteen. Good but I wasn’t thrilled
Boring and mundane.
Shite
The thought of listening to this record fills me with dread. I can't tell whether I'm going to stratch my ass until it bleeds or get such a rock hard boner that it feels like my carrying a rocket launcher between my thighs. With that in mind, I've chosen not to listen to it and instead sing lullabies to the homeless.
The Boss not being very boss-like. Didn't enjoy.
I don’t get what is so good about this artist
I think Sylvester Stallone would love this.
Pretty sure Bruce Springsteen is not my cup of tea...
dull, really couldn't get into this one
Mal disco. Me gustaron 5 canciones.
Well this is a lot better than I was expecting, but there is absolutely zero chance of me listening to it again. Sad rock, talking of situations and characters I cannot relate to. Springsteen's voice is gravelly to the point of railway ballast, and I'm not going to pretend that I enjoy that. The music is evocative and melancholic - but it evokes images I do not understand, and it makes no attempt at explanation. Take, say, Tori Amos. I have zero frame of reference, but her music and lyrics set a scene so completely and compellingly that you don't need to have experience to understand and empathise. Springsteen literally explains in one his songs what the cubic capacity of his car engine is - and that needs reference and understanding of allegory that is not provided by the song itself, or set up anywhere else in the album, leaving you uninterested and othered by it. I mean sure, you can look up what the American street racing scene wss, and how it might have fed into what's going on in the song, but it's assumed knowledge for Springsteen and that's alienating. I suspect that this sort of thing is why Springsteen is loved so much by the people who love him. If you "get" the yarns he spins, it probably clicks into place for you. It makes you feel heard and understood, and damn anyone who doesn't get it. If you don't, you're really left with a voice that you can't call refined and a competent but overtly sad set of rock tracks.
1978, sandwiched between disco and punk, and Bruce is staying firm on his working man doing his darn best to keep it real in this tough old world. Can't fault the mans' heart, but this is just a bit ....tame? I've put this an about 3 times and completely forgot it was playing - at least until that horrible guitar in Streets of Fire jolts me out of my trance.
It sounds like he downed a fifth of vodka in between each take. Best track: Racing in the Street
I like Bruce Springsteen from Born in the USA (album) alone, but this album wasn't much for me. His slower ballad stuff doesn't hold much interest for me, or at least this album didn't. It was alright.
Pretty ordinary all over. Very basic drum track. The hardest part to listen to- Bruce’s voice- she’s known a forgotten deed of the past by the sounds of it. Particularly the walrus in the throes of dying at the intro & outro of track 3.
Outside of Adam Raised a Cain, this album does NOT match the tone of the title at all. There's a deeply cheesy, saccharine sound to Springsteen's music that the guy just cannot escape.
It was not offensively bad, but it was offensively boring, juste like everything else I've heard from this guy so far.
Okay..
Not my type of music at all. I can hear that merits of the music, but I'm not a fan of the saxophone or his voice in this context.
I've never been a fan of Bruce. Sure he's got some great songs and Born In The USA is an all time classic album. But this album is what I don't like about his music. I'm just not jersey blue collar enough to relate.
Emmä kyllä jotenkin vaan nauttinu tästä. Ehkä lyriikoita ois pitäny kuunnella enemmän mutta balladimeininki ei uponnu yhtään.
Darkness on the Edge of Town represents Springsteen maturity as a composer and its defining in the formation of the heartland rock subgenre. It created several classics of his live performances, like "The Promised Land" and "Badlands", but his voice doesn't sound great in most of the tracks. It's a good album, but also one that is incredibly overated and almost make no sense (like most of Springsteen records) for an audience that is not american.
High 2, I do love bruce but i think this wasn't anything special
I appreciated the lyrical content and themes, just not into Bruce's style.
It's okay. It's no born in the USA though.
Almost certainly better if you were working class and brought up in the USA. I have worked at many factories but his stories still don't appeal. I have listened to many voices but his still doesn't appeal. He reminds me of a less interesting Meatloaf.
Dreary
americana must be stopped
Pretty boring
Nigdy nie byłem fanem takiej muzyki ale ten album mnie zaskoczył. Ocena 5/10 Najlepsza: Prove it all night Najgorsza: Adam raised a cain
bruce springsteen still sounds like a pornstars name to me
Meh
"Now, let's hear that song sung properly!" (Vic & Bob gag) I don't know what to make of this album. Musically sound, vocally less so.
Getting a little burned out on the Bruce Juice - great opening and ending track but the middle was w/e
Fine but boring
Bruce Springsteen's fourth album followed his previous, breakthrough success album 'Born to Run' after a 3 year hiatus. This rock album is considered his best and is certified triple platinum, despite being a little less commercially successful than his previous album. This is a thought-provoking, emotionally charged rock album which was fun to listen to.
Not my boss fav
Fängt hart Knödeln an und hätte mich fast schon wieder verloren. Geht dann im weiteren Vermauf Richtung „ok“, aber eine der Erkenntnisse die ich aus dieser Reihe hier ziehe: bei aller Grundsympathie; musikalisch hat der Boss mir nicht so viel zu sagen, das ist mir meist zu schwülstig und zu Hans-Hartzig.
Decent but forgettable
meh
Some Elton John has creeped in during the intervening years between 'Born to Run' and this LP. This one does cross too much into ostentatious territory, unfortunately - the tracks feel just a tad overwrought but not memorable.
Not bad, but not anything I loved.
“Darkness on the Edge of Town” by Bruce Springsteen (1978) Any Bruce Springsteen album should be assessed in the context his huge popularity, his outsized aspirations, and his copious ego. Here, once again, he comes up short. Comparisons with Van Morrison and Bob Dylan make it perfectly clear that Springsteen is not in their class. His songwriting definitely strives to be poetic, but the striving gets in the way of the poetry. Morrison and Dylan make it sound easy because to them it is. His voice is unendingly mumbly, sloppy, and unconvincingly snarly. I think I figured out what he was chasing in “Something In the Night”: a note sung at the right pitch. The one plus on this album, its only saving feature really, is the clean backing by the E Street Band. These guys are really talented professionals, and they alone save this album from a rating of “1”. But even this aspect of the recording seems constrained, as if there were a reluctance to displease the Boss (I refuse to capitalize “the”). Once again, Springsteen tries to appeal to and pose as the working class hero, but ends up as marionette wearing a hard hat that doesn’t quite fit. “Factory” is so inauthentic it could only appeal to non-proletarians, mindless proletarians, and mindless non-proletarians. Expressing one’s yearning is fine, but pretending to have attained what one yearns for is off-putting. I’d like for him to write a song entitled “I Wish I Had Worked a Day in My Life”. His treatment of a biblical theme (“Adam Raised a Cain”) is trite. Such a great poetic idea, so pitifully written. The pompous dirge “Racing in the Street” has a flat tire from the starting line. I can’t imagine anyone ever shed a tear over this. In “Streets of Fire”, he wants to sound like he’s drunk, with implausible screams that produce a physical autonomic cringe, repeated over and over until he gets it right, which, of course, he never does. This is a hugely flawed album from a solo artist who’s sitting on top of the world. 2/5
Not a Springsteen fan
From when Bruce was younger.
Me rappelle les musiques du dimanche de tonton Simon : ringardes mais réconfortantes. J'ai eu envie de passer pas mal de chansons. Un petit + pour l'aspect nostalgique mais pas incroyable à mes yeux.
The Boss really just doesn't do much for me. I'd never complain if he was on, but I wouldn't be boppin' along to anything but the hits.
Badlands is a good opener, the rest is all a bit ploddy, never quite hitting the relevance button
Production: 7/20 Songwriting: 9/20 Innovation: 8/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 7/20 =31 Overblown bollocks #notmyboss
5, its fine
Very personal style and a classic of rock. For me is just a "meh"
Bruce seems to mumble a lot, even more difficult to understand at times than Dylan.
2
If he only had a better voice
marginally better than Born in the USA. marginally
Just fine
Bruce, Springsteen erst mal ihren Kaffee? 3 Alben von Springsteen? Diese Liste ist totaler Quatsch. Der Boss ist auf Dauer extrem öde. Diese Platte ist dabei keine Ausnahme. 2
Sådan lettere country, med meget sådan hul stemme. Noget intetsigende
Not really sure I get the appeal of Bruce. Not my kind of vocalist. Yeah, he's got some hits but everything else is like, whatever. It's like a suede jacket.
Tääkin Bossi ihan ok, mut kokonaisuutena en kahta kertaa pidempään jaksanu kuunnella. Kakkosraita jäi hyvin mieleen
I know the name, I probably know the hits. Yep - just checked. Born in the USA and Born to Run are wedding staples at the 'time to go get a drink' part of the night. ------------------------- Mumbled, warbled vocals over watered down 60s rock. I really can't see the appeal with this one at all. I definitely don't like the vocal style. It's overblown and pretentious and probably sounded good in his head. The rest of the music (bar Bruce's guitar - which is also pretty bad) is there to scaffold the pedestal of Springsteen. It's not allowed the limelight and thus just exists. The soundtrack to what the American dream became. Dystopia. 1*
Einfach nein
Ох! Феодот його любив. Тільки він помер(((
I do not understand the love for this guy and this music.
I’ve tried to listen to Bruce Springsteen twice now and this is the only album where I’ve wanted to skip every song
I appreciate this is probably blasphemous but I am struggling to differentiate this from Meatloaf.
Springsteen don't do it for me. Same arrangements as ever, same vocal cadence... as generic as it gets, folks.
Forgettable
I just don't like this bloke. The music is very poor and his voice and everything else is poor as well. Please don't choose any more of his recordings.
Boringgg. Sound mixing was lwk shit too but what do I know (other than that could barely hear his voice over the instrumentals).
Not my thing
Another straight white male music.
Overrated, boring. Like walking through quicksand.
I really tried and while I respect Bruce tremendously as an artist, I do not enjoy his music.
- Hell no 😅
Usually I can understand why a musical artist is so widely renown, this is not one of those times. Some of the songs had potential, but if only they were sung by someone else.
2 - just not into bruce
I don't understand why people like the Boss. It's boring, it's repetitive, he doesn't so much sing as mumble.
I'm tempted to abandon this list. There's SO much other music I'd rather be listening to than shit like this which gets hailed by idiot critics and internet music elitists as the best thing ever.
Not my favorite
I thought I was going to talk myself into being okay with this album, but then Something In The Night starts to sound like dad’s drunken karaoke and it just starts going downhill from there. By the time he’s grunting his way through Prove It All Night with its ghastly harmonica and saxophone that sounds more like a kazoo, I’m so done. Maybe two Springsteen albums in one week broke me, but this was much worse than the one I rated a 2…
Mierdita. Nada que destacar
Every bruce springsteen album I hear keeps getting worse.
I don't really like his singing but I liked "badlands"
Overrated turd man.
Overrated cack from a fifties throwback
I like Bruce. But this was not a good time.
my mom doesn't like bruce springsteen. i get her lol
loser
I really don’t like Springsteen. Sounds like he’s fucking wailing.
Nope. Not for me. Whines a lot.
boring
not for me
SNOOZE FEST!!!
Not my tasteX
hated this, only made it through 3 songs
not my kind of music, sorry Mr Springsteen.
His voice is not my cup of tea but you can tell there was a lot of effort.
8th album with group. It doesn’t sound like it but he looks like bad Blonde on Blonde Dylan. Good Songs - Racing in the Street, Prove it All Night, and Darkness on the Edge of Town. Bad Songs - Badlands, Adam Raised a Cain, Something in the Night, Candy’s Room, The Promised Land, Factory, and Streets of Fire.
Ah, the delicately smooth vocals of Springsteen. Said no one ever. When he sings - or even whispers - it's OK, but man, does that raspy death shout cut right through me. And the harmonica and sax don't help the situation. This is the second album we've had by him and the second 1 I'm assigning. There are a few alright moments, but they're too overshadowed by the boring and painful ones to give this any sort of recommendation. I know Bruce has got some decent stuff, but this challenge has thus far done what it can to avoid said stuff.
Really do not understand the hype, sounds like a drunk singing.
Lots of multiple entries for old boomer farts on this list.
No thank you. Bruce Springsteen doesn’t sign my paychecks.
Bruce is not a good guy. -1 star.
I hate the E Street Band with a passion
Bruce sucks
1. badlandz - 1.5 2. cain - 1 3. night - 1.5 4. candy - 1 5. Street - 1.5 6. land - 1.5 7. Factory - 1 8. Fire - 1.5 9. Prove - 1.5 10. Town - 1.5
Boooooooorrrinngggg
Nahhhh
Doesnt do it for me
Once again, Springsteen delivers a total nothingburger of an album. There’s absolutely nothing here musically, creatively, or lyrically. It’s completely devoid of anything interesting or attention grabbing. There’s also obviously no artistic intention here. It’s so plainly a corporate cash-grab of least-offensive-music-most-likely-to-get-listeners that it’s sickening. 1.0/5.0: Embarrassing
Absolutely horrific & boring!!!! No redeeming qualities!
Meh. Boring
I hope this isn't referring to black people. If so, this is racism at its finest.
I grew up with Bruce's music in the background. Cars, girls, working hard, and getting out of a small town, that's always 90% of this catalog. This is no different.
I just can't, for some reason. I tried, I really did. And it's nice enough I guess. But it's just middle-of-the-row as heck.
Pub Rock with really bad vocals. The band seem to aspiring to be like Wizzard with none of the fee, humour or sensitivity.
How disappointing. Is this here solely as a comparison? Letting people know how dog shit a Springsteen album can sound so we appreciate the really good ones?
Confession time: I think Bruce Springsteen's voice is terrible. There, I said it publicly. He can write some great songs, but listening to him sing them is painful to me. I couldn't make my way through the album. Great song writer, terrible singer. I know that's an unpopular opinion, and he's an American icon...but man I just can't get behind it. Will not give this one another go.
Bruce is a brilliant songwriter but that's where it ends. His voice is annoying. I wish he would just write for others and keep it at that. I am sure he is a great human being but like Neil Young, I would rather hear a cow caught in a hail storm.
Didn't like this album. The only song I enjoyed was Badlands. 1 Star
Springsteen is probably my least favorite artist on this list, maybe second to JAY-Z. There's something sickening about it music, I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the sentimentality or the pandering to American values. I find it offensive.
2/5
sounds like the soundtrack to "MAGA - the movie"
I didn’t like a single song on this album
Can't stand his music
This motherfucker is slurring worse than late-era Elvis. No thanks.
Terrible vocals
I like a handful of Bruce songs. None on this album though, no thank you.
if hes the boss i quit
Bruce falls into the background music category on my list, which is why I don’t have much to say about this album.
not quite my tempo
Unexpected but the first album in this project where not a single song caught my attention. No hooks, no memorable moments. The lyrics are alright but it just blends into one broody schmaltz. The instrumentation has no variation. I'm sorry, Boss.
Too many ballads. Needs some diversity, Bruce! Fav Track: N/A
If there was a competition for self-pity, Springsteen would have won with Darkness on the Edge of Town. Oh, Bruce, please tell us more about how hard it is being rich and successful while pretending to “relate” to the common man. Each song is him aggressively reminding you that he’s just a tortured soul from New Jersey who never asked for this fame. The music? As repetitive as his whining. By the end, I felt like I’d been chained to a broken-down factory machine with Bruce moaning in my ear about “American Dreams.” No thanks.
im tired of Bruce Springsteen. 2/10
Hated it
I thought this was a joke. I don’t understand why people like this. I have heard maybe 2 of his songs on the radio, and I can name only one of them. Think this is for 60 year old women.
Really cant stand Bruce Springsteen. Same category as ELO
Awful tripe.
I tried to listen to it but couldn't.
Not for me
I find this beloved, working-class hero so overrated. His lyrics are barely understandable. He sounds like he is heavily constipated and trying his hardest to 'knock one out'. The Boss, no thanks.
A lot of mumbling periodically broken up by unimpressive guitar solos and unnecessary saxophone solos apparently makes up Heartland Rock.
Ugh. This guy again.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof
how dare you. is this a joke?
I’ve never understood the attraction to Springsteen, and if this is any indication, I never will. Seems the majority of his formula is semi-incoherent mumbling then yelling the song title several times. This sounds like a bar band, but one that would make me finish my beer, settle my tab, and take off by the time they were on their third song. Based on my previous experience with “The Boss,” I figure I’d end up giving 2 stars, but tried my best to be open minded and hoped to be surprised. Turns out, nope. I couldn’t even finish most of the songs. I mean, I couldn’t even make it halfway through Factory, and that thing is only two minutes and eighteen seconds long.
Tough to get through this. I know this is not a popular opinion, but I can’t stand Bruce. Americana as a genre just don’t do it for me. Specifically, I find his vocal delivery to be unlistenable. The bigger sounding tracks are ok (until he sings) but the acoustic guitar/piano tracks that focus on his voice is like having a hot knitting needle jammed directly into my eye. NJ can keep this guy (and Bon Jovi), I got no use for him.
pish
Meh
First thoughts, do I have to. But then he, like u2, is one of the most overrated acts there is. A good songwriter but a shite performer. Oh well here goes. ¾ of the way through and I've had to stop listening and write this, partially to give my ears some relief. This album is incredibly annoying. Musically it's very good and the songs appear to be well written, I'd love to here Gene Simmons perform 'Adam raised a Caine'. But somebody please do the world a favour and remove his vocal chords. Oh! That's a thought perhaps they already have!
Rubbish
Hated
Not even kidding, the average commenter for this album on youtube is ~60 years old. I guess there are some benefits in having a bad hearing, you could listen to Bruce Springsteen and pretend it's something good
Horrible. Well recorded, but horrible.
I suppose I just don't like Springsteen. Had to turn it off.
Not a Bruce fan didn’t listen
not gonna listen
I feel the same way about Springsteen that I fo about fish. Both are things I wish I could like but absolutely can't stomach
I've enjoyed a few covers of his songs, so I was excited to hear this one. I couldn't really under a stand him to appreciate the lyrics.
I can't say I've ever paid much attention to The Boss before, I've certainly never sat down and listened to a whole album of his, so I was excited to give it a crack. Can't say I'm very impressed with this album. At all. It's just bad right? His singing is terrible. He sounds like a drunk guy who switches between mumbling and screaming. If you heard him doing karaoke at the local pub you'd be embarrassed for the poor guy. 1.5 stars
My first Springsteen listen. His voice is not my jam. Failed to move me even slightly. 1/5 stars
Absolute drivel. This can't be the same guy that's revered by so many rock lovers around the world? First time properly listening to him is from this list and it's god-awful. Every single song.
This feels like the soundtrack of a Midwestern bar thats full of middle aged men who've been drinking for a long time.
Not a fan... do y'all seriously not have any Classic Alternative?
I understand why Hammond hates him
I don't like Bruce Springsteen from singles I've heard on the radio, so I thought I'd give this album a chance. Nope, I don't like it. At all. I genuinely struggled to listen because I absolutely hate his voice. The music is fine, Adam Raised a Cain has some absolutely awesome lead guitar stuff in it, but that's where the good stuff starts, and ends. Nope.
A bit slow and depressing to say the least. Can definitely hear how it has influenced Gaslight Anthem, but it's admirable how they've turned something quite drab into their excellent music! Racing in the street is a very boring song considering the name, pretty disappointing, and the start of "something in the night" sounds like a cat in heat. Definitely my least favourite so far.
There was one song I liked.
Springsteen is definitely not my style, just liked a couple songs
i just dont care its boring singer songwriter shit from the 80s Significant 30/95 Liked 14/95 Added 4/95 NNN
hel naw
Been years since I tried to listen to Springsteen and its still the same out come. Its a solid no.
All songs sound the same, slow tunes that dragging along for too long and his voice doesn't help either. Forgettable, dull, boring. I don't often give a 1 for an album but this is nothing more than a 2.5/3 out of 10.
2 3.3 1.5 eeeueeuehehhehheheeeeeeeeh aaanitakkeeherrtuhtheefloahhh 2.3 nah im not listenin to any more of this shit i know who Bruce Springsteen is btw. but why is this shit in here. why did i never realize he's just like a "coolboy elvis" wannabe?
Bruce is dog shit. We all know this. Why does he have so many albums on this damn list. That one song ab Atlantic City is pretty good tho.