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Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 is a concert video and the fourth live album by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, released in 2006. It is a full-length recording of their performance on November 18, 1975, at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, during their Born to Run tours. The concert was part of Columbia Records' push to promote Springsteen in the UK and Europe following the success of his third album, Born to Run (1975), in the US. The large amount of publicity accompanying these appearances, especially the one in London, famously caused Springsteen to pull down from the front of the Odeon a promotional poster proclaiming "Finally London is ready for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band." In the liner notes, Springsteen himself writes that after the show had been recorded, "I'd paid no attention to it. I never looked at it ... for 30 years." In his autobiography, Born to Run, he reveals that during and after the concert he experienced an angst-ridden sense of doubt as to performing in general, and his performance that evening in particular. However, in the same book, he recognizes that "whatever happened, that first night at the Hammersmith Odeon became one of our 'legendary' performances", despite calling the return gig on November 24 at the end of the European tour "a blaze of a show" by comparison.
Whatever sicko added this to the list needs to be found and studied. Bruce, a mediocre boomer who already has FIVE albums on the list when he barely deserves one. An OVER TWO HOUR LONG album that is LIVE? This is supposed to be a fun time, not an investigation of war crimes.
The Boss goes alright, not sure why we needed a live album from him but hey. 3/5.
Stop adding 2 hour live albums! š© 2
One of the most legendary live albums in history, finally released in 2006 as a DVD companion of the special edition of 'Born to Run'. A missed opportunity imo. It should have been released in a luxury edition, on its own and with a cover worthy of its contents, instead of that horrible one. All of this does not detract from the greatness of the album, a memorable document of the best that rock music can offer
7/10. I like Bruce Springsteen, so I liked this album. I don't really think it's a must-listen, though.
I'm a big fan of The Boss, and this is his prime, with some interesting versions of these iconic songs with different arrangements, but I'm just not a huge fan of live albums in general, and that second disc with the longer numbers and covers kinda drags.
A nice reminder of how awesome Bruce Springsteen is. Not only has he written some of the most iconic songs and produced some of the greatest albums of all time, he and the E Street Band are certainly among the all-time greatest live acts. This album captures that live feeling about as well as you can on a recording. I saw them on the Born in the USA tour, but would have loved to have seen them in this era as well. 5 stars.
Masterpiece. One of the best live performance of the entire career of Bruce and the E-Street, and they were only just beginning. Also thanks to the typical consistent sound of the 70s. The best in history.
I'm a big Springsteen fan going a long way back but interestingly I don't think I ever sat down and listened to a live album before. Found this good but not amazing, I suspect this band's lightning being of a particularly "difficult to get in a bottle" variety. Happily listened to a bunch of classics though, and the cover fragments scattered through some renditions and medley toward the end were interesting.
I kind of get the submission, but long live Albums are just a little tougher for me.
A legendary performance by one of the all time great rock stars and singer-songwriters relatively early in his career, backed by one of the greatest live bands ever. I don't care if Springsteen had 12 albums on the list and this was six hours long, bring it on.
I've never been much of a Springsteen fan and when I saw a two-hour live album I said no way. BUT I loved it. Like the best live albums, it made me wish I was there. I may now be a fan.
The cracks to Bruce as a younger man are the exceptions to the norm. No one has better control than the E Street Band over songcraft like this, and the two hours are songs stretched out unglamorous and strong. Anything without painful composition is painfully felt instead.
Not particularly a fan of The Boss. But this was a good livealbum
Wow, I thought this was absolutely briljant. I know his live shows can be good, and now I know why. What a boss!
I was skeptical about the need for me to listen to a 2+ hour live album of Bruce Springsteen. As someone not always fond of live albums and someone not really into Bruce Springsteen this wasn't on my shortlist of listens. This performance from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band was good. I watched some of this on the video version of the album and these guys put on a great show, so I appreciate this intellectually. Iām not a big Bruce Springsteen fan but have to admit there were some pretty thrilling moments on this. Still, Iād have much preferred a single-album edit of this though.
I feel like Brandon Flowers kind of sounds like this era Springsteen. I'd much rather listen to the not-live versions of these songs, which is how I feel about most live albums.
I understand that so many people adore Bruce Springsteen. I like quite some of his music as well. Some I even think is vƩry good. But listening to a 2 hour+ concert is just too much. The only way that such a long concert actually adds something to the whole Springsteen-experience, is by being there in the crowd as it's happening.
Thereās lots of Springsteen on the list including the outstanding āBorn To Runā. Yes, the E Street Band were/are great live and given Metallica and Van Morrison and The Who and Deep Purple amongst others have concert albums I suppose this is a fair user submission.
Although Bruce is a great artist, there are 5 albums in the original list already, which is A LOT. One more is redundant.
There are already 5 Bruce Springsteen albums on this list. Another one is certainly not necessary let alone, a live album which is two hours long. Let's at least have some creativity. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Five albums on the list wasnāt enough for you, bud? Absolute waste of a spot that couldāve gone to a modern artist not on the 1001.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: Thunder road, Tenth avenue freeze-out, Lost in the flood, Born to run, Itās hard to be a saint in the city, Backstreets, Kittyās back, Quarter to three
I had a lot of fun with this one. I was delighted but surprised when I saw it come up, probably because I really didn't expect that anyone would think to submit it. But for all of Bruce Springsteen's studio albums that you rightfully could have submitted, this was the better choice. It's a window into the passion and the joy of Bruce's live shows, which are central to who he is as an artist. The album is an excellent representation of the early "classic" E Street lineup, featuring songs from Bruce's first three albums. It's a must-listen for fans, and is probably also regarded as one of the better live albums ever made. Production is clean and crisp with every nuance on full display. You can practically feel the warmth of the crowd in the room. For those of you who struggle with the length of the album, I recommend taking a break before starting disk 2. Several of the best songs on the album happen to reside on disk 2, so it's worth hanging in there. Fave Songs (All songs, from most to least favorite): Born to Run; Jungleland; She's the One; Rosalita (Come Out Tonight); Backstreets; Lost in the Flood; Thunder Road; Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out; Quarter to Three; 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy); It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City; Spirit in the Night; For You; The E Street Shuffle/Havin' a Party; Kitty's Back; Detroit Medley
Itās a good live album, and the E Street Band is great here, but I donāt think most live albums belong on this list. There are some that are indispensable, but this is not one of them.
Feels harsh to give The Boss 3 stars, but most of the versions didn't do a lot for me and listening to one ultra long version after another gets tiring.
As much as I like Bruceās music a 2 hour live album of songs that have pretty much already been covered is a bit redundant for this list. Iām starting to think the user albums are half albums people like and half people just making others suffer. This was a decent live album lots of good instrumental solos that were nice but the songs were already visited. 6.0/10
Very good! But also, we already had too much from the boss on the original list, so I would prefer other albums that unfairly were left out from the 1001
I can see how a fan of Bruce Springsteen might very much dig this album. Being the opposite of a fan of Bruce Springsteen, I did not. Although, this band does jam!
If you're up for a whole concert of the boss, this is for you.
Love albums remain meh for me... But Bruce Springsteen is one of the greatest live artists of all time. It's still not the studio albums, but I can appreciate that it would've been great to be at. Just, I wasn't, so it's never going to be a thing I come back to (I saw him a year ago. It is as amazing as you'd hope.)
The list doesn't need more Springsteen albums or live albums.
Initially I had a positive reaction to this. A tight live band playing rock 'n' roll music is pretty easy to enjoy. Whilst I'm sure this is a good example of Bruce and the E-Street band at the height of their live power, there is just so much of it. Two hours of mid-tempo rockers, which have a point of view but don't really speak to me, sung competently but with very limited range just got way, way too much by the half way point. The brass freak outs also get really grating after you've heard the first five. Rating: 2 Playlist track: Born to Run Date listened: 11/08/24 to 15/08/24
This is definitely some divorced dad who fell in love with this as a kid and decided to add it to the list because thereās no reason for this to be here even if itās a good live album. Yes itās energetic and exciting and heās a good performer or whatever but I donāt need more Bruce Springsteen in my life. My last 2 user albums are making me very scared that the next 100 albums are all gonna be lame 70s rock stuff a bunch of boomers have fond memories of.
Oh this is interesting. I didnāt expect people to submit albums from artists whoāve already been quite well represented in the original list. Weāve already seen the best of Bruce, so this feels like a wasted opportunity. You get one album and you want more Bruce? Alright. I like him too, but I hate concert albums so this really feels like a wasted slot. Sorry Bruce, but itās 2 stars for you on this one.