The Ties That Bind (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1980
From the album The River (track #1)
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The Ties That Bind appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- The River (track #1) (this album) (1980)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #1) (compilation) (2015)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #21) (compilation) (2015)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #35) (compilation) (2014)
- The Live Series: Songs Of Friendship (track #11) (compilation) (2019)
- Tampa 05/01/14 (track #4) (2014)
- Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 (track #6) (2015)
- HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY 11/22/09 (track #2) (2016)
- Chicago January 19, 2016 (track #2) (2016)
- New York January 27, 2016 (track #2) (2016)
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65/100  | 11/09/2025 05:22 | Exist-en-ciel | | 67/100 |
100/100 | 10/25/2025 18:54 | ShenBapiro | | 77/100 |
80/100 | 07/14/2025 02:06 |  AAL2014 | | 76/100 |
95/100 | 06/03/2025 10:21 | slimharpo | | 76/100 |
80/100 | 05/12/2025 19:49 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 82.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.
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The ties that bi-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ind, now you can brea-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak the ties that bind
Clemons you madman on the sax!
A solid start to the album, it perfectly sets the mood of the record and the song is a fun rocker enhanced by Clarence Clemons' superb sax break. Great opening track.
Solid opener, thematically lays out the album.
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