Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

Skinny — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 13:13:56 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 02/08/2023 18:13

Love putting this album on after a hard day's work at the factory, manually inserting grooves into large steel bars.

Nah, it's dope.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

MadhattanJack — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 02:56:07 GMT

Author: MadhattanJack

Posted: 02/08/2023 07:56

My recollection is that Springsteen had really good (if not perfect) timing, putting out a nice accessible rock album (complete with red baseball cap!) at the very moment when people finally decided they were tired of seeing Thriller at the top of the charts for two whole years.

Not even Kajagoogoo could knock Thriller out of the top spot. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing (though not quite like the Talking Heads' song, "Once in a Lifetime," since that came out in 1980).

What's more, the Plasmatics were in a long hiatus at that point, so as far as Bruce was concerned the field was basically wide open...

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

mickilennial — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 01:57:36 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 02/08/2023 06:57

911Turbo wrote:

at the time, disco and electronic organs( OMD, depeche mode,new order, bee gees) were becoming mainstream .
Springsteen delivers and this album, for me is phenomenal.

Disco was dead in 1984, chief. At the very least it was on life support.

The Bee Gees were going through a rough time, Donna Summer was reinventing herself, and other landmark disco sounds had shifted toward synth funk and smooth R&B (Lionel Ritchie, etc.) Rock was plenty alive as well. Whether it was the AOR sounds of Foreigner or the metal revolution in LA and the UK. New Wave and New Romantic didn't kill rock music nor did R&B. This is a false equivalency and a bad read of history that people make. Other genres were just becoming just as popular and rock music didn't have a monopoly on popular music anymore.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

CharlieBarley — Tue, 7 Feb 2023 15:40:08 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 02/07/2023 20:40

One of my all time favourite albums
My Hometown is my favourite track by The Boss but he has so many great tracks.
I enjoyed the movie Blinded By The Light, about a young Springsteen fan. It used a couple of songs from this album to good effect.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

Johnnyo — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:59:48 GMT

Author: Johnnyo

Posted: 02/06/2023 19:59

You don’t often see that many comments in the album of the day post but this choice has clearly divided opinion.

I fall firmly into the love it category. Yes, because born in the USA was so huge the album tended to get overlooked as the great album that it is.

The title track is a great protest song. If you don’t believe me check out the acoustic version on the tracks box set. You’ll get a whole new perspective on the song.

The album is packed with great songwriting and musicianship. A work of art which has fostered discussion and isn’t that what art is supposed to do.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

911Turbo — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 13:23:02 GMT

Author: 911Turbo

Posted: 02/06/2023 18:23

lets all agree to disagree!
At this period in time, whatever springsteen touched, it turned to gold.

I am bias- i love bruce springsteen and especially his work around 1975- 1985.
"Darkness on the edge of town" doesn't have enough positive superlatives describing this brilliant piece of work. But, from this album, you learn that springsteen can
play a mean guitar. the energy is off the charts. and his guitar work is incredible.

i must admit, because "born in the usa" was so mammoth, i never believed it was outstanding, just because he became mainstream.
in the last several years, i have done a complete 180 and can firmly state that this album is incredible.
springsteens songwriting is in top form on this album. His lyrics are perfect .

"My hometown"- if feel like hes describing where i grew up! Brillant!!

("downtown train"- i had a job, i had a girl, had something going mister in this world. i got laid off at the lumber yard)- cant we all relate to this. he describes life in usa. im in canada . but i know what hes talking about.

I'm on fire- its kinda slow and dark. but it adds to the album, becuse he changes the tempo, no fast guitars or music, his voice is highlighted.

"No surrender"- favourite song on the album. "well we busted out of class. had to get away from those fools. we learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned in school". PURE MAJIC. i dont know about you, but thats how i felt going for a indoctrination of gov't propaganda in a system described as a learning environment.

if there is a weak link - it may be " born in the usa"

Rock was dying.
at the time, disco and electronic organs( OMD, depeche mode,new order, bee gees) were becoming mainstream .
Springsteen delivers and this album, for me is phenomenal.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

Anonymous — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 03:29:58 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/06/2023 08:29

DommeDamian wrote:

By saying that, you basically added credibility to my argument. 🤣
.

🧱

Edit: Oh, I get it now. You were applying circular reasoning 🤣

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

DommeDamian — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 15:59:28 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 02/05/2023 20:59

theblueboy wrote:

Nope, it’s great fun and is full to the brim with classic songs.

By saying that, you basically added credibility to my argument. 🤣
And applying your statement to The River made much more sense.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

mickilennial — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 07:31:40 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 02/05/2023 12:31

used to hate this (mellancamp fan, so you know)

but now that team sports is out of my head i can appreciate a lot of the songwriting and its ended up one of my favorite heartland rock records

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

Anonymous — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 03:45:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/05/2023 08:45

DommeDamian wrote:

wanna the most overrated albums ever.

Nope, it’s great fun and is full to the brim with classic songs.

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

Cyrax — Sun, 5 Feb 2023 02:42:33 GMT

Author: Cyrax

Posted: 02/05/2023 07:42

Still the go to album whenever I want to hear a bit of Springsteen...

Re: Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

DommeDamian — Sat, 4 Feb 2023 16:52:25 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 02/04/2023 21:52

wanna the most overrated albums ever.

Album of the day (#4430): Born In The U.S.A.

BestEverAlbums — Sat, 4 Feb 2023 16:00:33 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 02/04/2023 21:00

Today's album of the day

Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1984.
Country:
Overall rank: 200
Average rating: 78/100 (from 1254 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Born In The U.S.A.
2. Cover Me
3. Darlington County
4. Working On The Highway
5. Downbound Train
6. I'm On Fire
7. No Surrender
8. Bobby Jean
9. I'm Goin' Down
10. Glory Days
11. Dancing In The Dark
12. My Hometown

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.