Born To Run
by Bruce Springsteen

From Squonk007 04/21/2026 10:27 | #314037

Great album which has grown on me over the years. Stand outs Born To Run, Backstreets and Meeting Across The River are backed by strong tracks. Teenage America must had a great time in 1975.

I don't connect personally to him as one of my favorite artists, even though I do have a half dozen of his albums. I think it's the vocals sometimes sound like the words are mumbled instead of sung. This is a solid album, wish I could say more although I do enjoy it, and I see its appeal. "Thunder Road", "Born To Run", and "Jungleland" are great songs.

It will be 50 years next year since this masterpiece was made and I ask after all these years how many better albums have been made?

From HoldenM 05/24/2023 19:27 | #297201

Even if I don't connect to it perfectly, it's a near-flawless record.

There are 3 truly outstanding songs on this record and then everything else feels like it is on the edge of being filler content. This leads to an inconsistent release that balances out at quite a good listen especially with Springsteen's experimentation on here. He isn't shy to express himself through the use of a diverse array of instrumentation that is well performed across the whole release. This makes even the weaker songs have something to enjoy about them despite them lacking the charm and infectiousness of the three colossal tracks that are Thunder Road, Jungleland and Born To Run. Overall, this record is over rated due to its huge singles which are phenomenal but the record as a whole is quite up and down quality wise.

The first time I heard the song 'Born To Run' is indelibly stamped into my music appreciation DNA. I was sitting in a car with the radio on, waiting for a friend ~ it was September 1975 and I was 19 ~ 'Born To Run' came on - I was mesmerised from the moment it began and by the end of the song I was changed in ways that I cannot explain. For me, this album (all 8 tracks) has stood the test of time and remains as one of my top 10 albums if all time, despite my 'love' of Springsteen fading post Born In The USA.

Solid album. Born To Run is a great song. I really like the piano in Meeting Across The River too. But the longer anthems just don't land for me (Jungleland and Thunder Road). A lot of the album sounds very similar although admittedly it is a nice sound - but does get quite tiresome. Backstreets has a lovely piano hook but doesn't really go anywhere as a song. Which sums up the whole album for me.

It's good, but I can't say it's great.

Amazing

Solid Springsteen. Feel I should like it more but I don't fully emotionally connect with his albums although I enjoy them and see their appeal.

This is an album with very great and grandiose production and emotional vocal performace from Bruce with genius lyrics. Best tracks are surely Thunder Road and Born To Run, but there are other highlights as well: Jungleland, Backstreets, Night. Overall very enjoyable and beautiful album.