Meeting Across The River (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1975
From the album Born To Run (track #7)
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Meeting Across The River appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- Born To Run (track #7) (this album) (1975)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #23) (compilation) (2014)
- East Rutherford, NJ 09/22/12 (track #24) (2019)
- Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ September 19, 1978 (track #10) (2019)
- Cleveland 11.10.09 (track #11) (2022)
- Atlanta, Oct 1, 1978 (track #11) (2022)
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| ! | 09/07/2026 19:07 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 19:42 | Siromynian | 20,179 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 06:41 | Luncea | 5,206 | 85/100 |
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/18/2016 12:53 | #162135
In the end, all these decades later, this, to me, is the song that makes the album still tick. The hits and other standout tracks have been overplayed to death, but this buried gem remains a beautiful piece of obsidian. Great storytelling.
Like a good film noir film where you know things are not going to go as planned.
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2013 01:13 | #61046
Very beautiful and underrated song. The jazzy trumpet playing is key to this song's greatness.
So I wasn't crazy about most of the album, but damn, this song was pretty cool.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/25/2016 03:20 | #169711
I do love this song, but it sticks out like a sore thumb on this album. I love the album the way it is and wouldn't change it, but that's the only thing wrong with this song.
