The River (track)
by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Year: 1986
From the album Live/1975-85 (track #28)
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The River appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band:
- Live/1975-85 (track #28) (this album) (compilation) (1986)
- Live In New York City (track #6) (2001)
- Greatest Hits (track #8) (compilation) (2009)
- Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (track #11) (2015)
- Chicago January 19, 2016 (track #12) (2016)
- New York January 27, 2016 (track #12) (2016)
- Auckland, New Zealand, February 25, 2017 (track #11) (2017)
- Madison Square Garden, New York City 07/01/2000 (track #7) (2017)
- Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09 (track #19) (2017)
- Stockholm Stadion, Sweden 1988 (track #4) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 03/15/2026 19:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,715 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/17/2026 12:44 | Spartakist | 2,166 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2024 14:09 | Fertu | 40,987 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2023 12:19 | Pluto11 | 28,736 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2023 11:46 | Phmus84 | 16,454 | 100/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.9/100, a mean average of 86.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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Almost half off the song is Bruce talking. For once, that's oké, but not for repeated listening.
A spine-tingling version of The River.
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