The River (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
The River appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- The River (track #11) (this album) (1980)
- The Essential Bruce Springsteen (track #12) (compilation) (2003)
- Greatest Hits (track #4) (compilation) (1995)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #11) (compilation) (2015)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #26) (compilation) (2015)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #45) (compilation) (2014)
- Chapter And Verse (track #10) (compilation) (2016)
- St. Rose Of Lima School, Freehold, New Jersey, November 8, 1996 (track #1) (2018)
- Van Andel Arena, Michigan 2005 (track #7) (2018)
- Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ July 25, 1992 (track #9) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/04/2026 19:55 | Siromynian | 18,195 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/17/2026 15:38 | NickD89 | 6,975 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/01/2026 21:57 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2026 05:24 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,532 | 71/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2025 19:31 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
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One of Springsteen's top five of all time. This, a more bleak and realistic version of young love, as opposed to the more care free and optimistic duo in, thunder road, is Springsteen at the top of his game. This time, the couple aren't free to 'case the promised land', this time they're stuck, due to the shock of an unwanted pregnancy. There's no Thunder road here, all they have is the river, and that's as far as this couple will get to their hopes and dreams. As on the, darkness on the edge of town, Springsteen is now writing for adults in real and harder circumstances.
Masterpiece.
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