The Price You Pay (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
The Price You Pay appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- The River (track #18) (this album) (1980)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #18) (compilation) (2015)
- The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (Box Set) (track #28) (compilation) (2015)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #52) (compilation) (2014)
- Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (track #24) (2015)
- Chicago January 19, 2016 (track #19) (2016)
- New York January 27, 2016 (track #19) (2016)
- Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09 (track #1) (2017)
- Brooklyn, April 23, 2016 (track #20) (2016)
- Madison Square Garden, New York, November 8, 2009 (track #19) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 03/13/2026 17:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 86,568 | 71/100 | |
| 03/01/2026 21:57 | alexandermause | 16,384 | 85/100 | |
| 10/25/2025 20:05 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 10/12/2025 17:46 | daCritic | 35,168 | 76/100 | |
| 07/14/2025 03:10 |  AAL2014 | 36,071 | 76/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.6.
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A typical sounding track on the second half of the record. It's not one of the album's best tracks but it's decent enough. Not bad.
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