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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| ! | 08/04/2026 19:55 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2026 21:33 | NickD89 | 7,055 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/13/2026 17:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 174,277 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 26% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.5.
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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.
