The River Bruce Springsteen

• 1 The Ties That Bind 03:30
• 2 Sherry Darling 04:02
• 3 Jackson Cage 03:04
• 4 Two Hearts 02:42
• 5 Independence Day 04:46
• 6 Hungry Heart 03:19
• 7 Out in the Street 04:17
• 8 Crush on You 03:10
• 9 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 02:36
• 10 I Wanna Marry You 03:26
• 11 The River 04:59
• 12 Point Blank 06:05
• 13 Cadillac Ranch 03:02
• 14 I'm a Rocker 03:34
• 15 Fade Away 04:40
• 16 Stolen Car 03:53
• 17 Ramrod 04:04
• 18 The Price You Pay 05:27
• 19 Drive All Night 08:26
• 20 Wreck on the Highway 03:53
• Total Runtime 01:22:55

Info for The River

Only Springsteen could have got away with releasing a double album with 19 tracks of what was basically the same song. Such was his standing that he did, and it worked like a dream. Almost all the tracks hit you in the stomach, with burning saxophone from Clarence Clemons and piercing Wurlitzer organ. Bruce, meanwhile, sings of cars and girls and girls and cars, but at no stage does he forget that this is rock 'n' roll. With this release Springsteen completed a rite of passage. Described as the 'new Dylan' early in his career, the singer proved this tag a fallacy, drawing on Dansette pop - Phil Spector, Gary US Bonds, Mitch Ryder - rather than the folk tradition. The singer articulated the dilemmas of America's blue-collar workforce, encapsulating a generation trapped in a post-60s malaise. He does so with sumptuous melodies which draw in, rather than confront, the listener and show Springsteen not just as a magnetic showman, but as a pensive, literate songwriter.

'The E Streeters sound lean and relaxed, Springsteen's voice is strong but unstrained. And the songs - dazzling variations, mainly, on fundmental three-chord rock - are more efficient than anything he'd done before. (Rolling Stone)

Bruce Springsteen, vocals, guitars, harmonica, percussion, piano
Roy Bittan, piano, organ on 'I'm a Rocker' and 'Drive All Night', background vocals
Clarence Clemons, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion, background vocals
Danny Federici, organ, glockenspiel
Steven Van Zandt, electric and acoustic guitars, background vocals
Garry Tallent, bass
Max Weinberg, drums, percussion
Flo & Eddie, harmony vocals (on 'Hungry Heart“)
Howard Kaylan, harmony vocals
Mark Volman, harmony vocals

Recorded from March 1979 – August 1980 at The Power Station, New York
Engineered by Jimmy Iovine, Neil Dorfsman, Bob Clearmountain
Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
Produced by Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt

Digitally remastered

Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen's recording career spans more than thirty years, beginning with 1973's Columbia Records release 'Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ.' By 1975, the covers of both Time and Newsweek declared Springsteen's music a national phenomenon. He has released twenty-four albums, garnered nineteen Grammy Awards, won an Oscar (for 1994's "Streets of Philadelphia") and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Springsteen's newest album 'Working On a Dream,' debuted at number one on the Billboard chart in 16 countries, including the U.S. He is a 2009 recipient of Kennedy Center Honors.

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