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The River
by: Bruce Springsteen

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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074643685429
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Sales Rank: 1683
Studio: Sony

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Despite the acclaim accorded Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town, this is the album that broke Springsteen into the big leagues, thanks to 'Hungry Heart,' then his most pointedly commercial song; it had new fans swooning but some old ones grumbling for the 'poetic' Springsteen of days gone by. Not to worry--though more economical lyrically, The River had something to offer nearly everyone: There's old-time frat rock ('Sherry Darling'), empathetic character studies ('The River,' 'Stolen Car,' 'Independence Day'), passionate rockers ('Out in the Street'), dramatic ballads ('Point Blank'), and even a couple of good-natured goofs ('Cadillac Ranch,' 'Crush on You,' 'Ramrod'). A sprawling double-disc set, The River offers proof that Springsteen could do it all and could do it better than virtually anyone else. --Daniel Durchholz

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- That East Coast 80s Sound
I stood in line at midnight to buy this record in 1980. As time went on, I played it less and less often. After seeing the band's Indianapolis show in March, I decided to buy the CD version. Definitely a trip down memory lane. It's a great album, but not necessarily Bruce or the E Street Band's best. It's a somewhat disappointing follow-up to Darkness on the Edge of Town and a hint of Born in the USA-type things to come. It also shows you how that other Jersey band (Bon Jovi) developed their sound. I'm not saying they copped it from Bruce and the band. I think it was the sound that was floating around the Atlantic coast at the time and The River wraps that sound up very nicely in two albums. The River is a fun rock-n-roll archeological dig.

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- Superb
As I'm a fan of The Boss I Have one désire that He will come once in Switzerland. And its available for all the CD or DVD with bruce Sprinsteen I have or will purchased.

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- Drive All Night
The Boss at his peak. Surely, 'The River' has endured the test of time...I like it more now than I did when it was first released so many years ago. Like the work of artists he's always wanted to be like at least spiritually, Dylan and Van Morrison, 'The River' has never been easily digestible. All great work generally falls into that category...it takes repeated listening and sometimes years to grasp what the artist is presenting. And to risk the wrath of Bruce fans everywhere, I have to say that I think "Drive All Night" is the greatest song he's ever done. make yourself a Bruce mix tape or CDR and end it with "Born To Run", "Racing In The Street" and "Drive All Night". It does NOT get any better...

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- Point of no return
With Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)Bruce Springsteen reached a turning point. It was a very succesful album and his live appearances had proved he had all the ins and outs of an allround modern rocker. So why should he be tied down with those long, complex, bombastic pieces that dominated his previous albums?
Springsteen took the easy road, and it started with the River. No more intriguing musical structures, no frills. Just three chords and go. No more moving, almost journalistic stories as in Meeting Across the River or Jungleland; just plain, ordinary stuff about walking the streets like John Travolta did in the opening scene of Saturday Night Fever, or blatant statements about being a rocker. Yeah baby, I'm a rocker(repeat ad infinitum).
It worked, of course. Millions throughout the world loved The River and almost all the other mediocre albums that would follow.
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