Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen

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Start with this: that, despite the prominence of at least two, three singles you could probably go your whole life without hearing again, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. remains one of the greatest pop albums ever. That should probably be a ...

Pros: Bruce, Bruce, Bruce
Cons: not as good as the others

Pros: Bruce was right when he sang that was on fire.
Cons: Four of the songs are mediocre-- including the title-track.

In 1975, Born to Run was released, and it made Bruce Springsteen a house-hold name. In 1984, Born in the USA was released, and it made him a working-man heartthrob with a lot of great energy. Whereas his previous works had been longer and a ...

Pros: A decent mix of rock and roll and pop, Some wonderful lyrics, Good voice
Cons: Some very lame lyrics, Remarkably derivative sounds

Recently, I've been listening to a great deal of Bruce Springsteen's music, though most of it has been his newer works. I praised his middle-of-the-road endeavor "The Rising" (reviewed at: ...

Pros: Some really great tunes
Cons: Production sometimes careless and perhaps too much synthesizer for some

Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen has held a lot of significance for me.  The album was produced in the year I was born and, yes, I was born in the USA.  However it was not until recently that I really started listening to this album ...

Pros: It’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, baby!
Cons: It’s pop… and Clemons is criminally underused throughout the record

Although you would't tell it from the reviews on this site, with Born in the U.S.A. it seems to be a matter of love it or hate it. One of my friends, also a Springsteen fan, simply said: “Born in the U.S.A. isn’t a good record.” ...

Pros: "Dancing in the Dark" is a classic; the ballads are tender and engaging.
Cons: Some horribly produced up-tempo rockers with overly calculated storytelling.

When it comes to reviewing music, one word that could (should?) be expunged from any writer’s vocabulary is ‘sell-out’. Although the term does have a little meaning, the impossibilities of accurately defining and judging ‘artistic ...

Pros: 4 definite classic songs and a few others that are pretty good.
Cons: Too pop for pop's sake.

As I have noted previously, I'm not a Springsteen fanatic, yet I like him. What kind of rock fan would I be if I didn't? His new album The Rising is definitely in the top 5 albums of 2002 and the Born To Run through The River trilogy (which also includes...

Pros: Springsteen's commercial blockbuster is also one of the best in his catalog
Cons: none

I don't know if it is because Bruce will be playing at halftime of this year's Super Bowl or because I have become nostalgic for my high school senior year, but for some reason I have been playing this album a lot lately and, since this year marks its ...

Pros: No bad songs with a message ringing just as true today
Cons: None here, all prime cuts

It’s rare for a mega-seller like “Born in the USA” to hold a very personal place in your heart, but leave it to “The Boss” to do the impossible. In the mid 80’s you couldn’t resist the reach of this record if you tried,...

Pros: To us Brits, he is everything American
Cons: If you've got him, can you send him back over the pond for a while?

The gritty voice of the man we can only remember as having dirty finger nails kicked Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ off the top slot and nestled his way into a very fashionable seat and stayed around in the album charts for an over familiar 129 weeks. All ...

Pros: great tunes
Cons: none

I was 8 years old when I was first exposed to Mr Bruce Springsteen. He is also known as THE BOSS to anyone that is a fan of his music or knows anything about his music whatsoever. Bruce is a New Jersey boy. Last year on tour he sold out shows left and...

Pros: incredibly life-affirming
Cons: the widespread misinterpretation, by both fans and non-fans, of the title song as a jingoistic Russkie-bashing anthem (it is in fact an anti-war song, highly critical of the USA's involvement in Vietnam and its treatment of its own troops. And he sure sou

Yeah I know, it's a really conventional choice, almost every damn song got played to death at the time, yaddayaddayadda. I wasn't even particularly fond of it myself back then and started getting pretty annoyed by the time 47th single released from it...

Pros: Excellent album with great music, great lyrics and a nice overall theme
Cons: None

"Born in the U.S.A" is arguably Bruce Springsteen's best album. Of course he's made other brilliant albums such as "Born to Run" and "Tunnel of Love" but in "Born in the U.S.A" Springsteen managed to put forth a...

Pros: music for everyone
Cons: peoples' misinterpretation

Although Born To Run was the pivotal album for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Born In The USA was the one that thrust Bruce into super stardom and made him a household name. Called the Boss by some, (which he has stated he's not very fond of)...