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Reply to "Bruce Springsteen's albums – ranked by the Guardian! How would you rank them?"

"Here's mine. Oats, since you posed the question in the post title, I'm curious about  your list."  LB, You asked so you shall receive. 

1 The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle

* You never forget your first.  This album brought me to the party.  Incident- is still my favorite song.

2 Born To Run

*IMHO-The greatest Rock and Roll album of all time.

3 Darkness On the Edge Of Town

* A hair below  B2R, one of the greatest.

Born In the USA

* Just like the title of a recent movie- The Meg.

5 The Rising

*The timing, why and what it was written for.  From start to finish, the unabashed, complete enthusiasm of the outdoor stadium crowds in the USA was something I never saw before nor since.

6 Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.

* Lost in the Flood-an epic drama played out from Viet Nam to the Jersey shore and onto Manhattan.  One of my top five songs.

7 Magic

* As you can tell - I think this album is very much... under-rated

8 The River

* If you didn't appreciate the River when it came out and saw it live on the more recent River Tour.  I'm sure you were converted then.

9 Ghost of Tom Joad

10 Devils and Dust 

11 Nebraska

*Nebraska got some of his greatest reviews ever by the critics.  I truly believe if the two above acoustic albums were released then, they too would have received those same accolades. All three are  interchangeable in the rankings.

12 Tunnel Of Love

* Ya gotta have one album of love songs. 

13 Lucky Town

* I had to split this up from Human Touch.

14 Wrecking Ball

* I think this was Bruce's last great album.  Hopefully 2020 will make this statement obsolete. 

15 Working On A Dream

16 Human Touch

17 High Hopes

18 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions 

Not my cup of tea.  I liked it much better live but it was still the least amount of shows I ever saw for any of his album tours, (3) including a rehearsal show.

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The SPL Rocks!

Prego che tu stia danzando con San Pietro alle porte perlacee del cielo





Pulled up to my house today
Came and took my little girl away!
Giants Stadium 8/28/03



Oats

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