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Born to Run

Born to Run
Born to Run (Front Cover).jpg
Studio album by Bruce Springsteen
Released August 25, 1975
Recorded May 1974 – July 1975
Studio Record Plant in New York City and 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt
Genre Rock and roll
Length 39:26
Label Columbia
Producer Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel, Jon Landau
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
(1973)
Born to Run
(1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town
(1978)
Singles from Born to Run
  1. "Born to Run"
    Released: August 25, 1975
  2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars
Chicago Tribune 3.5/4 stars
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5/5 stars
Mojo 4/5 stars
MusicHound Rock 5/5
Q 5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 5/5 stars
Sputnikmusic 5/5
Uncut 4/5 stars
The Village Voice A
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Blender 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A–
The Guardian 5/5 stars
Pitchfork 10/10
Stylus Magazine A

Born to Run is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. As his effort to break into the mainstream, the album was a commercial success, peaking at number three on the Billboard 200 and eventually selling six million copies in the United States. Two singles were released from the album: "Born to Run" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"; the first helped Springsteen to reach mainstream popularity. The tracks "Thunder Road" and "Jungleland" became staples of album-oriented rock radio and Springsteen concert high points.

Born to Run garnered widespread acclaim when it was first released on August 25, 1975, by Columbia Records. It has since been considered by critics to be one of the greatest albums in popular music. On November 14, 2005, a 30th Anniversary remaster of the album was released as a box set including two DVDs: a production diary film and a concert movie.

The album was remastered again in 2014 by veteran mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who has worked on much of Springsteen's audio output since 1982, for release as part of The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984, a boxed set composed of remastered editions of his first seven albums. It was later released in remastered form as a single disc as well.

Springsteen began work on the album in May 1974. Given an enormous budget in a last-ditch effort at a commercially viable record, Springsteen became bogged down in the recording process while striving for a wall of sound production. But, fed by the release of an early mix of "Born to Run" to nearly a dozen radio stations, anticipation built toward the album's release.

Springsteen has noted a progression in his songwriting compared to his previous work. Unlike Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, Born to Run includes few specific references to places in New Jersey, in an attempt to make the songs more identifiable to a wider audience. Springsteen has also referred to a maturation in his lyrics, calling Born to Run "the album where I left behind my adolescent definitions of love and freedom—it was the dividing line." In addition, Springsteen spent more time in the studio refining songs than he had on the previous two albums. All in all, the album took more than 14 months to record, with six months alone spent on the song "Born to Run" itself. During this time Springsteen battled with anger and frustration over the album, saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the studio. During the process, Springsteen brought in Jon Landau to help with production. This was the beginning of the breakup of Springsteen's relationship with producer and manager Mike Appel, after which Landau assumed both roles. The album was Springsteen's first to feature pianist Roy Bittan and drummer Max Weinberg (although David Sancious and Ernest "Boom" Carter played the piano and drums, respectively, on the title track).


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