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Born to Run

Born to Run
Born to Run
Album by Bruce Springsteen
Released August 25, 1975
Recorded 1975 (?)
Genre Rock
Length 39 min 22 s
Record label Columbia Records
Producers Bruce Springsteen, Mike Appel , Jon Landau
Professional reviews
All Music Guide 5/5 link
RollingStone review 5/5 link
Bruce Springsteen Chronology
The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
(1973)
Born to Run
(1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town
(1978)

Born to Run is a rock album by singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). His third album, Born to Run was Springsteen's breakthrough hit and launched his career in United States and around the world. His first album to feature Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg, Born to Run was preceded by hype due to overwhelming critical acclaim. While his previous two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle, received good reviews, popular success had been scarce; Born to Run cemented Springsteen's reputation among critics and established his first mainstream fanbase.

Upon release, the album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard album chart and spent over two years in the top 100 selling albums. In 2003, Born to Run was ranked as the number 1 most popular album in the first Zagat Survey Music Guide. Also in 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 27th greatest album of all time.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Thunder Road" - 4:49
  2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" - 3:10
  3. "Night" - 3:00
  4. "Backstreets" - 6:30
  5. "Born to Run" - 4:30
  6. "She's the One" - 4:30
  7. "Meeting Across the River" - 3:18
  8. "Jungleland" - 9:35

All songs by Bruce Springsteen.

Personnel

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1975   Pop Albums                              No. 3
1985   The Billboard 200                       No. 101

Billboard Music Charts (North America) singles

1975   Born To Run                Pop Singles            No. 23
1976   Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out     Pop Singles            No. 83

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