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All rights reserved.The River - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 1987)
| Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Ties That Bind, The 2. Sherry Darling 3. Jackson Cage 4. Two Hearts 5. Independence Day 6. Hungry Heart 7. Out in the Street 8. Crush on You 9. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) 10. I Wanna Marry You 11. River, The DISC 2: 1. Point Blank 2. Cadillac Ranch 3. I'm a Rocker 4. Fade Away 5. Stolen Car 6. Ramrod 7. Price You Pay, The 8. Drive All Night 9. Wreck on the Highway
Album Notes Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar); Steve Van Zandt (guitar); Clarence Clemons (tenor saxophone); Roy Bittan (piano); Danny Federici (organ); Garry Tallent (bass); Max Weinberg (drums); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan (background vocals). Producers: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steve Van Zandt. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York. Only Springsteen could have got away with releasing a double album with 19 tracks of what was basically the same song. Such was his standing that he did, and it worked like a dream. Almost all the tracks hit you in the stomach, with burning saxophone from Clarence Clemons and piercing wurlitzer organ. Bruce, meanwhile, sings of cars and girls and girls and cars, but at no stage does he forget that this is rock 'n' roll. With this release Springsteen completed a rite of passage. Described as the "new Dylan" early in his career, the singer proved this tag a fallacy, drawing on Dansette pop - Phil Spector, Gary US Bonds, Mitch Ryder - rather than the folk tradition. The singer articulated the dilemmas of America's blue-collar workforce, encapsulating a generation trapped in a post-60s malaise. He does so with sumptuous melodies which draw in, rather than confront, the listener and show Springsteen not just as a magnetic showman, but as a pensive, literate songwriter. Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone Q (12/01/1994) CMJ (11/15/1999) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Reviews  Good transaction Prompt shipping, and the CD was in the exact condition as advertised. I would definitely do business with this seller again. Review ID: 10000000005972451 Was this review helpful? Report this review The River - Springsteen, Bruce (CD 1987)Review created: 01/30/08 by: WOW, It brought back so many memories. Thanks for that moment in time when I was young. That's why is the BOSS. There was passion in every one of the songs Review ID: 10000000005293223 Was this review helpful? Report this review SPRINGSTEEN-THE RIVER CD 1987Review created: 08/01/06 by: this is classic bruce and the e street band - i had this on vinyl and next to the "born to run" album this was ny favorite -when cd's came out "the river" was impossible to find -thanks to ebay i am now getting my ultimate"bruce fix" the 2 disc set features bruce's soulful ballads and harmonica -then clarence's ("the big man") butt kickin' saxophone riffs!!!!!!!!!! lots of great music and great memories on this supreme 2 disc set!!!!!!! BRUUUUUUUCE!!!! Review ID: 10000000001467094 Was this review helpful? Report this review  GROWIN' UP SPRINGSTEEN V: "down to the river we'd ride"Review created: 05/25/05 by: Stairway2Drew-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music Pros: Rock and roll with a heart of gold; reveals itself with time as extremely perceptive. Cons: Long, and lyrically eons behind all preceding Springsteen albums. First things first: i'm writing this review knowing, full well, that The River is probably the last Bruce Springsteen solo album you would ever consider buying, assuming, of course, that you don't have The River and that I'm trying to sell you on it. First of all, it's not one of Bruce's real "hit" albums, at least not in the sense that Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. are-- it *did* provide Bruce with his first number-one hit in "Hungry Heart," but the rest of the album isn't quite as legendary, nor the songs quite as ubiquitous. The River is big, and The River is awesome, but The River is. Review ID: 10000000000234242 Springsteen s The River - The Heart of Rock N RollReview created: 01/05/03 by: Freak369 -- a member of Epinions Pros: An awesome collection of tracks, great song writing. Cons: Gets a little repetitive with all the lost love songs. When I first heard selections from Springsteen s epic release The River, the music scene was littered with wanna be rockers, washed up icons and a few up and coming stars. Much like Springsteen s faded jeans, flannel shirts and facial gruff - some things never change. The face of music today is blistered with boy bands , pop princesses and the ambiguous fence hoppers that can t seem to pick a sex and stick with it. Some ripped into The Boss for the tracks on The River, that they were too depressing, too close to home or too boring. Well, I hate to inform the charmed few that have a perfect... Review ID: 10000000000234245 A Lovely If Occasionally Inconsistent Song CycleReview created: 09/04/06 by: buffoonery -- a member of Epinions Pros: Powerful rockers alternate with down-tempo songs of despair Cons: Some filler Even though he had been simultaneously featured on the two infamous covers of Time and Newsweek five years previously and had been seeing steadily increasing record sales, in 1980 Bruce Springsteen was still waiting to become a household name. But with The River, his two-record release of that year, Springsteen would come a few steps closer to the superstardom that he would finally attain with the 1984 release of Born in the USA. A near-great album in its own right, The River sees Bruce continuing to explore the themes that so obsessed him on his earlier albums: cars, hard work, partying, and. Review ID: 10000000001761368 This river of life: the last Great album of Bruce Springsteen and theE Street bandReview created: 04/22/04 by: foxy_shy -- a member of Epinions Pros: Tons of wisdom Cons: You ve gotta be kidding I think Bruce is cool. (me: just bought this CD, talking to a friend) That s what Bruce does. He s being cool. (my friend: one year older than I 23) Is it just me or do you also feel that Bruce and his band shouldn t have parted ways after Born in the USA tour? Rock and roll sure seems to have missed a lot over the 20 years between their 1983 smash and 2001 s comeback wonder The Rising. Oh but whatever, besides, if there s anything the Boss seems to have taught us with his music it must be that nothing stays the same. Born to run, he probably felt like leaving in search of something new again. Review ID: 10000000000234243 David Lynch meets Joey Ramone- take me to the river!Review created: 06/12/01 by: Daniel_Rf -- a member of Epinions Pros: Great Classic Rock and some of Bruce s darker songs Cons: Cock-Rock sound might be a turnoff to some Do you feel it? That soft, summer breeze and that warm sun glowing over you as you plunge into the salty water of the Atlantic ocean and swim like a fish, then getting out of the water to sit on the beach and admire the scantily clad females (silently, of course, for you re not a sexist pig)? You don t? Well, that s probably because you don t live in S.Miguel and I do! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ahem. Anyway, I guess you ve gotten the message by now- Summer is here. And for me, nothing spells Summer like Sherry Darling , track two of Bruce Springsteen s legendary The River . Backed by beach... Review ID: 10000000000234249 Epinions.com ratings are not included in the item's average rating. Links in this review may have been removed. |
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