- Audio CD (25 Oct 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sony
- ASIN: B000002513
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 393,522 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. E Street Shuffle |
| 2. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) |
| 3. Kitty's Back |
| 4. Wild Billy's Circus Story |
| 5. Incident On 57th Street |
| 6. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) |
| 7. New York City Serenade |
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Really its all great but weeping lord, Rosalita is beyond words awesome. Being a bit of an ex grunge god and all round alt. rock man i got into the boss via Nebraska. But Rosalita just sums up everything good about Rock n Roll in a very short seven minutes and must be heard over and over and over and over again. Then listened to some more. God bless Bruce Springsteen, he'll get his own angel just for that one song.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of my favourite albums of all time! And everything that has been written by the other reviewers is correct - this is Bruce Springsteen's best album, it easily outshines his most successful albums ('Born to Run' and 'Born in the USA'), and it is sadly overlooked by the record buying public.
Just listen to the first three tracks - "E Street Shuffle", "4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)", and "Kitty's Back" - and realise what the world lost when Springsteen turned his back on the more jazzy side of his muse and focused on his rock leanings. And then listen to "Wild Billy's Circus Story" - possibly the saddest song ever written (and definitely the only one with the lyric "Elephants dance real funky") - and weep that this album isn't held in the same esteem as "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Sgt Pepper's". It really is that good - and it's the only Springsteen CD I can listen to all the way through without reaching for the skip button.
Do yourself a favour, get this CD in ya life: you won't regret it!!
Just listen to the first three tracks - "E Street Shuffle", "4th Of July Asbury Park (Sandy)", and "Kitty's Back" - and realise what the world lost when Springsteen turned his back on the more jazzy side of his muse and focused on his rock leanings. And then listen to "Wild Billy's Circus Story" - possibly the saddest song ever written (and definitely the only one with the lyric "Elephants dance real funky") - and weep that this album isn't held in the same esteem as "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Sgt Pepper's". It really is that good - and it's the only Springsteen CD I can listen to all the way through without reaching for the skip button.
Do yourself a favour, get this CD in ya life: you won't regret it!!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I only discovered Bruce Springsteen's music after having initially been put off his music by the likes of Born to Run and Born in the USA, which are a bit "in your face" for my tastes. There's no outstanding single track on this album (they're all very good), which does a brilliant job evoking 1970s New Jersey streetlife. It contains some of his very best songwriting without the jarring/over the top production of Born to Run (you're right I don't really like that album). He's created some great albums like Darkness at the Edge of Town, Nebraska and the River, but this is a far more poetic and uplifting album. Like most great albums it's a real grower. This is one of those rare albums that you can savour year after year.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A truly mighty recording
For me, this is the recording that really did it for me from Bruce Springsteen. I heard it after "Born To Run" and "Darkness", back in the spring of 1979. Read more
Published 2 months ago by vbhgft
Yet Another Five Stars
This is one of those few albums that has thus far attracted only five star reviews on Amazon (albeit only 14 so far). Read more
Published 7 months ago by Keith M
old favourite
Replacing an old cassette tape of this much played album.
Early Springsteen that I would urge newer fans to listen to.
Early Springsteen that I would urge newer fans to listen to.
Published 17 months ago by jacanol
bruce springsteen
some of his older stuff not so familiar didn't love this cd but appreciate it for the legend he is great quality great value buy from this seller again
Published 22 months ago by siobhanrua
The Boss' Lost Masterpiece
"The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle" is quite simply one of the greatest albums of all time - and the most underated. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Chris Wilson
Undiluted Boss
OK, the recording is just eh, and Vinnie Lopez is not Max Weinberg but everything else is perfection. This is the best, least commercial Springsteen album. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by The Outsider
+++AWESOME+++
Nothing needs to be said apart from .AWESOME. What happened to music now, they just dont make them like this anymore.
Published on 28 Nov 2008 by briantvr
A Route Map to the "Promised Land"
Anyone with a soul can't help but be touched by the heart, head and hand of Springtseen before he was famous -- or could know how famous he would be. Read more
Published on 23 April 2008 by Dr. P. J. J. Corr
He's awesome
Bruce is one of those musicians that will leave a legacy. I remember when he first started and how he wasn't even that popular. But I thought, wow, this guy is unbelievable. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2006 by Joan
You think you know what Bruce Springsteen is all about?
If you've never heard this album, then you don't.
This beautiful album slides out of your stereo like a summer day. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2002
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