- Born in the U.S.A.
- Cover Me
- Darlington County
- Working on the Highway
- Downbound Train
- I'm On Fire
- No Surrender
- Bobby Jean
- I'm Goin' Down
- Glory Days
- Dancing In the Dark
- My Hometown
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Steven Van Zandt Choir/Chorus,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Clarence Clemons Saxophone,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Danny Federici Organ,Piano,Glockenspiel
Ruth Jackson Vocals (Background)
Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg Vocals (Background)
Bob Ludwig Synthesizer
La Bamba Vocals (Background)
Garry Tallent Bass,Choir/Chorus,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Roy Bittan Piano,Synthesizer,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Max Weinberg Drums,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Bill Scheniman Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Neil Dorfsman Engineer
Bruce Lampcov Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakas Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakis Assistant Engineer
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Andrea Klein Design,Art Direction
Brian Lee Remastering Engineer,Remastering Engineer
Bruce Lampeov Assistant Engineer
John Davenport Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig Mastering,Remastering,Mastering Engineer,Remastering Engineer
Billy Straus Assistant Engineer
Chuck Plotkin Producer
Jeff Hendrickson Assistant Engineer
Jon Landau Producer
Bruce Springsteen Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Toby Scott Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Supervising Engineer
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Overview
Bruce Springsteen had become increasingly downcast as a songwriter during his recording career, and his pessimism bottomed out with Nebraska. But Born in the U.S.A., his popular triumph, which threw off seven Top Ten hits and became one of the best-selling albums of all time, trafficked in much the same struggle, albeit set to galloping rhythms and set off by chiming guitars. That the witless wonders of the Reagan regime attempted to co-opt the title track as an election-year campaign song wasn't so surprising: the verses described the disenfranchisement of a lower-class Vietnam vet, and the chorus was intended to be angry, but it came off as anthemic. Then, too, Springsteen had softened his message with nostalgia and sentimentality, and those are always crowd-pleasers. "Glory Days" may have employed Springsteen's trademark disaffection, yet it came across as a couch potato's drunken lament. But more than anything else, Born in the U.S.A. marked the first time that Springsteen's characters really seemed to relish the fight and to have something to fight for. They were not defeated ("No Surrender"), and they had friendship ("Bobby Jean") and family ("My Hometown") to defend. The restless hero of "Dancing in the Dark" even pledged himself in the face of futility, and for Springsteen, that was a step. The "romantic young boys" of his first two albums, chastened by "the working life" encountered on his third, fourth, and fifth albums and having faced the despair of his sixth, were still alive on this, his seventh, with their sense of humor and their determination intact. Born in the U.S.A. was their apotheosis, the place where they renewed their commitment and where Springsteen remembered that he was a rock & roll star, which is how a vastly increased public was happy to treat him. ~ William Ruhlmann
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/14/2024 |
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Label: | Sony Legacy |
UPC: | 0196588751615 |
Rank: | 533 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Bruce Springsteen Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Lead VocalsSteven Van Zandt Choir/Chorus,Vocal Harmony,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background),Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Clarence Clemons Saxophone,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Danny Federici Organ,Piano,Glockenspiel
Ruth Jackson Vocals (Background)
Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg Vocals (Background)
Bob Ludwig Synthesizer
La Bamba Vocals (Background)
Garry Tallent Bass,Choir/Chorus,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Roy Bittan Piano,Synthesizer,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Max Weinberg Drums,Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Technical Credits
Steven Van Zandt ProducerBill Scheniman Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Neil Dorfsman Engineer
Bruce Lampcov Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakas Assistant Engineer
Zoe Yanakis Assistant Engineer
Annie Leibovitz Photography
Andrea Klein Design,Art Direction
Brian Lee Remastering Engineer,Remastering Engineer
Bruce Lampeov Assistant Engineer
John Davenport Assistant Engineer
Bob Clearmountain Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig Mastering,Remastering,Mastering Engineer,Remastering Engineer
Billy Straus Assistant Engineer
Chuck Plotkin Producer
Jeff Hendrickson Assistant Engineer
Jon Landau Producer
Bruce Springsteen Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Toby Scott Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Supervising Engineer
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