Tag: Bruce Springsteen

Why It’s About Time We All Started To Enjoy “Queen of the Supermarket”

Before I dive into my somewhat lacklustre defence of this clunky, lazily written, over-produced hot mess (good start so far), I first want to explain my relationship to the Working on a Dream album as a whole. The album, released in 2009, is something of an outlier in Springsteen's catalogue in that there is not … Continue reading Why It’s About Time We All Started To Enjoy “Queen of the Supermarket” →

Most Underrated Track From Each Studio Album (1992-2022)

As Springsteen entered the tumultuous and uncertain nineties, a lot had changed. He had released two albums of relative obscurity in the early seventies, before bursting like a supernova out of nowhere and closing the decade with two iconic albums. The eighties then saw his commercial stock skyrocket with the release of The River in … Continue reading Most Underrated Track From Each Studio Album (1992-2022) →

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)

After Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J received high praise from critics but low attention from consumers, Springsteen had one thought when it came to recording his second album later that year: we need the band! For this album, in contrast to his debut just ten months previously, Springsteen decided that the version of himself he … Continue reading The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973) →

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J (1973)

There is much mythology and lore surrounding the rise of Bruce Springsteen, the tenacious guitar-slinger who set the Jersey Shore on fire with his rag-tag band of happy thieves. His is a story of perseverance; the intense application of enormous talent; and, most of all, family. Perhaps the smartest thing Springsteen ever did was to … Continue reading Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J (1973) →