The River (album)
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| The River | ||
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| Missing image Springsteen_The_River.jpg The River | ||
| Album by Bruce Springsteen | ||
| Released | October 10 1980 | |
| Recorded | 1980 (?) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 82 min 58 sec | |
| Record label | Columbia Records | |
| Producers | Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| All Music Guide | 5/5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A23rv284c055a) |
| RollingStone | 4/5 | link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=41566) |
| Bruce Springsteen Chronology | ||
| Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) | The River (1980) | Nebraska (1982) |
The River is a double album by Bruce Springsteen released in 1980 (see 1980 in music).
"Independence Day" and "Point Blank" were leftovers from the previous Darkness album and had been regularly featured on that 1978 tour, as had parts of "Drive All Night" as a long interpolation within "Backstreets". "The River" had been premiered at the 1979 No Nukes concert.
"Hungry Heart" was Springsteen's first Billboard Hot 100 top ten single, reaching #5. (Ironically, Springsteen had not intended this song to be for himself, having initially written it for The Ramones; manager/producer Jon Landau conned Springsteen into keeping the song for himself.) "Fade Away" was a disappointing follow-up single, only getting to #20.
Several of the album's up-tempo rockers became concert staples for decades to come, including "Two Hearts", "Out in the Street", "Cadillac Ranch", and "Ramrod".
"Stolen Car" and "Wreck on the Highway", the closing tracks on the original LP's sides three and four, bore unusually quiet, haunted arrangements that presaged much of the musical direction Springsteen would take in the future.
Track listing
- "The Ties That Bind" - 3:34
- "Sherry Darling" - 4:03
- "Jackson Cage" - 3:04
- "Two Hearts" - 2:45
- "Independence Day" - 4:50
- "Hungry Heart" - 3:19
- "Out in the Street" - 4:17
- "Crush on You" - 3:10
- "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" - 2:37
- "I Wanna Marry You" - 3:30
- "The River" - 5:01
- "Point Blank" - 6:06
- "Cadillac Ranch" - 3:03
- "I'm A Rocker" - 3:36
- "Fade Away" - 4:46
- "Stolen Car" - 3:54
- "Ramrod" - 4:05
- "The Price You Pay" - 5:29
- "Drive All Night" - 8:33
- "Wreck on the Highway" - 3:54
All songs by Bruce Springsteen.
Personnel
- Bruce Springsteen - bass, guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Clarence Clemons - saxophone, vocals
- Roy Bittan - piano, keyboards
- Steven Van Zandt - guitar, vocals
- Max Weinberg - drums
- Danny Federici - organ, vocals
- Garry Tallent - bass, horn
- Howard Kaylan - vocals
- Mark Volman - vocals
- Neil Dorfsman - engineer
- Bob Clearmountain - mixing
- Chuck Plotkin - mixing
- Toby Scott - mixing
External link
- Audio & Lyrics (http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/river.html)