| | Bruce Springsteen River CD Bruce Springsteen Discography of CDs
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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.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recorded at The Power Station, New York, New York.
Personnel: Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, electric 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano); Steven Van Zandt (vocals, guitar); Clarence Clemons (vocals, saxophone, percussion, background vocals); Danny Federici (vocals, organ); Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman (vocals, background vocals); Steve VanZandt (guitar); Garry Tallent (horns); Roy Bittan (piano, organ, keyboards, background vocals); Max Weinberg (drums).
Audio Mixers: Chuck Plotkin; Toby Scott; Bob Clearmountain.
Recording information: The Power Station, New York, NY.
Photographers: Amanda Flick; Frank Stefanko; David Gahr; Jimmy Wachtel; Barry Goldenberg; Joel Bernstein.
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.
Rolling Stone - Ranked #86 in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Albums Of The Eighties" survey (November 1989).
Q (12/94, p.170) - 3 Stars - Good - "...may yet prove to be the greatest evocation of Springsteen's vision, laden as equally with childhood memories and first sex as with life's current disillusions and stale sex....[the title track is] impossibly beautiful..."
CMJ (11/15/99, p.24) - "...THE RIVER's got cars, girls, sex, unemployment and alcohol; when you've got a hot band behind you, making all that stuff resonate, well, brother, that's called rock'n'roll." River Music | Category | Rock Albums, Oldies CDs, Rock/Pop | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 1980 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1854  | | CD Universe Part number | 1085876 | | Catalog number | 36854 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Jimmy Iovine; Neil Dorfsman; Bob Clearmountain | | Recording Time | 82 minutes | | Personnel | Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar, electric 12-string guitar, harmonica, piano
Roy Bittan - piano, organ, keyboards, background vocals
Garry Tallent - horns
Max Weinberg - drums
Danny Federici - vocals, organ
Clarence "Nick" Clemons - vocals, saxophone, percussion, background vocals
Steven Van Zandt - vocals, guitar
Also: Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan |
Bruce Springsteen River Songs River Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews His best and all time best
What can you say about this masterpiece, it ranks as one of the all time best albums ever (up there with The Stones -Exile and The Beatles -White).
Submitted by eglimmer (st.louis,missouri)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. As good as I remember
In my opinion this is one of Bruce's finest collections. You can't go wrong with THE RIVER.
Submitted by a reviewer (NW Indiana) 
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Maybe not the best, but for sure it's a very good album.
5 stars are absolutely due, Indipendence day, The river, Point blank, two hearts and a lot more...
Really intensive and never boring, even if sometimes a little too much mainstream sounding.
Submitted by Daniele, samp91 (Venice, Italy)
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Wow! Not one bad track on this masterpiece.
Submitted by vinnie753 (pepperland,qc,canada)
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Bruce Springsteen goes deep down into your soul with this album. This is truly a superb piece of music.
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