Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. [Import] [Limited Edition]

Track Listings

1. Blinded By the Light

2. Growin' Up

3. Mary Queen of Arkansas

4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?

5. Lost in the Flood

6. Angel

7. For You

8. Spirit in the Night

9. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

Editorial Reviews
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition Issue in a Deluxe LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Album Artwork.

Tracks:

Blinded By The Light
Growin' Up
Mary Queen Of Arkansas
Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street
Lost In The Flood
The Angel
For You
Spirit In the Night
It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City

Customer Reviews:

Great Album.......2007-03-28

This Album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J." is such a great album! It features nine great songs from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. Blinded by the light is one of the best Bruce Springsteen songs out there. I reccomend ths album 100%.

4 1/2 stars........2007-03-13

preceding, as it did, his worldwide fame, and a string of classic albums, this album tends to get shortchanged in the history of rock and roll. no, it is not a match for such masterworks as "the wild, the innocent, & the e street shuffle," "born to run," "darkness on the edge of town," "nebraska," or "we shall overcome: the seeger sessions," but this is an outstanding debut nonetheless. sure, it is a bit verbose, and, yes, perhaps he did dip into a rhyming dictionary a tad to freely, but all in all this is a very fine set of songs. the exuburance of "blinded by the light" is pure joy, while "growin' up" is a classic song that stands with the best of springsteen's songs. "lost in the flood," "for you," "spirit in the night," and "it's hard to be a saint in the city" are all fantastic. listen, and if you disagree: try to write a song of your own, and see if you can better these. also of note, the quiet ballad "the angel," which has an appearance by the great acoustic bass player, richard davis (who performed such timeless musical magic on van morrison's "astral weeks" album). give this album a break, it is not springsteen's best, but it's excellent all the same.

AMG Review.......2007-02-24

Bruce Springsteen's debut album found him squarely in the tradition of Bob Dylan: folk-based tunes arranged for an electric band featuring piano and organ (plus, in Springsteen's case, 1950s-style rock & roll tenor saxophone breaks), topped by acoustic guitar and a husky voice singing lyrics full of elaborate, even exaggerated imagery. But where Dylan had taken a world-weary, cynical tone, Springsteen was exuberant. His street scenes could be haunted and tragic, as they were in "Lost in the Flood," but they were still imbued with romanticism and a youthful energy. Asbury Park painted a portrait of teenagers cocksure of themselves, yet bowled over by their discovery of the world. It was saved from pretentiousness (if not preciousness) by its sense of humor and by the careful eye for detail that kept even the most high-flown language rooted. Like the lyrics, the arrangements were busy, but the melodies were well developed and the rhythms, pushed by drummer Vincent Lopez, were breakneck. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J........2007-02-07

BRUCE is my favorite - everything he does is fantastic!

(2.5 stars) work backwards to this one.......2006-11-17

I'm sorry, but I don't see what the big deal about Greetings is. It's an OK record, just not a good one. It's certainly far from traditional Bruce, mainly made up of spare, folky, stream-of-conscousness (definitly spelled wrong) ballads that work (the haunting Lost in the Flood; Blinded by the Light and Spirit in the Night, both of which feature great sax from Clarence Clemons) as often as they fail (The Angel; Mary Queen of Arkansas; Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?) Classic Growin' Up isn't bad at all, but much better heard in its Live 1975/85 reading. This version is mediocre by comparison. The same with Saint in the City. That leaves room for four truly great songs (the aforementioned Blinded; Spirit and Flood plus For You). This is his most Dylan-derived release, but my advice is you pick up a couple of REAL Dylan records instead, as well as a few of Bruce's later albums. He shows pontential here, but he still had a LONG way to go.

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness on the Edge of Town

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E street boys
Triple Shot Of Bruce Juice
3 Bangs: Less Than 30 Measley Bucks ?!
Holy smokes! 3 of Springsteen's records at once!

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J./The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle/Darkness on the Edge of Town
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Customer Reviews:

E street boys.......2007-06-27

It was great to get Bruce and the boys together in one package.I only had the old buggered vinyl.these were the days when I lived Darkness and was immortal .Stan

Triple Shot Of Bruce Juice.......2004-11-20

Greetings From Asbury Park served notice that there was a new musical force on the scene. On his debut, Bruce showed he was the best songwriter to come along since Bob Dylan. The album kicks off with the musical tongue twister "Blinded By The Light" that showed Bruce wasn't a typical singer-songwriter. The song has a funky riff and is replete with horns. "Spirit In The Night" introduced the E Street sound and is a precursor to the character oriented songs that would appear later on Born To Run & Wild. "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St?" is fun and "For You" is a rare rock song about suicide. "Growin' Up" & It's So Hard To Be A Saint In The City" show early signs of Bruce's "Tramp" persona. "Lost In The Flood" is the great forgotten Bruce song and is as good a song as he has ever recorded. While Greetings is uneven at points ("Mary, Queen of Arkansas' & "The Angel"), it shows an artist who had a very original sound and huge potential. It is great to throw it in the CD player and hear a young, raw and hungry Bruce Springsteen and listen to where it all started.

The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street shuffle may only contain 7 songs, but they pack a punch and are among the finest of Bruce's career. The album opens with the funky guitar riff of "The E Street Shuffle". "4th Of July" is the song that made Asbury Park famous and Madame Marie's a mecca for Bruce fans. "Kitty's Back" is a blazing rock 'n' soul workout and is followed by the comical "Wild Billy's Circus Story". On the original album, the last three songs constituted side two and it is about as perfect of an album side as there is in history. "Incident on 57th Street", "Rosalita" and "New York City Serenade" is a three part musical suite and they flow seamlessly into one another. The stories they tell are so vivid that they are almost like musical literature. Bruce has released albums that were musically superior to Wild, but never one that was this much fun.

In Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Springsteen's characters are no longer looking to escape their problems, they've giving up escape a long time ago. They are searching for answers to the situations they find themselves in. Optimism has been replaced by despair and cynicism. "Badlands" is an angry anthem about never being satisfied with where you are in life. "Adam Raised A Cain" is about the struggles between a father and his angry son and "Factory" is about the drudgery of everyday life. Songs like "Something In The Night", "The Promised Land" and "Racing In The Streets" are about chasing a dream that one will probably never find. "Candy's Room", "Streets Of Fire" & "Prove It All Night" are about putting everything on the line for someone and having to constantly prove their devotion. The title song best sums up the album. People are looking for answers to the same questions, willing to pay the cost, but never find them. No matter how much time they search into the Darkness On The Edge Of Town, they end up in the same place.

3 Bangs: Less Than 30 Measley Bucks ?!.......2003-08-12

If I didn't have all three of these albums in my collection, I'd jump on this deal. 3 early Bruce albums for ...? Each disc buries every post-"River" album (with the exception of "Nebraska") by a long shot. Of the 3, "Wild & Innocent" is the least accessible, and even it boasts 'Rosalita', '4th of July'(better known as 'Sandy'), and the weighty 'New York City Serenade'. The poetry on "Greetings" is weird, and playful, and fun as hell: "Nuns run bald through Vatican halls, pregnant, pleading immaculate conception...?" And "Darkness"? Well, it's just a rock-solid album, pun intended. These albums are must-haves for anyone who knew and loved Bruce before the "Born in the USA" debacle.

Holy smokes! 3 of Springsteen's records at once!.......2002-04-03

In my humble opinion, 'The Wild, the Innocent, & the E st. Shuffle' remains one of Bruce's best albums. Taking a lot of inspiration from Van Morrison's 'Astrel Weeks,' Springsteen made a funky record that plays like cinema. Sort of a Scorsese-meets-Fellini epic. This was the record that had the East Coast rock community waiting in anticipation for what turned out to be 'Born to Run.' (hence the simultanious Time & Newsweek cover stories)

Tracks:

Blinded by the Light
Growin' Up
Mary Queen of Arkansas
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Lost in the Flood
Angel
For You
Spirit in the Night
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

Tracks:

E Street Shuffle
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
New York City Serenade

Tracks:

Badlands
Adam Raised a Cain
Something in the Night
Candy's Room
Racing in the Streets
Promised Land
Factory
Streets of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town

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ASIN: B0009J8GVW
Release Date: 2005-07-04

Tracks:

Blinded By the Light
Growin' Up
Mary Queen of Arkansas
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Lost in the Flood
Angel
For You
Spirit in the Night
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

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Japanese Limited Edition Issue in a Deluxe LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Album Artwork.

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Release Date: 2005-05-31

Tracks:

Blinded by the Light
Growin' Up
Mary Queen of Arkansas
Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
Lost in the Flood
Angel
For You
Spirit in the Night
It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City

Tracks:

E Street Shuffle
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Kitty's Back
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Incident on 57th Street
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
New York City Serenade

Tracks:

Badlands
Adam Raised a Cain
Something in the Night
Candy's Room
Racing in the Street
Promised Land
Factory
Streets of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town

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1. Blinded By the Light
2. Growin' Up
3. Mary Queen of Arkansas
4. Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
5. Lost in the Flood
6. Angel
7. For You
8. Spirit in the Night
9. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City