Add Date: November 16
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: The Promise
Label: Columbia
Genre: Rock
Comments: From NPR: "The Promise, subtitled The Lost Sessions: Darkness on the Edge of Town, is not the usual odds-and-ends reissue package. In 1975, after Born to Run made him a megastar, Bruce Springsteen found himself in a lawsuit with his then-manager, which blocked the singer from making a follow-up for nearly two years until the suit was settled. While lawyers bickered, Springsteen toured and wrote prolifically. And the album that began taking shape in the months after Born to Run ultimately became--some 70+ songs later--a very different album: 1978's fierce Darkness on the Edge of Town. As Springsteen himself reflected, 'It's a reckoning with the adult world... with a life of limitations and compromises.'"
Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: The Promise
Label: Columbia
Genre: Rock
Comments: From NPR: "The Promise, subtitled The Lost Sessions: Darkness on the Edge of Town, is not the usual odds-and-ends reissue package. In 1975, after Born to Run made him a megastar, Bruce Springsteen found himself in a lawsuit with his then-manager, which blocked the singer from making a follow-up for nearly two years until the suit was settled. While lawyers bickered, Springsteen toured and wrote prolifically. And the album that began taking shape in the months after Born to Run ultimately became--some 70+ songs later--a very different album: 1978's fierce Darkness on the Edge of Town. As Springsteen himself reflected, 'It's a reckoning with the adult world... with a life of limitations and compromises.'"
I am used to reviewing indie pop and folk records. As such, I am intimidated to even begin offering my two cents on album released by The Boss. Maybe that's why I started off with a huge quote from NPR... Anyway, you will love this album. I mean "you" in the universal, all-encompassing way. Bruce is a legend for a reason, and these songs are products of his youth (I cannot say his prime, because his entire life fits this description), following his release of Born to Run.
Start with: CD 1: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10 and CD 2: 1, 2, 3, 7.
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