Born to Run

Born to Run
Studio album by
Bruce Springsteen
ReleasedAugust 25, 1975 (1975-08-25)
RecordedMay 1974 – July 1975
Studio914 (Blauvelt, New York)
The Record Plant (New York City)
Genre
Length39:23
Label
ProducerBruce Springsteen, Mike Appel, Jon Landau
Bruce Springsteen chronology
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
(1973) 		Born to Run
(1975) 		Darkness on the Edge of Town
(1978)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band chronology
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
(1973) 		Born to Run
(1975) 		Darkness on the Edge of Town
(1978)
Singles from Born to Run
  1. "Born to Run"
    Released: August 25, 1975
  2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
    Released: 1976

Born to Run is the third studio album by Bruce Springsteen and released on August 25, 1975 through Columbia Records.

Rankings

It went to number 3 in the United States, number 7 in Australia, the Netherlands and Sweden, number 20 in Ireland, number 26 in Norway, number 28 in New Zealand, number 31 in Ireland and number 36 in the United Kingdom. In 2020, the album was ranked #18 in the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blender4/5 stars[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
The Guardian5/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork10/10[6]
Stylus MagazineA[7]

Track listing

Original release

All songs written and composed by Bruce Springsteen. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Thunder Road"   4:49
2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"   3:11
3. "Night"   3:00
4. "Backstreets"   6:30
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Born to Run"   4:31
2. "She's the One"   4:30
3. "Meeting Across the River"   3:18
4. "Jungleland"   9:34
Total length:
 39:23

Cassette version

The cassette version has the song order rearranged to save tape space, which was a common practice amongst the record companies. The track listing for the cassette is as follows:

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Thunder Road"   4:49
2. "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"   3:11
3. "Backstreets"   6:30
4. "She's the One"   4:30
Total length:
 19:00
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Born to Run"   4:31
2. "Night"   3:00
3. "Meeting Across the River"   3:18
4. "Jungleland"   9:34
Total length:
 20:23

Unreleased outtakes

There are currently seven known outtakes from the album:

  • "Linda Let Me Be The One"
  • "Lonely Night in the Park"
  • "A Love So Fine"
  • "A Night Like This"
  • "Janey Needs a Shooter"
  • "Lovers in The Cold"
  • "So Young and in Love"

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Regev, Motti (2013). Pop-Rock Music: Aesthetic Cosmopolitanism in Late Modernity. Polity. p. 67. ISBN 978-0745661735.
  2. ↑ Levin, Trevor L.; Litwin, Edward M. "'Darkness on the Edge of Town': The Sound of Authenticity". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (January–February 2006). "Re-Run: Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (30th Anniversary Edition)". Blender. Posted at "Re-Run". robertchristgau.com. Robert Christgau. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2022. {cite magazine}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
  5. ↑ Clarke, Betty (November 17, 2005). "Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run – 30th Anniversary Edition". Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 – via The Guardian.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Mark (27 December 2022). "Bruce Springsteen Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition > Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition - Review - Stylus Magazine". Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2014. {cite web}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)